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I think the Prius, Chevy Bolt, BMW-i, & Porsche-Taycan forums have got nothin on us! Thank you all for your insights! I have learned more useful things about Covid-19 and the medical & societal implications here than anywhere else. You clinical folks have gathered the data and have shared it...

Wow the Solar Canopy with the stone work at the Barstow SC is really nice, just what I hoped to see ever since we've been speculating about the huge footings. Cottonwood and Others; as to the WAG of 6-10X the amount of Solar Panels needed to be grid neutral, not to worry, the grid does not...

Finally!!! the beautiful cantilevered solar canopy arrives! This is the design just as we expected based on the very large footings with all those huge bolts. Can't wait to hear a first hand report of how it "sounds" during a high wind storm. Looks very elegant. More photos please!

The tree Blue dots I show in southern CA; HB/Irvine/CM, Oceanside, & San Diego, are the exact centers of the two big fuzzy red dots that run into one another, and the big fuzzy dot for San Diego on the Tesla map. My small Blue dots are exactly where Tesla put their big fuzzy red ones. The issue...

If you are headed up from the South Bay (San Jose, Los Gatos, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Gilroy), to drive to Napa & Calistoga, and make a tour of some wineries along the Silverado Trail, you have to find a Blink, a NEMA14-50, or a HPWC for a few hours to make it home or back to the Fremont SC...

Devlin Rd & Airport Blvd area would be a great spot (except maybe current food & shops) as it is on the way to Napa & Calistoga weather you are headed north on I-80 & take the Hwy 29 exit (uhg - lots of lights) or wait and take the Hwy 12 exit. If you are headed north on I-680, take I-80East for...

When making the CA Supercharger Map yesterday, I used the Tesla Website Map as of Yesterday, with the slide pushed all the way to the right to 2015. On Tesla's Map, the fuzzy red dots are so big they obliterate what is underneath on the purposefully faded map. Placing a very small black dot in...

I too was always frustrated by the big fuzzy red dots on the Teslamotors.com Supercharger website covering a faded out map. So I went to the end of the time scale to get the most red dots possible, and snapped a screen shot. I put the jpg in PowerPoint, and then placed small black dots in the...

That's absolutely brilliant! Those LED Lamps are putting out fantastic coverage. Much safer for those lonely nights (unless you are trying to sleep...). I replaced my front and back yard porch 40W night lamps with 4.5W LEDs, and the LEDs are putting out a lot more light for way less energy...

The obsession is not necessarily the cup holder, but the leather and carpeting that needs protection. The cup holder can also hold phones and small loose items while moving about. And let's not forget, sitting in the back seat for a long trip with no arm rest, or a storage compartment for stuff...

Tesla California already designed it. That is a Tesla made prototype of a rear seat center console armrest-lid-storage-cup-holder design, in matching leather, in the photos. Enough people simply need to convince Tesla Gear & Accessories Marketing to make it.

Hello Barstowian Chargers! Now that Primm (with new fancy LED street lamps) is up and running, how is the throughput? Do you notice an improved charging experience with the new battery banks? Getting full rapid charges on all 8 positions all the time? Ever have to wait for an open spot? Wait for...

Wow, that sounds very efficient, modern and stylish - especially with the lit-up Tesla Chargers themselves. If someone could get a nice night photo showing all the glow, that would be great. Thanks.

True I would prefer a seat back fold down solution as so many luxury sedans have done. I was VERY disappointed Tesla gave no amenities to the "two" back seat passengers. Four adults going to lunch, dinner, or a show I would think is the most common full load for such a luxury sedan, and the...

Tesla had this prototype Center Rear Console in the Menlo Park Showroom a couple years ago. I wish they had put it into production. It was fastened in place (hidden) with the center seat belt.

I was in the Tesla Plant taking my fourth tour (1st Open house, Get Amp'd Test Ride, P85 Delivery, Nov'14), and this "Tesla Museum" is the first stop of the current tour. You can see the people tram in the background. These cars bring back fond memories. The White one is a solid clay model used...

