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For me, RWD versus AWD is more of a Sunbelt versus Snowbelt question. Having moved from a RWD S60 to AWD Y LR, I can say with certainty that AWD plus snow tires is a LOT better than RWD plus snow tires in difficult driving conditions. Not something that the OP in the Bay Area needs to...

I suppose it depends on what one is used to — I started with a 70 mile range LEAF in 2011 and got really good at hypermiling and opportunity charging, especially in winter. Now, coming from a short range S60 that was down to 166 RM after 164,000 miles, the range of my Y LR is terrific! Twice...

Back to the OP's original question. Around here there are lots of free public L2 charge stations and most are in the 6.6 (Chargepoint) to 7 or 8 kW range. They are 80% funded by a state grant system that, in turn, is paid for by a $50/year EV registration fee — $30 to roads and $20 to the charge...

That's what I do as well. Figured it out for myself about eight years ago — before Tesla started with the "preheating for faster Supercharging" protocol — on a cold night at Twin Falls ID. Supercharging the next morning didn't even start for ten or fifteen minutes while the battery warmed up...

The Supercharger Station is right next to I-70 on the south side (at a Sonic drive-in), so no way to check out that golf course from there. Nevertheless, that sure was a long way to go from Avon to play golf! I guess I'd say that I don't understand the fanaticism of golfers except that, well...

Island Acres or Rifle? Both are a long way from Avon and Vail! Island Acres is a section of James Robb State Park located along I-70 between Palisade and De Beque (the other section is in Fruita). River and canyon but no golf course, so far as I am aware. Just big a big picnic area and...

Cleaning up a stray relatively near my home (~140 miles). 22 April 2024: 473. Rifle, CO Had hoped to get this one as a first but it was too snowy that day and someone else nabbed it before the weather cleared here. Since we were practice camping last night at Island Acres on the Colorado...

In Montrose CO Tesla removed the bollards/signs between stalls when the station went to Magic Docks. It allowed non Tesla cars to nudge closer to help the short cables to reach. I would guess that is why curb stops are being removed from stations that are now open to non Tesla cars.

Long day getting home yesterday: Left Winnemucca for Elko and arrived to find it closed because the property owner was tarring the parking lot. I was down to 5%, later 3%. They directed us to what turned out to be an EA station at Walmart but I don't have the CCS adapter. Went back to the...

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?? Did a new one open? I thought I saw something in the database but couldn't find a new listing in my car. I was puzzled.

Check-ins for 2024-04-11 - Ashland, OR (#465) - Klamath Falls, OR (#466) - Alturas, CA (#467) - Susanville, CA (#468) - Reno - Rancharrah Pkwy, NV (#469) - Reno - Element Ln, NV (#470) - Sparks, NV (#471) - Fernley, NV (#472) Dealing with rush hour traffic in Reno made a long day even longer...

Check-ins for 2024-04-09 - Wilsonville, OR (#456) Check-ins for 2024-04-10 - Salem - Mission St SE (SC), OR (#457) - Harrisburg, OR (#458) - Springfield - Kruse Way, OR (#459) - Creswell, OR (#460) - Sutherlin, OR (#461) - Myrtle Creek, OR (#462) - Medford, OR (#463) - Grants Pass, OR (#464)...

I've had my PLUGSIN plate for more than twelve years now. It is on my third EV! Used to draw interest from passersby in the early days.

I bought my Y LR to use, so I've put more than 11,000 miles on it in five months. Currently on a 2500 mile road trip to visit family in Oregon and have a 7000 mile road trip planned to Canada and eastern US for next month. This picture of my car is at a new Supercharger Station in Burley Idaho...

8 April 2024: 452. Clackamas, OR 453. Portland, OR - North Pavilion Avenue 454. Ridgefield, WA 455. Scappoose, OR ^ Scappoose, OR. As best I can recall, this is the first new four stall V3 station I've seen. Most new V3s seem to be eight or more stalls, often many more. Made this mini...

