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Hi, not sure if this has already been asked, but would it be possible to edit the reference speed? 110 km/h isn't a typical driving speed in Europe, so I don't really have a good idea what consumption I have at this speed. Would be great if one could set both the ref speed and associated ref...

Ah ok, thanks, so the VIN isn't serviced anymore, makes sense.

Does the car get OTA updates for a P85 as well?

@wk57: How about you summarize your key findings so far in a few bullet points in your first post? That way people will be less likely to miss your key findings (and thus won't re-iterate claims that you have already debuked), and you'll also find it easier to rebut if they still do by simply...

That would imply a battery round-trip efficiency of 93.7%, or a loss of 6.3%. That seems pretty good, but realistic nontheless.

It's definitely wrong to subtract gas price from the car price. Does a Tesla become cheaper just because another propelling mechanism, namely gas cars, are more expensive? No. They might as well claim buying a Tesla *makes* you money just because flying an airplane for the same mileage is much...

JB has a twitter account? Source/link?

Nothing at all. They told me no tours in the week of July 27th either.

No, it was from 3.2 to 3.1.

Tesla support called me back yesterday, and they confirmed it's a bug. They will fix it ASAP in one of the next versions of the firmware. I was quite impressed by the quick reply, only two days after I called them!

Same here, new 85D in Switzerland. Called Tesla support, they opened a ticket and will hopefully get back to me soon. This worked fine in the P85 I had before, no issues at all.

Elon's reply is gone on twitter...?!

Thanks, gorgeous!

Wow, I love the blue one! Do you know if this is a custom wrap or if it's the updated blue paint?

How come 16 modules / 14 modules is not equal to 85 kWh / 60 kWh then?

Do you have a source for that claim? Official specs are 3.7 sec.

Thanks Doug! Do you have a source that confirms the 6 kW resistive heater and that there are indeed two heating modes?

How about Drophead coupe? The picture doesn't show the top of the car, maybe that's the reason why...

Nope. That would be Panasonic.

Cool! Ist that web app something you'll eventually release to the public?

Source?

The 3rd generation car will be called "Model 3" as per the tweet, what's not clear about this?

See also Superchargers, does that too.

That sounds like snake oil to me. Providing a 'basic' torque and then braking individual wheels to reduce the torque on those wheels, which is what stability control does, is equivalent to actively controlling the torque on each wheel. No matter what the approach is, both ESP and torque...

And how would that be better than the usual ABS + stability control, which also does wheel-specific braking?

Why would an SUV/van need torque vectoring in the first place? Not sure I see the benefits.

Where did you read that? I think that's not true.

Broken image links...

How does one know whick pack one has?

I think you massively overestimate the feasibility of this. Improving aerodynamics of a car by 10 or 20% may be possible with smart and technically challenging adjustments, but factors of 2 or 3? Forget it. Spoiler alert: All 100% of the energy is wasted. All of it. Turns to heat. If the car is...

- Autonomie: Les forums anglais et allemands disent le contraire, mais je ne l'ai pas testé. - 0-100: C'est ton propre test avec 3.9s, mais comparer ça aux 4.4s officielles ne dit rien. Tu devrais comparer à une "vraie" P85 directement. En tout cas, les moteurs et donc la puissance sont égales...

Deux fautes: - L'autonomie avec les 21" est 5-7% plus petit. Clique sur le petit bouton 19" à droite de la voiture blanche roulante: Your Questions Answered | Tesla Motors - La P85 et la P85 ont le même 0-100 km/h, au moins d'après la page web officielle: Model S Design Studio | Tesla Motors

Hi all, Very often I read things like "you should add the twin charger for better resale value", or "choose multi-coat white over regular white for resale value". Are people actually aware that is is completely wrong? If you add, say, the double chargers for $1500, do you really think you'll be...

Really? I personally don't like cars that have moustaches.

Why not simply let the market decide, offer and demand?

My P85 is my first car - at the age of 36! I have lived in European cities for most of my life (currently Zürich), all having provided excellent public transport, so there was simply no need for a car. There still isn't, but fell in love on my 1st test drive :-)

Charging losses obviously, about 15%, that's to be expected.

No, he said "potential for". That's very different.

I don't have a "hard" source, but: 1. I have read of at least a dozen if not two dozen drive unit replacements in this forum alone. Given that only a fraction of people who have this issue will post in this forum, we can safely assume there were > 100 replacements. 2. The kind of issue that is...

Hi all, We all know that Tesla service is great: They have replaced drive units, batteries, door handles etc. on a lot of cars, probably because of early production issues. While this is great for us owners, I wonder if they have properly factored in that cost into their calculations? They...

I don't find it counter-intuitive, because if you accelerate hard you need more power on one hand, but only for a correspondingly shorter time on the other hand. These two facts cancel each other out.

Why is there no doubt? Source? I thinks it's more like wishful thinking...

Fair enough, but two samples of doubling figures are hardly anywhere near statistical significance.

That may or may not be true - but even when it is true, you'll simply swap the old battery for a new one, which will be cheaper, lighter and will even have more capacity, simply because battery technology will advance a lot in 15 years.

I noticed that you haven't mentioned silver. That's a color that I usually consider boring, because a lot uf cars here in Switzerland are silver, so I never even remotely considered it for my car. Well, that was until I saw a silver Model S in person. What can I say, I fell in love! Matches the...

Nope. Tire mileage aka tread life improved, meaning the rubber on the tire lasts 10% longer. Doesn't say anything about MPG or efficiency!

Yes, tire mileage, not efficiency. Grip and efficiency are contradictory design targets of a tire.

I think you may be misinterpreting: This means that the tire has less wear, i.e. last 10% more miles. It does say anything about rolling resistance! Given that they don't mention rolling efficiency in their list you can safely assume that it's at most equal, but probably worse. A tire that has...

Amazing reply! :-)

Have you actually tried using my formula? It will give you reasonable times. Yes, my formula doesn't include rolling friction or air drag, but as ElSupreme has said that's next to irrelevant because the majority of the energy goes into moving the car, i.e., the mechanical energy stored in the...