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"I have other more productive things to do than to keep one eye on electricity spot prices" Luckily it's automated buy/sell throughout the day for you. Basically when it gets really cheap or negative it can buy in and then times it's sales to when it's high (it does go into the dollar per kw...

It's 32c export on the Vic wholesale market most of tonight

Have to admit, i'm expecting the Vic Govt Budget 2024 given the amount debt Victoria is now in, to try to claw back some money given they lost the court case. I'm guessing the easy option is to stop the EV Vicroads registration discount. Admittedly it's only $100 but it's the type of petty...

I'm in Melb and installed my own on a Model Y Perf, It was quite a pain to install to be honest. The model 3 which I had before was a easy install though.

Our previous model 3 was silent but we got a model y so i figured it was important to have it given children. Tesla's don't have the best rear visibility via the mirrors

https://shop.tesla.com/en_au/product/model-3_y-pedestrian-warning-speaker $290 now

Aust has different electrical standards than the USA and also we're 240v not 120v so I assume there is a bunch of certification they need to go through before they announce it here.

TBH I mainly charge these days when the wholesale price goes negative (it's nice to get paid to charge the car), that said I enabled charge on solar yesterday.

Oh.. I haven't got the email but as long as your App is updated to 4.30.5 it should appear on the car page after you've connected the charge cable to the car. I noticed under powerwall there is a new user called Skybridge and All Sites.

So Charge on Solar is enabled in Australia. Also the new Tesla update 2024.2.7 is being installed.

Ah okay.. followed up with Tesla and it's coming still, it needs a later App version (over) 4.30.5, which is going to be released later this week. So min spec is now:

So has anyone seen the Charge-On-Solar options? I've checked my place and my parents (both with Tesla's and Powerwalls)... Can't see the option on for either. I'm on iOS 4.30.0 version which is the latest.

You should join Amber then... most of the really sunny or windy days in that lunch period the prices are negative, so you get paid to charge the Powerwall and car :)

Just check the daily supply fee on most of these plans cause that's the killer on most of them.

So jack the price by a few thousand and give back a few hundred ;) I wouldn't bother with most of the VPP's btw, i'd just go for Amber Electric or another wholesaler. There is more money to be made by the wholesale grid price fluctuations as long as you can adapt your car to also be charged...

Fully installed in 2017 by Tesla... $10,860.74

Got the cheque today in the post.

Remember Vicroads was part privatised in 2022 so they'll be looking to make money which drives me to #2 my gut feeling on the cheques and the process is they're hoping some people won't cash them or do the whole process so not be eligible. I figure it's one of those, let's make it as tricky a...

Did you change address at all?

I guess it's a competitive thing though. It's not really a issue in the CBD, but for regional hotels, where the RACV ones are, at other hotels you can stay at you get free EV charging (even a few recent ones for me have been just a normal 240v power socket via a long extension cable). That...

I assume if they get rid of the AC chargers at the resorts (which were free to use), they'll become DC chargers which require payment.

I wonder if the service centre in Richmond is staying, It used to be nice to get a free Supercharge when the car was in being looked at

Ever wondered how strong a Tesla roof is? This is from NZ where scaffolding crashed onto a Model 3. Moment scaffolding crashes down on NZ motorists (youtube.com)

Scanned the QR code. I guess now I wait for the cheque (why they can't do electronic payment :mad: ) Then I guess I need to visit a bank branch to deposit it cause that'll be fun That said.. I guess it's $500+ dollars that I wasn't expecting to see again

We did the Spirit of Tas and yep, all the Hybrids and EV's were placed together. You also had to put a EV sticker on the windscreen which they gave you. Also just a reminder to disable sentry for anyone taking a ferry.

Yeah my issue with ICE cars is I keep forgetting to hold the brake at the traffic lights cause i'm use to the HOLD. About the left/right stalks, i've only even owned Euro cars before the 2 Tesla's i've now had, so it's always been with the indicator on the left.

