Recent content by richguy

I don't have a tesla yet...am considering whether to get FSD. saw a video on youtube and the car was doing 34 in a 25 mph zone. does this happen often? Did the driver alter something to let it happen? I don't want to get tickets because the software allowed it or the cameras didn't see the...

https://www.science.org/content/article/cheap-material-converts-heat-electricity using tin selenide, etc. you can use excess heat to make electricity. Imagine the heat produced by the sun on the outside of the vehicle. How about the excess heat produced by the motors? Granted that there has to...

https://newatlas.com/materials/de-icing-surfaces-gold-nanorods-sunlight/ spray onto windows, solar panels, headlights, etc.

i want passenger windows, fold down flat seats to camp on, towing a light trailer with a UTV on it at least 250 mile range.

I just watched a video on youtube.com which presented about 5 different models of vans...one was essentially a bus. it seems the poster had no clue what style will be sold. However, the poster seemed to think that the basic cybertruck wheels, batteries, motors, frame would be used...even for a...

Juneau is probably out. ferry to Haines and drive north, turn left at the junction to go to anchorage. I'd rather drive the whole way, but charging stations???? rich

Has anyone looked into a trip that direction?

If the point of FSD is safety; then when FSD is completed Tesla insurance should be full replacement for incidents requiring greater than $XXXX for both injuries and repairs. The insurance should last for the "life time of the vehicle"...whatever that is? Maybe the insurance cost might go up...

It is possible that the wires at terminals are heating up and then losing connection or partially losing connection. However, normally in the USA ground and neutral are the same and the main panel should be the only place where there is an actual, physical ground. subpanels should be connected...

i live in the mountains. gps will mostly work, except when on single lane road with trees or cliffs on both sides. a really good garmin will show more roads, but updates slowly.

there is supposed to be a Tesla charger in Superior, Mt and another almost to Missoula, but i have no idea if they are super chargers. from Coeur d' Alene, Idaho to kingston, then Thompson Falls, to Kalispell, and on to the Canadian border there are NO Tesla chargers at all. i had to install my...

I-90 coeur d' alene, idaho to kingston, turn NE to Thompson Falls, Mt, head for Kalispell, and then to the canadian border - NO Chargers!

what would happen if Tesla insurance was the only brand you could get and they required FSD? my state, Idaho, doesn't have Tesla insurance yet and I don't know where to go.

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FSD combined with insurance at a discount for purchases over 100 would be a selling point. where i live is about 1.5 hour drive from the nearest city, coeur d' alene, idaho. that is also the nearest Tesla charging station, except for my own, emergency charging station. with weekly deliveries...