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Very interesting take by Beau this week on the responsibility of tech companies, with some indirect mentions of Elon:

I ordered 2 chargepads from The Official Tesla Shop | Tesla. One came with the USB splitter, the other one didn't. There is no way to contact them. I've been emailing them for over a month at [email protected] - is there somewhere else I can buy the splitter from? It's a bit of an...

Does anybody know of somewhere in the Bellevue / Seattle East-side area that can swap summer & winter tires (either just tires, or wheels + tires), and then store the out-of-season set?

I'm looking to pick up an inventory Model 3 over the weekend while they have some of their incentives going. Can I pay for it cash initially, then start a financing process a week later? Is this something a bank, CU and/or Tesla can do?

Heads up. The EVGO Chademo chargers are fairly unreliable, so while a car is charging it would regularly disconnect, and you can't re-start the charge via app. You could however always call up EVGO and tell them to restart it, so it's always been no big deal. However, I called them back a...

HB2042 supposedly went into effect August 1 and provide a $2500 rebate (or sales tax break) if: "Have at the time of sale a lowest manufacturer's suggested retail price of forty-two thousand five hundred dollars or less, as determined by the department of licensing, for the base model;" What...

I’m still on 2019.12 Is this normal?

I have a co-worker who is looking for a Model X with some lease on it remaining that he can just take over. Where would he go to find such a vehicle? (I know they're sometimes listed here as once-offs).

I have a very small commute (< 1200 miles/year) so I have relatively low overall mileage: 37'500 miles on my P85's odometer after 6.25 years - i.e. 6000 miles/year. My ranged charge this morning capped at 252 miles. This is down from 257 when I first bought the car. IOW: 2% losses after 6.25...

I have a 2013 Model S and have never had a problem closing the Frunk before today. After this week's "Snowmagedon" in Seattle I've cleared some snow around my car this morning, and when I looked at the app afterwards, it now says the frunk is open. It definitely didn't indicate that earlier...

Not sure if this was posted already but here goes: Elon Musk on Twitter

But that's because In-N-Out is secretive about their menu and what you're gonna get. Oh, wait...

There is a saying in design circles that Apple's market research consisted out of the right hemisphere of Steve Job's brain talking to the left one. The same is true for Tesla and Elon. I remember after the Model 3 reveal how a lot of people (most?) on TMC were up in arms about the goofy 15"...

Just got invited to configure. Yay :). My only concern - how high off the ground is a Model 3? The driveway curb where I live has a particularly nasty up and down, and my Model S would scrape if it wasn't for the adjustable suspension. It scrapes in the middle of the car between the front and...

Lamborghini has stepped up to the plate and proved it can create Powerpoints with the best of them: The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio concept is a lightning strike from the future

Mmm. I was going to get a Model 3 LR but now with the tax credit gone maybe I should get a Honda instead... Trending video swells price of used 1996 Honda Accord to $20K and rising Listing on eBay...

From: Businesses emerge as clean energy leaders around the world

Interesting article from Fortune: Tesla's Elon Musk Reveals the Next Big Automotive Trend: Gasoline At a press conference held at the automaker’s headquarters, Musk announced that Tesla will begin mass production of a gas-powered vehicle in 2022. He plans to call this vehicle the Model T. ...

Technical question here to people who have more experience with international investing. Why is there such a large difference between the OTC shares of Volvo and the Swedish Nasdaq listed ones? e.g. Per the graph on the bottom: The lines over the shared area below are VOLV A and VOLV B - which...

Enjoy: Why the Air Force Is Using Teslas During U-2 Spy Plane Takeoffs

For those of you who may not know - if you have a large RV (big rig) and you DON'T have a commercial drivers license, the only convenient way to refuel is at a Flying J truck stop. Everywhere else requires hoops or heroics. So I was just looking around for one of those, and it just dawned on me...

As we know, the Homepage for TMC has recently changed from the Forum to the Blog. Do people agree with this change? This vote will give some feedback to the site operators.

The U.S. unemployment report was released yesterday and a friend of mine posted it on Facebook with the words: "Trump, your move". He's effectively challenging Trump to improve on those same numbers. But that's probably not fair - the complaint over the last few years from the opposition were...

Happy new year! May all your wishes (and Model 3s) come true in 2017!

I must be just displacing a decimal somewhere, but I can't find the error. Aren't these devices incredibly cheap for what they are? What am I missing? e.g. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/10000mah-external-portable-battery-charger-pack_60238444120.html?spm=a2700.7724838.0.0.sdTiw4&s=p...

Don't see this posted yet. Looks like Tesla will have to change the term "Autopilot" to something else, at least in California, but that pretty much implies worldwide. Reason is that the California DMV has a new draft article that, although generally good (allows driverless cars in California...

Relatively simple scenario: I would like to be able to run the A/C in my RV for about 2 hours when I'm at a rest stop, and then recharge it overnight at my destination. The A/C can run on a TT30 (110V / 30 amp), which works out to about 2.64 kW at 80%. So for 2 hours that draws about 5Kwh...

This sounds like something I should have known 15 years ago, but alas I admit I don't... I've always had a 401k before - on a 401k I would contribute every 2 weeks, and it would buy fractional share at each contribution time - without a per-share fee. So you get a really nice DCA up throughout...

