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I'm glad it works for you. Unfortunately, the time and hassle it takes to lock up and unlock my e-bike when i get to the store and then having to carefully stow my purchases in the basket so so they won't bounce out tends to deter me from using it very much for anything but recreation where I...

Yes, but it won't make the news and the city/county will never know. Back when I used to take a lot of roadtrips in our Roadster, before there were very many public chargers, I would generally dial-down the charging current. Of course, the Roadster didn't have any telematics to tell me if it...

Most RV parks with which I'm familiar are loose organizations. They probably aren't compliant with much of anything. Since all of the wiring is outdoors and mostly buried, I doubt it is a big deal though.

It sounds like you've seen the ethical dilemma that could be the end to automated driving: What happens if, to save the life of a person crossing the road, one must brake so hard it kills you and your passengers or causes you to cause an accident that kills others? Then there's the dilemma where...

These guys have been trying for a long time. They also are trying to incorporate V2G. https://www.dcbel.energy/ara/ They keep changing their product name and website but seem to be having trouble getting product to market.

How to kill EVs - make them the laughing stock.

But they will have to make the investment or start losing customers. The world is changing.

Do we have an estimate for what the "basic "awake" loads when parked" are? I recommend running the numbers before worrying about where you're going to put the panel(s). Keep in mind that, when charging, which would be happening when this proposed panel gets plugged into the system, the load is a...

Yep, you're one of those legitimate edge cases that can be challenging for EVs. I would think, however, that a long range Tesla should be workable without too much effort, most of the time. New Brunswick to Norwalk, to Hempstead and back to New Brunswick is only 207 miles, a route that passes...

There are a few good things there. Use NJ Transit to PATH or the LIRR and it will probably go better. Not a good thing to make it a habit though, IMHO.

In general, I recommend that, when going to NYC or Jersey City, you charge enough in NJ, CT, Westchester, or Long Island to get you in and back out. It really isn't that far. If you live in NYC or Jersey City, having an EV will be just as much of a problem as having an ICE car - many don't...

Moral of story: Put your money on the egomaniac engineer who is willing to hire engineers and designers and named the company after a famous engineer to start a car company, not the egomaniac designer who won't hire engineers (Fisker outsourced that dirty task to contractors) and named the...

75KW are "Urban Superchargers", NOT "destination chargers". Destination chargers tend to only be 10 to 20 KW. I don't see any reason one would expect EV charging to be any easier than any other automobile infrastructure (parking, service, gasoline, carwashes, etc) in that high-density area...

I recommend you reboot your main display computer. You do this by pressing both scroll wheels until the screen goes blank. A few minutes later, a Tesla "T" appears on the screen, then, a bit later, the screen comes back to life. This tends to reset little software glitches that may be...

This works at most "30 amp" (TT-30) outlets at RV parks: https://www.evseadapters.com/products/tt-30-adapter-for-tesla-model-s-x-3-gen-2/ You can charge at about 10 mph.

Unfortunately, your 'could' just doesn't hold up in the real world. It is the opposite of reality. It may impress 2% but 80% will be permanently discouraged and 18% will hesitate before jumping in (yes, I made up these numbers based on my own rough observations). Seeing their neighbor driving...

While I, personally, have nothing against golf carts and mini-cars, I tend to try to downplay them as EVs. They only show how EVs are not viable for many uses and, overall, hurt the adoption of EVs by the general populous. It definitely is interesting to see places like certain Florida areas...

In sparse areas or extreme weather, this is always a good idea. I've only had this same issue: However, as far as I know, Tesla has always provided a tow if one of their Superchargers that they told you to go to was down and you got stuck. I think this is one reason they're hesitant to route...

Does anyone follow the F150 Lightning close enough to know how well it is working with Superchargers? Are folks experiencing any compatibility issues with stations that should work but don't?

Let's not get snobby about camping. I could say that real camping is with a poncho and a poncho liner. I could also say it is a class A motorhome. Personally, while I can handle either of the above or anything in between, I prefer a nice cabin or hotel room with a fireplace and a bathroom...

I don't know that much about EA but Blink used to have 2 hoses and 2 parking spaces at a CHAdeMO DCFC but only 1 would work at a time. However, you could park at such a charger that was already in use and plug-in, then leave the area knowing that as soon as the original person finished, it...

I guess after watching Tesla do it that way for over a decade, they finally figured it out. Good news for sure though! Hopefully, that means 10 dispensers with 10 parking spaces, not 6 or 8 hoses with 3 or 4 parking spaces so only 3 or 4 can use them at the same time.

If he wasn't trying to youtube it, he probably could have done more. Back in 2019, I drove round trip between Tidewater, VA and Los Angeles, CA in 3 days each way (new M3LR). My longest day was 1100 miles. I got back to LA in time for a 5:00 meeting near LAX. . . . and that was before I-40...

First of all, you need to drive, not just meander about. I find a good day is 800 - 900 miles per day. Let's take Bend, OR to Los Angeles. Run through the Tesla planner and starting at full charge, leaving Bend at 6:00 am: - Mount Shasta, CA, arr at 21% at 9:39 am, charge for 29 min -...

Unfortunately, pretty much all of the rest stop chargers I've seen are at closed rest stops, max out at 55 KW, and are either out-of-order or the single one is occupied but a Bolt driven by a retiree who's happy to sit somewhere, reading a book for 2 hours slowly charging all the way because it...

Clearly, the definition of a "road trip" varies between people and, as such, I suspect what is needed or desired for charging varies as well. A 4-6 hour trip generally only requires about 1 charging stop, maybe 2. Wasting 10 or 15 minutes at that one charging stop for this is a lot different...

