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  1. mrElbe

    Caravan to Reif Winery June 23, 2018

    We'll be starting at new Woodside charger in Markham with stops at Etobicoke and Hamilton. Feel free to join us at any of the stops. To participate at the Reif Winery extravaganza you must sign up. Woodside Dep. 06:30 Etobicoke SC Arr. 07:15 Dep. 07:45 Hamilton SC Arr. 08:30 Dep. 09:00 Reif...
  2. mrElbe

    2nd Unofficial Ontario Supercharger Opening Tour

    Hamilton Supercharger at Lime Ridge Mall finally is on line. So to Celebrate we'll tour some new chargers on either Saturday April 7th or Sunday April 3rd. We'll start at Pickering and then to Markville, Cambridge, Lime Ridge and end at Sherway Gardens. Then maybe gathering at the BierMart...
  3. mrElbe

    Ontario EVSE Program

    Editorial in Toronto Sun today calling EVCO for the sorry state it is in: EDITORIAL: Ontario Liberals botch electric charging network
  4. mrElbe

    Sudbury here we come

    Agroup of us is organizing a Tesla road trip to Sudbury on the 20th of January, a Saturday, to commemorate the opening of the Concord ( Vaughan Mills ), Barrie North ( Bayfield ), and Sudbury chargers. The weather is slated to be mild that day in Sudbury with a high of -4 so it should be a nice...
  5. mrElbe

    Another FUD EV Article by David Booth

    In today's National Post driving.ca section, David Booth spews off about the dirtiness of EV vehicle battery production. Motor Mouth: A few more inconvenient truths about EV CO2 emissions The study quoted is by the University of Michigan ( heavily funded by the Auto manufacturers ). In his...
  6. mrElbe

    Charging Incident at YYZ

    Went to Toronto Pearson Airport ( YYZ ) terminal 1 to pick up friends. To my surprise, there were 10 ChargePoint spaces in the garage right at the level 3 bridge to terminal entrance. Decided to park there and charge. Got the J1772 adapter and credit card worked and charging commenced. 30A at...
  7. mrElbe

    The Junior Programmers are at it again

    It used to be that when I crossed the border into USA and left my Units in metric, that US MPH speed limit signs were automatically translated to km/h. For instance a 50 MPH sign would display on the instrument panel as 80 km/h. My Canadian Model S ( AP1 ) is currently at firmware level...
  8. mrElbe

    Ground Stud Nut over torqued

    2 weeks ago my right headlight started failing. So I ordered 2 HID D3S bulbs on Amazon and scheduled to tackle that job this weekend. The last Wednesday I get "Coolant low" message. Made appontment with Tesla service but was assured not to worry - probably a bad ground. The I got intermittent 3...
  9. mrElbe

    German Der Spiegel sensationalist headline

    English translation: Investigations against Tesla: Automatically death The fatal crash of a US-American in its computerized Tesla alerted the authorities. The Federal Ministry of Transport determines now against the electric carmaker - it threatens a shutdown of vehicles. Looks to me that...
  10. mrElbe

    Now this is excellent signage

    Charged at Hagerstown yesterday and was amazed at the good signage in that outlet mall.
  11. mrElbe

    Snowed in

    Went yesterday morning to the Strasburg WVA supercharger behind the Denny's. That arrangement is not conducive to snow clearing.
  12. mrElbe

    Summon differences in Canada (is now available)

    Just got update 7.1 (2.9.154) in disappontingly the manual states "Summon not available in Canada" Bugger.
  13. mrElbe

    My Baby got sideswiped today

    Got sideswiped this evening on Highway 9 just past the Hwy 27 lights going eastbound in second lane. Other car entering from Hwy 27 drifted right across from his turn on lane into me. Has anybody gotten any body repairs done in the Toronto area? Does Tesla have specific designated shops that...
  14. mrElbe

    Shuffling off to Buffalo

    This was my first experience at a destination without a Supercharger. I left home with a moderate charge and fully charged at the Toronto Lawrence Supercharger For the 180km trip to West Seneca south of Buffalo. Estimate was 40% charge at destination. Interestingly this estimate went down to 36%...