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Just to add a bit more in relation to one pedal driving. When you need to emergency brake (we all have at some time) in one pedal driving mode the car quickly starts to decelerate between moving your foot from the accelerator to the brake which reduces your braking distance by a few yards whilst...

Its always been fairly accurate within a few pence plus or minus for me and gives me this info days ahead of Octopus.

I suspect there has been a change in the Android charge timing settings screen, previously it changed the settings screen with the charging schedule screen but last night it was showing the charge level and time settings screen with the schedule in very small text above it. If you were not aware...

Car thieves are moving out of urban areas to more secluded small towns and villages where there are less police and a far longer police response times. I suspect in the not too distant future the first question from our insurance companies will be did you have the pin to drive anti theft measure...

Some are slightly complicating this issue, If Tesla's started to get targeted a simple over the air update could block whatever had made the car security vulnerable, bearing in mind your car can talk to Tesla and make them aware of the vulnerability and how its operating. Other manufactures...

As above but select a location with a stream and put in a water powered generator.

Joe mode? not to sure if it affects these sounds?

I have the same system and one thing you also gain is when on in air purification it also removes pollen, listen up all you hay fever sufferers as there is far more to air to air heat-pumps than the low running costs.

Are you sure the 09:00 charge was at full price because the odd out of schedule charge (23:30-05:30) initiated by IO on my car when plugged in has always been at the low rate when looking at my bill. I’ve had the odd 30min/1hr charge at 11:00 and 14:00 before today. Another point to note when...

I'm on Octopus intelligent and from day one everything has worked as expected for months but yesterday I had two auto 14 minute charges at 12:37 and 15:34, strange one? Has anybody else experienced this?

It would be nearly impossible to change the system as the UK government was taken to court over the fit and lost the case twice on appeal with the judge stating that he was barring the government bringing the case to court again. If the government tried to interfere with the fit contact after...

To put it simply one firm gets auto cars to navigate within a scripted few miles and another firm puts rockets into space and auto navigates them beck to a launch pad, different league I'm afraid. And no I'm not a Tesla fan just somebody that takes notice and I not knocking either firm they both...

The vehicle to house is not the problem and could be as we have seen be implemented by just about any EV manufacturer in a very short time period. The big problem is the associated vehicle to grid because if you do not remove your household feed from the grid you effectively lose the local DNO...

UK government offers millions in grants with zero control = the usual fiasco whether its EV charging, home insulation, heat pumps, covid loans.

I think Teslab (free) is what you are looking for.

If you do any kind of milage or need a backup for your home charger this answers the question!.

Lifting off the accelerator quickly on an EV with regen braking is very similar to hard breaking, lift of slowly and you will quickly get used to the braking effect and be able to moderate/control the slow down. One main advantage is if you are doing an emergency stop your car is already hard...

Did it work? it may be an early Christmas software perk 🤣

It was more about not having to deal with stealerships. Buying the Tesla was for me a totally hassle free experience and I didn't miss in any way the "Would sir like to take advantage of having his pockets emptied to increase my bonus and commission"

I have a M3 and the comment below sums up other makes. "Hi sir your car has just come up on our computer and it requires a software update." "will I have to bring it to the dealership?" "Yes sir we can fit you in next week" "do you have a curtesy car" "sorry they all booked for at least a month"...

I suspect you have little experience of modern data gathering/analysis systems which by necessity are run by many supply, billing and cost agencies. There is little you cannot show with data analysis as you do not have to prove but only show the regular intention to defraud. But that is...

Why would anyone seriously gaming the system think Octopus would not be aware? Octopus are data gathering/analysis specialists which means you are taking a very high risk for a very small gain. If you were removed from a beta tariff with no comeback for abusing the concession you would not have...

Solar PV is a very good idea, but unfortunately it only generates to an acceptable level in the spring/summer (personal experience) so it's a good idea to buy into a share of a community co-operative wind farm (Ripple energy and others) that produce their greatest power curve in the winter...

26'C when I get up bearing in mind the heaters switched off at 04:30 and the temp will slowly drop throughout the morning and afternoon. The heaters are effectively warming the fabric of the building and making sure the house temps do not get too low at night. I have them set at the lowest power...

I use two 2KW oil filled rads with integrated timers and temp control from Toolstation (£49 each) from 00:30-04:30 and this means the central heating does not come on until approx. teatime in the colder months. Out of interest one of these heaters in my large kitchen only uses 2KWh overnight...

