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I just read Syonyk's blog post on the Model S 12 volt battery issues and charging patterns from 2016, which is really interesting. I guess at that time there were some issues with how the 12 volt battery was charged and used and there were a lot of failures at that time. I was wondering if...

I am thinking of getting an inverter and using that to charge a computer and maybe some other things. My macbook air battery has a capacity of about 50 Watt-hours, which is roughly about 1/3 of the useable capacity of the 12 volt battery of the model 3, so it seems reasonable, but I wonder if 12...

I would be interested in hearing from people who use EAP on highway 17 (like from Los Gatos to Santa Cruz)? How well does it work? How does it deal with that curvy road? I use EAP quite a bit, about 80% of the time, but so far I haven't really used it much on Hwy17. I imagine it might work...

Does anyone have a pretty good idea (guess) as to what the maximum current draw an LR model 3 battery can generate for regular and performance options. I am guessing it is somewhere in the neighborhood of 1000 amps roughly or about 4C. I have tried to search this but mostly I'm just finding...

For sunscreen, and spills, on model 3 seats, I believe someone suggested baby wipes and aerospace 303. Do you concur? What is a good way to clean vegan leather?

As far as I understand it, EAP and FSD are not that different at this point. Yet we expect that they may diverge, perhaps significantly, in the not too distant future. Any thoughts and information on how this divergence may occur are welcome here. Will EAP and FSD evolve into very different...

We have a wall-mounted charger at home, but a lot of our use of our model 3 involves driving about 220 miles, parking for a week or so, and then driving home. We have a rented parking space at that destination, but it has no electricity. Typically, we charge up at home to 90% and return at...

I quite often have to leave my long range model 3 outdoors for a week of two at a time. Until recently, the loss rate due to quiescent current draw (aka vampire drain) has been pretty much 1% per day or even slightly more. This was not a real problem for me; I would typically park at 60% and...

Has anyone been using a front license plate wrap on a model 3? Apparently it is sort of legal and it is a thing you can get from this company: Tested by the California Highway Patrol of Sacramento I am wondering: Does this work well? Have people tried it? Does it damage your paint? Does it...

In the SF Bay area, and all through California I guess, there are a lot of car washes at Chevron gas stations. I think they are touch-less and that they are all pretty similar? I have driven through one of them before with my old Honda Civic, but I have been wary of doing that with the model 3...

I bought a white model 3 back in November and I read somewhere that car washes could be bad, both due to the brushes and the water pressure, so, long story short, I never washed the car. That seemed to work okay through the winter, but as spring began I started to accumulate a lot of bug...

I am interested in getting sunroof sunshades in order to keep my model 3 from getting too hot when parked. I noticed that the Telsa sunroof sunshades are out of stock and I wondered if this might be good instead? WJM Sunroof Sunshade Glass Roof Sunshade Skylight Blind Shading Net for Tesla...

I would tend to prefer having my headlights on all of the time when I drive. When I put headlights on auto, they tend to stay off during the day. When I select on, I get a notice when I park that "range may be reduced" (or something like that), so I going into controls and turn them off...

I don't live in San Francisco and I am trying to decide what car to take for a one or two night trip. I'll be staying in the neighborhood just north of Golden Gate Park and just west of Arguello. Does anyone have an idea what the level of risk is in that area for an out-of-town newish model 3...

In benign weather and very ordinary circumstances, a parked and unused Model 3 will loose about 30% of its charge in a month. This is often called vampire drain or phantom drain and has been talked about extensively over that last few years, mostly from the point of view of complaining about it...

I have read that “a plugged in Tesla is a happy Tesla”, however, I am in a situation where I tend to leave my model 3 unplugged quite a lot. I drive a couple hundred miles and then park and then have to leave the car for about two weeks. The parking space does not have electricity, so I charge...

Here is my understanding of the the various rebates and incentives one can apply for after purchasing a Model 3 in California (in November 2018). Does these seem correct? Please feel free to correct and nuance my rough understanding as outlined below: 1) Federal tax credit: I am thinking there...

I would like to get a wall connector installed. I live in Santa Cruz and have a model 3. I'd like to ask a few questions: 1) Does anyone know an electrician, in the Monterey Bay area, they would recommend for this endeavor? 2) Does anyone have an idea of what the price tends to be for the...

Can the driver profile list be edited to change the order in which the profiles appear. I use more than one profile for driving and sometimes I would like to be able to change from one to another fairly quickly. Having a customizable order in which the appear would be helpful.

On the Tesla Motors Club, this site, what is the difference between posts and threads? Also, any advice on how to use and navigate this site, and related sites, is most welcome.

I am a little confused by the different color decals and choices related to Clean Air Vehicle (CAV) decals and High Occupancy Vehicle(HOV) lane usage. I mean there seems to be a red, white and a green, and I have heard talk of a purple starting next year... For a new model 3 owner living in...

In the Tesla app on your phone one can look at the temperature of the interior of your car when it is parked somewhere. This is pretty straightforward and useful. What I am wondering is whether it is possible to look at the temperature over a period of time, for example, the previous 4 days...