As might be expected in any specialized area, we use a lot of acronyms on this forum. Below is a list of some of the more common ones. To Editors: This list is only for acronyms, not for EV or Tesla specific terms like "Supercharger", "Vampire Loss", "Frunk". Add new acronyms in alphabetical order to a new row. To add a new blank row, insert this code after a [/TR] tag: [TR][TD].[/TD][TD].[/TD][TD].[/TD][/TR] Acronym Category Description A Electrical Terminology Ampere (amp), the SI unit of electric current ABRP Company or Organization A Better Route Planner AP Vehicle Terminology Autopilot AWD Vehicle Terminology All Wheel Drive AWG Electrical Terminology American Wire Gauge - measurement of the cross section of a conductor, the rest of the world denotes the diameter in millimeters BEV Vehicle Terminology Battery electric vehicle. Cars like Tesla or Nissan Leaf are sometimes called BEV to differentiate them from fuel cell vehicles are also electric vehicles BMS Vehicle Terminology Battery Management System CAC Electrical Terminology Calculated Amp-hour Capacity. Example: CAC is 162 Ah (Amp hours). This term is commonly used among Tesla Roadster owners as a measure of battery health CAN Vehicle Terminology Controller Area Network CCS Charging and Chargers Combined Charging System (SAE DC fast charging connector, based on the J1772 in N. America and the Mennekes type 2 plug in Europe) Cd Vehicle Terminology Drag Coefficient (a measure of aerodynamics) CdA Vehicle Terminology Drag Area (Cd times cross-sectional area) CHAdeMO Charging and Chargers A Japanese-developed standard for EV DC quick charging CID Vehicle Terminology Central Information Display (see also MCU) D Vehicle Terminology Dual motor: A Tesla equipped with two (front and rear axle) motors, each with a fixed gear reduction and a power inverter to provide all wheel drive (AWD). This improves traction, stability, and efficiency at high speed. It also increases the power and performance of the vehicle at the expense of higher cost, weight, and smaller frunk space DOE Company or Organization United States Department of Energy DTE Charging and Chargers Distance to Empty EAP Vehicle Terminology Enhanced Autopilot (a package option when ordering a Tesla) EM PersonElon Musk EPA Company or Organization US Environmental Protection Agency. They test the driving range of electric vehicles and publish on their website. For example the Model S 85 has 265 miles EPA rated range. A list of all electric vehicles and their EPA rated range numbers can be found on the EPA website here. A 5 cycle test is performed to test the range. More info about this test can be found here ERBusinessEarnings report EREV Vehicle Terminology Extended Range Electric Vehicle EV Vehicle Terminology Electric Vehicle EVSE Charging and Chargers Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (delivers power to an EV) FCEV Vehicle Terminology Fuel-Cell Electric Vehicle (rebranding of HFCVs from the hydrogen industry) FCV Vehicle Terminology Fuel-Cell Vehicle (most likely hydrogen) FSKR Company or Organization Fisker Automotive. Maker of Karma and Atlantic EREVs FWD Vehicle Terminology 1. Front-wheel drive 2. Falcon wing doors GF Company or Organization GigafactoryGM Company or Organization General Motors. A major Tesla competitor HFCV Vehicle Terminology Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicle HID Vehicle Terminology High Intensity Discharge headlamps HPC Charging and Chargers High-Power Connector (a Tesla specific non-portable 240V EVSE) HPWC Charging and Chargers High-Power Wall Connector (a Tesla specific non-portable 240V EVSE) HUD Vehicle Terminology Head-Up Display IC Vehicle Terminology Instrument Cluster ICE Vehicle Terminology Internal Combustion Engine IP BusinessIntellectual property JB PersonJB Straubel J1772 Charging and Chargers A SAE-developed standard for EV electrical connectors & signalling related to charging EVs kW Electrical Terminology Kilowatt = 1,000 W. Unit of power. Example: "The type 2 charger was capable of 20 kW" kWh Electrical Terminology Kilowatt-hour = 1,000 Wh. Unit of energy. Example: "The Model S battery stores 85 kWh energy" LHD Vehicle Terminology Left Hand Drive LR Vehicle TerminologyLong Range. As in the Tesla Model 3 Long Range with a battery capable of driving more than 300 miles MaaS Vehicle Terminology Mobility-as-a-Service. Services such as Lyft and the future Tesla Network MB Company or Organization Mercedes Benz. A marque of Daimler MC