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There's no reason that they can't control the power going to the resistance heater in the S, unless they control it by a mechanical relay and are worried about wear on the contacts. Is that the case? I can't see it. Assuming it's a solid state relay of some sort, they can switch it on and off...

I'm really wondering about this Friday shutdown on the S/X line. They're making the point that they're ahead of target. And that may well be possible. But, that's exactly what would happen if they were undertaking a minor re-tooling. Combine that with the few new bits and bobs that have...

I don't like to say "I told you so", but I nailed this one. :) Speculation - New charging plug? Tesla unveils new dual connector charge port design for Model S and Model X This is fantastic news. It means that CCS can continue to develop as the official standard in North America, and Tesla...

It looks like they've made the adjustment for the C$ increase. Prices on the cars are down across the board. The effective rate is now 30% vs (I think) 37%.

Tesla Model S, X has no plans to use 2170 battery cells, says Musk This seems to go against things that they've said previously. Interesting.

For at least a decade, the fashion in colors as been white, black, various monochrome shades of silver and gray, and maybe one red or blue. That's in contrast to decades past, where parking lots looked like rainbows. I keep hoping that we'll see some more variety on the roads, and I think it's...

Tesla receives massive shipment of robots for Model 3 production line – first pictures It's less than 3 months from the start of production and they're just now receiving a bunch of the equipment? Wow. I don't mean to be negative, but the probability that they're running any actual production...

This thought is a little out there. It's becoming apparent that in the VHS/Betamax race between the Tesla charging standard and the SAE charging standard, the Tesla one will eventually lose - despite the fact that it's technically much better (like Betamax). There are a lot of new SAE charging...

So... as many of us predicted (cough... me :)), the 100D dropped in right after the end of the free supercharging - as a means to sustain demand for Q1. I will admit that the method for announcing it surprised me - no announcement at all. And it didn't come with any other upgrades at all -...

So, Tesla has extended the window to get free supercharging with the car for 2 weeks - due to high demand. So, I'm calling BS on this one - in a positive way. I think that they have an announcement in the holding pattern - probably for the 100D but maybe for other things. Production isn't...

It didn't happen quickly but it looks like Toyota has finally come to see the rather obvious. I'm assuming that all the BS about "taming the Li Ion battery" is nothing more than a rather weak justification for having wasted the last several years pointlessly mucking about with fuel cells...

Apologies if this is in the wrong section.... I have a few questions about how this fleet learning works, at a technical level, and I'm wondering if somebody out there might be able to shed some light? I get how these deep neural networks can be trained to drive by following a human driver...

Porsche is building a fast charger for its fast electric car Interesting! And even more-so given the comment that they are taking the lead for the entire VW group.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk: 100 kWh Battery Pack Probably As Large As We’re Going Please say it isn't so!! For those of us who live in cold climates, 100kwh simply isn't enough to make a lot of trips if you want to ride in a comfortable cabin. I can tell you that to make a 300 km trip, in the cold...

What’s Actually New In The Electric Car World? This is an interesting article that I just came across. It and the included links do a good job of presenting the concerns that I have respecting the transition to EVs and what could happen if it goes too quickly. People outside of the auto...

Yikes. A fully optioned model S P100D runs for over 210K CAD + taxes. And at that price there is no EV incentive. That's getting very very difficult to rationalize, no matter how crazy quick the thing is.

Here are the announced locations for the new Ontario chargers. All are supposed to be operational by March. Region Location L2 L3 Address Central Barrie 0 1 McDonald's - 446 Bayfield St. Central Beamsville 0 1 Tim Horton's - 5005 Ontario St. Central...

I'm incredibly impressed at how Tesla is managing this Model 3 roll-out. If they can get 500K people to drop a $1K deposit on a vehicle that will arrive.... sometime... this gives them half a billion dollars to play with that they don't need to raise through equity or debt financing. This is...

A few interesting things that weren't said: 1. Elon said that supercharging is standard. But he never said that it would be free. As-in, the door is open for some sort of pay-per-use system. This makes sense, because when the cars get less expensive, I can see it attracting more people who...

So, I had my first chance to take a trip with 6.2 yesterday. It started with a 298 km leg in approximately 0 degrees C, but otherwise a nice clear day. I found the range prediction to be inaccurate, and I'm curious what assumptions it's making in it's calculations. In my case, it predicted...

Hi All, Looking for a NEMA 6-50P Adapter. Anybody out there have one that they're not using and willing to part with?

So, I had to put my wife's car in the garage last night to thaw off some frozen crud accumulated in the wheel wells. And the Tesla spent it's first night outside in the cold with no plug-in. This morning the thermometer read -32C. And the dotted line on the power meter was at 40kW! Yikes...

Question.... When I try to play a specific song or album on slacker, it generally gives me a constructed "radio station" that plays (sometimes) the song, parts of the album, and mostly a bunch of other music that is in the same genre. Is this because of the specific Slacker plan that Tesla...

Question about the Tesla App. In cold weather, how do you tell the car to warm up the battery while it's still attached to the charger - so as to avoid losing the extra power once it's disconnected? Does it happen when you turn "climate" on?

Question. At my in laws they have a 3 prong 240vac, 50 amp rated outlet. It has L1, L2 and ground but no neutral. Rather than adding a new plug I was thinking of making a pig tail adapter to convert the 3 prong plug to the modern 4 prong, that includes the neutral. if I do that, of course...

So, having read the posts in the other thread about reduced P85D range, I've become very concerned about the car that I'm taking delivery of in a week. With the exception of local travel, virtually all of my runs either start or end with a 300km (187 mile) run between Sudbury and a new SC in...

I've been following the threads about reduced P85d range in the other forum sections with a lot of concern. Other than local travel, every other trip of mine ends or starts with a 300 km run from the Barrie supercharger to Sudbury or the reverse Based on the early numbers this should have...

Hard to believe you're making that argument. When Linux has to deal with the enormous diversity of current and legacy applications, hardware, drivers, configurations and such that Windows does, then we can talk. It's not tough to do a simple job reliably. Our Windows servers rarely ever...