Liz Truss previously worked for Shell it looks like she still does :eek:

Bear in mind that intelligent is tied into the address as well as the car so it's more complicated.

My IHD works with Octopus go and agrees with my Owl intuition within a few pence variation which has the go tariffs and timings entered into the electricity use/price Sofware calculation.

This may be of interest to some in this mornings Times "Motorists are to be rewarded with discounts on their insurance premiums when they use a new generation of self driving cars that could be on Britain’s roads before the end of the year" although I would have to point out to the reporter that...

No I have full FITT so have not bothered with a battery. South facing roof with 3.6kw will provide a fair amount of KWhrs on a sunny day so I suspect 2.4kw battery is a bit small. On a sunny day you will get anywhere up to 3kw an hour with a south facing system.

One thing during this exceptional weather has made me doubt these statements. Being a low milage user I use the granny charger for my main charge and during the hot weather with my socket being near a south facing aluminum door it got quite warm (ambient air 37C) and the car informed me that the...

Borrow a glass suction pad attach it to you window and pull the window towards yourself to see if the noise disappears. I suspect your drivers door window is not putting sufficient pressure on the sealing top gasket when closed and may require adjusting.

And dump your phone, credit cards, license, insurance, bank account and only deal in cash :oops:

Just put "seats rubbing" in the search at the top of the forum.

Its likely the two seats rubbing together down the joint between them, as a test put some thickish polythene bag between the seat joint and see if the noise disappears. There are a couple of threads of how to cure this.

I had a few cars shortlisted with the Tesla 3 being one but not the favorite and as the miles per KW on many on my list quickly bore no relation to the supposed advertised range when tested by the independent testers/owners on YouTube everything quickly boiled down to Tesla giving by far the...

Something to take into considerations, what kills more people humans driving or the Tesla car self driving? Musk states when the car is far safer than a human operator you not only have self driving but it should be mandatory. I suspect Tesla cars are not far short of this point now if not...

Flexible gas prices from Octopus in my area are 7.22pence a KWh and as said above the standing charge is payable irrespective of your daily use. I know and appreciate I'm very lucky because my rate is still at 14.99pence and 5pence till Feb next year and the two local supermarkets 2 mile away...

I believe in the Sandy Munro original Tesla 3 teardown he stated they suspected the extra electronics for V2G are on the charging board and everything was duplicated for potential failure redundancy.

As far as I'm aware there are no reports of anybody using the 3 pin charging lead being electrocuted anywhere in the world? If the adaptor posed a risk in any way it would not be supplied with the vehicle. Risk is relevant but the big problem from my experience is the description (professionally...

Daily usage or daily charge? The smart monitor will indicate your pricing at cumulative high rate but you will be charged as per go dual rate on your bill.

I keep seeing this 5MPH stated on a 3 pin charger its 11MPH according to Tesla. Tesla app and Teslab app always state my car gains 44 miles added on my 4 hour octopus go overnight charges after AC losses. I use a three pin socket on an electronic timer with no problems but agree older or poorly...

Yes I do not disagree with this statement but bear in mind lower power systems can only be supplied with a limited amount of power/current so everything is proportional, its how electrical systems are designed.

A bad joint is exactly as described and the whether it is on a 7KW system or a 2KW system irrespective of the power and will have exactly the same result. I cannot see the wording intermittent 'high' load used anywhere in my statement? Just to note I'm not arguing it is obviously a fact that the...

This is all very strange it appears form what I can read in this thread that 7KW systems appear unable to suffer from bad/warm contacts but the scare mongers or is that installers and car salesmen based solely on commission/profit return are quick to point out potential problems with 3 pin...

I do similar milage and use the 3pin adaptor on a timed socket 00:30-04:30 using Octopus Go at 5 pence a KWhr with the max setting at 90% (approx 44miles a charge). I top up to 100% on the local supermarket free 22kw chargers when I do my weekly shopping. For those who are going to state I...

I believe when Sandy Munro stripped the original Tesla 3 system he stated that all the electronics for a vehicle-to-grid system are in place and the charging board is duplicated (redundancy) but the vehicle-to-grid is not implemented. Possibly a software change in the future?

The majority of tire service people will warn you off metal valve caps as the dissimilar metals can corrode on and when they try to remove the corroded on caps it can damage the TPS valve. That's the reason why TPS valves come fitted with plastic caps.

I cannot see the UK government legislating against a very successful US companies chargers as public interest under any circumstances especially when the same UK government has abysmally failed to get a reliable charging network set up in the UK. If you legislate against success you quickly...