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I have a number of friends who are curious to serious about Tesla products. At the moment I do not have one due to financial limits (looking at 3Q2024 possible) I am wondering if there is ways to get the Referral Code, even temporarily, and pass it around that day. Maybe a Demo Drive will give...

Is there a list of EV chargers that have Ethernet connection included? Ethernet is infinitely more reliable than Wireless, the effort to run a wire is often cheaper and defiantly saves money in long run. The challenge is finding chargers that have Ethernet, as the vender typically focus on the...

Eanes ISD board approves creation of police department and Tesla fleet purchase in unanimous vote As one might expect with anything new: Mainly was ignorance of the costs, all the complainants thinking the MY would cost more. The board pointed out quite easily it will be significantly less...

I was looking how the Infrastructure bill words the stations, and currently it does NOT require NACS. The key line is: What I understand is, at least for L2, NACS is not approved. The "National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program Q&A" says Which goes counter to the...

WORST opinion reporting I have ever seen, and its the WSJ! https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/wsj-opinion-the-coming-electric-vehicle-collision/vi-AA1fQIxX?ocid=socialshare&cvid=c4ed712b60be4e468af8441225da2eb0&ei=17 It is so bad, it looks to be made up from whole cloth. IMHO must...

Years ago Tesla created the "Host a Supercharger" offer with info on hosting commercial locations. Soon after Ford jumped on the NACS bandwagon, Tesla started responding to all the "Host a Supercharger" requests. Except it is only for Destination chargers, and seems to be at cost by property...

WILL Japan adopt NACS? CHAdeMO was developed in 2010 by the CHAdeMO Association, a charging system design from the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). TEPCO had been participating on numerous EV infrastructure trial projects between 2006 and 2009 in collaboration with Nissan, Mitsubishi, Fuji...

Ordering a new Tesla there is option for only 5 colors, and has not really changed in years (slight color change) (Model S/X pricing, 3/Y is -$500) Pearl White Multi-Coat $0 Solid Black $1,500 Midnight Silver Metallic $1,500 Deep Blue Metallic $1,500 Ultra Red $3,000 Colors I would like to...

Be it emergency or recreation (camping), I really want to have this item standard. I realize there is 3ed party options to connect to 12v battery, but best is built in from main battery with app monitoring. A few BEV's already have this standard, Tesla should put this back (I read early Model S...

I posted in another thread, but decided this needs its own thread. If this report is credible, 7 BYD BEV cars a day are catching fire, occasionally exploding. And BVD is just one of 4 BEV makers in China (besides Tesla)...

There was a horrific mid-air crash in Dallas, Texas (USA) (updates on investigation). A P-63F "Kingcobra" collided with a B-17G "Flying Fortress" named "Texas Raiders" during the Wings of Dallas air show. 5 on the B-17G and 1 on the P-63F died The reasons why this mid air happened are being...

Can the US go 100%* BEV new car sales by 2035? (*In reality there will be a need for ICE cars forever, but the number will be statistically insignificant) (*Also, does not count massive industrial vehicles like bulldozers, those will take longer to be tackled) California passed a law going 100%...

In the H.R.5376 - Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 I found this: (2) Guidelines.--The Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for high-efficiency electric home rebate programs, including guidelines for providing point of sale rebates in a manner consistent with the income...

Was watching Meet The Press (NBC Sunday morning), when I saw a commercial showing Model 3's smashing into dummies of children at least 3 times and saying FSD was a killer and demand US Government to stop Tesla. Finished with a telephone number (could not get in time) Announcer (old man) did...

The beginning of the mass migration. Uber, Lyft Drivers Switch to Teslas as High Gas Prices Squeeze Profit (Bloomberg version) This raised my eyebrows. More exposure, more customers, faster migration to BEV.

Making a resource post for TCM people looking at installing PV, everyone encouraged to post. I am seriously looking to install a set, want to share the research and process at same time. Web sites: Solargraf is a directory of installers, like a portal...

