Batteries

I have about 160 miles to drive later tonight, ending at a hotel. From past experience I expect my S60 will have about 8% of it’s battery left after 160 miles. Unfortunately the hotel doesn’t have a charger, but there is one a mile or two from the hotel that I plan to use tomorrow morning...

Not far from FT Meade. Any recommendations on a good electrician to put a charging port in my garage?

I have obtained a Model S battery pack from a salvage unit. I'm struggling to understand what a valve is for? It appears to be a spring loaded one way valve, installed in the electronics compartment of the pack on the upper surface . I know that the array compartments have numerous pressure...

This little goody just showed up on the Tesla Shop page. It's powered by: That would seem to be greater than the assumed 18650 capacity in the early Tesla packs... and perhaps closer to the revised capacity of the 90 or 100KWh packs, but we've never seen an official current rating for them...

125 miles in 15 minutes !!! 1 February 2017 @ Kettleman City, California USA

Found this gem at my hotel in Savannah, GA tonight... thankfully there is a Supercharger about a mile away, so I was able to fill up the battery (and the tires)... Why even bother installing two destination chargers on a 12amp circuit? Has anyone else run into dumb stuff like this?

Please advise.

I have seen in other posts that SC charging rates may vary from charger to charger. When pulling into a SC with a number of occupied and unoccupied chargers, is there a strategy for charger selection that will aid in getting the fastest charge rate? (At least until the occupancy distribution...

Happily surprised by premium parking and charging available st the Sands Casino in PA: Only 32 Amps / 18 m/hr rate, but appreciated very much.

I have read some old posts about this topic but have not seen anything recently. I also saw an article online about a guy doing this and Tesla giving him credit for turning in his battery pack and it costing him 18k with installation. I have a S60 with 14k miles. I really could use the...

The rear heater is another unacceptable design flaw in the MX. the manual and Tesla service say "rear heater doesn't work if no passenger in back seat" but that is wrong. if the rear heat is set to manual, it should produce hot air from the vents on the rear door pillar. Mine did not and I...

My AC unit died. For a 4 months old Model X, this is annoying!! But anyway. The question I have is: Is supercharging going to damage the battery, since I read that the AC unit is actually cooling the battery pack while supercharging?

i broke down last weekend 260 miles away from home with a warning that said, “car requires service. Car may not restart.” Roadside had it towed and we drove home in a rental. Turns out my battery coolant heater was going out and when I supercharged twice it sent it over the edge. I also had to...

i have a Model S with a gen 1 charger and have never had ground faults. I am getting ground fault errors, 1 flashing red blink, maybe 50% of the time after connecting to charge. I plugged the charger into the same outlet as my S and it still happens. Anyone had a problem like this and found...

OK, with my Model 3 on order, I still haven't seen a discussion on this topic so will post it. I realize this is not unique to the Model 3, but can come up with any two Tesla's or EV's for that matter, but is certainly going to come up more with widespread Model 3 sales... the question is...

I've read things that lead me to believe the Model 3 comes with a 220 charging cable? I already have a 220 50 amp outlet in my garage from when I owned a Volt. I'm trying to figure out if I need to shell out the $500 for the Tesla wall charger or not. Can someone clarify please ?

I took delivery of my new 75D on December 22, at which point I did not have a home charger set up. For a three weeks I was using SemaConnect stations (J1772) and a couple of SuperChargers. Every time, connecting was fifteen or twenty minutes of frustration, jiggling the handle, plugging in...

I got my Model S 75 on 12/2017, built 11/2017. The range according to the docs is 249 miles, but when I charge it up to 90%, it says 218 which means that 100% is ~242 miles. Is this normal or should I tell this to Tesla? I haven't had the opportunity to charge it up to 100% yet or ever got...

50 miles loss overnight? What now ... 75D, April 2017 build - just got it back from SC after being there over 3 weeks & over 1½ dozen issues. Couldn't be uncorked (?) and NO - temps weren't sub zero ... even during 45° SoCal winters here, our garage doesn't dip below 60°. Yet the fans were...

so, I tried to charge new 3 at home. Delivery specialist said I could use the cord from my x, which I leave plugged in. Well, even though plug fits in charge port doesn’t work. Tesla central said I was mis informed and had to use 3 cord to charge 3, but could use new 3 cord to charge my x too...

I am in the Chicagoland area and wanted to see if anyone has had an Powerwall installation in IL and who they used. I just took the plunge and placed a deposit. I currently have a 10k solar system with battery back up (golf cart batteries ugh!) and a NG generator. Hoping a Powerwall can replace...

A few months ago an urban charger opened up in the Williamsburg neighborhood of brooklyn roughly 6 miles from both my home and my office and over the past few weeks has become my go-to supercharger for quick top ups. I am an apartment dweller and while I generally like to charge at Destination...

At work we have some free charging spaces but they're only accessible by the attendants that shuffle cars around and ensure as many as possible can get some juice. I get to work before they do but they'll plug in any car that's there when they arrive as long as the owner comes down with a key...

We know that Tesla-reduced range is 310 and 335, respectively. Actual EPA-tested was 334 and 344. And, with early favorable indications of 3LR efficiency — especially with Aero 18s — there’s reason to suspect that the real-world range of the cars is fairly close, rather than 25 miles apart...

Is it worth $9k to get 90 miles more? Is there other differences? Does not seem so and seems pricey. My fear is this price may drop. Are most people getting SR or LR? It's like I want the car now bad so LR but $9k is a lot.

