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No, I don't think so, it shouldn't matter if you are in R or in D when rolling backward. The only thing I could think of is that in general the transmission is designed that the engine is driving the wheels and not the wheels are moving the engine. But in normal driving when decelerating without...

The reduced supercharge speed on 90D's has been discussed for quite a while. Is anyone aware of 100D is affected as well? The 100D is less than 2 years on the market so probably not too many cars out there with heavy supercharging like 200 times. The 90D with 86kWh battery has a high charging...

I think the rear facing seats are neither mounted in nor on the lower compartment but instead firmly mounted with other parts of the chassis. For crash protection the seats and its mounting need to withstand much higher forces. Therefore I assume (but do not know for sure) the seats are probably...

First: the values given by Tesla are identical: also in the German manual they talk about the identical 175 and 130 lbs for both parts. So no difference for these maximum load values. Second: Cargo limits might vary by regulation, true, but they refer to the total weight and load of a car. So in...

No, this is a major difference for several reasons: - First, only a few technical interested people would bother to figure out how much they can go below 0 - Most people would not dare to go below 0. Like on an ICE, how many people ever tried to go below 0 - If range is above 0 then expectation...

I agree, Tesla should play it more save to avoid people get stranded. If it is now known that people got stranded with ~10miles left, than Tesla should set this as the new Zero value. Then people would be more aware of the risk if they go below 0. Not necessarily a consequence but at least to...

"Mutually exclusive" doesn't seem to make sense. For the upper board they set a limit before the board will break into two pieces. For the lower compartment it is the limit before the (I assume) plastic might get destroyed. I checked the German manual and if I translate back to English they...

If you are happy with the 85, no need to upgrade. The tax credit is nice but in relation to the car price not really that much. And at least that alone cannot compensate for the depreciation in the first year of a new car. Of course it is nice to have always the latest and greatest and the mind...

While I also wish there would a more accurate estimation, people like you are the reason why some car makers play it safe like Mercedes and avoid to get sued: once you get below 50km of range (on an ICE) they show just "---km" instead of remaining km's in the dashboard. That is also an very...

The difference is actually bigger than that and bigger than probably most people think. If I recall correctly the 90D has 82kWh of usable battery capacity, while the 100D has 98kWh usable. So the difference is more like 16D. And the difference between 75D (72kWh usable) and 90D is only around...

Once a fully loaded vessel arrives with cars, Tilburg probably needs to spread their work until the next vessel arrives??? I would assume they can plan ahead the shipments and don't need to work on weekends.

Are the cars really transported in containers? There is no dedicated boat used for cars? At least I understand that the Teslas cannot be driven as there is no battery in yet.

In this sentence it doesn't necessarily mean they have three shifts per day. It could be shift 1, shift 2, shift 1 is working on it, that's altogether also 3 shifts to assembly one car, isn't it?

Is there a way to export the data (send as eMail, send to Excel or something like that)?

Which brand of SD cards does BlackVue use then? SanDisk?

It is not easy to identify the degradation of a battery, just taking the rated miles is not really sufficient. Pre-condition would be probably like going close 0% and then charge fully including balancing of the batteries. After that your rated miles might be readjusted. 62kW would be too low if...

Several people reported on slow charging with 90D after a while. The statement from Tesla was about reducing max charging after several fast chargings. I think this issue hasn't been fully identified, but some owners have high charging above 110kW when the car is new but that charging speed...

Balancing means that cells that are fully charged are not charged any longer and cells that are not fully charged yet are still being charged to bring all cells to the same level, hence the name balancing. So starting balancing at 92% would probably mean: either that some cells are already at...

I also would like to know. But I am also wondering for Europe how to make use of that credit as there is no online shop like in the US. And the US shop doesn't ship to Europe. So in Europe you probably need to drive to a store to spend your credit.

$500 / €500 credit is only for the very first referral. The 2nd, 3rd, and so on referral get "only" free supercharging, but no credit.

I think once in a while balancing of the cells should be done. And this is done only when being close to 100% SoC. The problem that might happen without balanced cells is that over time each cell has a different voltage. And when being at an low SoC (close to 0%) some cells might be still above...

Wow, I am surprised, I would expect opening charging port should be limited to a few inches between connector and port. This might get more serious when there are more Tesla 3 and more SCs around malls ... then one guy starting charging will open a dozens charging ports of other parked Tesla 3...

I assume the analysis and decision that a new replacement is needed and the delivery of a spare part took two days. Exchanging battery was demonstrated a while ago and could be done in less than 15min or so.

I was only referring to software updates and not their willingness to support spare parts. And in this respect to updates Tesla has the huge advantage of offering software updates for "quite a while" while other manufacturers aren't offering updates at all. No, the opposite, as electric cars...

At some point in time it will not be efficient for Tesla to put a lot of effort of old Tesla models (like for every other manufacturer). But at least Tesla is a manufacturer that provides Software updates. And as Tesla seems to use pretty much the same software for Tesla S and X there is...

Some questions around changing owner to ensure that the old owner has no access any longer after the car being sold: Is it possible that more than one user can remotely control the car? If so, is it controlled via the same account or has any individual it's own account? Also related to first...

