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Just buy a Noco Genius. Minimal investment, and will jump start all normal ICE cars (depending on size), and also revive Teslas with lead battery.

I don'tdo that, but a normal household socket, you get at max somewhere between 2.2kW or 3kW, depending on the amperage of the socket, I mean the amperage that can be continuously drawn - note that if the electrical installation is old/not good, the UMC will sense heat build-up (hopefully at the...

Ah, I see. Thank you for the explanation! OK, that's much more inline with what I expect.

On this graph, to go 10%→60%, it seems LG5C takes 45 minutes, whereas Pana only 30 minutes. That's 50% more, not 33% more time, which seems way worse than what I've seen on tff?

From what I read in various places, leasing for MY in Europe will only be available once the initial long preorder lists are fulfilled - so later in the year.

This makes sense, indeed. However: No, lol. Companies that hire "(software) designers and architects" are the ones that have the bad hierarchical structure that left them in the 2000's, and we are in the 2020s. I'd argue that even in 2000's, the "certified software architects" were a bad hire...

Ah, I was completely missing this 1/v factor. I can't say I understand it intuitively (as it seems we account multiple times for v), but I see at least where it comes from. No, thanks for the time. Also, my google searches were all going nowhere (not native speaker), until you mentioned drag -...

Sorry to ask, but why do you need to add another factor (going to cube)? Power is only needed to compensate for increased drag, so it should be still squared, where does the cube come from?

I'm no fanboy, but this is a really out of place comparison. Radar in flight has completely different use cases than in driving, to such an extent that you cannot compare them. I'm trying to find a better alternative, but can't really come with one. Still radar in flight is very different than...

No, that can't happen as far as I know. The batteries are fully closed, there's no mass exchange with the exterior (and it could be only air). The charging in the battery is just state change (imagine a weight being raised higher, which adds potential energy, but doesn't increase the overall...

Just curious - can you explain what the issue is with the X and MTB? I currently have a Subaru Crosstrek and using a bike rack works fine. I expect the MX to be the same, i.e. work without issues, or not? With skiing, I understand that since you can't use roof boxes, the X has a downside, so...

I don't have a Tesla yet, but this - MY poor rear view visibility - is a known and acknowledged issue. The visibility is poorer than M3 due to the hatch-back design. And it seems that people just get by with it (grudgingly). For MX, I've also read of people using a digital rear mirror...

Scrolled through the specs (there's a handy PDF on the site), but yes, this is definitely in the "slow, heavy and definitely not exciting" category. That category has its uses, of course, but it's not something to really compare with the X.

Oh, this is very interesting, I was not aware they're past pilot phase. Giga Berlin is moving slowly ahead, one day you here another problem, then next day you hear there is no problem, and so on. Last news is initial production will start in 3 months…

I totally agree with you, but what is one to do if they want a hatchback? MY seems to only come from Germany and be brand-new config, and MX is being refreshed and will also be brand-new. Basically, in Switzerland, either you buy an M3 and deal with the small space, or wait 2+ years for an MY...

Same here. A month ago I received a call from Tesla, and was told the delivery will be in "winter". This was way before the earnings call, so I was a bit disbelieving about it. Now it seems just right, or a bit optimistic…

Wow, voice commands are processed remotely? Even my puny Garming something navigator has voice recognition onboard. With all the N TFlops, why can't they implement on-board? It sucks to have connectivity loss also degrade the driving experience…

OK, I don't know much about cars, but this video tols me that dynamic suspension systems (height-adjusting) seem to be a bit too finicky. Maybe just like the FWDs :) Why does Tesla make it so hard to choose between models… Price aside, I'd love a MY with dual screens and larger battery pack...

I don't know any Tesla yet (waiting for Y in Europe…) but from what I've read in these forums that's what I gathered too. I wonder though what causes this? Is the Y more efficient (heat pump or something else) in normal driving, and as such any extra energy expenditure much more impacting...

Front and rear casting, and structural battery pack? That would make the S/X indeed a level up from the current 3/Y, and would be worth waiting for. Maybe they've decided to add back stalks :)

Just thinking of the significance of this - does this effectively mean that the Y will have slower charging in the first ~10 minutes or so because of this? I.e., S/X will charge faster whenever navigating to a SC?

Hmm, I wonder if searching by name is affected but navigate still works (i.e. full maps on board), or both navigation is broken? My curreny Garmin (on my Subaru) basically is always "offline", so it's designed to work that way. I wouldn't mind if search was broken, but navigation to e.g...

Heh, that single digit for SoC added soo much range! Joke aside, interesting data, thanks!