What policies can towns and small cities do to make their communities BEV ready and promote BEV future? Much more than just installing chargers on city land (which may not be much of incentive). Some ideas I have: 1. Requirement that new buildings must be EV Ready, with space reserved and...

Events in last 2 years have made BEV the hot product, so Lithium Mining as well as nickel, cobalt, and manganese mining will skyrocket (not include other ingredients as they are plentiful). There is already a multifold production increase in those metals, and demand will only go lunar (far...

Looking for rent an BEV in Houston, Texas. So far not having much luck. Hertz or Enterprise Hertz not have Tesla in Houston yet. Enterprise has Nissan Leaf, but possibly only 1 location. Something I miss?

Do you want Tesla to offer Solar Roof option on their cars? After all, skip the middleman and go direct from sun to moving. HUGE caveat: the amount of energy gained is tiny compared to what a EV uses to move, its usefulness will be very minimal. On the flip side, the Solar energy collected will...

vvv NO MORE vvv (well, maybe to distant hubs, last mile via FSD) When? Earliest 2 years from now, maybe longer for laws to allow (you know someone will get involved.

So Tesla via Elon Tweet confirmed April 1st 7th, a Thursday, as the GigaFest Austin event, 6 weeks from now. A repeat of the one held in Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg (as of this post shows images from that event, in case reused for Austin) Who can go, how to get in, and a million other...

Prediction when BEV will impact fuel, and more importantly statistics. Of course the more BEV the less gasoline and diesel is consumed, and it will still be a few years before the oil companies will start seeing the inevitable decline. Europe and China will likely see it in 2023 at rate of...

Not the first time an EV was engineered to provide power to building, be it emergency or perhaps a get-away cottage. After the horrible 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that caused the devastating nuclear disaster that crippled east Japan's power grid Nissan quickly created a method to power...

Looks like it is a trend among utilities, to charge people for free power. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/01/28/puerto-rico-legislator-calls-on-us-congress-to-prevent-an-illegal-tax-on-puerto-rico-solar/

There is 8 days left of Public Comments for the Electric Vehicle Charging Program in Infrastructure Bill. The Docket for this is here, with tabs for Document and Comments. Document is here, the summary: I saw EVgo published a 20 page letter to site (more on that below). Encourage others to...

I want to have a better understanding of Political parties on topic of BEV (room to add Renewable, but focus is BEV). In US the Democrat party has a very positive view toward BEV, but there is also good Republican support. The 2021 Infrastructure bill has $7.5 Billion for building more...

Reading another topic I was reminded about the "march of nines". article 1 crash in 100k miles is probably better than average human drivers (I admit to a couple of minor fender benders over the years). But the previous sentence is even more important: the inevitable crash. I read a post...

Read this post about F-150 delay email, made me wonder. When will BEV supply catch up to demand? That is (my definition): typically less than week from order to delivery on large majority BEVs on market, from most producers (not every model, not from every mfg). Not unlike buying any auto at...

This is worthy of its own thread, and poll. Considering all that he has done, his success and failures, in 2021. Remember most that Time Person of the Year judges by "for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year" Does Elon Musk deserve the honor...

Came across this article in June 2021 of Texas Monthly https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/energy-subsidies-fossil-fuels-renewables/ In it they say despite Texas politicians saying Texas is very business friendly, the reality is it is mostly lip service. The response And it is true...

Reading about exploding Bolts and melting wires, seems to be prudent to install smoke and fire detectors close to where battery packs are. And a AFCI circuit breaker if not already. I doubt any home garage has a smoke detector, not required by law, should it be?

4680 batteries, what is the advantage? 4680 is evolutionary, not revolutionary change from what I read. There is little chemical change from other types (18650 and 2170) and uses the same "jellyroll" design. The significant change is size (less so the so called "tabless" design, which IMHO is a...

