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I wonder how this will affect the SC build out in Canada. But I can't imagine it will be good. It appears that SCs already in the pipeline will be built out, but it isn't clear if there is anyone left to build new SC sites. I also wonder if it will affect the reliability of existing sites...

Not wanting to be out anti-woked by Saskatchewan, Alberta is going to implement an EV tax of $200 starting next year. Saskatchewan has had an EV tax since 2021. https://thelogic.co/news/shift/alberta-ev-tax-puts-focus-on-trend-towards-heavier-vehicles/

They now show a different icon for "Superchargers open for NACS". Here is the Southern Ontario map:

I was having phantom front open errors with my car and also getting coolant low messages. I took my car in to the service center and the PDF doc says: Correction: Diagnosis Low Voltage Circuit Integrity Check. They seem to have replaced both the Front Rail LH and RH Grounding Stud. Anyone...

I am in Canada and have a Model S built in lat 2014. In the last week or so my iOS app will not connect to the car. Right now it says "Last seen 11 hours ago" so it may have connected overnight. I have this issue both when the car should be connected to the cell network, and also right now...

I bought my Model S in late 2014 and had it delivered in early 2015. I have free Supercharging for life. Today the Tesla Lawrence Ave (Toronto) location called me and offered to transfer my free Supercharging to a new Tesla if I bought before Dec 31. I have never, ever received a call from...

My car is a 2015 Model S P85D. I paid to upgrade from 3G to LTE several years ago. But I still have the original MCU. I continually have trouble with LTE connectivity and streaming audio. I think that there are two issues - (1) the handoff from Wifi to LTE when I leave home, and (2) random...

Recently I have received warnings that my frunk is not closed properly. I check it and everything is fine - so these are incorrect warnings. Anyone else see this? I have a 2015 P85D

Now that GM has joined Ford in adopting the Tesla charging connector, we are going to need Tesla to scale up the SC network once GM and Ford start selling significant numbers of EVs, especially when you consider all of the new Teslas also joining the EV fleet. I wonder if Tesla has planned for...

Interesting move here that Tesla will open up SCs in Canada and the US to Ford vehicles, initially with an adapter, but Ford will be switching to the Tesla connector. Not sure that Ford has any EVs that I am interested in right now, but having access to the SC network is a huge benefit for...

If you want to switch to this you have to go and change your price plan. I just did this on the Toronto Hydro web page.

I am having trouble pasting images into threads. Here is an example of an image that won't display. I have tried to do a copy and paste and to upload a PNG file that is only 67kB. Why won't this display?

https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1002916/ontario-launches-new-ultra-low-overnight-electricity-price-plan The rate will be $0.024/kWh but it will come with higher peak rates. The new optional Ultra-Low Overnight price plan provides: Ultra-low overnight rate of 2.4 cents per kWh...

Here is a story from November on the application, apparently this has now been approved: Tesla seeks CRTC telecom licence — but don't look for Tesla cellphones Not sure what this means - maybe Tesla can have their own network rather than use Rogers, Bell, Telus, etc. Michael Geist on Twitter...

Saw this on reddit today:

This week's Arc Energy Podcast has a good segment with a Univ of Calgary professor talking about how to optimize EV charge times to reduce demand on the grid. https://www.arcenergyinstitute.com/can-the-grid-handle-evs/

Is it time for Tesla to split into a luxury brand and a "regular" brand? Just like Lexus/Toyota, Infiniti/Nissan, Ford/Lincoln, Chevy/Cadillac, etc. Tesla is starting to do things that alienate the luxury car buyer, like not giving you a loaner or Uber or anything when you bring in your...

I took my 8 year old Model S in to the Toronto Railside Drive Service Centre today as I have two door handles that are not presenting - the 4th and 5th handles that have failed. They gave me a loaner but said that they are not really going to give loaners any more when you car isn't under...

My car is now 8 years old - Model S P85D. I had two door handles stop presenting in the first four years while still under warranty. Another handle died a couple of years ago. Just in the last week or so the passenger rear died. This seems to happen more in the winter - do Canadians have more...

Tesla has been substantially cutting prices in Asia over the last few months, with another big cut coming in the last day. I wonder if we will see this here in North America as well. https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Tesla-cuts-car-prices-in-China-Japan-South-Korea-and-Australia

It will be interesting to see how the Canadian Tesla community feels about Elon given all of his publicity in the takeover and now running of Twitter.

I have noticed this a few times lately, both after driving when it is hot outside, and right now after charging for several hours in a hot garage. There is a very loud fan noise coming from the front of the car. It sounds almost as if it is a jet engine taking off. I am guessing that it is...

I saw this message over the weekend at Belleville and at Kemptville. When I was at Kemptville there were only 3 out of 8 stalls in use this afternoon at around 12:30. Why would this message and restrictive be active when the site is less than 50% full? Being a cynic I wonder if I am seeing...

I have a 2014 Model S. Today my driver side rear window stopped working. It seems that the window has become detached from the motor/harness that raises and lowers the window. I can grab the window and move it up or down. When I moved it all the way up and then try to lower the window with...

DoFo sure seems to have changed his mind on EVs. This is apparently different, and is in addition to, the ONRoute stops. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-putting-91-million-toward-electric-vehicle-chargers-at-rest/

After my car's most recent upgrade I no longer see the album artwork, or the logo for a podcast when playing via the Apple Podcast app while connected via Bluetooth. Anyone else have this issue? It always worked in the past.