Very useful, thank you. It's the first time - and I've scoured the forums as much as I could - where I see feedback that the 20" improve handling. Yes, it's expected, but all I ever read was how 'the ride with the 20" is worse'. Between handling, ride quality, and look, I think this helped me...

I assume you mean range impact? The funny thing about the19 and 20 in wheels is that they weight almost identically, as far as I read in some threads. From the decision thread: Whereas the 21 are much heavier. So it could be that the very similar weights (identical, basically) result also in...

@Gavinmac83, any news from the service/engineering department?

A bit more complex here in Switzerland, since TSportline doesn't exist :) and in general the market is much smaller. Hence I'm thinking of how much would I really lose by buying upfront the 20" for summer, and a 19" for winter - winter tires are really needed here.

From the current user manual, page 128: Modulo what @Zoomit said about the screen is "bright", it looks like camp mode is what you want here, since it keeps suppling accessories through the "main" battery. I don't have a Y, but from what I've seen on the internet, camp mode for a night...

Just curious, how much do the "20 cost when bought separately? On the tesla shop, the *winter* 20" wheel set is $4,500, which is much higher than the $2,000 extra you need to pay when ordering the car. I don't think it's explained by winter tires being more expensive than summer ones, at least...

Can you give more details here? I'm curious as I'm still torn between the two (I have enough time to think about it though, Y not yet available in Europe).

Heh, nice picture for size comparison. Thanks!

Wow, this is very interesting for me, thanks for the post. OK, that's a very good landmark. LR chill → LR standard = P chill → LR + acc boost = ?? → P. One has to wonder what makes the chassis better behaved in the MP. Maybe the extra seats you had in the LR made it even worse in response...

Thanks, I know Bjorn, but I didn't watch in this detail. So at low power, M3/MY are RWD, and S/X are FWD? Sheesh, I like my Crosstrek more now. Yeah, a simple F:R slider would help here. Or maybe a fixed 30:70 or whatever.

I've just downloaded the manual and the quote I gave is from page 73 there. The difference is only with 4 persons or more, which is strange (shouldn't weight matter more than number of people?) For 3 people, yes it's all the same.

This is interesting. The difference is definitely less than what I'd expected. @jcanoe - if what you say about wheel weight is true, maybe it explains why the 20" wheels also have less towing capacity? This is on page 73 of the current manual: with 4 or more passengers, 19" and 21" wheels...

Interesting. I see, interesting. I don't have enough driving experience in the snow, so I'm driving very carefuly when it happens. The 0:100 really surprises me, but I've watched yet again the TFL Car slip test, and indeed - with real wheels on rollers, the car doesn't move at all for a few...

Hi, quick question. I currently have an 2013 Crosstrek, European, manual 6, and it is the viscous-coupling 50:50. However, I'm confused when you say "This is 50:50 biased but will still exhibit characteristics of rear powered cars". Now, I don't have much experience with other (FWD only, or RWD...

Wait, I thought it's the X that has the expansive windshield? Is the Y more expansive than "usual" cars, so to say?

Just wondering - doesn't that mean that they'll need to actively warm (using resitors) the battery in cold climate, if during normal driving heat generation will be much lower?

We will see. So far the only recent update to the configurator was to change production start date from beginning 2021 to mid-2021, but nothing else. I think until Berlin is finished building, I'll just refresh weekly the page in vain :(

I see a few contradictory oppinions here. I currently have a Subaru Crosstrek, and plan to move to Model Y LR AWD when they start selling them in Europe. Will I have much worse snow driving? I mean, modulo lower ground clearange (6.6" vs. 8.6"), I don't know what to expect - is the MY computer...

Oh, I'm definitely waiting. Because in EU they don't sell the Y yet :) But only because of that.

You are correct that in the grand scheme of things, energy is conserved, but the battery and charger are not a Closed system - Wikipedia. In my understanding, the problem with the temperature is that the internal resistance of the battery increases as the temperature decreases, so for a given...

You probably should retitle this thread - Spec vs. Weather vs. Driving speed vs. Reality. All of these impact efficiency… (See the many many existing threads about this.)

Ah, interesting, I didn't know that. Thanks!

There is no "battery range". What you're referring to is "battery range estimation", and depending on your driving and charging habits, it's normal for this estimation to vary. There are many threads that explain this better, and also why relying on the range estimation is not as good as...

Well said. The gauge in an ICE is for gas/petrol left, not in range (mi/km), so it makes sense to keep doing that, rather than rely on estimations.

I don't know about your brokers, but normally, moving a security from one broker to another is possible agains a nominal fee (e.g. $100). Depending on how much you bought/sold and the fees, transferring might be a simpler option.

It's not so much "can damage", but rather that frequent charging to 100% will decrease the battery capacity.

Simple solution - give up golf? :D