Can a Tesla finish* an ICE Stock Car race? I think, YES. Can a Tesla win an ICE Stock Car race? Maybe I am not ignorant of the range limitation and speed limitations of EV (faster one goes, more energy consumed), that due to torque curve and gearing an ICE car can maintain better energy...

I came across this WIRED article that proclaimed in big letters: How GM Beat Tesla to the First True Mass-Market Electric Car and they are talking about the GM BOLT! If you thought it might be an old article, you are correct, as in from February 2016. Naturally is mentioned the catastrophic...

Today (15 Nov 2021) the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be signed into law. I am trying to parse out information in the law that focuses on renewable energy, charging network, and BEV. So much was added in and and taken out at last minuet not sure what is in there. Here is one site...

I am wondering if FSD should be a separate item with a Tesla purchase. Unlike an option it not a physical item, and can be added or removed instantly. And yes, one of many reasons is the incentive limits. (not see appropriate existing topic)

With the torrent of reports and promises by new and established car makers to rapidly increase EV production, I am starting to wonder if power companies can keep up. It will take years to build new power plants, fortunately not as long to build wind and install PV's (if there is supply). There...

Why not have US Military build solar and wind, go carbon neutral? US Military owns 8,849,476 acers, can easily build enough PV and Wind to power all buildings, and then offset carbon from military vehicles. And then pay less to operate everything. And since its under control by the CinC, all...

I am helping a friend (really!) get chargers at their business for customers (get on the map, and this map too). I am looking at Tesla (first recommendation, and yes, did send application), but wonder about others. I found Blink, Electrify America, and EVgo, and is that it? (ChargePoint...

Something that I am wondering about, driving in mountains (not through) in EV, when to charge? With regen-braking energy goes to charge batteries, which means it is best to have storage capacity. Logically the best thing to do is at base of mountains charge to 90+%, and no more than, say, 40%...

So I watched this (Edit: discusses the ramping up of Tesla production while other car companies are slow to produce even current ICE cars, predicting a very rapid increase in Tesla market share in car industry) Are the numbers he presented correct? Lars said by 2025 Tesla could be making over...

I was watching the fun movie "Free Guy", noticed everyone was using ICE muscle cars, started to wonder if there was any EV? No spoilers, watch the movie, its worth it (hint, epic change event in movie). More recently there was "Shang Chi", and they did use an BMW iX3 in a major scene, and of...

With that expansive front on Teslas, is getting a clear bra a worthy investment? I realize those things can trap dirt at edge and yellow over time, need replacement, but repainting can be just as expensive. Thoughts? (looking on a M3, but can be for all models.)

Wanted to discus the economic effects of moving to a 40% PhotoVoltaic (Solar) power generation. Argument: A drive to significant PV energy source will cause the biggest economic growth since WW2. Reducing CO2 emissions is not the goal, just a collateral benefit. Why will there be such growth...

What is the closest fuel car in size to the Teslas? Finding approximate size for cost comparisons. Looking at overall exterior dimensions, and approximate interior room too. This web site gives some comparisons, but note they are mainly higher price cars (except for Toyota Camry XLE and Acura...

Looking for tools or web sites to calculate cost savings of BEV over fuel based autos. Goal to show financial savings of BEV over time vs the higher cost for a BEV. Maintenance costs over time also welcome, but not as important. Thanks

Looking if I can get a set of maintenance manuals (not user/owner manuals). Tesla has the typical Service Technical manual for shops via subscription (Roadster is free, but still need account). Is there a source that does not require a subscription? I found this that seems to point a way to...

For what its worth, I am writing a letter to my Senators and House Reps (US and State) in the faint hope it may slap some "common sense" into them. I live in Texas, you know, oil country, but doing so is better than doing nothing. I am asking community to read over my letter and offer ideas, or...

Sept 8th the Biden administration released a blueprint showing how the nation could move toward producing almost half of its electricity from the sun by 2050. That is almost 28 years from now. Give me a break! Political hindrances aside, how fast can the US get to 50% PV simply with mfg and...