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I typically use autopilot in my X. A few days ago I found it was not working and all the related icons on the instrument cluster were not visible. I've given the car a reset, but no change. I've disabled all the related functions in the control menu and re-enabled them, with no change...

This would seem to be breaking news. It's great that BP will be installing Tesla Superchargers (350 kW), but I'm worried about the financial issues, specifically payment. I bought my Tesla when unlimited free Supercharging was part of the deal. I've always wondered if/how Tesla might worm...

I often park at the long term parking at an airport. I find level 1 charging would be perfect so I could leave the car, and have it topped off when I return. Level 1 charging uses very little power, so many of them can be installed without a massive connection to the grid. When I've tried...

I've had the flash drive in my Tesla crap out on me several times. This has been with multiple brands and models. The error is always that the flash drive has become write protected. This last one is very persistent. Nothing I do solves the problem. The only choice left is to copy all the...

Can a software update be scheduled from the app? Looks like it will only install NOW or never.

The Tesla software doesn't support time of charging in a way that is useful to me. I need to be able to set two peak rate time windows during which the car should not charge, and the Tesla software simply can't handle this. Are there any third party apps that handle this properly? Something...

Between Baltimore and Frederick, MD there are no chargers. The Washington area is filthy with superchargers. They form a V going up the highway to Baltimore or to Frederick with no more than 15 miles between chargers. But from Baltimore to Frederick it is 45 miles without a charger. Given...

I just realized the reason I can't get off-peak charging to work correctly, is because my screen is missing the setting for "Off-peak end time". The bottom of that screen is cut off! WTF? How can this be fixed? Is there a way to scroll the app page (swiping doesn't do it) or to change the zoom?

ABRP shows a Supercharger at Mt Airy, MD in the municipal parking lot. It shows a third party logo, rather than the Tesla logo. But ABRP shows it as a 150 kW "SuC" which I assume means SuperCharger. I think this is very mixed up and wrong, but who knows? Anyone use this lot who can...

I'm having trouble with ABRP acting too much like the Tesla trip planner. I like to plan my drives on the PC with ABRP, but sometimes the tool is a whiny little girl... or maybe I am. Not sure. Apologies to any whiny little girls reading this. So I'm trying to get a route with several stops...

I'm trying to use the scheduled departure through the app and it doesn't work. It appears simple, I set the time, 6:30 AM and click OK. The charge level is high enough it should start charging immediately. It doesn't start charging and if I go back into scheduled departure the set time has...

I've read about using tokens rather than giving other web sites your Tesla login info. But I've never found any info on how to do that. It seems ABRP no longer will work with your login credentials to access the car info. I can't figure out how to get a token to share with ABRP. How is...

A neighbor is installing two EVSE and has upgraded his service from the power company. I'm having a hard time understanding why that would be. I'm sure his service is 200 amps (all these houses were built about the same time and my smaller house is on 200 amps). The closer neighbor who told...

A friend's wife is buying a Mustang Mach-E and is talking about adding the home charger on a 60 amp circuit. When I look at their numbers for charging time, they seem to exceed the capacity of the battery. I suppose that is taking into account the inefficiency of the charging process? The web...

I can view the car inside temperature and the outside temperature from the Tesla app. But I've not found a way to read the battery temperature. In ABRP they have a temperature under the Vehicle section they call "Initial vehicle temperature". Is that actually the battery temperature? I've...

So if I am at a friend's house and only have access to a 120V outlet, can the car be preheated before leaving on a cold morning from the 120V outlet? Is that enough heat to do anything useful, or will preheating deplete the battery? I'm looking at ABRP and it is telling me even starting at...

Recently I had a long day of traveling in my model X. I had to drive 125 miles to visit with family then completing my trip driving to the airport where the car would be left for a week. I used ABRP to plan the trip, but while it is infinitely better than the car's planner which can't do...

The closest charger to the airport (and right on the route to the airport) is an urban charger limiting charging to 72 kW. This is a PITA for charging before long term parking to make sure you have a healthy charge, especially in the winter. This takes me a lot longer to get the charge on...

Tesla seems to be going in the wrong direction price wise in the short term. I'm wondering who is going to have the first 4/5 passenger EV with a 250 mile range with a real price under $25,000? I know Musk has mentioned this target many times, but Musk doesn't actually speak for the company...

A highway patrolman pulled alongside a Tesla speeding on the highway. Looking at the car, he was astounded to see that the elderly woman behind the wheel was knitting. The trooper cranked down his window and yelled to the driver, “Pull over!” “No!” the woman yelled back, “Cardigan!”

My model X seems to have driveline problems again. When I got new tires the vendor said they saw grease being slung from the axle. Since then I've noticed a swishing noise on acceleration and sometimes even normal highway speed, around 20 kW. I want to take it to the Rockville center, but...

I've moved to Puerto Rico and am looking for a car to buy. I have a model X which I may or may not bring to the island, but it won't be my every day car as the roads are more narrow than on the mainland and there are lots more pot holes. I thought about a model Y, but that's a bit more...

At home my car is parked in the shade and I don't recall seeing idle battery drain to exceed 1 kWh per day unless the temps were really cold. I left my car at an airport parking lot with 41% charge and two days later it is at 27%. I'm worried as to what is causing this and if it will have...

I read today Tesla has 10,000 cars warehoused in Freemont because they don't have all the semiconductors required to complete them. While that sounds like a lot, it's not enough for Tesla to shut down their lines. But it does indicate a problem that can hurt the bottom line. The really bad...

When I do a search on Google maps for Supercharges in a given location, it returns tons of other hits for general chargers, especially destination chargers. I've tried adding -destination with no benefit. I've tried putting "Superchargers" in quotes with no benefit. Often it does not show a...

