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(Don’t we have a “Random Model Y sightings” thread?) VIN 656 with MFG plates, at the Squaw Valley charging stations in Tahoe. I mistook it for an X first and didn’t pay attention until a passerby and his young son pointed out that it was a Y. My S completed the whole family.

Got my invite a few minutes ago. Not going to be able to go to SoCal in the middle of the week. You can presumably use my link to invite yourself and another friend, it appears. Please send me a private message. First come, best dressed. (Calling it a night; will get back to you in the...

Fiat Chrysler’s C.E.O. Steps Down Early The same Sergio Marchionne who once said this of the 500e: Fiat Chrysler CEO: Please don't buy Fiat 500e electric car And, recently: Marchionne: Electric cars not worth investment Don’t know where the new CEO Mike Manley stands on EVs...

Fancy charging up your electric car in 10 minutes? Seen as an add-on to Li-ion batteries in the short term.

For the past week, the car hasn’t been connecting to the Internet at all, from any location; the network symbol has a strikethrough instead of LTE or 3G. So, haven’t had Maps or Streaming radio load up nor have I been able to reach the car from the mobile app. I tried rebooting the screen...

Tesla model 3 test drive: review

Both @aaron0k and I haven't gotten Homelink to work with our Liftmaster setups (mine's a 2013 model) that have worked with no issues with our MSs. Would appreciate it if other Model 3 owners can chime in with your Homelink experiences. Please include details of your garage opener (brand and...

Byton unveils futuristic smart car at CES

What Google Street View tells us about income

Picked up VIN 1913 today at the Fremont Delivery Center! Wife's named her "Tessie Little" and is thoroughly enjoying it. :) The delivery experience was rather lean; quick paperwork, a bit of a wait as the car was still being prepped and a relatively straightforward walkthrough with the Tesla...

There, fixed it for you. :) Tesla and "dealer" in the same breath bothers me a lot.

Now that it looks like there's no chance in hell that wife and I will get her a Model 3 by year's end and given that her VW eGolf lease is expiring on Dec 15th, looking for short term car access alternatives and hit upon this: Canvas - A simple alternative to car ownership Ford offering...

Perry: Fossil fuels can stop sex assault

For those who've seen the 3 up close (including @e-FTW whose pic is featured below), is the 3's hood T badge recessed into the hood in any way (unlikely, I'd think)? If not, is it much thinner and smaller (?) than the classic nose S's nose badge (as it appears to be in pics)? I'm thinking of...

Thanks to a successful referral, got a code for a Founder Series (Radio Flyer) Model S for Kids whose list price is $499: Tesla Model S for Kids. Can't use it anymore given that my son's about to turn 11. If anyone's interested, I can take payment via PayPal and send the redemption code to you...

I have a late-2014 Model S and have been "living with" the classic/original silver 19" wheels all along. A rather ordinary look for a P85D with red calipers too. Tesla Shop Online has always had the 21" grey turbines (with tires) but, I'm not interested in the thin sidewall, harsher ride, high...

Pining for cleaner air in the Norwegian fjords - BBC News Norway continues to pioneer in the transition to zero emissions transportation of all kinds...

India's double first in climate battle - BBC News

Had a very scary moment yesterday with Autosteer ON going at 70 mph in the left most lane on CA-85 North coming from Cupertino towards Mountain View. This was mid-afternoon with the sun out. It was all going smoothly until the lane markings quickly became a bit worn-out-looking (not horribly...

Steering Rack Replacement for Loud Noise from the front and Steering Wheel Vibration Only Under Autosteer Following up on the posts below from the Firmware 7.0 thread, when I took my late-Dec-2014 P85D for the LTE upgrade last week, I mentioned this to my service advisor at Tesla Burlingame and...

Starting this off although there aren't any yet. We are on the cusp of having the Motor Trend 2016 "Car/SUV/Truck of the Year" awards being announced. This typically happens in early November going by past years: Car, SUV and Truck of the Year Awards - Best Cars - Motor Trend The Model S...

Took my late-Dec 2014 P85D in for the LTE upgrade and tire rotation. The following Service Bulletins were applied - just FYI:

tl;dr: as the title suggests, the P90DL makes the P85D seem like a wimp in comparison! As some of you have been waiting to hear about, as a P85D owner, I've been trying to understand and experience (as a driver) what a P90D Ludicrous is really capable of. This is so that I could justify the...