Vehicle Terminology Multi-coat paint. Example: Tesla's MC red costs $1500 extra MC240 Charging and Chargers Original Roadster 240V portable EVSE (NEMA14-50 only) MCU Vehicle Terminology Media Control Unit (the Tesla 17" touchscreen and the computer and I/O modules mounted behind it), see also CID MPG Vehicle Terminology Miles per Gallon MPGe Vehicle Terminology Miles per Gallon gasoline equivalent MPHVehicle Terminology Miles Per Hour. Either rate of travel or rate of charging the vehicle after driving. eg. "My Tesla Model 3 can go more than 100 MPH, and it can charge at 1000 MPH but only for a few minutes as it fills" MSVehicle Terminology Model S MW Electrical Terminology Megawatt = 1,000 kW = 1,000,000 W MWh Electrical Terminology Megawatt-hour = 1,000 kWh = 1,000,000 Wh MXVehicle Terminology Model X MYVehicle Terminology 1. Model Y 2. Model Year - the year a car was manufactured M3Vehicle Terminology Model 3 NEDC Company or Organization New European Driving Cycle. Electric vehicles sold in Europe advertise their range as NEDC rated range. For example the Model S 85 has 400 km NEDC rated range NEMA Company or Organization National Electrical Manufacturers Association (plug standards). Nema 14-50 is the most common 240V wall socked in the USA used with Tesla's Universal Mobile Connector (UMC) P Vehicle Terminology Tesla Model S, general Production run P85 Vehicle Terminology Performance edition of the 85 kWh Tesla Model S PEMVehicle TerminologyPower Electronics ModulePG&E Company or Organization Pacific Gas & Electric (utility serving northern California) PGE Company or Organization Portland General Electric (utility serving Portland, OR) PHEV Vehicle Terminology Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle PiP Vehicle Terminology Plug-in Prius (Toyota PHEV) R Vehicle Terminology Tesla Model S, general production run reserved by Roadster owner or friend REX Vehicle Terminology Range extender. BMW i3 REX comes with a range extender ICE engine RFMC Charging and Chargers Roadster Foundry Mobile Connector ('home-brew' UMC) RHD Vehicle Terminology Right Hand Drive S85 Vehicle Terminology Standard (non-performance) edition of the 85 kWh Tesla Model S SA Company or Organization SeekingAlpha: A stock market news website known for their anti-Tesla articles SAE Company or Organization Society of Automotive Engineers (now SAE International) A US-based institution that develops standards for automotive and allied industries SC Multiple meanings/categories 1. Supercharger (alt. SpC) 2. Service Center (alt. SvC) SCE Company or Organization Southern California Edison (electric utility serving southern California) SCTY Company or Organization NASDAQ stock market symbol for SolarCity Corporation, now Tesla Energy Sig Vehicle Terminology Tesla Model S, Signature Edition (sometimes also referred to simply as S - e.g. S1 for first sig. vehicle) SOC Charging and Chargers State of Charge (% of full) SPBusinessStock priceSpCCharging and ChargersSupercharger SSL Vehicle Terminology Tesla Model S, Signature Edition reserved by Roadster owner or friend SR Vehicle TerminologyStandard Range. As in the Tesla Model 3 Standard Range with a battery capable of driving less than 250 milesSvCService and MaintenanceService CenterTACompany or OrganizationTesla Automotive TECompany or OrganizationTesla Energy TM Company or Organization 1. Tesla Motors, Inc. 2. NASDAQ Symbol of Toyota Motor Corp. TMC Company or Organization 1. Tesla Motors Club (this forum) 2. Toyota Motor Corporation 3. Tesla Motors Company (only made in error, not recommended) TSLA Company or Organization NASDAQ stock market symbol for Tesla Motors UMC Charging and Chargers Universal Mobile Connector (a Tesla-specific charging connector cable) V Electrical Terminology Volt, the SI unit of electric potential. V = W/A VIN Vehicle Terminology Vehicle Identification Number. See Decoding Tesla Model S VINs W Electrical Terminology Watt, a unit of power. W = V*A Wh Electrical Terminology Watt-hour, a unit of energy. 1 W applied continuously for 1 hour Wh/km Electrical Terminology Watt-hours per kilometre. Unit of average energy consumption for electric vehicles outside the USA and UK Wh/mi Electrical Terminology Watt-hours per mile. Unit of average energy consumption for electric vehicles in the USA and UK
The Model S Options page discusses the "High Power Wall Connector" (HPWC), whereas the Roadster has the HPC ("High Power Connector"). If I've got that wrong, though, let's change it!