These photos look like: c) it turned out she was smiling at the guy behind me.

Some would say never is better than late, in this case, but I cannot resist... "Travels from Folsom to Harris Ranch... and Back" A gripping and suspenseful tale by Willie Maket, edited by Howie Dodat, and with illustrations by Betty Wonte. Stories such as these will become folklore as more and...

We caught each other's eyes, smiled, and: a) we now have a few kids. b) later, I had to file a restraining order. c) it turned out she was smiling at the guy behind me. A strong correlation can yield dramatically different results. However, searching for strong correlations is exciting, but...

4SUPER9, True, we may never know. Archeologists spend a lot of time looking down, rarely looking up. Perhaps the Aztec Mayans simply elevated, and the last one up turned out the lights... Also true that this tread should move to Barstow, but I've yet to meet anyone at the Prim SC who hasn't...

IMO despite the fact that the footings in Barstow are the largest we’ve seen; they are still woefully undersized to support a Space Elevator. For example; a few thousand years ago when the Mayan Aztecs won the bid for a Spaceport, the anchor point was totally inadequate, and when the...

How did this Urban Legend miss the list? http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/13775-Model-S-A-Chick-Magnate! (sp) I can't believe yesterday was my two year anniversary with "Rock'sAnn", my P85, and it was only today I found "Off Topic". What a hoot! I can count on a stack of...

In the photo above left from Prim, NV, the lamp pole footing has four 5/8" bolts and a conduit in the center for the lamp wiring. I was curious if the two parking lot street lamps ever got installed at Prim. In the photo above right from Barstow, CA, is the very large footing with ten 1" bolts...

From the post Nov 24th, were the two Parking Lot Street Lamps ever installed at the Prim, NV site? Any news in the wind about a Solar Canopy for Barstow?

I met Steve Saleen at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance when he unveiled the Saleen Tesla FourSixteen. A real nice guy, and I thought the car inside and out was beautifully done. I am sorry to hear he may be in a bind, and I hope he, his team, and his cars pull through.

Today Barron's and the San Jose Mercury News have announced the 2014 Consumer Reports Buyer Survey: #1 now for two years in a row is the Tesla Model S with a score of 98 out of 100 points (99 in 2013), with the 2014 Corvette Stingray at 95 points, and the Porsche Boxster & Cayman at 91 (Porsche...

wallet.dat, Yes I agree with you, a new clean sheet of paper Battery Electric Supercar (BES) Roadster would be the way they will assumedly go. To envision what could be done today I just assembled some excellent parts that are available now, looks pretty straightforward to integrate, and (on the...

Bonnie, Thank you for investigating this and getting it fixed. I had read quite a few conflicting questions and answers in different threads as to the status of the old charging equipment at the Subway/Shell Station. Was it a Supercharger? a Roadster HPC, a HPWC? a Model S adapter? So while I...

The McLaren F1 reference came from an article; "5 Supercars Slower Than The Tesla Model S P85D". http://gas2.org/2014/10/10/5-supercars-slower-than-the-tesla-model-s-p85d/ The McLaren F1 at 3.2 sec matched the P85D, and since Elon owned/owns an F1, that was his performance target (met). I loved...

GM's response to Bill Gate's statement at Comdex is a classic. Unfortunately, under further investigation, it has been reported that both items were hoaxes. Hilarious stuff regardless. But seriously, what do you all think about a 2.9 Second Corvesla for just 2% of the cost of a McLaren F1...

In February/March of 2009 the Tesla Team took a Smart Car, gutted the gasoline engine and drivetrain, and replaced it with the motor and modified (smaller) battery pack from a Tesla Roadster. This was the car shown to Daimler Mercedes that led to a partnership. I got to have a test ride in this...

