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Would using solar panels be a possibility for charging your EV while parked? (Is there any trees where you park?) DIY: A drivable solar rooftop for my Tesla Model Y (20 to 75 miles per day)

Do you have to paid sales taxes both in California and Colorado? Note: Be sure that the car get transfered to your Tesla account, otherwise you will have difficulty to use a Supercharger. Maybe take a CCS adapter, so you will still be able to use a non-Tesla DC Fast Charger.

When looking at the picture of many larger cities in China, I noticed a lot of high-rise buildings. I wonder if people living in those buildings can charge their EV in the garage basements? Here in the US, most HOA will not allow you to have a plug installed where you park. Some new buildings...

The car certainly went into a 'Load Shedding' mode, where only a minimum of functions are still running, like the Sleep mode on a computer. You need to disconnet and reconnect the negative terminal of the 12V battery (using a 10mm wrench). This will reset the car to normal setting. Allowing...

I noticed also that when driving in a highway with multiple lanes and all the lanes occupied with cars going at about the same (low) speed, if a motorcycle get behind you, FSD will move a little bit on one side of your lane to let the motorycle to pass you. I was surprised a little bit the fist...

Volta has free DC Fast Chargers (50 kW) but requires using a CCS adapter. Very useful and four to five time faster than typical L2 public chargers.

The 2018 Model 3 trunk liner is a single piece, new models have the subtrunk hole separated. I have a spare tire installed under the speaker shelf, so it was difficult to put someting in the trunk, and I decided to remove the full liner You will immediatly get at least four inches of clerance...

The car certainly went into a 'Load Shedding' mode, where only a minimum of functions are still running, like the Sleep mode on a computer. You need then to perform a soft or a hard reboot to restart the car. If you can open the frunk using a small 9V battery, you will be able to disconnect...

If you cannot open the frunk using a samll 9V battery, to disconnect and reconnect the negative of the 12V battery to reset the car, please review the following steps: PART 1: Does you App still work? Like can you activate the horn? If so, go to the Climate control on your App, and try to...

This reminds me that you can run Windows on a Mac but the opposite!!! I only tried the L2 Rivian chargers and there were available to other cars and were free. I hope this is still the case.

I would be interested knowing the difference of drag coefficient?

I was thinking finding a temporary solution, in case you were consideing making a trip this weekend, instead of been stranded at home I am in the US, but the Tesla App allows you to charge a non Tesla car, and you can also charge your own Tesla car too this way, but you paid a little bit extra...

Did you try using a non-Tesla Supercharger?

It reminds me of this:

I think you mean, the left and right tires must have the same diameter otherwise the traction control will activate the brake on the wheel spinning faster than the other one. Otherwise, since the front and rear wheels are not connected mechanically, the AWD will not be affected if the front and...

About leasing, I remember about a posting where someone recommended taking a lease and paying upfront the full lease as the first and only payment to avoid paying any interests. This user also considered that knowing up front the resale value was a peace of mind compared to have a risk of...

This is a good point explainining the high mileage.

It would be interesting if you could seat inside and run the Service Mode to check for any alert messages, and also to be able to drive it for a little bit for any issues. For example some high mileage M3/MY Tesla make a typical noise coming from the front top bolt arm suspension, something...

Maybe including a picture would help, so far I was worried that the air bag could suddenly blows into your face while driving.

Unless the procedure request to remove the front bumper to access the radiator, which would require two people.

You could put a steering wheel cover, I always install one on a new car, see my previous posting (Leather steering wheel cover #4)

Unless you can think about using some kind of robots remotely controlled, astronaut labor costs would be astronomical (no pun intended...).

I would not recommend installing those non-perforated seat covers on the new Model 3 with ventilated front seats.

How old is your 12V battery? Did you noticed any warning? Did you use the Service Mode to check for any messages? I would recommend to install a Bluetooth 12V Battery Monitor, so you ill be able to check, when you car is sleeping, how often the 12V battery get recharged by the DC/DC inverter...

Can you check if you have a 12V acid battery or a 16V Lithium-Ion battery? Did you drive and check that the TPMS were working indicating the correct tire pression?

Would you had the option to pick the car in LA? And even, could you have seen the car before paying for it?