Anyone else feeling a bit like this? Gas prices - are they up? I hadn't noticed?

You wouldn't expect this from the Ford government as they cut every other incentive towards EVs. Shift workers? WTAF? So if a shift worker watches TV at 3am they may save 2 cents per month with a lower rate. I am pretty sure that shift workers will have fridges, furnaces and ACs that have to...

You may have seen a story in the last couple of weeks about a 19 year old German man who hacked into a bunch of Teslas. So it seems that he did it via vulnerabilities in Teslamate. See this story on Medium: How I got access to 25+ Tesla’s around the world. By accident. And curiosity.

I have tried a couple of times to get a service appt. I go through the app, make the request and it says that I will be contacted within 2 hours. But nothing ever happens. Is it possible that I missed a response from them and my request times out and is deleted?

I just got an email from Tesla about the Frunk latch recall. Anybody else get this yet? I have a 2014 Model S. But this reminds me - isn't there also a recall for the media screen? I got this a while ago and was told to hang tight. Anyone who what the status of that is?

I have a 2014 Model S. The UI changed recently and you can now hide some of the music sources, like radio, SiriusXM, etc. I still have chosen to show Streaming and Spotify. Doesn't the Streaming come from Spotify? Or is Spotify just a subset of everything that is available via streaming?

This could have ramifications for Canadians, assuming that they use this battery technology for Canadian models due to being more affected by cold weather: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/20/tesla-switching-to-lfp-batteries-in-all-standard-range-cars.html

I live in Scarberia, not too far from the Lawrence Service Centre. My car just started showing a message that the 12V battery needs to be replaced. I just went into the app to schedule service and it set up a mobile service at my house. Is this normal? Why at my house rather than at the...

There have been some recent stories about Tesla announcing 1MW wireless induction charging for semis. How would this work at an Interstate truck stop - like a Flying J. How many trucks would they need to be able to charge simultaneously, and do these locations have large enough transmission...

Toronto Hydro has installed chargers on streets for permit parkers. This appears to be a pilot project and the chargers are part of the Flo network: https://www.torontohydro.com/ev-charging-stations

The second quarter is almost over and I am wondering how many SCs had a target completion date of Q2-2021. Toronto Liberty Village and Lachenaie in Quebec are two. I am pretty sure the Liberty Village hasn't been started yet. Anyone know if Lachenaie has any progress? I don't see a thread on...

The web page has been updated for 2021. Scarborough appears to have moved to Don Mills. We now have the quarter given for a targeted opening. Brockville is Q4-2021 which is disappointing. I was right about the urban SCs - Tesla seems to have changed their mind on these. Yonge and Eg and the...

They haven't updated the website uet so there are nine Superchargers in the GTA alone that are have a target opening of 2020. Anyone remember when they update these? Do they do it before year end or after? And I wonder if we will get any new sites? Tesla has a pretty much free cost of...

Given that Tesla now has a cost of capital that is assymptotically approaching zero, they should be announcing a whole bunch of SuperCharger construction. Having a fast charging network is a YUGE competitive advantage and Tesla is way ahead of the competition. For my next vehicle I would...

I have seen this issue before, this is just the most recent example: I had a message on my phone this morning at 4:01am saying "Climate has been on for an extended period of time" and there was another message four hours later at 8:01am saying "Climate has turned off because it has been on for...

I don't know when this changed but when I open up the Phone Call UI on my Tesla it always defaults to Contacts. I very rarely want this - I would prefer it default to recent calls. It used to do that but this seemed to change sometime in the last year. Or is this a setting that I can change?

I only charge my car in off-peak hours, which is probably the case with most other EV owners in Ontario with TOU pricing. The Government of Ontario is moving to a fixed rate for electricity of $0.128/kWh - no more TOU pricing. The price over the winter for non-peak (at least in Toronto) was...

My car is a Model S P85D that was delivered in January 2005. I have the winter kit of heated steering wheel, back seats and wipers. I manually pre-heat my car in the mornings and before I drive home after work. Historically pre-heating the car did NOT turn on the heated steering wheel...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/electric-cars-regina-cold-batteries-1.5429665 Shh - no one tell them about the SuperCharger issues in the cold.

See story here Canadian Tire to install 240 fast chargers before year-end | Electric Autonomy Canada There is a pdf that shows the details. SCs to be installed at Canadian Tires in (west to east) Castlegar, Regina, Kenora, T Bay, Kincardine, North Bay, Deep River, Bancroft and Ottawa. Lots...

Back in about 2017 Tesla announced a strategy of SCs in urban locations that would facilitate Tesla ownership for those that can't install charging at home. Are they still committed to that strategy? The reason that I ask is that many of the SCs announced in that time frame have become the...

I have V10 now on my car and I am having some issues with it. Note that I am using a paid account and I use the same ID across many other devices. What is the best place to discuss issues? In this forum or is there another forum as these issues are likely not unique to Model S but would be...

My car shows the new (for Tesla in North America) streaming service as Spötify but I don't see the dots over the o in the Spotify logo, Spotify's branding guidelines or pretty much anywhere else. What gives with Tesla? Why does Elön Musk spell it this way?

When you look at the Ontario MTO list of eligible vehicles for green plates under Tesla you see the following: Tesla OEM Model EV Type Model Years Trims/Styles Tesla Roadster BEV 2010, 2011 All EV trims/styles Tesla MCS BEV 2019 2084 Tesla Model S BEV 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016...