I was at the Harris Ranch SC Tuesday 18th and charged no problem - we were lucky - and then was there Saturday night 22nd and charged via the big Cat diesel - no problems worked great. Sorry for folks that there was a major utility power or major equipment glitch - but that's life - this is a...

The Footings at Prim I think are for two Street Lamp Poles. The Footings at Barstow look like they are for a more substantial Solar Canopy or Awning. Still waiting for that mystery to play out...

Stopped by today, nice side round trip from Bay Area to Palm Springs, and all conduit is in and the trenches are filled. Frames for pouring concrete for pedestals almost done in this photo taken today. Man on site estimates his work done by Dec 8th. Then the Transformer... Keep your fingered...

Great news, nice progress; could the next visitor driving by please take some updated photos. Thanks.

There has been a lot of exciting Tesla news lately, and Barstow did get expanded nicely, and now has battery storage energy ballancing as well. ANY news on what is happening with the two huge concrete Footing Pads? Any Solar Canopy yet?

Although I believe the proposition of HFCV's is fatalistic, I do have to give credit to one point mentioned in the "Hydrogen Safety" report posted by araxara: Paraphrased: To prevent the excess or massive escape of hydrogen gas via fittings or tubing damaged in an accident, the tank is designed...

Wow, I wasted too many words. I could of just shown one or two pictures from the Hydrogen SUV study above. Thanks CalDreamin.

I see and understand your point, and the graph of gas volatility is very clear - for an open space. Also, the article cited refers to a "safe" accident "at up to 52mph". We have all seen accidents at 90+mph, or accidents between heavy trucks and small cars. And if the hydrogen is in a confined...

Just what we need; a bunch of high pressure hydrogen fuel tanks driving all over town. Sooner or later a high pressure hydrogen fuel tank will fail, a high pressure filling station accident will occur, or a loose hydrogen fuel line fitting (we are talking about 3000psi like a SCUBA tank) will...

Guys guys he's only looking for a 1/4". This should do the job.

As can be seen in Tyl's photos, the temporary chargers are mounted on heavy welded fork-lift skids. They are wired in with heavy fastened down conduit and it appears they could stay indefinitely, that is until there is an urgent need for them elsewhere. In that case, the design looks like they...

@Tyl Great photos again. I took basically the same ones (even the same one of the footings at Tejon!) so no need to add them here. I did notice that somewhere in the past few months a new section (one stall on the right) of canopy and solar panels was added at Tejon. It is very interesting to...

@Tyl Thank you for the great photos! I won't get there until about 7:30pm Friday night, so my photos would not have turned out as well. Good job. The two footings in your photos look even MORE huge with 10 bolts each! I do not see any conduit so might it just be a cantilevered carport shade...

Folks, the Barstow Upgrade consists of: Install 4 portable temporary 120kW SCs --- Done. Remove? Replace 4 90kW SCs with 4 135kW SCs ---- Done Install 4 new 135kW SCs -------------------- Done Install Solar/Shade Canopy ----------------- Two Heavy Footings? Install Stationary Battery System...

Yes indeed, Truckee SC was built in record short time (kudos to the Truckee Donner Planning Commission & PUD!), and opened 3 days before the California Legislature broke without a decision, and 9 days before the Gigafactory was announced in Nevada. Congratulations to Nevada, the "Let's get it...

These two broad footing/pads have eight 1-1/2" bolts each. Very beefy. This unique design has not been seen at any other SC location I know of. They look very different than the Solar Canopy mounts of Tejon Ranch (3 Rear, 5 Front) and Hawthorn (Originally 2 Rear, 3 Front). So that is what drives...

Wow, that was a fast rollercoaster of a video - but really cool - thanks. Moving along pausing frame by frame, it's possible to see the two footings/pads with 8 heavy bolts each. These have not been seen at any other SC location I know of, so curiosity is really killing me. The 5'x8' pad with...

So that's what's holding it up; they have to re-spray them tan? :)

So; Oxnard, Indio, Cordes Junction, and a couple back east, are all finished and just waiting for the big green utility transformers.