Not SpaceX-related per se but, this is a wonderful effort: Guys build amazing 7-mile-long model of the solar system, to scale - CNET

Rocket production on site too... Amazon's space nerd CEO sets up rocket shop at Cape Canaveral - CNET

Novak Djokovic, as he has done in the past, apparently drove himself to the venue in a "Gold" (I suppose Titanium Silver) Tesla. The McEnroe brothers endorsed the ride. ;)

An interesting read: BBC - Future - How fast could humans travel safely through space?

BBC - Autos - Audi's S8 Plus advances the executive express Yawn... A continued celebration of a lot of pistons and chrome-tipped exhaust pipes...

Climate change: Obama to unveil Clean Power Plan - BBC News I know it's going to be long road but, this may be a promising start! Insistence on truly renewable energy rather than a slow transition to more natural gas is a great move.

BMW paying electric car owners to delay charging in Bay Area - CNET

BBC - Autos - Tesla's 'Ludicrous' Model S is a 2.8-second monster Same over at TopGear.com: 'Ludicrous' new Tesla Model S P85D does 0-60mph in 2.8 secs | Top Gear Glowing stuff!

Surprised that there's no poll yet on this :) Maybe, folks are still absorbing it all. So, current P85D owners, are you going to upgrade to the fancy fuse? At $5,000 + labor (one quote put the total at $6,600) to go from Insane to Ludicrous? Or, are you happy with 0-60 3.1 and stay with...

Not sure if this is some sort of homage to "Back to the Future" but, during a recent drive on I-5, I hit 88+ mph for short bursts of time and, on every occasion, the "Blind Spot Detection Disabled" alert popped up on the dash for a second and went away, even at higher speeds. What gives?!

We - son, wife and I - were heading back all the way from San Diego to the Bay Area today and pulled into the only open spot at the Tejon Ranch Supercharger at around 1 pm. We were thankful that we were able to find an open spot on this busy travel day; there were two cars waiting just a few...

Tesla Owners Frustrated by Recharge Waits - WSJ This is behind a paywall but, the title and the beginning of the article sounded negative. Anyone with access care to chime in? Thanks.

Got this email earlier today (apologies if someone else has posted something like this already - a search for "battery swap" didn't yield anything new). I'm sharing this as there was nothing in the invite about confidentiality but, I did remove the contact phone number along with my name...

Play the video game Elon Musk created at age 12 - CNET Blastar for HTML5: a web version of Elon Musk's 1984 video game

Volkswagen sees tensions amid leadership clash - BBC News Mr. Winterkorn has never been a big proponent of EVs; not sure if his position is in jeopardy here but, hope VW/Audi get their EV story going beyond the e-Up/e-Golf and the plugin e-trons.

From the Top Gear editors at the BBC, no less: BBC - Autos - 20 cars that changed the world The Model S is one of them, of course.

I have the standard sound system and usually fade the music all the way to the back when my son's seated back there (he likes it that way). The other day, when we opened the sunroof with this setup and with music playing, son noted that the audio was coming from just the left rear speaker! I...

2015 Tesla Model S P85D review - CNET Good review with the usual complaints about range and recharging times. A bit incorrect about having no fallback onboard navigation in a no-wireless-coverage zone.

In the context of a new wave of jobs that didn't exist 10 or 20 years ago; mentioned alongside Google and eBay!

A controversial piece of wearable tech from CES 2015: BBC News - CES 2015: GoBe calorie counter wearable put to the test There's a Tesla reference in there :)

Sincere condolences from an ardent cricket fan and admirer of Aussie Cricket for the devastating loss of Phil Hughes. He had his entire life and cricketing career ahead of him. I distinctly remember his twin-century feat in only his second test at Durban at age 20. For something like this to...

From the newspaper BusinessLine in India:

BBC - Autos - The Arcimoto SRK aims to democratise the electric car

After the unfortunate demise of our beloved S60 in late August, my wife and I recently finalized this configuration - delivery ETA is currently January 2015 as per the My Tesla Dashboard. Thanks much to many of you who've kindly inquired of my health; I've checked out okay but, am sitting on...

Hey All, it's just crushing for me to be posting this but, my beloved Model S suffered a terrible crash this morning. :( The lead-up to the accident is a bit sketchy in my mind - as I lost consciousness at the time of the crash - but, my 8-year-old son and I were heading to his school in Palo...

Anyone using a Slacker Premium account (instead of the Tesla-provided Slacker Basic/Radio Plus account) actively in the Model S? Multiple pain points: 1) Each time I add/modify a playlist, I have to manually go to the Media Player app settings and explicitly logout and log back into Slacker to...