I added some. I put in 'Supercharger' to go along with CHAdeMO even though it isn't an acronym. Do you guys think it makes sense to have it here, or should we leave it off? - - - Updated - - - We took to calling the Model S version 'HPC2' for a while. Not sure if Tesla ever called it that themselves though... This Roadster page: High Power Wall Connector (charging, high power connector, hpc) Tesla Motors is titled "High Power Wall Connector", but the URL itself is just "high power connector". Further on that page, they refer to it as just the "Home Connector". Another Roadster HPWC page: High Power Wall Connector | Charging Solutions | Tesla Motors So, I don't think HPWC is Model S specific... Rather I think they (somewhat) interchangeably used HPC & HPWC to describe the same thing. And also use HPWC for both Roadster and Model S even though there are two different products designed for those different vehicles. Model S charging page: Charging Model S | Tesla Motors I went ahead and edited and took out mention of HPC for Roadster + HPWC for Model S since I don't think that is a correct description/delineation. With the right adapter, old HPC/HPWC can be used with Model S anyways... ---- This is 'weird'... Check out this unfinished page: Charging Model S | Tesla Motors
Nice Job guys! Nema references too? And maybe link some of the acronyms to wiki sources - thinking CHAdeMO, etc.
But there is no such corporation -- it's Tesla Motors, Inc. The confusion between TM and TMC was actually what launched me on to this project in the first place.
How about a "slang" category. "Perf" is used a lot and even knowing about the performance car my brain automatically thinks "perforation" and made me think they were ordering a Model S with perforated leather seats! Then Blue Star, White Star, etc could be added just as an area where newbies could learn the various terminology used here.
No TMI, is what our teenagers use in texting/tweeting = Too Much Information. But you probably knew that already.
HPC2 was a natural extension since Tesla was referring to the Model S UMC as the UMC2. Looks like someone has an oil leak.
We should probably add P85+ to this list for Model S. But my real point for posting is for X... For now let's assume the battery sizes are the same as the S. X60 X85 X85A? X85D? X85AP? X85DP? Also, when/if AWD comes to S ... S85AP? S85DP? S85AP+? S85DP+? Note that (AFAIK) (1) "S (non-AWD) Perf" exists but "X non-AWD Perf" won't while (2) "X AWD non-Perf" will exist while "S AWD Non-Perf" might not.
In the event anyone is still updating the list of acronyms how's about adding MPH (Miles Per Hour of charge)?
Hi. I made these changes: I merged small tables. When the reader comes here to find an acronym, he doesn't know what category it belongs. He would have to check all small tables. Imagine a foreign language dictionary that separates nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs. If you don't know a word, which category do you look at? You wouldn't know. It would be super annoying if you had to check all categories for each word. Therefore dictionaries are not divided into multiple categories. There is a single category. You find the word and then it tells you if it is a noun or verb etc. I followed the same method. I added notes to other editors to the beginning. I removed "PERF". This is not an acronym. Shorter versions of words (example: fab) are not acronyms. I removed "Supercharger". That is not an acronym either. Yes that is a specific term to Tesla but unless somebody changes the title of this wiki to "EV Acronyms and Vocabulary", only acronyms should be on the list I think. If the wiki is renames we could add unique words like "Supercharger", "Vampire Loss" and "Frunk" to a second table below the existing table. I added RHD, LHD, EPA, NEDC, Wh/mi, Wh/km. I added a new column called category to preserve the category information that existed before tables were merged. This way no information is lost. I added borders. Makes it easier to read.
Brec, good idea. I've added "SC: Service Center". Most dictionaries have one entry for words with multiple meanings. Following the dictionary method I merged SC, TM, TMC into a single row. Added VIN and REX Added button icons to editor notes on top
I was reading something on the roadster and don´t know what a PEM is - have only heard of it as a kind of fuel cell which this is obviously not about.
For fuel cells, PEM is the Proton Exchange Membrane. For the Tesla Roadster, PEM stands for Power Electronics Module. What is the PEM? That should probably be part of this list.
Looks like the editing instructions are no longer current (possibly not the same since the forum update). From what I can tell, I can only do raw code edit. I could update the raw code, but I think I'll wait for confirmation that this is the only way it can be updated for now (who knows, maybe I'm just missing something).