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Im not defending ICE-cars here, just stating some facts. My 2012 Golf 6 1.6 petrol uses (according to the trip-computer) 0.7 liters of fuel per hour at idle. Full tank capacity is 55 liters. A full tank would give me: 55/0.7=78.6 hours of idling. Half a tank: (55/2)/0.7=39.3 hours. A...

Also heard this, sounds interesting. Model 3? :)

I think it's a great idea. Also if you were to replace the lead-acid battery, a good size (lead) weight would also be saved! Every % counts.

You are very much correct, I´ve never seen the forum load as slow as today... :cool:

Are you measuring when the pump is supposed to be enabled? Otherwise the 1 Volt could be a signal from the PCM to search for the pump being connected, and it would never enable output to the DC-motor without sensing the appropriate resistance from the Pump itself. It should be a two pole...

In Europe most people uses heat pumps. Using any kind of combustion of gas or oil is unheard of, at least since the 90s in Sweden anyway. Modern heat pumps work below -20 C, sure not as efficient but they are sized to deal with this and there is always an auxiliary electric heating element. In...

If you need to haul more "nasty" stuff, why can't you just use a small trailer? Why do you need a Pickup truck for that?

We don't need to mostly. New furniture is often Ikea-style, so flat packs which you can fit in the back of any Golf or Audi. If for some reason you need to haul a whole chair or something weirdly shaped, you could just call a friend who has a Volvo V70 or any other estate car. This covers 99.5%...

Maybe you could deactivate the ABS (speed-sensors) so the car dosen't know how fast it's going. If the car uses onboard GPS as backup, you could just get an GPS-jammer to block that out aswell. A little crazy, has anyone tried something like this?

No gearing required. Makes more sense to drive the gearing down, thus giving the engine more top speed. This isn't an ICE, and there is more than plenty of torque available from rest. To compensate for the lost acceleration the manufacturers will just increase the engines output, cooling is a...

Even if you were to use an accelerometer, wouldn't you still need a controller like the Arduino? Otherwise all the logic, computing and Input/Output would have to be inside one accelerometer module? Never seen that before.

I guess that would work as well, and accelerometers are cheap as chips on ebay. How about downhills, would it recognize it as braking and turn the lights on? Bumps, potholes and so on, this could also trigger the lights. I believe "my" method is more in line with what Tesla actually uses, but...

Yes, it was just an extreme example :) Anyway come to think of it, here's how I would do it. 1. Get an Analog/Digital controller (I think an Arduino would work) 2. Obtain an Analog feed from the ABS-sensors (this indicates your speed) 3. Obtain the secondary feed from the Variable Resistance...

Sure it could be possible to do a DIY-retrofit, but I wouldn't like hacking into the main loom, warranties and so on... It would also most certain have to involve an accelerometer, since the throttle is electronic and you would need an on/off signal wire from somewhere. Maybe you could splice...

That means you would be averaging 130 km/h. Im not sure that is really possible to achieve (legally?). Maybe if you went through Germany, but that´s a huge detour.

I guess that´s right. But there is no rpm gauge in the Tesla, so speccing power according to it would be strange. Better to state the peak output. Like they already do.

This thread is soo "the typical american". Everybody gets that it´s a peak value, nobody thinks that any car always produces peak output... For example: This is the Golf Mk6 GTI. Very nice. This is the power curve: Aww dang, it´s not max power from 0 rpm to redline. It wont even...

100$ says range has not increased by Thursday. The Variable-Frequency-Drive already does PWM to control the engine. And also, electric motors has been around for over 100 years, and this would be used widely in industrial applications. To this date, I have not heard of any "micro-sleeping"...

Sure no problem: Considering an EPA-rating of 265 miles per charge. 265 miles=426.5 km Charge speed: 9km/h. Charge time: 426.5/9=47.38 hours. (Hope I got this right) Walking distance during charging: 47.38*4 km/h=189.22 km Now, start traveling at 70 miles/hour: (112.6km/h) Difference in...

Some guy posted that his car apparently had an early software update. (post#404). Before the update, the car used around 310-320 Wh/mile. After the update, it used around 270 Wh/mile. Assuming the car has 80 kWh available for use: 80kWh*1000=80000 Wh Total energy reserve. Divide total energy...

Of course ending range anxiety isn't really possible since it´s a very relative term. But let´s say they have come up with something to improve the range of the car. It´s a know fact the all electric motors operate more efficiently under heavy loads. Now I´m not an expert at the engine Tesla...