No battery, use NFC (Near Field Communication) device using a tiny antenna and a microship. Seems great when parcticing some sport activities (like swiming or surfing) and more practical than a card that you put in your pocket and can be lost (like when going running).

I think that the Cybertruck Yoke will be nicer, because when making a manoeuver, like a U-turn, you will still be able to hold the steering wheel without crossing your hands. Note: Doing a quick Google search, I found numerous Cybetruck Yoke for the Model 3 and Y...

The two wires connections (left and right) are a little but tricky to disconnect and the wires are a little bit short . You will need to use a tiny flat screwdriver to push the clip locking the connector, and maybe use your phone flashlight. Since I quite often remove the backseat bench to...

Would providing cooking space, toilet, and shower be a requirement for getting an RV Truck Camper title?

I understand your point, and solving the root cause would be a better solution. There will be always bad apples in a basket, both on the criminal than the police side. However I think that protecting the life of innocent people should be a top priority.

I remember making this posting after watching a Youtube video. I wonder if the trick (posting #24) the the Influencer used could be relevant and useful? https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/posts/8117285/

I would recommend adding a new user setting with the passenger mirror lowered in such way that you can see the rear right wheel. And change to this user setting before starting to perform a parallel parking.

Looks nice, but the handle should have a lock. I think the Cybervault available on the Chinese Tesla website should also be made available in other makets. https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/1321/e However I noticed this reseller providing such box...

It is always more easy to comment after the fact, but I wonder if buying locally or flying to the location would have been a better solution?

There should be some kind of civil right protection, but as soon as a car is reported stolen or the police starts a chase and can look at the license plate, such capability should be enabled. There is an Amber Alert already existing, and could be extended, such as alerting all the cars located...

In winter, it is also possible that the shutters migh be closed anyway.

I would also recommend checking for diagnostics messages using Service Mode. Also the Service Mode provides an interesting Steering Angle display I guess to be use when doing an alignment, as the Steering wheel need to be centered before making an alignment, and not the otherway around.

I just wish that Tesla could be contacted and use a remote kill switch to stop safely this type of chase. Or at least, trace in realtime the GPS location of the vehicle, especially in the case of a stolen car. Imagine such near collision (1:40) in the case of a Cybetruck:

Thank you for adding the timestamps. The contents of this podcast is something worthwhile to listen to. Some other subjects non covers would be the Energy Production and the two-ways charging capability.

Here is an interesting article covering all major points of this electrification debate: The Feasibility of California’s Electric Train Mandate When the Trains Do Not Exist The choice of electrification of the network is certainly a long term solution but still present numerous challenges, see...

I would recommend installing a Bluetooth 12V Monitor, so you can check the status of your battery. Typically when sleeping for a long time, the DC/DC inverter recharges the low voltage battery every three to five days, for about one hour, this is triggered when the battery voltage reaches about...

In the 1990, all the major transcontinental railroad tunnels have been modified to the double stack containers gabarit. However this double stack containers gabarit will not allow installing electrical catenary wires. Only few tunnels provide enought clearance, such as the Channel Tunnel, but...

Thank you for the link but could you maybe provide a time stamp for a particular interesting point, since this poadcast is 48 minutes long? The previous Youtube video starts at 43:30 and is related to Robot Taxi starting date, possibly in 18 months, now that Elon Musk mentioned HW5? The...

Was this crack elated to a rear ended accident? Did you have to replace the whole rear casting?

Do you have a 12V acid battery, or a 16V lithion-ion battery? You should check for diagnostics messages using Service Mode.

Thank you for the information. I fact, after my earlier posting, I went to my car and checked the Sevice mode and found the Reinstalled menu. Honestly, I was not too confident doing this after looking at the warning message on the pop up window (See below): Anyway, after keeping all the doors...

I saw some videos where the front bumper was removed, which is a major work. In my case, I just accessed my radiator from the top, after removing the frunk cover. There is in fact a condenser installed on top of the radiator. Those are separated by about half inch. If you follow the...

I use this antenna for some of my security cameras, and I also replaced the antenna of my Security Video receiver, but I needed to use a special adapter cord to connect this antenna to the mother board: IPX IPEX-1 U.FL to SMA Female Pigtail Antenna Wi-Fi Coaxial

It uses a 5V from an USB plug.