So... NZ is putting in a EV charge from April

So i'm just trying to find if anyone has any good success with any products with their Tesla seats? I don't want to do anything that will damage the vinyl (fake leather). So Tesla themselves use this product by Wurth: Vehicle cleaner FI-Cleaner Art.-no. 0890120...

TBH the chargepoint app and key fob were well ahead of the curve a few years ago, even being able to use the Apple Wallet. I used to use their network a lot 2-3 years ago before they started to scale back

Leongatha, Australia if you want to visit Wilsons Prom :) I'd love one in Phillip Island so I could actually do some track work at the GP circuit... 50kw chargers take too long when you're burning up so much power on a track

You'd think Nissan should make a appearance given it's Nissan Leaf is partly made in Australia at their Nissan Casting Australia Plant (NCAP) at the Dandenong plant, Victoria. I think Aust still builds the EV inverter water jacket cover & casing and the motor’s stator housing.

Yeah but using that logic Tesla will then perceive there is no demand and remove it or not prioritise future compatibility.

Not sure the logic here, spend all this money a new car and then go cheap on accessories for it when the official product is quite $ cheap and includes software and full warranty and it's installed by Tesla themselves

I wonder what the Vic Govt's view on 'early 2024' is, I guess it's anytime before July 1. Admittedly you don't buy a EV to save money given the depreciation hit with Tesla's now but still the 2.x years that we paid that fee it'd be nice to get it back...

We spent Xmas driving around Tasmania and Telstra reception does drop out in some of the regional areas or drop to 3G (which Telstra is shutting down from 30th June).

It actually went up a bit more than 214 kW, it's a Performance model so max is 250 kW DC charge rate

Got a chance to visit this site:

EV owners to receive tax refunds with interest by early 2024 https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/ev-owners-to-receive-tax-refunds-with-interest-by-early-2024-20231129-p5enmv.html It'd be nice if they refunded the forced credit card surcharge... but i'm guessing they won't

If it makes you feel any better: https://www.drive.com.au/reviews/2024-bmw-i5-review-australian-first-drive/ "As for insuring the i5 eDrive 40, our insurer quoted $5570 based on a comparative quote for a 35-year-old male living in Chatswood, NSW."

It's the heat management of the battery that gets tricky

That Bathurst Supercharger is going to get some work in that case given my track experience with a Tesla and how fast the battery can deplete

The other factor with Tesla is the tyre pressure. The standard pressure is quite high (41). If you lower it one or two it'll be quite a bit quieter and softer, the downside being range. But yeah the new cars are much quieter than my old Fremont Model 3 I had.

Admittedly, normally when there is a DCFC that's broken, it's normally a Tritium unit

https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/tritium-asks-qld-government-for-100m-bailout-20231030-p5eg2u Embattled Brisbane fast-charging company Tritium has asked the Queensland government for an equity injection of up to $90 million as it tries to deal with its dire liquidity issues. While the...

Oh yeah, I moved from a 2020 model 3 to a Y this year and even though its a Performance Y, the acceleration of the Model 3 was much better

This little thread I started back in 2020... oh what you've become...

Use the right steering scroll wheel button to change it. left and right work for adjusting the following distance It's in the manual...

Hmm.. So I guess we'll now get a Vic Govt rebate for what i've paid over the last few years? I wonder if they'll give back that credit card surcharge as well that we were forced to pay...

In one of those things I wasn't expecting to see get released, in the USA Tesla is now offering official whole car wraps for Model 3 and Y's: https://shop.tesla.com/product/8V6UDET9AWB5FJKHO1P3 That Glacier Blue looks nice

Electric-vehicle owners in New Zealand will soon have to pay a road-user tax, based on the distance they travel. From 31 March 2024, any electric car and plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) weighing less than 3500kg will be required to pay the new tax, in an effort to recoup revenue lost from the...