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Hi all, If anyone is interested there is a Sunday Drive and lunch coming up. Need to sign up by the 10th if planning on coming along. TOCA NSW Event - A classic from the future

So we are soon to be a 2 Tesla household and have received the second HPWC (both three phase). The manual describes the ability to daisy chain the HPWCs so that the master HPWC charges first and when it finishes sends a signal to the next one to start charging. That way you don't need to run...

So Tesla are now offering 100D as a battery upgrade on the configurator under the 90D (for the X at least). Previously you could only get the 100kWh battery with the performance model. Reports from the US suggest price differential of $3k USD which should translate to approximately $4k AUD...

In January 2016 the Bowral meet up became the largest gathering of Teslas in the Southern Hemisphere with 37 cars attending, but we can do better than that!!! On Sunday 15 January 2017 we will descend (ascend?) upon Peppers Craigieburn in Bowral for lunch and a catch up on all things Tesla...

Just a heads up that you may have a delay if planning on using Goulburn supercharger today. There is a fair on at the park and parking is at a premium to the point that all charging spots were occupied by ICE cars when we got there. Three cars had the owners in them and one moved right away...

Hi all, If I try to bring up teslamotorsclub via my home broadband either using my iPhone or laptop I get "server not responding" or "can't establish a secure connection to server" messages. It only seems to be the TMC website that is having the issue, I have tried other US and local websites...

Hi all, I was forwarded a link to the attached paper written by the legal firm Clayton Utz regarding the adoption of driverless technologies and legal framework. It is an interesting read with some really good points raised...

Very interesting article about a paper that predicts a step change in electricity networks and transportation. 'It's the end of energy and transportation as we know it': Tony Seba | smh.com.au Elon seems to have all boxes ticked: 1) Solar generation = Solar City 2) battery storage = Tesla...

So ACT as a territory has committed to 100% renewable power by 2020. ACT to be powered by 100pc renewable energy by 2020 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Time for the other states to step up and for the Feds to set some stiff targets for the country as a whole?

This article includes mention of Tesla, but also references work being undertaken in relation to autonomous car policies and some of the issues being considered. https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/portal/news/arup-uses-visualisations-develop-autonomous-car-policy

Here is a question that was puzzling me in wet weather recently. Traditional wisdom is that you shouldn't use cruise control on wet or icy roads because if you aqua plane or slip the car will keep trying to accelerate to achieve the set speed and send you flying off out of control when you get...

Found this article about an Uber Tesla that is being used as a reward for the top drivers from the company operating them - Splend. Your next Uber driver could be driving a Tesla | afr.com Interesting that it is a reward, that they only pick up the best customers in it and the very positive...

Drive car of the year awards for 2015 are in. Again Tesla failed to win overall award, however it did pick up two awards: Firstly for the luxury car over $80k field: 2015 Drive Car of the Year: Best luxury car over $80,000 Secondly, the supercharger network won 2015 green innovation award...

Was looking for the outcome of a council meeting on the Blacktown City Council website and came across a proposal that had been made to the council for installation of a number of multi-function poles which include EV charging facilities. That was interesting in itself, but what is more...

Had my first annual service at the Sydney service centre today. It is about two weeks early, but Jesse was keen to get cars done before Christmas. Coincidently I have done almost 20k kms in that time also. With wheel alignment (rear wheels were a bit out of tolerance) the service came to...

I had a discussion today about provision of EVSE for charging of cars at commuter car parks at stations or T-Way stops. Given that a commuter that is taking the train or express bus to work is typically parked for 8-10 hours charging facilities could be fairly low key if you are only looking to...

It's as if we have finally woken up in the modern world? Canberra launches ambitious bid to host US giant Tesla Motors | canberratimes.com.au

I pulled up at a set of red traffic lights at the base of a hill today as did another car next to me. I glanced in my rear view mirror and saw a tip truck closing in on us and it was obvious that he couldn't stop at the rate he was going. The intersection ahead was still clear so I stamped on...

I assume that other owners have received an invite to an event at the service centres to celebrate the one billion miles achievement? It looks as if "public" test drive events occur later in the day, but invite for owners is earlier in the day. Events appear to be next weekend in Sydney and...

May be of interest. They will apparently have a Tesla car and electric bike on display. Maybe we could add a few more Teslas? Stand Up For Solar - Sydney Launch

Now that many of us have our cars (and the number is growing) I wanted to resurrect the idea of a meet up of owners in Sydney/Newcastle areas. To make it easy for people coming from both directions this would suggest a location on the Central Coast somewhere (under 100kms from either end...

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/10/22/daimler-ag-sells-its-tesla-motors-inc-stake-for-us780m-as-model-s-rises-as-luxury-car-rival/?__federated=1

http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/motoring/car-reviews/tesla-model-s-luxury-electric-3840012 Article in UK's "The Mirror" newspaper. On the whole very positive, he even hints he might get one himself!

http://blog.caranddriver.com/tesla-gets-junk-credit-rating-loses-zero-sleep/ Found this on Car and Driver website - hopefully I post link correctly. Some of the comments are, as always, as interesting as the article itself.