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  1. HyperMiler

    Taycan Takedown

    Porsche Taycan interior revealed - electrive.com For a more 3D representation. The text says it all...
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    Gorgeous Tesla Pictures- users' album

    Battery pack by Rich Rebuilds? Honestly, gorgeous picture!
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    Suspension problems. OEM dampers are failing.

    An error often made is that the stiffer suspension is the sportier suspension. Not so. Only a wheel on the ground can transfer traction.
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    Sentry Mode Catches Hit in Parking Lot

    For me, the elephant in the room issue on this is that cars with front steering wheels (= all cars) are fairly incompatible with parking at a 90 degree angle. Look at the radius normal wheels describe and the low margin of error for this. It is obvious that us Xpelled Ceramic coated almost 6...
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    Thinking about joining legal action on recent massive price cut

    It has been announced from the very beginnings of Tesla that it is the expressed purpose of the company to bring down the price of electric individual transportation. The intended lower end price of the Model 3 has been announced before it was ever sold. In fact, there were numerous...
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    Updates Tesla has made to the M3 thus far

    Brakes? Or was this just a software upgrade?
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    Has anyone put in an aftermarket motor yet?

    If the concept ever requires to not use the motor on that axle, you either need a clutch :confused: or you cannot use a permanent magnet rotor, because a permanent magnet rotor will otherwise always resist/ work as a generator. Which is why they use the combination and not two of the same.
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    Performance not getting 310 miles promised

    Because seals, gears and bearings are comparatively stiff and have not settled very well. In ICE vehicles this is more pronounced because of piston friction and more gearing, but should be different from zero even in EVs.
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    Performance not getting 310 miles promised

    Even though there are fewer parts to break in in EVs, shouldn’t efficiency increase over the first 10,000 to 20,000 miles? It has been my impression that things improve after a while by 5% in EV and up to 10% in ICE compared to new.
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    Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas from Germany :)
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    Curb Rash

    Mathematician solves the puzzle of the perfect parking lot | Daily Mail Online
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    Curb Rash

    Slightly off topic: it would be so easy for architects to use curb stones that are rounded or angled. It seems that parking lot design is the least favorite assignment left for the non-talented in many instances. 90 degree angled spots also crack me up: can the rear axle in architects’ cars...
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    Obsidian Black - Worth it?

    Black is not a color. It is a hobby. The sky is blue, so blue colors will shine even on a grey day. No other color can do that. The M3 red is awesome.
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    Model X Crash on US-101 (Mountain View, CA)

    My point exactly. Current AP tries to run but cannot walk. This does not mean they should not do it, but current performance is aimed at the gallery instead of truly improving safety: No stationary object detection, no radar out the back, additional cameras exposed to rain and dirt. Is it...
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    Model X Crash on US-101 (Mountain View, CA)

    I understand and appreciate where you are coming from but my point is the inability to detect stationary objects is not a given but a cost saving simplification that AP designers („autopilot“) use, to achieve more visible effects faster and cheaper. And it is a business decision I would like...
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    Model X Crash on US-101 (Mountain View, CA)

    May I add 4.) Tesla AP in its current version directed the car into the wall at full speed and would have saved a life if it had avoided that. 5.) The currently available data interpretation is directed by a manager with a $ 50 billion bonus at stake. Seriously, neutral data interpretation...
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    Model X Crash on US-101 (Mountain View, CA)

    Would it be correct to expect that when AP has 10thousands of trajectories that are all superimposable on one another, that deviation from that path should trigger some alarm? What good is all the data collection otherwise?
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    Model X Crash on US-101 (Mountain View, CA)

    This is exactly on topic. Attenuators are not so good, as we can see, on high speed exits. These do not apply to or exist in the UK as much, with the narrower road lower speed concept of roundabout intersections even on freeways. Any safety concept that will force a vehicle into a more or...
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    Model X Crash on US-101 (Mountain View, CA)

    This is how it’s done on the no speed limit Autobahn. It was introduced nationwide after a big discussion on guardrail slicing through passenger (car)s way back, I think in the seventies. Fraction of the cost. Is the news full of airborne vehicles? No. Do they put a speed limit and signs out...
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    Tesla: The real out of warranty costs

    It will be interesting to see how the repair shop monopoly will scale into the model 3 reality.
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    Video - Model X vs Jaguar I-Pace drag race commercial

    Just as long as Tesla stops messing up its own cash cow...
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    Video - Model X vs Jaguar I-Pace drag race commercial

    I fully agree that Tesla is pushing the EV envelope, preventing the establishment from stalling it. All the more I think vehicle and service quality will become an achilles heel as soon as competition with similar battery sizes becomes available, i.e. within the next year.
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    Video - Model X vs Jaguar I-Pace drag race commercial

    Don’t know about the US but in many parts of Europe there are CCS chargers (if few) at every gas stop on our freeways, and monopoly chargers not open to all brands will no longer be allowed to be built. I think it would be helpful for Tesla to adjust to increasing competition not only by...
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    Video - Model X vs Jaguar I-Pace drag race commercial

    Let‘s see what the market and the reliability say. It looks like quite an accomplishment in design and performance.
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    Video - Model X vs Jaguar I-Pace drag race commercial

    Why is this thread hidden in the Canadian subsection of TMC? It is obviously relevant for many S and X owners? 90kWh in a decent car starting at 75k, with a loaded car around 100k. Not bad.
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    Follow up to employee termination

    At the end of the day, Tesla fired Aaron because of their identity problem as a sales organization, and not his wrongdoing. Clearly, this is not what the company claims to stand for. The root cause of the problem, I would hold, is the exaggerated list price of the performance models.
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    Any P90DL owners got their 100 kWh battery upgrade yet?