5 April 2024: 450. Boise - N Orchard St, ID 451. Ontario - SE 10th St, OR Saw my first Cybertruck at the Boise Supercharger Station:

4 April 2024: 445. Provo, UT 446. Orem, UT 447. South Jordan, UT 448. Midvale, UT 449. Burley, ID - Pomerelle Ave (First to check in, even though it has been open since February) This seventy year old bachelor just got married yesterday and today we are headed to Oregon to visit family...

Nope. Doesn't work for the temporary FSD trial so far as I can see. The buttons are available for autosteer as usual but disappear when FSD is selected. If Tesla really wanted FSD trials to be useful they'd fix the bug.

My car won't allow the change to double pull for FSD. When I select FSD, the single pull/double pull fields are grayed out. Don't know why. Edit: I'm not the only one: Double Pull Selection Deactivated with FSD, Cruise Control not available.

I got the trial a few days ago. FSD would be useless where I live (Dirt roads? Roads with no lines? No multi-lane roads at all? Only one stoplight in my entire county? Why?). However, I am looking forward to extended autopilot and trying out navigation on autopilot on a 2500 mile road trip...

Kanab UT would be very helpful for getting to or from the North Rim of Grand Canyon. Not every car can use CCS stations, nor are they notable for being reliable, so that is hardly a reasonable option compared to a proper Supercharger Station. For those of us who would like to see more national...

Hmm. Green River has long been a favorite of mine. Lovely park and path on the river, picnic tables. WiFi at the museum. Since I never use restaurants — I carry my own road trip food — such places are of no interest. The lack of restrooms when the museum is closed is my only concern about the...

It's been mentioned before by others as well as myself, but I prefer to just use voice commands to buttons, whether physical or touch screen. "Set steering wheel heater at low." "Turn steering wheel heater off." "Set driver's seat heater at medium." "Set wipers at 2." "Turn climate off."...

More stalls means more capacity to serve increasing numbers of cars. We get used to Supercharger Stations being few and far between in this area. It isn't like that in other parts of the country.

You will need some sort of energy estimate to get an idea of likely Supercharger stops (perhaps twice as often than without the trailer). Once you are under way, Nav will see that your energy usage is vastly higher than expected and it will adjust the battery percentage estimage at (next) stop...

Depends on "ideal." 75 mph will suck range down pretty quickly — much faster than 65 mph, for example. However, nav will make the initial estimate of battery percentage while charging based on usual and customary speeds for the route. It isn't always accurate so be sure to add in a sizeable...

My experience is that ABRP is worthless for my Y LR. I did one trip from Tucson to Holbrook, 235 miles with more than 4000 feet of elevation gain, that it wouldn't even map, no matter how I tried to adjust the parameters. I made it without difficulty by being careful. My longest trip leg was...

I believe that most of the old 120 kW Version 2 stations have been upgraded to 150 kW nowadays. Although sometimes crowded, I've never actually seen a line at GJ, although I suppose it sometimes happens — I've charged there 54 times, all of them on road trips. During normal business hours the...

Torrance, CA (Level 1) Not available to non Tesla EVs Hermosa Beach, CA Not available to non Tesla EVs Lawndale, CA Available to non Tesla EVs Redondo Beach, CA Not available to non Tesla EVs Long Beach, CA - Long Beach Boulevard Available to non Tesla EVs Manhattan Beach, CA Not available...

Also Gallup NM, Holbrook AZ and Trinidad CO and many other hybrid stations — excellent choices for those who want Tesla only stations. However, there are some V3 only stations that are restricted to Teslas. For example, just from my home turf: Alamosa, CO, Pueblo, CO, Colorado Springs, CO -...

When I visit the "Find Us" website I see three options. All "Superchargers", "Superchargers open to other EVs" (meaning CCS plugs via Magic Docks and the like), and "Superchargers Open to NACS" (meaning non Tesla EVs using a NACS to CCS adapter and, eventually, non Tesla EVs with native NACS...

Those familiar with what the complete Supercharger map looks like will see that there are a LOT of Supercharger Stations that will not be available to non Tesla cars. In addition to being V3/V4 (of course) they seem to be newer, larger stations that are not typically crowded...

