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http://insideevs.com/nada-releases-used-electric-car-price-retention-guide/ Interesting article and linked report on EV trade in values and depreciation. The Models S tops the charts for all three model years covered in the report with average trade in values and price retention as follows...

Pictures in this thread (http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/45319-Tons-of-Used-Model-S-Getting-ready-for-CPO-Program). Glad to see they are finally using the extra parking area they put in. I wonder if these are just Chicago area cars or if Highland park is serving as a CPO clearing...

According to this article: http://insideevs.com/illinois-suspends-4000-ev-rebate-program/ Seems like a crappy way to end things. I was always a little hesitant about the program given IL state governments fiscal track record. Glad I got my rebate in under the wire.

There have been some inconsistent reports in this thread: http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/40262-How-rare-are-Model-S-without-the-Tech-Package about owners being able to purchase the Navigon Turn-By-Turn Navigation feature, separate from the rest of the tech package, after delivery...

This topic came up in a different, somewhat unrelated thread so instead of taking that thread further off track I thought I would post here. Here is the original conversation that started me looking into this if you're interested, it's a great story...

I didn't purchase a service contract when I bought my loaner car, mostly because I couldn't afford it at the time. But I had thought I might get the annual service done anyway and just paying the $600 12-18 months down the road when I was in a better financial position, in the hopes that I would...

Wow, fantastic work Henry! Not a Roadster owner but it would seem that someone could use your hard work on this adapter to make a J1772 adapter so that other EV drivers could use the expanding install base of HPWC. I would guess the changes needed, while not trivial, are small compared to the...

If you haven't already ordered the Tesla tire repair kit have I got a deal for you! I ordered the below repair kit from wOOt! http://tools.woot.com/offers/airman-rescue-inflator-5 and they sent me TWO by mistake! I already called them and they said to just keep the extra one. Their loss is...

Thought I would post this here, I follow this blog fairly regularly since they have had some good (and some not so good) reporting on their long term test car. http://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-s/2013/long-term-road-test/2013-tesla-model-s-stuck-on-the-freeway.html Sounds like a pretty...

Unfortunately I am not asking for a friend. Sigh.

With the upcoming installation of a super charger(SC) at the new service center in Highland Park, IL (see this thread http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/24986-Highland-Park-IL-Service-Center! for more details) I will have a SC that is almost directly on my route to work everyday. This...

Got notification today through the Tesla Owners club - Chicago chapter, that the Highland park SC is opening on 12-20. Address: 1200 Old Skokie Road Highland Park, IL Really looking forward to this as the location is right on my way to work , nice emergency charging option plus will be much...

Haven't seen this posted previously, and there isn't a ton of new information for those of us who are full time denzines of the TMC forum dungeon, but there is a lot of good content here. It's especially nice that they update it fairly regularly and it's a good look at some of the common...

As a resident of a far flung suburb of Chicago one of the things I wanted to do when I got my S was to make sure I informed my local fire department that they had a new electric car neighbor. I also offered to bring in my car so they could learn a little bit more about EV's and ask any questions...

I'm one of those people that almost always does their own taxes, but this year with the the addition of the EV credits to the equation and with the my personal uncertainty of whether I'll be able to take full advantage of the federal credit unless I can carry over a part of that credit or some...

Since it sounds like a bunch of Loaner cars got sold at the end of September, including the one I have scheduled for delivery in about a week! I just wanted to see if I could get a couple people who have previously bought the Loaner or Demo cars to give us some insight on their experience. What...

I'm a long time lover/follower of Tesla and the Model S and I'm hopefully going to be pulling the trigger on the car sometime in September. I've been trying to find time to get down to the Old Orchard store with the wife to get her in the car for a test drive and so she can see some of the other...

Link here for more details on the program https://rrtp.comed.com/ Has anyone signed on for this program and have any thoughts? I'm especially interested in what the "real" price per kWh ends up being as the rates for overnight charging quoted on the website seem unreal... under...

Can Anyone who has purchased a Model S in IL comment on the Green Fleets electric vehicle rebate. In theory it's supposed to go up to $4K for vehicles like the Model S with large battery capacities. Has anyone who has purchased the car received the rebate? Looking through the info on this...

The above quote is an editors comment added to the latest blog post over at teslamotors.com. From my point of view this is huge news and something I had never heard before. I am very curious to know what the actual degradation curve for the batteries is over, as Tesla puts it, calender time...

The following is a link and text of the article. Some very interesting new tid bits. Greentech Media | Tesla to Big Three: Let's Be Friends

Haven't seen this posted yet so forgive me if this is a repeat. http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/sports_car_central/2008_tesla_roadster_short_take_road_test/(page)/1 Pretty positive review and they have an interesting take on the acceleration from 30-50 and 50-70...

Check out the below link for another good article on the Tesla, nothing real new here but another good read. http://www.edmunds.com/advice/fueleconomy/articles/117264/article.html