    Wouldn’t this be a better business bureau or small claims court situation?
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    Autopilot at 50% due to accident

    So what is the time required to receive components of the rear bumper according to Tesla?
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    In the market for my first Used Telsa

    The warranty is drive unit, not drivetrain, i.e. does not include axles or battery defects, correct?
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    235 mile trip - S75D

    A new car has a little bit of a break-in period with slightly to significantly elevated consumption, even an EV. The U.K. has many chargers, even on an 11or 22 kW you will gain enough range to tie you over.
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    Charging at Tesla Service Center

    Yes but... The goodness spirit... Free for life... Remember?
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    Love this company: they have my back on accident repairs to my car

    Oh (fan)boy... . Tesla just can't do no wrong... . Are we doing the company a favor by being so apologetic on the very basics?
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    New 0-60 Times caused by new drive unit it seems...

    Any word on whether improvements address the DU breakdown rate? Is it known by now what the DU breakdowns / whining noise / replacements have as the root cause? Am I missing something or is it odd nobody here seems interested to see that improve?
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    Motley Fool story - Tesla Replacement Part Delays

    There seems to be a white elefant in this room. See also: Love this company: they have my back on accident repairs to my car Timely spare parts supply needs an intricate logistics concept that statistically hatches probable use rates and stores sufficient amounts of parts in regional centers...
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    Love this company: they have my back on accident repairs to my car

    Not sure I saw it written somewhere, so here is where there seems to be a white elefant in this room. Timely spare parts supply needs an intricate logistics concept that statistically hatches probable use rates and stores sufficient amounts of parts in regional centers within reasonable...
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    Yet Another Comparison: Bolt vs BMW i3 vs Model S

    My perspective, I admit, is from having the 34 kWh version of the i3 as a second car. It is extremely quiet and very zippy around corners, and a lot of fun for the tight cornered uphill downhill country roads we have around here. I very much like the functionality and the shape. It scores high...
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    Yet Another Comparison: Bolt vs BMW i3 vs Model S

    Fanboyism at its best, people. Trash it all you want, the i3 has many innovative solutions and a great interior quality. Sitting upright as a tall person on a decent seat, nice size for city use, fair price, range extender, great turning radius, navigation that actually works and so forth...
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    Warped Rotors Whats my options?

    Warping can often be produced by a rigorous braking maneuver followed by holding the brake clamped as the car sits at a standstill, e.g coming down a hill, a ramp into a redlight or a semiurgent or emergency stop from higher speed. This will lead to the brake rotor (disk) unevenly cooling...
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    How to prevent chips on windshield

    LOL:D meant to say glad I am not having hallucinations ...
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    How to prevent chips on windshield

    Am glad to see that others are noticing the same thing. This is not only in Teslas. The quality of current automobile glas is deplorable. Have had more stary sky nicks in 200 miles than in some of my older cars in a decade.
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    Why is the charge port on the left side when we drive on the right side of the road in North America

    Seems to be available in the US. Products - Evocharge
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    Why is the charge port on the left side when we drive on the right side of the road in North America

    Now that would be a design issue easily addressed by how the cord is stowed in the car. Could very cheaply be addressed by adjusting load according to how far you pull it out, or charging start depending on pulling out the cable, or the car slowly reeling out the cable by itself. Completely...
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    Why is the charge port on the left side when we drive on the right side of the road in North America

    Why do electric cars not have a (self retracting) cord like any other electric appliance, to be plugged into a socket on a wall or pedestal? This whole gassing metaphor with a gun-like plug to be entered into an opening of the car that resembles a fuel door, requiring a pilot wire to an in line...
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    20% price increase

    Did the British prices go up by 25%. Tesla addressed the German subsidy issue by a new definition of base models, without decreasing any price other than that of a (very) naked base model, still priced higher than in the US. There is no extended warranty agreement and now this price increase...
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    20% price increase

    Still not fit for the Autobahn anyway...
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    Tesla & BMW Fall Short in IIHS Safety Tests

    As there are more than 100,000 cars out there, seems to me that the number should still be very good (single digit?) compared to the average for 2011 vehicles of 28 deaths per million. But probably not zero. Certainly the safest of the high performance sports vehicles, though, would be my...
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    Tesla & BMW Fall Short in IIHS Safety Tests

    Deaths per million vehicle years: In fact there is evidence that this report is right. 9 types of vehicles had no fatalities over a 3 year period. This is the official data: Death rates fall as vehicles improve Meaning, e.g., one in 6712 Kia Rio Drivers / Riders died every year. Needlessly? A...
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    Tesla & BMW Fall Short in IIHS Safety Tests

    Parts of this discussion can be enriched with data: Study: 9 car models had zero traffic deaths It continues to amaze me that we apparently continue to accept this...
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    100D vs 90D pricing around the world

    Lower prices for US and UK (even though the pound is in free fall) than for ROW. And this. Why Musk is supporting former Exxon Mobil CEO for Secretary of State All completely unrelated. Or someone is hedging. His bets... .
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    100D vs 90D pricing around the world

    Why would that be different between currencies?