But if you charge the battery typically to 90% SoC on a road trip than even a 60D is not much of a downgrade from a 75D because that one could be charged to 100% and behaves like a 86% charged 75D (see discussion here)

Tesla is already known for not having the best clearances / alignments. And adding options to an $80k car to make it a $180k car will not improve the assembly quality. With many, many Tesla cars (also in pictures) I saw e.g. doors not being perfectly in line. So some misalignments are to be...

Interesting, so Korea favors small batteries. Should be easy for Tesla as they could offer a software limited ... what is it ... S30? :)

Very relevant questions, true, but not as relevant as following question: are EVs cheaper than fossil cars? As soon as EVs are cheaper than fossil cars a lot of buyers will put higher priority on price than on range or service, in the mass market more than in the premium market. And having more...

The trick Tesla did in Germany is as follows: They took the base MS60, reduced it by a package containing navigation, electric mirrors, rearview camera, internet radio, ... and got below the maximum limit for EV subsidies in Germany which is 60,000 Euro before tax. Now the software package costs...

It's true the Euro is a little bit weaker, like 3% compared to 1 year ago. So increasing car price by about 4% would compensate for that, but why increasing sunroof and color by around 20% but the 21" wheels only by 2% (5100 vs 5000 Euro) and the fixed glas roof option hasn't changed at all?

Sure, headline was referring to one of the options :)

Just noticed a hefty price increase in Germany. Model S is about 3000 Euro more expensive than some days ago. But especially the options are now 10 to 20% more expensive. Color white or red now 2000 Euro (before 1700, 18% price increase), sunroof 2600 (before 2200, 18%), Autopilot 6600 (5500...

Wow, for US a good deal. In Germany from 60D to 75D it is 9700 Euro incl. 19% tax, so somewhat comparable to US, but from 90D to 100D it is 7000 Euro which is more than twice than for US. But still a good deal, especially when considering that the real usable difference between the 60 and 75 is...

While from US are probably most pre-orders, the tax regulations for EVs vary quite a lot around the world. So a changing tax regulation in US will only affect the percentage that was ordered in the US. Upcoming EV subsidies in other countries might confirm pre-orders. Also until now nobody...

Actually Tesla's ideas is based on the most fair way for payment which is by consumed kWh. Only for regions/countries that do not support the fair way of paying per kWh, Tesla compensates for this with the 2-step-payment (Tier 1, Tier 2) per minute. I assume that a linear match between charging...

Put the powerwall on the roof then :) I guess charging from any other type of carry-on battery will not be that quick. Even two powerwalls in parallel would require several hours for just some extra km. And portable diesel generator (I mean fitting in the trunk) will not really bring major...

In future scenarios the car will interact more with smart grids. So with having many millions of EVs in 10 or 20 years the batteries in the vehicles can be used to compensate peaks at power stations. The cars can also be used as intermediate buffer for energy from solar panels and more evenly...

I don't think you will get it refunded in case of bankruptcy ... so currently I would hesitate to put any money on FF 91 :)

As supercharging is not included anymore I hope to see now a discount on all Teslas in the design studio. Some time ago you had to pay 2500$/2500€ for the lifetime supercharging if I remember correctly. Probably we will not see that much of a discount because it is a good chance to compensate...

Right, the min structure pushes the what-is-the-quickest-way-for-long-distance-strategy: only charge as much as needed to reach the next supercharger at 0%.

Tier 1 ranges from 0 to 60kW and Tier 2 (as of today) from 60 to 120. For half the price you get half the energy, so how do you want to save money with Tier 1? The only way to save money is to arrive close to 0% SoC or at a higher percentage (70%?) so that you start charging with either highest...

I believe it is partly a coincidence that the EPA rating matches the rating given by Tesla to the driver. EPA does a certain test cycle that might require a different consumption to what Tesla believes is realistic for EV user behavior. This becomes more obvious if you take the European NEDC...

No, because Li-ion cells don't need to be charged to 100% like NiMh or NiCd cells to overcome some memory effects. But Li-ion need to be balanced once in a while which happens charging close to 100%. Balancing means that some cells got discharged to e.g. 9% and other cells to 10%. Now after...

I am not sure, but as far as I know the curb weight considers only the standard equipment. The additional options are not taken into account. So I would assume the curb weight is the same except for the different battery/motor variants. Extra weight for metallic paint, bigger wheels, leather...

Right, that is exactly the value add. But it is a high price for something you would rather rarely use. Rarely, because: if you do frequently long trips and the 86% charge (62,4kWh of 60 / 72,6kWh of 75) is not sufficient but you need to charge frequently close to 100%, then I think the 90D...

It can't be 500lbs. That is way too much, that would mean all seats together in the car would be already ~1500lbs. And the 6 seater has no middle seat in the 2nd row, so that saves a little. I would estimate the 3rd small row to 20 to 50kg, maybe saving 5 to 10kg for the missing middle seat in...

Options in a car typically loose more (by percentage) in resale than the base car. And I don't believe that a 5-seater is an unattractive car. You should not expect to get your add-on price back. Additionally you should consider that investing the money elsewhere you could get some interest...

Tire pressure should be adjusted to the load as well. Lower psi when driving alone, higher psi when driving fully loaded with passengers and baggage. Typically the recommended psi is more related to the comfort and safety (braking). Higher psi will provide better range and longer durability of...