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I grew up in Camden and still have family there. I've made the trip in my 60 from Lunenburg. Destination charging is a must; I also stopped each way for an hour at the Nissan across from the Maine Mall. It's an easy walk to the mall and several restaurants - Ruby Tuesday, Friendly's, Chinese...

Bummer! For what it's worth, I'm past 29k/1.5yrs without any major issues. They did replace a drive unit for hum, and I've had a number of annoyances Tesla has been happy to fix, but all in all I've had a very good experience and certainly never been towed. Hopefully you just hit the left...

Did you really mean "slower?" Or just "less quick?" I mean really... In all seriousness, I own an S60 and have driven multiple 85s and P85s (none of the D's yet). I don't notice much difference between 60 and 85, but the P85 definitely has a more neck-snapping, stomach-wrenching launch. But...

Excellent news!! I wonder if (hope) this means a Portsmouth/Portland/Kittery supercharger is also already out there hiding somewhere.

A warning to fellow New England owners... I think the Watertown Service Center must take the car a local, full-contact car wash (despite the fact that Tesla's own manual says touchless-only). Shortly after my last service (a warranty issue, no less), my car came back covered in fine swirling...

I never designed anything using digital video, but the product brief from OmniVision shows a 10-bit (parallel) digital video port. Presumably that goes through an external serializer to become LVDS -- is that a discrete part you can identify on the board with the PIC? If you can find what they...

I've noticed the same, but I was under the impression it only happened when the AC kicked on to cool the battery; I can feel it cycle on and off, usually because it gets unpleasantly cold, but it behaves most of the time. Far, far worse in my opinion is that the 'recirculate' setting also has a...

Any idea what the make/model of the camera is? One could probably spoof it, though it might require some shenanigans with an FPGA.

Level 2 at a rest area doesn't sound particularly useful. Maybe we should push for CHAdeMO -- something that can be used by everyone. There are already a couple along I-89 in VT. I know it costs extra for us Tesla drivers to buy the adapter, but they have the potential to build a real...

Dear karamule, I agree with notice and Robert -- please leave the EV spaces for the Leafs, Sparks, BMW's, and others that actually NEED them. You're unlikely to need that spot with an 85 unless you're commuting from Vermont. I only have an S60 and I commute from Lunenburg to Bedford (65mi...

Looking at Plugshare, there seem to be quite a bit of CHAdeMO stations popping up in New England. Most, but not all, seem to be installed at Nissan dealerships. How accommodating are they of Tesla drivers? There are public ones in Portland, ME, along I-89 in VT, and along I-91 in Western MA...

I wasn't aware of it, or I probably would have. I charged at Berlin City Nissan, which very graciously leaves their 4 charge stations open to the public. Very easy to walk across the street and get dinner at the mall or one of the many nearby restaurants. I've also charged at the Marriott...

Alas, looks like I'm going to need to find alternate charging options for my trip to the Vineyard next weekend :( 240 miles round trip in an S60. I think I might end up being Chili's favorite customer.

Left to their own devices, I would fret about the automakers abandoning BEV's (again) for FCEV's given the way they maintain the status quo. But I have high hopes that the competition from Tesla will keep them honest, since BEV's and PHEV's are superior in performance, cost, environmental...

I drove from Leominster, MA to Camden, ME this spring in a 60. I kept speed down and stopped for a 1-hour charge (and dinner) in Portland each way. Made it with ~20mi remaining. Totally awesome to have that kind of travel. I don't think I could pull it off in cold weather, though. Really...

Had my S60 serviced on 3/27. Got a new drive unit and the 5.9 upgrade. Since then, I've noticed an increase in displayed range but an apparent decrease in actual battery capacity. For example, I used 19.1kWh of battery today, but my capacity indicator dropped from 80% to 40%, suggesting I...

Got the update while I was in for service on Thursday. I definitely saw the bump in the 'rated' range display, which I always thought was kind of conservative when compared to state of charge. 80% was 147mi, now it's 160. I had actually started ignoring it in favor of the % remaining and...

I'm hoping to use mine as a ski car someday. Fitting skis definitely isn't an issue, and snow driving is pretty solid. However, I'm still waiting for charging infrastructure to be built out here in New England, notably the (presumably) Concord NH and Kennebunk ME superchargers. Very few of...

Wow, great to see so many responses on this old thread so quickly! Thanks everyone! It sounds, unfortunately, like my interpretation of the law was probably correct -- or more importantly, that my local electrical inspector may interpret it that way. However, I will ask him prior to starting...

What about installing two NEMA 14-50's on the same branch circuit? I want to put an outlet both inside my garage and outside so I can charge even when another car is parked inside. My cable run is long and I plan to use a GFCI breaker, so running a second circuit would be very expensive...