Not a lot of rational in the report for this statement, it makes some sense. Tesla seems to be popular because of the unique styling and advanced features in the cars as much as the fact they are electric. While that gets the attention of some, I think the bigger market is for a car that...

And also combining production of model X and a refreshed model S on the same line. Tesla is rejiggering its Fremont factory to build the Model Y SUV and a Model S refresh Wow! This is a serious cost cutting move. It's also interesting that they are refreshing the model S but not the model...

I've always had trouble with the rear doors opening properly to their full range in an intermittent manner. I mentioned it as an afterthought the first time I had the car in for repair and a service tech diagnosed a faulty sensor on the driver's side. At that time I didn't know I had a problem...

It seems today Tesla announced limitations on some chargers to 80%. Some stations this will be every day, 24 hours. Some stations this will be on special days. I get what the intent of this is, but clearly this shows how desperate Tesla is. Rather than boosting the number of stalls at busy...

It's not really clear to me what the various legal issues are when using auto pilot. One day I was using auto pilot on a road with only a center stripe and the car was moving around a bit within the lane. Seems this is adequate behavior for a cop to pull you over to see if you are impaired...

I met someone who had to deal with the insurance company when their battery was struck by a road hazard and needed to be replaced. Seems the insurance policy has a fixed 50% replacement value on batteries which was based on an ICE car with the standard lead acid battery which lasts some 3 to 5...

Many here suggest the battery should be occasionally cycled between 100% charge and near 0% charge to keep the charge measurement calibrated. So I did that a couple of times. The first time the battery took a very long time to finish after it had reached 100%. It indicated around 8 kW...

Anyone know the measurements for the FWD opening height vs. the suspension settings? My doors don't always open fully and the service center isn't interested in fixing this if it doesn't malfunction for them. I had it in the shop once for other things and when I picked it up the doors didn't...

I was showing the car to a friend the other day and to illustrate Musk's playfulness I showed him the Easter Egg screen and touched the Ludicrous Mode icon. It brought up the star field and then prompted for something like, "Bring it on" and "I want my mommy". Not wanting to turn on Ludicrous...

I have bought accessories off the Tesla web site for my model X with no problem. But it seems when you want to buy an upgrade for the car they make it a bit tougher... actually nearly impossible. I wanted to buy the full self driving upgrade for my model X at the reduced price. I tried to...

I encountered a case of range failure. Now I get the issue of range anxiety. I left the last Supercharger with my destination set and the remaining charge at my destination at 5%. As often happens that number rose as I drove until it was about 11%, so I thought I didn't need to stop at any...

I'm trying to plan charging for a trip tomorrow and one of the locations we are stopping at has a Blink J1772 connector. It is not clear if I need to pay and/or if I need an account so I tried to reach the Blink web site only to find it down. Anyone know how the Blink network operates? Are...

I was stuck in a backup for some hours last night in the mountains of North Carolina when a rock slide closed the highway. After they eventually got us out of the backup I then needed to reroute to reach my destination and might need an intermediate charge. The in car navigator could not help...

I was trapped in a backup on I-40 the other night around 9 PM. Reports of a rock slide indicated the road would be closed all night. This stretch of road does not provide any way to cross over to the other direction so I'm thinking I'll be there all night. I tuned off the car through the...

At the moment Tesla is making money with a net positive cash flow. But while sales of model 3s are good, the model Y is going to become another cash drain. If they really want to be shipping these things in volume by the end of the year as well as building a new factory in China, they are...

I don't typically charge to 100% as a matter of course. Then when I do, the car typically is not warm when I start a trip. So it can be hard to judge mileage of the initial 10% of charge. Recently though I was on a trip where I charged close to 100% a couple of times and got back in the car...

Given that the reservation list in the US is pretty much exhausted and sales of high end model 3s are starting to lag to the point that Tesla is laying off workers to cut costs so they can produce the model 3 base version profitably, it seems to me 2019 is going to be yet another year where...

I've had discussion about the use of EV batteries (while still functioning in the cars) for smoothing the power peaks on the grid. Cars can be charged when supply exceeds demand and discharged when demand is higher. This can potentially eliminate the capital and operational expense of...

The typical home built in the last 40 years has 200 amp service and so can draw up to 40 kW continuously. I've read the distribution grid is designed for an average load of 4 to 6 kW per home. Can anyone confirm this number? Depending on the part of the US you live in many homes use a heat...

I have some shares of Tesla stock and I don't watch it too closely. I want to at least hold it long enough to be long term capital gains. While I wasn't looking I see the stock took something of a hit in December. I don't recall reading anything in particularly negative about the company. I...

I've used abetterrouteplanner a number of times just to see the numbers it gives me. Nothing actually matters other than what the car really does. But this trip really surprises me. I'm traveling about 190 miles starting at 6 AM tomorrow when the temp will be 36°F. I have a model X P100D and...

My place is in the boonies and cell signals are hard to come by. The car doesn't seem to pick up the wifi from the house without Herculean efforts of putting routers on extension cords and getting the car as close to the porch as possible. When I try to access the user manual in the car I get...

I know someone who lives in San Francisco and claims getting to Truckee in an EV would be dangerous in the winter. He is really just argumentative and opposed to EVs in general. He often posts pictures of the Truckee Superchargers empty or with ICE autos parked in them. I was wondering if...

In theory kW consumption of the engine can be converted to Wh/mi by dividing by the speed in mi/hr then multiplying by 1000. Sounds great, but what if the kW number displayed on the dash is only the engine usage and doesn't include all the drain from the battery? I say this because I see...

I was charging on a trip a few days ago and found the Supercharger stalls adequately cleared, but just barely. They don't have long hoses on them and if the plow pushes the snow in their direction they wouldn't be accessible. I guess the plow operators have been told to clear the snow from in...