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All, Some basic insurance claim questions since I'm having trouble finding FAQ answers, never filed an insurance claim, and hoping someone here can help. Someone backed into my Model Y and put a small scratch into the rear bumper. The at fault driver gave me their AAA policy number, so I...

Not sure if anyone else has gone down this rabbit hole, but I'm totally hooked on this game. Looking forward to unlocking new boards and backgrounds. Love the Tesla specific tile set and the Mars background. Back in the 1990's I had a Windows 95 version of Shanghai that I really enjoyed and...

So supercharge.info tracks Supercharger installation, but is there a site that tracks Megacharger installs? I see that there are now apparently 3 sites with 4 chargers each...

All, Someone help me understand this. A lot of the stories I read about battery storage have a disclaimer along the lines of "limited to 4-6 hours". And that longer duration storage is needed (see below article). If someone builds a site with (for example) 100 powerpacks that all charge during...

GM spending a lot of money advertising during the Bears/ Packers SNF game last night. If this works anything like the Superbowl EV commercials, it's gonna help sell a lot more Teslas...

After finally hearing back from Tesla Insurance on my $1,238 windshield replacement claim ($400 labor, $800 parts), I was told that if you carry Tesla Insurance that Tesla parts are 50% discounted. I didn't tell Tesla Service when I brought the car in that I had Tesla Insurance. So they will be...

I forgot my key card and am heading into red Rock canyon without cell service. Just want to confirm that "phone as key" via Bluetooth will lock/unlock without active cell phone coverage. Pretty sure it will, but sometimes I need to unlock via the phone app as walk up unlock doesn't always work...

On the City Council agenda for 5/9/22: Shoppers Lane Supercharger The two current Pasadena sites are delivering 500 charging sessions per day. Good working relationship between the City and Tesla. This will be the third Supercharger in Pasadena ! In both previous joint project EV charging...

All, I am unfortunately the President of an HOA. We have a single building with 50 units, and a common roof over 3 floors. All electrical panels for the units are in the garage under the building. We are in the process of updating our CC&Rs and I saw that they now have the same wording...

Been meaning to post this for a while now. Listened to a good podcast on the Interchange about Quaise Energy. The idea is that you dig a VERY deep hole and tap into extremely hot rock. Their method uses a megawatt power level millimeter wave technology to essentially burn through the rock. One...

Nature.com: Economic, environmental and grid-resilience benefits of converting diesel trains to battery-electric. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-021-00915-5

Checked out of a hotel in Monterey yesterday morning. One of the vehicle passengers did a quick look around when we picked it up from the valet who brought us the car. Didn't notice anything. When I got to Casa de Fruta to Supercharge I looked at the right rear passenger wheel and the first...

Interesting interaction. Text message was displayed and being read by the car. Navigation system interrupted it for direction instructions. The text message reading by the car never resumed. RT

I took the new Model Y on a road trip this weekend. Just noting the performance as a data point or two for those interested. Route was Pasadena to Summerlin, Nv. Details: Miles driven 270 Single occupant plus small bag A/C set to 70 both ways Driving there was on Saturday from 4am to 8am, 78mph...

Looking to sell my Model 3 as soon as the ordered Y arrives. Single original owner, VIN in the 8,000 range. No panel gaps. Excellent condition. FSD paid for at purchase and HW3 computer has been installed, but no FSD SW yet. Car has only been hand washed, never been to a car wash. Battery...

Looking to sell a 2015 Kia Soul EV+. Car currently has about 50,000 miles. The main battery was replaced a while back, will have to check the service receipt to find out exactly when the replacement happened. We have taken very good care of the car since then. Minimal charging to 100% and no...

All, Long time TMC member but this is the first time I have ever ventured into the Tesla Energy thread. Been reading about the horror stories coming out of Texas due to the lack of power. I checked the Tesla website and the Powerwall FAQ states that a single Powerwall will only support the...

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All, One of my cousins sons is getting ready to start college, and looking for advice on what good career fields might be given how fast thigs change these days. I thought it might be a good idea to start up a thread for those who may need to provide advice like this if and when asked. We all...

Thought I posted this previously, but didn't see it in search results. Looks like they scaled this down from a prior system, but at least they are in construction: Pahrump gravel mine will store energy using carts, rails, and a big hill

Pasadena is about to get its second very large charging plaza, courtesy of the City and Tesla working together again. This is in a currently underutilized City owned lot by the power plant on the Southwest corner of Glenarm St. and Arroyo Parkway. For those not familiar with the area, this is...

Cross posted from the Energy, Environment and Policy forum since it's also applicable there. Not quite sure that its a battery but more like a small nuclear powered RTG like energy source. Be interesting to see if the output power levels can match 18650 cells. Battery powered car that never...

Here is something completely new: New Atlas: Nano-diamond self-charging batteries could disrupt energy as we know it. Nano-diamond self-charging batteries could disrupt energy as we know it Thoughts? RT

So Mrs. Toe and I have been watching reruns of Northern Exposure some nights since normal activity is somewhat constrained these last few months. There was an episode where Chris the local radio DJ used part of an inheritance to take a half interest in Holling's bar. This didn't work out too...

All, Really like the idea of doing a "chrome delete" on my Red Model 3. Door handles, window trim, rear view mirror trim. I have seen some vehicle wraps up close, and once you get within a few feet they look horrible. It could be that it was just a bad wrap, but once I saw one of these I vowed...

Saw an article talking about California power consumption dropping. I track this so thought I would post a couple interesting snippets from my spreadsheet. Here is a look at total power consumption as posted by CAISO, along with various sources of renewable power. The day shown in red is the day...