I either charge at work upon plug-in to be charged from the grid while it is at low demand and high solar output or at home, set for scheduled departure in the morning. My daily max charge is generally at 80%. I'll sometimes bump it up to 90% or higher if I'm going to be driving immediately...

Definitely do not worry. I live where temperatures in summer regularly exceeds +40C in the summer and I've parked my Model 3 with NMC batteries outside nearly every day for the past 6 years and there is no unexpected loss of range (still charges to ~287 miles). The key point is to keep the car...

I'm sorry, you're right. /sarcasm We'd all be sitting in long lines at the Costco gas station grousing about how expensive gasoline is . . . Why did he have to come along and invest his fortune into EVs to get them off the ground. /sarcasm /seriously: Don't get me wrong. I don't particularly...

Who knows? One of Musk's good points is that he has the guts to try and see if they can come up with a design that will make regulators comfortable instead of just saying it is hard and not trying. Like him or not: He fails, he succeeds. He make friends, he makes enemies. We're actually...

I would recommend the Enphase/Clipper Creek CS-100: https://enphase.com/store/ev-chargers/ev-chargers-business/cs-100-ev-charger You may be able to get them to swap out the connector with a Roadster-specific one if they still have them available. Otherwise you'll need a J-1772 -to- Roadster...

With an EV, there's no need to hobble them so they can't have high output, you can simply choose not to drive them at max output by not hammering the accelerator. The won't stress the powertrain as much and you may see a bit longer longevity although, today, there is little evidence that it...

The Amtrak auto train on the east coast is the only such thing I know of anywhere in the world. It, apparently, is a complete money loser and many wonder why Amtrak keeps plowing money into it. I agree that the idea sounds great. I don't know whether the complete concept is economically bad...

Generally, they are tweakers (Meth addicts). Most likely mindlessly conservative leaning themselves but probably encouraged by naive liberal policies.

Good point. If it is a ChargePoint station you've found to be a good candidate through plugshare, it can be beneficial to check their app to verify whether it is in use as well as this information on who has used last. For that matter, checking with EVgo, Blink, etc can be a help. I just find...

Unfortunately, in my experience, the only really useful information on public charging is on Plugshare and Tesla (for Superchargers). They aren't perfect but the other sources (primarily charging network and EV manufacturer websites/apps) are so inaccurate or incomplete that they are...

Hmm, so choice between dead in a microsecond or burn for a while first. Not much of a set of choices. I do agree about the issue with 10kpsi tanks. Back in the 1990's and early 2000's, folks were always coming up with the air car that could be fueled with a tire compressor. In addition to...

good point. However, I that a lot of people still drive around with gasoline bombs under their seats. Racers often also have tanks of N2O as well. I guess, like so many things: This could be done. Whether it should be done is different.

oops. here you go: I didn't check your math or parameters, however, I do question your initial assumption that the thrusters would be used for 1st order acceleration. Is there enough electrical thrust - f(motor torque and wheel traction)? I'm guessing that wheel traction is the limiting...

. I didn't check your math or parameters, however, I do question your initial assumption that the thrusters would be used for 1st order acceleration. Is there enough electrical thrust - f(motor torque and wheel traction)? I'm guessing that wheel traction is the limiting factor and, just...

Perhaps you missed my original supposition: Like with many Tesla things, you start with a technology that the rich will pay a lot for (like high-performance electric acceleration) to develop the technology. Then, once proven, you wrap economies of scale into it so it is affordable for all. I'm...

Do we know that they replace everything? Or just the failed cells or sheets? I'm sure Tesla has done the analysis for the best economical and, probably, environmental option as they design the packs.

Yep, if the plan is to just to provide semi-static downthrust when launching or entering a curve then the thrusters might not respond fast enough to control slipping on ice. He also said it might be able to fly - that implies there may be upforce that exceeds the car's weight, somewhere but I...

My half-baked idea is also that lateral thrust would be a problem. You'd survive the ice but blow the poor guy beside you completely off the road. However, down thrust, possibly at ~45 degree angle would increase road traction while still having a lateral component that might help with yaw...

When you hit ice, the most important thing and initial challenge is to keep the vehicle pointed forward. Today, counter-steering is the only means available. It has worked for me all times but one (car flipped ends and I jumped a ditch - backward. Then drove back to road). You don't actually...

inertial sensors, of course. Do I really have to answer this? Toward the front of the car, aligned with the road, on the vector before yaw began, of course. How do you think they know to activate lane-departure warnings, active yaw control, etc? Yep, but now there are smart people (and...

My background is sufficient in education and experience. Thrusters can provide thrust vectors that are independent of or increasing traction with the road depending on what direction they point. Ice and hydroplaning are a problem because the car loses traction with the road, hence you lose...

There's no doubt that a 12 gauge wire will work in all cases. Its just bulkier, more expensive, and harder to find that 14 gauge ones that will work just fine. One cannot plug a 5-20 adapter into a 5-15 outlet anyway. The 5-20 adapter has one blade vertical and the other horizontal so it...

I understand and appreciate this prudence, however, 14 gauge is rated for 15 amps (NFPA ratings). The Model 3, Y, and Roadster (all I can quickly verify right now) default to 12 amps when charging on 120v. Therefore, 14 gauge it is technically sufficient (it even has 20% extra margin) to...

That all depends on what the Roadster is in the way of. Robotaxi folks are definitely a different skillset than most who are needed to build a new automobile. Tesla compact folks probably would overlap a bit with the same ones as needed to build the Roadster. However, I suspect that the folks...