Recent content by Missile Toad

I'm trying to join forces with an EVSE manufacturer to provide charging guidance for drivers who want to depend on the vagaries of the variable wind generation in the U.S. Great Plains. If everyone has chargers before they get their car, it might be challenging to get sign-ups for this specialty...

For purposes of this thread L2 is NEMA14-30 (or better), NEMA 10-30 (or better) and/or 208-240v charging.

I note that the 'four bangers' have, what appears, as a 'buffer stall' between them. If there are three such gaps, I suspect that the 'gaps' will be marked for Rivian, Ford F-150 and other EVs that preferentially align to the left of the charger in order to connect. In other words, those spots...

Strange spot, given that Tesla is opting to put one in along the I-69 corridor around New Caney (~13 miles North). The permitted location is about 1 mile from I-69, and aside from the hotel, there are few amenities nearby. It will be interesting to see if Tesla puts the charging units on...

Editted (no sarcasm necessary): We can expect him to deliver all the features he promised... soon (™ Elon Musk)

"Open butthole" -- Elon Musk

I've pretty much given up on the FSD clown show. Its not going to be Full Self Driving in my lifetime. Elon Musk has bigger fish to fry at his other businesses. He is now operating as a net drag on Tesla resources by hijacking Tesla engineers to work on fixing Twitter code. This is not what I...

I just took a trip Houston to Atlanta. I attempted to exclusively use Electrify America, since my '22 S LR is compatible with the new CCS adapter. For the six EA chargers I used, I estimate it took, on average 6 minutes per charger to get EA to authenticate me and start the charge. Half the...

I think your Core Co-op is one of the utilities that trade and balance in the Western Area Power Administration. Although the Core website shows only 30% of the energy comes from renewables, if the WAPA generation mix is to be trusted, then the vast majority of that energy is from wind...

The midwestern states all have surpluses of energy at night. The wind turbines are being put in at a pace that FAR exceeds the demands put on them by electric cars, recently added. This pattern will persist for at least the next 5 years. Accordingly, there are some nights in Texas and Kansas...

Well. That was a lot of opinion just countering a lot of opinion. I would have like to have seen more definitive numbers to back either one of the sides' blah-blah.

Don't worry. The test will be over in two... wee.... err, TWO YEARS. Yes, that's right. Oh, did I mention that I'm counting years in time it takes Mars to circle the sun?

I'd rather rub my bare eyes with sandpaper. 1) I've read the HTML -- its short, simple and sad; 2) judging by their normal owner's manual, I'm expecting some errors that are hard to spot. Someday, Tesla will hire someone who knows how to write manuals, and be straightforward. Maybe after they...

Here is a subset of the NHTSA-reported FSD accidents: https://api.nhtsa.gov/complaints/odinumber?odinumber=11444500 https://api.nhtsa.gov/complaints/odinumber?odinumber=11456716 https://api.nhtsa.gov/complaints/odinumber?odinumber=11453025...

You know its getting weird, when Elon anonymously trolls the NHTSA: https://api.nhtsa.gov/complaints/odinumber?odinumber=11440180