Interesting YouTube series of videos by a woman from Birmingham, England. She looks to be a science writer, who is documenting her first EV lease. She is getting 100,000+ views per episode. The interesting thing is that these videos are primarily oriented toward people who have essentially zero...

IBM announces battery technology breakthrough All major elements can be sources from sea water... It can reach a power density of more than 10,000 watts per liter; It can reach an energy density of more than 800 watt hours per liter, which is comparable to modern lithium ion batteries; It has...

Interesting article. The 8th entry is for safer nuclear based on fuel pellet housing, and #10 is "UTILITY-SCALE ENERGY STORAGE WILL ENABLE A RENEWABLE GRID" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/top-10-emerging-technologies-of-2019/ I was hoping given the usual detailed content of the...

Looks like just CSP, but able to achieve much higher temperatures by smart software controlling the mirrors. Maybe someone more knowledgeable about industrial processes can chime in on whether this is any kind of a game changer for things like cement production. Heliogen’s new tech could...

They are installing the L2 chargers on the roof now. But they now have the 4 DCFCs mounted on the first floor right as you go in. Three of the 4 are still wrapped up, but one is unwrapped. It has dual Chademo and CCS connectors, both 50Kw. Ten of the roof units are Tesla, not sure what...

Phys.org: New route to carbon-neutral fuels from carbon dioxide discovered. New route to carbon-neutral fuels from carbon dioxide discovered

How would that affect Tesla, if they were only planning on selling cars built there in China? RT

My favorite block stacking company is in the news today with a $100,000,000 Series B investment: Gravity over lithium-ion: SoftBank invests $110 million in Swiss storage company Energy Vault And a video of the system in operation: The thing that is interesting is that the storage...

There is what looks to be another EV charging location being built immediately South of the Tesla property in Baker. A portable fence enclosed the entire site. There is an Oxblue camera set up for site monitoring. I couldn't locate any permits, or searching Oxblue. Anyone know what is going on...

All, Came across the following unfortunate scene yesterday morning at my local coffee shop charging spot. They were setting up for a block party, and the entire lot was off limits. The owner of the Model 3 was nowhere to be seen. Must have parked it there either very early in the morning, or the...

Caught a glimpse of two of these guys today. Here are the relevant story links followed by pictures. Anyone hanging out on the East Coast waiting for their arrival they are now just East of the Baker Supercharger ;) Cute story, Mrs. Toe thought that maybe the buses broke down and needed to be...

Say hello to my little friend: The largest charging station in the Western United States... :p Pasadena Now » Future of Electric Vehicles in Pasadena Would Get Big Charge From New Plan | Pasadena California, Hotels,CA Real Estate,Restaurants,City Guide... - Pasadena.com It's at the top...

Toyota sold 24,545 Camrys in the U.S. in November to make it the best selling car in the U.S. Tesla just delivered 25,250 Model 3's in the U.S. in December. There is a possibility (small) that the Model 3 could be the best selling passenger car in the U.S. in December. In 2019 if they ramp...

Anybody know what Tesla charges for a single 18" wheel? I scratched one of mine up pretty good turning over a curb. The tire is not quite wide enough to absorb this, unfortunately. I'll bet a lot of people encounter this sooner or later. The Tesla web site shows 4 wheels and winter tires for...

The 0-60 time is a blistering 9.5 seconds. At least we won't have to put up with an insufferable amount of drag racing videos like we have for the Tesla cars... 380 mile range, $60k before incentives. No mention of it being a Model 3 killer. Story here: Carscoops: Hyundai Nexo FCV Will Set...

The City of Pasadena has a program running now where MDUs can get up to a $3,000 rebate per EV charger installed. This is up to a maximum of $50,000 per building. I started looking into the details and had the city utility come out to assess the possibility of adding another building meter to...

This program is allocating $29,000,000 across 4 Southern California counties for business owners who would installs DC fast chargers. The rebate is $70,000 or 80% of the cost, whichever is lesser. Southern California Incentive Project (SCIP) | CALeVIP The linked page shows a real time graph of...

Basically, this is time delayed mass murder on an unprecedented scale solely to enrich those intent on destroying the planet for their personal gain... New Trump power plant plan would release hundreds of millions of tons of CO2 into the air

I'm driving up to San Jose on Friday and staying near Diridon station. Was planning on taking Caltrain up to S.F. on Saturday for the opening party for the Transbay Terminal. I downloaded the Caltrain mobile app, but it looks like ticket purchases can only be made the day of the ride. Can anyone...

Insideevs is estimating that there were 14,250 Model 3 cars sold in the U.S. in July. Below is the June edition of the top selling cars in the U.S. If July resembles June, then the Model 3 will have made the top 10. Going forward at 5k per week, the Model 3 should easily move up to the 6th...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is going to try and rescind California's authority to set it own vehicle emission standards. Yes, the agency that is supposed to protect the Environment, is on a clear path to destroying all the progress made since these rules were put into effect...

Maybe chalk this up to my OCD level, but I am unable to get the streaks off of my front (actually any) window. Someone out there has to know how to get this done, please help! First of all, the window looks absolutely spotless from both the inside and outside. Until you get to a location where...

I passed through Baker twice this weekend going to Vegas and back. The Supercharger cabinets there really attract the birds for some reason. Anybody know how often the Superchargers get power washed to get rid of this stuff? Good thing the handles are at least protected from this. How is the...

I came across the following in an e-mail from Technology Review magazine: Alphabet is in talks to spin out its molten-salt storage play I checked out the Acrobat publication describing the system. It looks like they are claiming that this will be cheaper than pumped hydro for long term energy...