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smoothoperator
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Tesla will catch you out with the full car logs coupled with GPS data! Or, they'd expect you to start from Palo Alto HQ and end up in Hawthorne or the other way around.
car carrier with dyno on board :biggrin:
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Tesla will catch you out with the full car logs coupled with GPS data! Or, they'd expect you to start from Palo Alto HQ and end up in Hawthorne or the other way around.
If Tesla offered it to all (not just the first), I'd do it for a plaque or crystal type memento.I would not drive for ten hours at 40 mph in order to win a cap.
If Tesla offered it to all (not just the first), I'd do it for a plaque or crystal type memento.
car carrier with dyno on board :biggrin:
Yes, but they warn aganst charging to full and discharging to empty on a regular basis. I charged to full once and the car warned me and asked if I was sure I wanted to. Say it takes you ten tries. Ten times charging to full and discharging to empty. Just in hopes that you might win a prize.^ Isn't "abusing" somewhat OTT in that context. EV's are designed to be driven and recharged after all.....
They're not going to build a one-of-a-kind 500-mile pack just to offer as a prize for driving 400 miles. It would probably cost many millions to design and test it.Prize could be a free battery upgrade. The 500 mile pack that Elon says could be done now but which would be too pricey?
Make it a traveling trophy. You get to keep it until your record is broken.
One that displays on your screen at Model S boot-up. You'll know you've lost when it's no longer there one morning. Cruel, but gamification and glory are some great motivators.
Great idea.
There were many Prius owners in the early days who started this by playing their car like a video game.
You'll find that if you're the fastest car on the road, everyone else tends to be (relatively) slower and thus... in the way.One of the great things about the Prius (and now other modern cars) is that you get more games than just How fast can I go from A to B. After playing that game for many years, I've found it to be kind of boring and stressful (there is always someone slower, a red light, or a policeman). It's much more relaxing and interesting to get the most mpg (or m/Wh in the Tesla's case) out of your car.
You'll find that if you're the fastest car on the road, everyone else tends to be (relatively) slower and thus... in the way.
I was thinking along the lines of the latest cell chemistry in the existing 18650 cells in the current S skateboard. Would only need updated firmware to alter the charge/discharge protocols. They must be doing this sort of R&D anyway.They're not going to build a one-of-a-kind 500-mile pack just to offer as a prize for driving 400 miles. It would probably cost many millions to design and test it.