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IIRC, you can update your current appt via the app, by stating that you also have charge port issues.

Probably best to have the service centre look at it...assuming they haven't all been laid off.

It hasn't re-occurred but I'm keeping an eye on it.

Some of the early batch have a defective locking pin:

I was just curious as to what the car was currently reporting.

IIRC, the car will report that it is FSD capable. Does your's state that?

The NYT takes a look at the situation: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/04/business/energy-environment/tesla-electric-vehicles-supercharger.html (BTW, you can read a number of articles for free by signing up to the NYT and they had (maybe still have a 6 month sub for $1)

Geez... Q: what percentage of cars on the road in North America are EVs? Answer: about 1%! Currently new EV registrations are running at about 5%. We're nowhere near the required number of DCFCs needed to service the increase in EV registrations and the increasing % of EV adoption. If...

Roswell has 4 x CP120KW CCS1 posts and 2 x more CCS1 posts (and at least 2 x Chaedemo) via Francis Energy. Maybe try and find a Chaedemo to Tesla adapter.

The plot thickens:

'Quality Is Going To Deteriorate': Laid-Off Tesla Employees On Superchargers' Future Now-former Tesla employees tell InsideEVs about the chaos at the company, and why they worry about Supercharger quality and uptime https://insideevs.com/news/718132/tesla-laid-off-employee-interview/

I've charged there on a week day, during a week that included Thanksgiving and the site was at over 50% capacity. The I-10 corridor from LA to Phoenix is a very popular route for EVs. The thing is that its much cheaper, per charging post, to put in lots of posts. During the same drive, we...

Federal funding was put on the table to convince Tesla to open up the SC network. The owner of another EV brand vehicle tries to DCFC at non-Tesla networks and has mixed results in terms of reliability and pricing...the same person goes to a SC station and get prompt charging at a competitive...

They are in the Nav, but navigating to one will not cause the car to precondition the battery on-route.

There's a number of CCS1 DCFC stations near Clayton NM: I keep my CCS1 adapter in my car at all times.

Yeah, it sure does! We're talking about ~550 sites/year and each site requires a blizzard of planning, permitting, and ordering to get it up and running and each site has to be planned months in advance.

Real world data seems to indicate that calendar aging is, by far, the predominant factor. see post 1403.

According to a video released by a Tesla SC installation contractor regional Tesla employee south-eastern SC site selection/install team was laid off in the initial 10% staff cuts and their workload transferred to the 500 Tesla staff headquarters team, and they in turn were all terminated on...

Kyle Conner gives some insights:

The NYT's take on this: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/business/tesla-layoffs-supercharger-team.html It's a very interesting read and it highlights the effects on the entire EV industry, including the subcontractors who were tasked with installing all the planned SC stations.

I bought my 2022 M3 when and because the CCS1 adapter became available as I didn't want to rely solely on the Tesla SC network. I actually think that other EV manufacturers adopting the NACS standard was a mistake as it deprived the existing CCS1 charging networks of future capital investment...

Most of the range loss is due to calendar aging. What's the build date on your M3? Also does it have 18 or 19in wheels?

Unfortunately, I didn't press the Teslacam record button and lost the video.

Dirty Tesla demonstrates FSD(S) vs various objects:

So there's insufficient space in the panel or insufficient capacity? What amperage is the main breaker? It might be cheaper to just put in a larger panel. If the panel has room for another 120v breaker you could add a 20amp 120v breaker use that to feed a NEMA 5-20 outlet which would allow...

Willcox AZ SC is a V2. I've charged there several times and I've never had to wait and I typically get ~140kw when arriving with a low SOC. Apparently a very busy stop recently due to eclipse travel.

There's reliable CCS1 charging in Lordsburg and Globe.

Yesterday the charge port door opened by itself when the car was locked and parked in the rain, with mirrors folded. Sentry Mode detected no activity near the vehicle.

I checked the USB drive and that period of time was overwritten. Darn!

Today we were driving west on Bakerview in Bellingham WA with FSD engaged. The car in front of us swerved to avoid an object on the road; I recognized the object to be a small, empty, paper bag as it easily moved from the breeze from the car in front. I briefly considered taking over from FSD...

