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I just saw the Tesla lightshow video at this site: It was great! Honolulu Teslas were featured. Come on, tell me the truth about how this transpired. Seasons cheers, Papafox

After the SEC spent a ton of man-hours looking at Elon's tweets, it is only fair they extend an equal effort on the real problem we see every trading week, which is stock price manipulations and media-shorts or analyst-shorts connections that may nclude insider-trading. Let's get a discussion...

I saw in the Star-Advertiser today that Beti Ward recently passed away. She was a Hawaii Tesla Model S owner who was really a remarkable person. She started Pacific Air Cargo because she saw a need for such a service and the company became a profitable enterprise. In 2008 when Aloha Airlines...

I'm looking for a Model S or a Model X owner who has a couple hours to spare today (Tuesday, May 30) or tomorrow morning (May 31), so that I can get some drone shots of my blue Model S before leaving Hawaii. I'm doing a video blog this time around and need some shots for the story. Shots would...

A neighbor just bought a Model S and loves it (getting one for the wife too!). He typically washes his car at the McKinley car wash, but sees problems with the Tesla because of allowing the car to be left in neutral during the wash and also trusting the car wash employee with doing things right...

I just received a phone call from a Tesla rep who says that Powerwall 2 should be ready to install in Hawaii by this summer. I mentioned my concern about net-metering and the rep sounded familiar with the issue and they said they're working with HECO about the matter. I was told there will be a...

Here's a video by the Model 3 owner's club that indicates that rear-wheel drive Model 3s will be the initial cars built, to be followed months later by the dual-motor Model 3s. The implication is that those of us in Hawaii who order a rear-wheel drive Model 3 (particularly if you are already a...

I don't mind weaving my way around the bears in Alaska, but parking in Wakiki gives me the creeps because I don't want door dings on my Model S. Any suggestions for the widest and or safest parking spots in Waikiki? Perhaps an EV charging spot would be safest because of EVs parked next you you...

I thought I'd start a thread of TMC Investor thread regulars who are in Reno and would love to go to the gigafactory opening if anyone has an extra guest slot. So, I'll be the first to add my name. I'm in Reno at the moment, will be at the TMC Connect event if anyone wants to say "hi", and...

Some media stories have been implying that Tesla's autopilot is at fault for three recent accidents involving summons, autopilot, or traffic aware cruise control (TACC). Although the software likely worked as written in all these cases, different conclusions can be reached for each incident...

So I had fun driving my 70D throughout the other 49 states, but now it's time to bring it to Hawaii. It looks like Matson and Pasha both offer drive-on service for about $1100, but while reading reviews I see too many references to damage to give me a good feeling. Any suggestions? I am...

On days where there's something to be learned from the TSLA trading chart, I'll be posting it here with my comments, looking for your opinions too.

I'll be doing a fair amount of driving in the snow on ski trips this winter and wish to have my winter tires placed on the 19" Tesla wheels that my 70D came with. Later in the year I'm likely to take the car home to Hawaii, and so two sets of wheels doesn't really make sense for me. I have two...

This past summer I toured all 50 United States in my Model S with my dog in the back seat. It was a marvelous experience ( https://www.teslamotors.com/customer-stories/tale-two-teslas ). About half the time we camped and the other half the time stayed in hotels. I am considering doing a similar...

Ok, before you think I'm nuts about using a snow tire on the Island of Oahu (where it hasn't snowed in recorded history), let me explain that my 70D is on the mainland, I hope to use if for a month of driving from Reno to Tahoe for daily skiing, and then I'm likely shipping the car home to Oahu...

With 40 years of experience as a flight instructor, let me show you how I'd teach the Tesla Autopilot to a flight student. Work with me and we'll get you flying solo soon. Welcome to groundschool! Before we jump into the Tesla and take off on our first autopilot session, some knowledge of the...

We can make the transition to AutoSteering safer for the Tesla community if we share information about the current potentially troublesome areas of the autopilot system so that we can learn from others and not have to learn every lesson by trial and error. I also want to post some Driver Beware...

I am trying to charge my Model S with 110 volt electricity in a garage where I wish to store the car for a few weeks. The problem is that I get a charge cable fault when I connect the charging cable. I know the cable is good because I tried it elsewhere with a 110 volt output and it worked fine...

Solar City just announced that Hawaii customers will be the first to get Tesla batteries in systems that take them completely off the grid: Don't expect to go off grid with new Tesla home battery just yet

I'm trying to better understand how certain costs affect gross margins and both GAAP and non-GAAP earnings. Your insights are appreciated. For Gross-margins, I need to understand this issue. If Tesla produces 11,000 cars in a quarter and delivers 10,000 of them, are the gross-margins figured on...

I have experienced about an 8% improvement lately on my energy efficiency with my Model S. I drive the same route to work and back, traffic hasn't changed, weather, tire inflation and other obvious influences haven't changed either, but instead of using my very predictable 279-280 wh/mi. of...

Edit: The Electric Road Trip blog is now live. I'll place 99% of my communications there. Check it out at: www.thelectricroadtrip.com I chose to buy a new 70D instead of pursuing the method described below. OK, I've been watching the superchargers multiply like rabbits on the mainland and I'm...

I spoke with Tesla tech support today, and they said that a type of electrical adapter called CHAdeMO will become available for charging in the future. It's rather pricey, though, as you can see on the Tesla site: http://shop.teslamotors.com/products/chademo-adapter The good news is that you...

Hoping you all have your Teslas nestled comfortably in their garages, waiting out the tropical storm. I had quite a few driving errands at work today and wanted to monitor the progression of Flossie as she marches up the island chain from the Big Island towards Oahu and Kauai. I am using a...