Nav in my car still shows the usual 72 kW for urban Supercharger pedestals at Scottsdale, AZ - N. Scottsdale Road: There are an absurd number of Supercharger Stations in Scottsdale and vicinity, compared to most places I visit, so It hardly seems to matter if that old one stays at 72 kW. In...

^ It is also conveniently located near highway 77, the route north to Globe and Holbrook. I did that route in December using the other West River Road Supercharger Station near I-10. (I made the 234 miles uphill without any additional charging and a lunch stop in Globe as well as a...

I got used to premium connectivity with my old S60, so I don't mind paying $100/year for it with the new Y LR. I always use satellite view for my navigation map, since it is rather pretty where I live (and elsewhere at times*). I occasionally stream music, so nice to have for that. But I really...

Too many shiny, clean cars in this thread! Winter look at my car before I washed it in Tucson: ^ This is what living on a dirt road in mountain snow country looks like!

Picking up a couple of new ones in Arizona, including one I drove past in December because I didn't know that it had opened that day. 18 February 2024: 443. Tempe - W Elliot Rd, AZ 444. Scottsdale - N Miller Rd, AZ Winter look at my car before I washed it in Tucson: ^ This is what living on...

I've always had Free Supercharging and more than half my miles are long road trips — I put 157,000 miles on my old S60 in seven and a half years, visiting twenty-two states and two provinces. However, with destination charging, usually at campgrounds, not all of the road trip miles were from...

I have pictures of my car charging at V1 stalls in Grand Junction, Moab, Glenwood Springs, and Silverthorne in 2016. I believe that all of them were part of that original transcontinental route. Never really noticed when they got upgraded to V2 since 90 kW was faster than my old S60 could charge...

Yes. Farmington was one of the original Supercharger Stations on the first transcontinental Supercharger route in early 2014, along with Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction, Moab, Blanding, Gallup, and Holbrook. (They reportedly followed the path of a family road trip by Elon Musk.) Farmington...

In my county, Ouray, the largest portion of a new car registration is the specific ownership tax, which is basically a sales tax for cars. Mine was over $800 of the $1200 total for my Y LR, reduced somewhat by the trade-in value of my old S60. It isn't widely known, but that money does not go...

I prefer to leave the left button for the audio system. It can be used to set temperature (push and hold before scrolling for temp) but I find that a bit finicky. Easier to just use voice: "Set temperature at 68." "Defogger on," Turn defogger off" are so easy that I haven't bothered with...

My local power co-op has a flat rate of 13.5¢/kWh, or about 3.5¢/mile in my Y LR. Since I have solar panels, I only pay the monthly service charge, now up to about $23/month (they have been raising the monthly service charge but not the kWh charge the last five years, to better distribute costs...

I often use variants of those commands. "Set passenger seat heater to medium." Turn off driver's seat heater." "Turn off steering wheel heater." I've been using split heat in my car because my spouse gets cold more easily than I do, so my auto climate in winter is set to 65º for driver side...

To use EVSEs that do a ground check on a generator you can use a plug that connects the ground to neutral. You can do this with a regular NEMA 5-15 plug that has jumper wire between neutral and ground and put that in the extra outlet on the generator. That will allow the generator to pass the...

Washed the winter road grime off in Moab before taking advantage of a clear day at Canyonlands National Park: The snow capped peaks are the La Sal Mountains, east of Moab. Camping in Picacho Peak State Park, near Tucson:

The removal of the neutral pin was to make a 14-30p adapter fit a 14-50r receptacle. That it works for a TT-30p to 14-50r EV adapter is a bonus. [Going the other way and removing the neutral pin on a 14-50 plug to use in a 14-30 receptacle is unsafe and should not be done, for what I hope are...

You might want to start here: https://dmv.colorado.gov/registration If you live in a small county you can just visit the Clerk and Recorder office, which handles vehicle registrations. Larger counties tend to have a motor vehicle office, check the county website. Some registrations can be...

Timeline: 3 November 2023, Delivery 9 January 2024, Text message from the county Clerk and Recorder that my paperwork had finally arrived (three days before my replacement paper plate expired) 10 January 2024, License plate registration completed ^ My car at the Ouray County Courthouse with...