Does the 2021 SR+ have an LFP HV battery? The LFP battery can be charged to 100% daily vs a recommended 80% for the 2019LR. This means that the difference in range may be minimal on a day to day basis. The 2021 should be more efficient and it may have some remaining warranty. and if so, is the...

We just finished a ~30 mile/50km drive in the rain and the car drove us to our destination with no interventions except for me choosing a slightly alternate route for part of the drive. The car negotiated 4 roundabouts and multiple intersections and lane changes.

Tesla MCs all come with a 14-50 adapter plug and most Tesla owners will have one and many non-Tesla EV owners will have a 14-50 compatible EVSE, Providing a 14-50 plug will do double duty for most EV and RV owners.

Four days and 2200+ miles with FSDS (Portal AZ to Morro Bay CA to Ferndale WA). I received FSDS on April 1. I had some previous experience with FSD 11.4.X via a friend's MY. Overall: FSDS was very helpful but occasionally very annoying. It never felt unsafe but I have to admit that using it...

Similar situation here: current drive is SE AZ to Morro Bay CA, and then up the coast of CA to BC, so lots of rain and wind, Overall FSDS is helpful and as I learn to use it as a driver's aid rather than actual 'full self driving' it is becoming very useful. Driving through San Francisco onto...

I learned here about a nifty work around to the FSDS vs AP or TACC dilemma: Create another driver profile by cloning your existing profile and turn off FSDS for the clone. You can switch profiles whilst driving and then use AP or TACC as desired,

Autosteer = lane centering plus TACC or IOW, Autopilot.

No indication of construction as of last Sunday. Good progress on the EVGO station at the FlyingJ and the EA station at the Lordsburg Chevron is very reliable.

What I dislike is that FSDS doesn't default to AP or TACC when disengaged. It sometimes makes inappropriate lane changes and if disengaged in the freeway the result is instant regen braking. The other bad thing is that it sometimes it reads the '55mph while towing' signs as the speed limit and...

If you mean navigation destination which activates battery preconditioning, then I expect you're correct. However, most DCFC charging stations, such as EA or EVGO are searchable in the nav system and can be selected as waypoints or destinations; they just won't activate battery preconditioning...

Full Self Driving (supervised) or FSDS, after 640 miles (1040km) of driving: It's quite useful on the Hwy and into town, especially due to it's ease in finding the exact destination. Can it actually drive the car without intervention by the driver? NO! In it's defense it hasn't made any really...

NEMA 5-15(12A/120V continuous) or NEMA 5-20 (16A/120V continuous) outlet? That depends. If the car is protected from wind it should charge on a NEMA 5-15, but will lose a few percent SOC during preconditioning. A NEMA 5-20 outlet can cope somewhat better and might still charge if the car is...

That remains to be seen! We'll be back in Canada in another week and I'll report back then...

Tesla pushed FSD to my Cdn registered car last night. We're currently in AZ.

FSD (Supervised) 1 month demo is free to Canadians when in the USA. I know because it was pushed to my M3 last night! I did a test drive this morning...

Someone cut the charging cables off the Francis Energy chargers on 2nd St in Roswell: https://www.plugshare.com/location/341696

get a quote to install a subpanel (or outlet) at your neighbours outlet and run a line to your parking spot. Pay te neighbour for some of his prior costs as an incentive. I charge at an 110v outlet beside our condo parking stall at 8 or 10amps. This more than meets our daily driving needs after...

We did a ~400 mile road trip on Thursday last. Portal AZ->Douglas-Bisbee-Tombstone-Tucson (Starizona)->Rita Rd Supercharger (V2)-> Willcox Supercharger (V2)->Roadforks NM (I-10->Hwy80)->Portal. All at 5mph over on undivided Hwys and 10 over on the I-10 (84mph true). We had driven 220 miles...

Why not pay Tesla to fix the remaining issues?

A NEMA 5-20 outlet would allow for 16a/120v charging or about 1.7kw/hr into the battery, after losses, via 12-2 wire and a 20amp breaker. A NEMA 6-20 outlet would allow 16a/240v charging or about 3.6kw/hr into the battery via 12-2 wire and a 20amp two pole 240v breaker. An existing exterior...