Recent content by Bob M

I just have to state that I bought the aluminum skid with tho he soundproofing rubber foam to go over the hard fabric one and it fit perfectly. Also the reasonably priced front wheel well road noise reduction kits for M3. Perfect fits and plenty of extra fasteners. My wife and I both noticed a...

It isn’t obvious to me. With my Volt, I just typed in the summer and winter schedule with the 3 cost tiers then overrode when needed. I didn’t see anything like that. I obviously missed something. I know it’s especially important when you need a full or high level charge to have charging end as...

When did these come out and are they now legal in all states? Best time to do this is when reroofing. These would have allowed me to do a much better solar installation on my home. Thanks

I am sure these questions will have been covered somewhere, but I am going from about 65% to about 80% (I don’t think it shows exact% anywhere) daily and charge at 32amps. Lately I have lowered the charge rate to 20 amps. Any thoughts on that. Lower rate should mean inside battery lower heat...

I am going to give this a quick rather than accurate response, but when it first discussed that Tesla was funding research With a famous north east coast battery scientist. and had major Breakthroughs, this was the first time I heard about “the million mile battery”. That same article (and I am...

Agree, must be a weight shedding thing. Even though my last car, a Volt, was very well made, and not flimsy in any way, the plastic door cover did pop off it’s hinge a couple of times when bumped.

The shingles do look great!

17,000 watt hours is 17kwh or 17 kilowatt hours. the next day is over 15kwh. This time of year is max for many on net metering because we have just started using ac a little. Depending on your houses orientation and shade issues, June 30 should be close to your max day and month for pure...

I used a hydrocarbon refrigerant in my old Freon based Acura called Duracool. It was comprised of a mixture of butane and propane with all the methane removed. It required only 1/3 the volume of Freon or 134 and was a larger more leak resistant and 25% more efficient coolant. It also required...

I do think these two things can go together. When the immune system is inefficient by virtue of age or compromise it can be slower in mounting a defense when the body has some immunity to the virus. This allows the virus population to grow so large that the eventual inflammatory reaction is...

Actually , I searched for pictures and Nevada seemed to have panels on a very small part of the roof and in the pictures of Shanghai i can’t tell.

I have seen pictures of the roofs of the Nevada GF and the one in China. Am I wrong in saying that at least these two do not have solar roofs?

So much for my question about a heat pump, couple of good facts killed that but if components of the car need cooling during colder weather (other than during charging) why can’t some if that heat be used? Also, there are aftermarket kits for sound deadening which also keep out more dirt and...