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Do we know if the 2/3.3Kw limit is per pack or for the whole system. That is, if you buy the largest possible 90KWh system (9 powerwalls tied together), would you still get 2Kw power or 18kw? Also, the 3.3Kw peak--how long can the pack supply that? Long enough to use a toaster?

Now you've gone and brought up daylight savings time. Next we'll be talking about the Electoral College. <grin>

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Check out this guy; Stretchla Blog | Stretched Vanagon Westfalia shell on a Tesla platform

Such a version with dual large motors seems like an obvious evolution. I'm not surprised that this car already exists, but I would be surprised if it was offered to customers before Q3 2015. This may be the un-named feature of the Model X that will not be revealed until delivery--and needed to...

I think the doors on the X are a case in point. They are an "adventurous" feature that resulting in some schedule risk (and actual schedule slippage). They don't want to take the same schedule risk with design decisions on the 3, so it will look like a "car" without any new high-concept ideas...

All the talk about motor load while towing makes me think they should produce their own trailer platform based on a battery pack--carry your stuff, extend your range. Who wouldn't love an 85kwh trailer?

The writer is just using the new journalistic rule: "Writing a boring story? Mention Tesla!"

This just looks like a logical part of their small but growing EV plans. All car companies are going to get involved with charging networks sooner or later; it's like app stores and phones. It is the media that insists on seeing this as an "anti-Tesla" play, mainly because having Tesla as a...

The United States provides subsidies for petroleum production totaling about $2.5 billion per year. That is just production of petroleum products, not consumer support or general support (the strategic petroleum reserve alone costs about a billion per year). If you are going to gripe about EVs...

Does Tesla have a predictable pattern for timing of international price adjustments due to currency movements? That is, do they adjust quarterly or on any kind of schedule?

I'm willing to bet that battery packs will not change at all until the Model 3, with the possible exception of a new roadster pack. So that will be around 2019. The gigafactory will make all predictions of cost and capacity unreliable.

But if you want to read some whiny posts, go to the Australia thread when they were all waiting for delivery. Canadians have a jump on them by a couple of years.

Why not buy a used Tesla with a value near your insurance payout? It seems like cars comparable to yours are available at the price you are getting from your insurer. That makes it a zero-cost experience. If you want to get a newer car, then you are basically going out of pocket for an upgrade...

That is correct. I think they deliver around 55KW

Yes, and Tesla must not be to optimistic about the time the process will take. This is the only country where they have systematically used temporary chargers.

This is a very interesting development. The promotion of diesel was done on the basis of its relative fuel efficiency, but now in Paris the local air quality issues are becoming more important, leading to the decision to go away from diesel. I never thought I would see the day, but I'll be happy...

History is littered with failed EV companies that put social issues ahead of the bottom line. I find Tesla's approach of actually having a working business model both refreshing and necessary. Tesla still gets heat for building a "luxury" car rather than an affordable one for the masses right...

Exactly. Most of the arguments about SC coverage invoke provision of public goods. Should those be addressed by our domestic government or a foreign firm? Claiming that playing the role of public good provider has marketing or goodwill value for Tesla is true, but you are replacing their...

I'm just saying that Tesla is neither a public utility nor a charity. I don't expect them to install superchargers where it does not make economic sense to them. The value proposition of owning a Tesla in Saskatoon is different from that of LA and will be for a long time to come. I understand...

I'm really surprised that flying back could be better than just steaming back to port on the barge and then trucking it. Seems to add a lot of risk.

Why? When I drive from Winnipeg to Toronto, I go through the US every time. A US company is not obliged to satisfy Canadian nationalist sentiments. Anyone who has ever made an online purchase knows that things in Canada are frequently slower, more expensive and more limited than the US...

And you have the windshield stress crack to remind you of Model S!

McLaren 12C owners and Tesla P85 owners can commiserate... Log In - The New York Times MONTICELLO, N.Y. — McLaren calls its latest model the 650S. But McLaren 2.0 might be the more fitting description. The 650S advances and replaces the 12C, the car that put the British company — the...

Exactly. Think what you will about dealers, but at a certain scale it will make sense for Tesla to look for people willing to invest. The trick is doing it without triggering dealer protection laws and keeping the unique feel of the purchasing experience (anyone remember Saturn?)

