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Interesting. I have also considered cutting the excess plastic off, but have only ever used the cable once, and have never been blocked out of a charging station, so the thought remains just a thought bubble. Have you used the modified cable in a non-tethered AC charger to prove that it still...

I was wondering if you need to set it to a user, rather than a phone or keycard. I know it says otherwise, yet it doesnt work. My car defaults to the person who last drove it (ie the last profile used).

So they can have "on-site" spares ?

It accepted "Princes hwy, Wollongong", and "Hume hwy, Pheasants Nest".

Hmmm!!, no Polestar. They must be registered as Volvo?

I have recently been travelling in the UK and NZ and can tell you that we have a much better experience with google maps/navigation here in Australia than either of those countries do.

"e" doesnt exist because you dont have a "d". Actually I have found "older country folk" to be very interested in EV's. They are the ones who are likely to come and chat while I'm plugging/unplugging at the shopping centre charger. It's young/middle aged men who have a chip on their shoulder and...

Someone backed into us a couple of weeks back and I'm getting the local (Non-Tesla) bodyshop to weld it up and respray. Insurance company not keen but are coming to the party, so we'll see how it goes.

I had the same problem a few weeks back. It immediately started downloading 2022.44.5 and also showed that it was updating the maps. I got the firmware, but maps are still the old version.

Wow!!, My 2019 SR+ is still running original tyres at 51,000km. We live in the country though, so just about all our travel is either windy country roads or highways.

A few key points that are significant: 1. He implies the Ioniq is 5K dearer than the M3, but his own figures show 10k 2. Proudly shows the walk up unlock of the Ioniq, but shows the Tesla needing either the card or phone app. Doesnt mention the walk up with your phone capability, or the auto...

TeslaFi. Provides a mountain of information on battery, range, locations, speed temperature, terrain ..... Only $50pa and well worth it if your into monitoring things, or want an app for business use etc. You can use my referral code for us both to gain a bit of credit: aw220852

Hmm!!, Mine still works as per expectations. Mine is EMONEVSE, but same software, and it modulates the charge rate dependant on solar. The timers dont seem to work properly anymore, though mine is the older ESP8266 based not the ESP32, so timers were always a problem.

Went for a drive today and was surprised at how much the autopilot has improved on our windy country road. Slowed down an appropriate amount for bends ragther than the old overreacting style, stayed left even though the road is unmarked, slowed down and sped up as we changed through different...

I had an odd problem this morning. My car and app both reported that a software update was pending, but I needed to connect to wifi to download it. The car was in the garage at home and is always connected to the home wifi. I got in the car and tried to re0connect but the message that came up...

Is it possible to get the Territories figures as well (ACT,NT)?

I think the driver profile detection has been changed. It used to be a bit hit and miss for selecting who is the driver, but now seems to allways choose the last driver regardless of who actually unlocks the car.

We have a section of road here that is signposted to 80 (just after the 60 zone), but the car never increases speed here. I think it must be using some other mapping info to determine the speed zone.

You can set the speed to what it has read by pushing down on the right stalk for a second or so (ie: a long push). The car will automatically update its actual speed in some circumstances, but will never go above the speed it was initially set too. eg: on our secondary road, if I set the speed...

What is the percentage of EV's to total cars/vehicles sales for the quarter?.

Do you know if this particular Kona has trouble with the Gen2 Tesla chargers?. It seems that there are swathe of random problems with Tesla chargers and non-tesla vehicles.

Luckily there are high capacity chargers at Taree and Karuah now, but prior to their commisioning there wa only the Nabiac NRMA stall between Heatherbrae and Port Macquarie. Too bad for non-Tesla's.

It seems to me that you're not listening to the arguments. Sites and equipment that will support over 50KW are apparently very expensive to build and the EV population doesnt really exist to support them. At the moment, the whole EV charging paradigm is definitely not based on a return of...

I still get looks and occasional wave from younger kids.

I presume you meant the 22KW versions are pointless at a 3phase site. Has your second point been verified, ie is the charge rate limited to 16Amp at a single phase site with a 11KW 3 phase cable?.

Is this correct?. ie is 5Kw the maximum size or is it the maximum that can be exported. Essential, which covers the majority of the state, limits the maximum to 5KW per phase. But that is the export limit, not the solar array limit. They dont care if you put 20kw on your house, just that the...