I've been driving EV's since 2011, my first being a conversion I did myself of a 1985 Mazda RX-7 to 100% battery Electric. That car had only a 16 kwh battery and so the range was a maximum of 80 miles under optimum conditions (200 wh/mile). I could drive it like a madman on the worst days and...

Hi, I’ve been seeing some strange behavior with my home charging using the HPWC. I have a S 70 with 48 amp onboard. As you can see the first times I charged the vehicle, I was charging at 48 amps almost consistently. The last charges though have all been close to 46 amps. Is this normal...

Hello all, first time post here. I'm a fairly new owner of cpo model s 85, bought in september 17. Noticed the battery depleted a lot faster in the cold. Already have racked up 40k miles, I have cut it close many times but this time on a trip from ny to Millford, just one exit away(2 miles)...

If I were to install a 110v outlet through an inverter, hooked to the battery, how quickly am I gonna drain the 12v battery while the car is parked and the inverter is powering some heavy use items? The car would most likely not display is was turned to ‘on’ because I wouldn’t be sitting in the...

I'm scheduled to take delivery of my MS some time in March, free supercharging and all. I'm wondering if there is documentation, or some mission statement from Elon regarding how Tesla will bolster/grow their supercharging networks in the coming months to deal with the number of Model 3s that...

A question came up in another post about percentage of battery available for driving. There has been some debate that the 90kWh battery has less capacity for driving than the other battery offerings. I have seen many posts about perceived inadequacy specific to the 90kWh. There doesn't seem to...

I saw a new message this morning. I remember feeling like I hadn’t pushed the charging plug in properly last night, and this morning when I checked the app it showed a message I hadn’t seen before. It had automatically set the charge speed to 16A at 240V. Normally I have it at 25A.

I had something happen on my 3 this morning that has never happened on my S. My commute involves a 1800' climb over a pass followed by an 1800' descent. I usually get a couple kWh back going downhill (although I spend a lot more than that on the climb). This morning it was raining and about...

When the landlord/owner next door moved with his wife into his house after 20 years of renting it out; the first thing he did was put in a brand new central air conditioning unit, which probably provided much better living conditions than the existing window A/C units. As a renter myself...

Not sure if this exact item has come up before. I searched and couldn't find an exact match. My question is this: On a relatively short commute (~88km), the car's trip meter says I consumed 16.0 kWh, but TeslaFi says I consumed 18.55. This happens quite consistently. As a result all other...

In a model X 75D is it possible to get to Snow Summit in bug bear and back down to a supercharger from Palos Verdes? The route planner says yes but Im skeptical.

I own a KHONS adjustable portable EVSE for my Nissan Leaf. It allows me to change between 12A, 16A, 20A, and 32A, regardless of input voltage. I live in a small apartment, and sometimes use the range oven 240V outlet and a burly 6 gauge 8' 14-50 extension chord for charging since its right next...

I have a NEMA 14-50 40 Amp socket in my garage. Using the long cord that came with the car, it charges my Tesla just fine. So a friend uses my code to buy a Tesla and I’m eligible to get the “Signature Wall Charger”. Is there any charging time, economic or other benefit to using it? Or does it...

There seems to be some misunderstandings lately about rated range, the Battery Management System (BMS), and battery degradation. If you feel like reading about this, let me attempt to explain this in a different way, that I hope will clarify this phenomenon for you. I am NOT speaking out against...

good thing this is a once-over, but what do people think of 120v/12A charging to “trip” capacity? At 4mph 5-15 with a 75D, battery probably spends a good 6-7h between 90 and 100% SOC.

I just saw a cheap 2013 S60 for sale. It would be the original non software limited version. But according to the ad the battery had been changed a couple of months ago, and I was wondering if there would be any chance that Tesla chose to put in the new software limited 75 kWh battery since the...

I think all New England EV owners are aware of what cabin-heating does to range. We are all guilty of freezing our children in the backseat, and driving with too much frost on the windshield to squeeze 20 more miles out of the charge. So I ask, Model S owners without sub zero upgrade in VT, NH...

In another thread a member asked about how much vampire drain is caused by 24x7 (always on) use of a dual-channel (2 camera) dash cam. That led me to do a controlled test where I left the car unplugged on two separate trips (one 4 days, the other 3 days). One trip had the dash cams running as I...

I have a 2015 Model S 85. How do you know if you need a Gen 1 or Gen 2 adapter? Specifically a 5-20 one. GEN 1: Model S/X NEMA Adapters GEN 2: Model 3 NEMA Adapters

City of Philadelphia froze the ability of residents to get EV chargers installed street-side in front of their houses for a 2 year period, while they study the situation. Comments on the report are currently being accepted. Comments will be accepted until February 16th. Comment here: Electric...

Nuts... Guess I need to finally install that HPWC. And clean out the garage so I can put the car away.

I've had my new Model S 75D for about three weeks now and I love it. We've taken it from where we live in Northeast PA to Long Island, NYC, Boston and Ohio so far. We discovered on our road trips that we would only max out on our supercharging stops between 90-94 kW, never any higher, often in...

I touched on this in another thread, but with temporarily not being able to garage my S during this particularly cold weather we've been having, I've had opportunity to do some more observation. It appears that the regen power limits for a cold battery do NOT correctly account for the non...

So the stupid level 2 destination charger that they put in at my work has a fancy cord extension mechanism that only lets out about 3 feet of cord. The way the parking spots are arranged, the only way to get this to reach my MS is to back right up to the post that holds the station and to take...

[Moderator edit (bmah): During this thread, a review of computations showed the initial conclusion to be incorrect, so by request of one of the thread participants I've edited the thread title to not be misleading.] Last year I used $3000 more in electricity compared to what I used the two...