Has there been any speculation about whether two motors sharing the load will increase the time before heat build-up limits power? Seems like two motors sharing the same total KW would heat up much more slowly than one. Also very curious about the "virtual second gear" that is possible with...

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The permit process for permanent stations in France is long, so the temporary ones are there to fill the gap in the meantime.

The view on this thread seems to be that Tesla is on relatively firm ground refusing to enable supercharging on a salvage title vehicle, but I want to revisit this with Otmar's project in mind (Stretchla Blog | Stretched Vanagon Westfalia shell on a Tesla platform). His plans to use a Tesla...

Because unlike those automakers who are selling unconnected devices over which they have little control after sale, Tesla has a lot of agency over its fleet, by providing charging services and software upgrades they may be considered to be implicitly vouching for the roadworthiness of the car...

Exactly. How many people on this site have built or modified EVs? We all want to live in a world where tinkering is encouraged. But Tesla's liability concerns will not be resolved until it is tested in court. I hope they let that happen.

We are going to see more engineered EV noise in the future. ICE manufacturers spend a lot of time tuning the exhaust sound of their cars, for purely aesthetic reasons, to the extent of adding devices that have no other role than to increase noise. Doing this by changing gear shapes or whatnot...

Perhaps there is a maximum number that can be in the pipeline at one time? If they have a fixed number of crews, they may not be able to redeploy them to new sites until some existing ones are completed, even if the construction phase is complete and they are just waiting for the utility. Just...

This seems to be the real issue--the battery warranty is expensive for what it covers. I can see having some buyer's regret over that. All the other stuff is beside the point.

Dystopian view: Robots take our jobs, we can't work anymore. Utopian view: Robots take our jobs, we don't have to work anymore.

In the older thread on A/C noise, there were some who were convinced the noise was caused by vibration of the compressor (or hoses?) against the frame and not the compressor itself. This might explain why a new bracket is the "cure".

The fuels are toxic and corrosive, but the emission by-products need not be. The space shuttle used monomethyl hydrazine (N2CH6) and nitrogen tetroxide (N2O4). The combustion products are nitrogen, water vapor and carbon dioxide.

Elon said in the last conference call that they had to draw resources away from the Model X program to work on Model S issues. So engineering resources are already scarce enough to delay The Next Big Thing. How many people do you think they have spare to work on Roadster projects? I expect any...

Yes, this. They have to build the Supercharger network to tolerate more routine charging for owners.

"EU version" seems odd. Did the box get lost on the way to France?

Having a "0" response in the poll doesn't matter because samples taken from voluntary internet polls are useless for deriving inferences about the total population in any case. But having an absolute count of the number of drive units replaced (and the poll shows the very lower bound of the...

We can all agree the Russian tug thing is weird, no matter why it is there.

So take the OP's 100km per day with an assumed 22 day/month work schedule and this yields about $84 per month. Add some for weekend driving and call it $100 per month. Certainly possible for the rest of the observed increase to be due to other factors. More months' data will tell the tale.

Can I ask why you did not already replace the pyro fuse?

Some interesting stuff here on LIN bus hacking from TMC member Otmar: Parts, Seat and LIN Hacking, Video Update #3 | Stretchla Blog At about the 7 minute mark in the video, or you could just read the text below.

...And when a 110Kwh pack upgrade becomes available, it will only work with vins above so-and-so number, and there will be another thread to debate the fairness of this. I took my (not Tesla) to the shop the other day. They wanted 190 bucks to update the GPS maps and would only do a firmware...

I think the way that Tesla has mooted the possibility of the Gigafactory is a bit unusual, and may be putting potential partners off a bit. Things like this don't usually get such public discussion until plans are much further advanced. Elon likes to get ahead of himself sometimes. I think it is...

No because of this: as the end-of-drive conditions are based on real-time battery measurements of reducing battery power rather than software estimates. The displayed range estimate at low levels probably relies more on this than on the software estimate. The inaccuracy will be only at high...

Yes, indeed. I would be surprised if Ford was doing anything out of the ordinary with respect to industry standards.