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I was traveling through from Twin Cities to the east coast on a family vacation. I've driven this stretch of the turnpike 4-5 times since getting my car in late 2019. I had bypassed Angola the last few times in favor of all the SC's now available at the travel plaza's, but since we now have a...

Visited the eastbound plaza this morning. Spoke to a contractor (he was not with Tesla or the local utility) working at the site. He made it sound like the site is ready to go and “they” want it live before the holiday rush. I’m guessing it’s a paperwork or final blessing by Tesla kinda hold up...

Four of the eight pedestals were damaged. Any idea if this was vandalism or the recent storms in the area? Site works, but only half the stalls.

Here’s something I just came up with. HVAC in Manual Camp mode. Max fan, max temp. Everything into the rear seat vents only. Open the driver’s side rear window enough to bring the charging cord into the back seat and use the car as a heat gun to thaw and dry the connector. If you have a towel or...

In addition to gloves and preheating, I find parking in full sun helps the black interior soak up some extra warmth.

What’s the temperature? I see that behavior when my battery is cold. It will heat the battery as necessary during charging and get it to your actual set point. Here is what I see right now with a cabin temp just below freezing and a car that has been sitting for 5+ hours

Can you check the breaker panel and see what amp that circuit is? It should be either 15 or 20. If it is a 20 amp breaker, and there are no other items sharing the circuit, you can buy the 5-20 adapter for the Universal Mobile Connector that comes with the car ($35 US) and get a 20 amp...

If the new one is a 2021, I think it will also have the heat pump instead of resistance heat.

I should also mention, TeslaBjorn has several YouTube videos where he uses ScanMyTesla (iirc) to dig into the power draw of the Model 3’s subsystems. Off the top of my head the cabin heater is around 7kw, and battery heating is like 4kw rear motor and 3.5kw front motor. Those were both maximums...

I live in the Twin Cities and charge my car off a 14-30 in my drive way. I got the car late November of last year. We saw temps down to -15F/-25C last winter. 30amp/240volt is plenty for charging in those conditions. If you set the HVAC to MAX a 14-30 cannot fully keep pace and you will slowly...