Can anybody recommend a covered box (or a box / subpanel combination) in which I can mount a bunch of outlets? I want to have at least: 2 x NEMA 14-50 4 x NEMA 5-20 Would be wonderful if I can just run a single 100A 4-wire cable run to it and it provides all the outlets from it. Does...

Haven't seen this posted, but Elon tweeted during his AMA today:

From another forum where people were discussing the Model 3 launch. This is one of the more "interesting" and funny anti-Tesla comments I've seen in a while. I don't even know how to respond to this. "There are no barriers to entry for the oil companies to set up recharging stations at any...

So I still don't have any email or update in the MyTesla page. I stopped by Bellevue just now, and spoke to one of the salespeople there. Apparently what happened is that their internet was offline at the time I placed the order, so they stored the information on the local computer hard drives...

Both in blue! Mmm. Do you think I can claim the $7500 tax credit on both of them? :)

This is of course a fully loaded Fiesta, but still... Try it out on the Ford calculator here. Hit configure and add all options :)

So I've had the rare opportunity to do a 600 mile road trip in a Model S, and follow that up a week later with an identical road trip in an ICE (GMC Sierra 2500HD Denali - Diesel). Model S trip was to go look at an RV trailer, ICE trip was to go get it. The trip was from Seattle to Butte, MT on...

So it looks like if you want a 107 mile Leaf, you need to buy at least a Leaf SV. However, the SV price is $35050, which is $50 more than the WA state sales tax exemption. That raises the price of the Leaf by $3500! Argh. Even if Nissan realizes this and gives a $51 discount on the SV, and you...

Well, I have to. Tesla doesn't a have pickup truck yet. Will trade when they do one day. But the weird thing is... So I went to Ford's web site, selected all the weird combinations of options that I wanted, selected the color, oh, everything perfect. Except that Ford seems to have forgotten...

Can anybody recommend a good forum to visit that cover general aviation, single piston aircraft, pilot training etc. Would like to find a TMC equivalent community - like-minded individuals, good moderators etc. I don't mind if it's manufacturer-specific. E.g. people come to TMC with Nissan...

First the amazing part. Today I was able to achieve 282 Wh/mi... That in itself is not impressive. What's impressive about it is that I was able to achieve that while going over a 4000 ft mountain pass... Twice! All the while, with the temperature outside at 95 degrees, A/C on lowest...

I have a family member who is running an HOA in South Africa, consisting out of around 800 fairly upscale homes. As some of you may know from the New York Times article over the weekend, South Africa has had rolling blackouts (load shedding) for the last few years, and is expected to have that...

EcoDairy in Abbotsford, BC (Canada) has a Chademo charger that they run from an anaerobic digester, 'fed' by cow manure from the same farm. The owner came up and spoke to me - apparently we were the first to ever charge a Tesla there. He wasn't aware that Tesla's can use Chademo. Actually a...

So I was looking at the Edison Electrical interview with Elon & JB, and there is something that Elon said that struck a real chord for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nMcJxA3lto# 54:27 into it. "The fundamental issue with incentives and subsidies when it comes to renewable power is that...

I tried my Chademo adapter today for the first time. I plugged in with 153 miles showing and went for a walk around the block. When I arrived back, 37 minutes later, it just ticked over from 256 to to 257 miles (which is the max my car gets on a range charge). Thus, the Chademo added the last...

So I was driving alone and started having a conversation with the Tesla as usual (hey who doesn't), but today she has a real hard time understanding me. These are 100% real: "Play Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia" "Pen discourse at the Bellagio" Uhh... Not exactly what I had in mind, but I can...

Is it safe to transport liquid nitrogen in the frunk? (In a dewar of course, not just filling up the frunk directly with LN2 :) ) The liquid nitrogen dewar would be slowly leaking and be a constant source of gaseous nitrogen (by design). Will this be safe to do so in the frunk for an extended...

I just got back from a drive from San Francisco to Seattle yesterday (816 miles). Did it without sleeping over - left San Francisco at 10am, arrived Seattle at 3am. 4 rotating drivers. Stopped for Supercharging at: * Vacaville (was a very pleasant surprise. Didn't know this existed until I saw...

I'm planning a trip down from Seattle to San Francisco in December, and would like to travel via the 101 - specifically Humboldt Redwood State Park. Hence, it doesn't make sense skipping over to it from Mt. Shasta or Corning, which means the last usable SuperCharger is at Grants Pass, OR. The...

Twice over the last 2 weeks when I tried to turn the car on, I had a message on the driver console that says: "Please wait. Displays getting ready." (or something close to that effect). This is on 4.5, so it doesn't have low power mode. The first time it did that I was able to immediately...

Shortly after I picked up the Model S in February I subscribed to SiriusXM. I figured it might not be as bad as everybody was saying and it may be novel to have. Yeah, I was wrong. The service is really is as awful as everybody makes it out to be. TuneIn and Slacker makes XM obsolete. I tried...

What's the longest day trips you've made in your Tesla for no other particular reason than you just felt like a drive? A stop for charging & food/coffee is ok, but not if the purpose of the trip was the dinner. Thinly veiled excuses (e.g. "there was a bee in the house") are fine however :)...