Over half of our regular commute is 80k zone, but windy narrow road so 70 is more common.

Speed efficiency shown as Wh/km as requested: NB: pretty much all of our driving is country roads and highway. Do have mudflaps though.

Another interesting feature I hadnt previously noticed on Teslafi is speed efficency:

Do you mean the trip planner in the car?. It pretty much only knows about Tesla chargers unless you have visited a non-Tesla one before. Best to use Plugshare and/or ABRP for trip planning.

When I was there 6 years ago, one of the claypans was wet so we had to drive around the edge through the 'very' soft sand dunes. When we came back a couple of days later, the claypan was fine and the drive was much easier.

OpenEVSE and Zappi are able to follow the sun and use your own solar power to charge your car. The OpenEVSE can also be programmed and controlled online.

Where did you see that the Cameron Corner road is sealed. As far as I can tell it isnt, and when I visited a couple of years ago, you definitely needed a 4WD vehicle. Also, why would you route Sydney via Bourke to Broken Hill. Seems a long way round.

I'm pretty sure that modifying the electrical installation of a rental house without the permission of the owner would not be allowed as per the rental agreement and you may lose your bond on termination. If there is some advantage to the landlord (eg adds value to the house, implied long...

I dont see why you would need any additional cable. There are quite a few AC chargers around that area that require you to bring a cable (and some that dont), but there are also a number of DC chargers. All DC chargers have their own cable. If you're going for a road trip, you're probably going...

I agree with some others that your wife did the wrong thing, she should have been in the right lane before turning left. I'm not implying that I havent done exactly that same move (particularly in unfamiliar areas), and its not clear whether she was indicating her intention before the sudden...

It never occurred to me that "Destination" implied free. I always thought of it as the end of the journey, which would normally imply that you are at that point for some reason other than charging. eg shopping/eating/sleeping....

I was driving through Western Sydney at the time and the sky was perfectly clear. Same in Canberra. Glad the stations at home are all FM so I dont have to put with this awful technology.

Managed to use an EVIE station on the weekend. Only took 15 minutes of plug/ unplug/ check app/log in yet again/ plug /unplug/ S..t its actually working, what did I do, dont touch it. EV neighbour, plug/unplug/check app/try other plug/ unplug again/check app again/check any car information...

My first experience with DAB in the M3 over this last weekend. It was absolutely terrible. I cant believe that some people actually wanted it to happen. Sydney listening to local ABC , kept cutting out and I thought it was the station. Then realised I had tuned to a DAB station (you cant...

I agree that the Lane change to the left/slow lane is extremely dodgy. I try to focus on the visualisation of the left hand lane markings and in all but the clearest sunny day the lane marking comes and goes at random. I can only assume that the paint we use on our roads is not as clear as the...

So if you "correctly" terminate the PP line and disconnect the PP feed to the TWC, does the TWC then charge the Kona?.

Typical inner city Yuppie remark. How about putting down your smashed avocado and have a quick look outside your inner city walls. You'll quickly see that rural folks have a great need for non-petrol engines. If country folk had to rely on petrol, our national fuel bills would be through the...

And your point is?. Whether you're going in/out of Newcastle, or on the main highway bypassing Newcastle, the Heatherbrae and Tuggerah SC's are conveniently located. Unlike the SC's in Sydney.

There's always the NRMA charger at Pokolbin. Lots of restaurants and other entertainment there.

I dont see any point in a supercharger in Newcastle either. Heatherbrae is just a couple of minutes up the road, and the Tuggerah SC is just an hour in the other direction. Then of course there are the NRMA and Chargefox chargers in Newcastle suburbs as well as a myriad of destination chargers.

All the effort is probably on the new version now so just lowlevel maintenance on the existing fleet.

Looks like they didnt use colourfast material and Mum's put it through the wash.

My cars on 2020.48.35.5 and it doesnt seem to mute the radio when giving navigation instructions anymore. Anyone else?.

There was a comment a little while back by an EVIE engineer about the power requirements and costs. Basically it's pretty easy to find 50KW capable sites, but 350KW sites are much harder to find and expensive to install $000's vs $000,000. Also I suspect that 50KW aligns to some standard power...