The final cut of TMC Podcast #34 is available now with topics timestamped. We covered Tesla's rollercoaster prices, Toyota pushing junk science, Mike's new Model 3, Optimizing track mode for snow driving, FSD V11 apparently coming by the end of this week, and more. You can watch and check out the chat replay on YouTube.
Have models 3 and Y batteries gotten into S/X yet? Also, would it be out of the realm of possibility that either octovalve or superbottle made it to the S/X by now?
Why doesn't Tesla "just" redesign the whole heating/cooling system to include octovalve for Model X so it too can get some next level efficiency going?
Why doesn't Tesla "just" redesign the whole heating/cooling system to include octovalve for Model X so it too can get some next level efficiency going?
Mine is a “G” rev. And battery day was SUPER significant - it’s absolutely fundamental to the future. Nothing disappointing about it at all - I’m more pumped than ever, to be honest. The future is bright and smogless, indeed.
Ok, so yours is with the 250kw theoretical max charge rate? Do you find it has a faster charge curve than what is generally known, or is it just a marketing ploy?
Ok, so yours is with the 250kw theoretical max charge rate? Do you find it has a faster charge curve than what is generally known, or is it just a marketing ploy?
Yes, it is the "high speed charging" pack.... We took it on a 6600 mile x-country road trip a few weeks after purchase (1st week in August) so did a bunch of Supercharging ... I found that: a) We didn't cross very many 250kW Superchargers; I think two in the entire trip.... and b) I wasn't really paying much attention to charging speeds.... It honestly made little difference. We were on the "15-20 minute stops more frequently" bandwagon and so - I don't think it matters. What matters - a LOT - is having non-shared stalls at the V3 chargers. That makes a tremendous difference.
Outside of the road trip, I pretty much never Supercharge so can't tell you day-to-day what it'd be like. My 3 is also capable of 250kW charging - don't think I've ever seen it.
Sigh, our X won’t charge that fast but I did find a disturbing trend when going to V3 chargers. Almost consistently I see amps drop to 230 between 40-50% and not let back up. On one small set of occasions this was a more natural taper for generally its consistent.
Just got my 2020 and I was CERTAIN I was gonna take delivery on battery day haha. I was also curious if I'd get new battery tech but the hour and a half drive home just showed normal stuff...of course random unlocking of capabilities has happened before.
TeslaBjörn has a nice graph of the G pack charging curve. It is quite a big leap forward and to me the curve seems to be identical to the model3 now. 65kW at 80% is nice.
TeslaBjörn has a nice graph of the G pack charging curve. It is quite a big leap forward and to me the curve seems to be identical to the model3 now. 65kW at 80% is nice.
Just go to the youtube channel and check the last weeks videos. Due to the limitations of the ccs adapter he was only able to test v2 charging (so no 250kW peaks), but even with the v2 charger 3 - 90% time is now just under 50mins. It used to be bit over an hour for 2019 cars.
Just go to the youtube channel and check the last weeks videos. Due to the limitations of the ccs adapter he was only able to test v2 charging (so no 250kW peaks), but even with the v2 charger 3 - 90% time is now just under 50mins. It used to be bit over an hour for 2019 cars.