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Welcome to TMC. The Michelin 18” OEM tires that came with my 2018 M3 LR are EV specific, with low rolling resistance and foam on the inside of the tread for noise reduction. I don’t think Michelin marketed them with an EV specific label though. These OEM tires have a bit less tread depth to...

Both wheel and airbag are your property. Tesla can’t take them without your permission. They may have a core charge that you would have to pay. That is my non-lawyer understanding, for what it is worth. GSP

In 2016 I bought a Model S. HW1 Autopilot made long road trips much less fatiguing. Today I can’t image doing without Autopilot on highways. FSD has made in town driving more stressful, since you have to not only watch the other idiot drivers, but also watch what idiot moves your own car...

IMO, the #1 reason Toyota (and Honda) created their first hybrid vehicles (Prius and Insight) was the US DOE’s PNGV (partnership for next generation vehicles) program. The goal was an 80 mpg family sized sedan. Toyota wanted to join, but the DOE would only allow the domestic GM, Ford, and...

That is an interesting situation. I really like the convenience of home charging, but in your situation I am not sure I would pay for it. Many condo or apartment dwellers don't have an option to charge at home. It is great you have such an option, even though it is expensive. 22 kW is...

“BMW quality?” FYI BMW and Mercedes have ranked below average for quality, reliability, and durability. Toyota has been kicking their butts in QRD for decades. They make some very nice cars, luxurious, fast, good looking, high status, but “high quality” they are not. GSP

How competitive the Semi will be depends largely on pricing. I haven't seen any pricing info since shortly after the 2017 reveal event, when Tesla execs hinted $180k for the 500-mile version. That is about what it takes to be competitive with diesel, in my estimation. However $180k / 900 kWh...

Here is an 8-minute video walk around: The end of the “ICE age” is near. 😀 GSP

“AC” motor? You probably mean induction motor, Nicola Tesla’s invention. All EV motors are AC these days. They were all DC brushed motors circa 1880-1980.

@Michael Henry Does the 2014 Model S have Autopilot? Only cars built after about September had the hardware. If not, then the Model 3 will be better for road trips. It will not be as spacious to sleep in, but good enough for most people. FSD should be fine for highway use, objections from...

I also recommend installing one or two Tesla wall connectors. Also getting quotes from three electricians to install them. Ask them how much ampacity can be added to your panel. 60 Amps should be plenty, split between the two vehicles. That allows 48 A for EV charging (80% of 60 A). I have...

Dutch startup has plans for 90 passenger 500 mile battery-electric aircraft. Instead of electrifying a modern turboprop, they looked to the 707 and DC-8 narrow body jets. They were fuel guzzlers designed for long range, so they also needed to carry a high energy mass, about 50% of total mass...

Yes, of course not vehicle wide. However there must be some sort of 12 V supply on the vehicle. Good point about the lights and trailer brake though. They could deal with 15 V from the X/Y, but not 48 V!

Funny, but true! 😀

I expect that the Cybertruck will need to supply 12-14 V to its trailer connector, since this is used to charge trailer 12 V batteries. The X and Y have eliminated voltage supply to this pin when they switched to 15 V Li-ion batteries. However the larger trailers that the Cybertruck can haul...

IIRC the main differences between gen 1 and gen 2 4680 are in the design of the can. Mass has been removed by using thinner steel, and less”dead space” above the jelly roll. The reduced mass is what increased the specific energy. If I am correct, then the gen 2 cell should have the same Wh of...

The post talks about Tesla buying ”cathode rolls.” I interpret that to be the aluminum current collector foil, coated with the cathode minute, and rolled up for shipment. Tesla would use these rolls with anode rolls they made with their dry process, plus the seperator, to make 4680 jelly...

And Hawai’i The program is dead simple. No smart grid controls, no fancy grid stabilization services. The batteries are simply programmed to send power back to the grid every day between 6:00 pm and 8:30 pm. The battery’s stored power is first tapped to meet the needs of the household. After...

Maybe, but not all of the time. In my experience FSD often follows very closely, what used to be 1-2 out of 7, when set to Chill. Not always, but it happens frequently. GSP

Definitely funny to think about driving in a PNW ice storm on stock Pilot Sports. 😀

I am sure the car will do an emergency stop if triggered. However on slick roads it takes a more distance to stop. When driving a L2 system, you have to have enough distance for *you* to stop in time. Said another way, the L2 system can not be more aggressive than the particular human human...

True, grip is not the bottleneck for what FSD can eventually do. However, today's FSD software does not increase follow distance enough to insure it can stop in time on slick roads, nor limit use of the accelerator. Instead traction control will kick in, followed immediately by a "take over...

I do wish "Chill" increased the follow distance. FSD sometimes follows too close for me to feel comfortable that I could override FSD quickly enough if needed. We used to be able to control the follow distance with the right scroll wheel, now it only selects Chill, normal, or aggressive. GSP

Way too easy. What is the fun in that? GSP

I am in a similar situation as @JHCCAZ and in my case I don't really know when I will not be able to drive. Likewise, I don't see anything else that I can buy today, so Tesla it is. When similar products are available to buy in the US, then I will consider them. For now, it is just...

Once one group of humans proves that something is possible by achieving it, other groups always succeed in doing the same. An example is the atomic bomb. Many in US thought it to be so technically advanced it would be a US monopoly for decades. Reality proved different. Even back then, I...

Rain and fog can be severe enough that human drivers must choose between "minimal risk condition" of parking off of the roadway, or continuing to drive with extraordinary risk of collision. IMO, certifying that your autonomous vehicle can drive in rain or fog does not include situations that...

When you are parked at your apartment and not plugged in, the way to pre-condition the battery is to turn on HVAC in the app. The 3 mile drive to the supercharger will not be sufficient to warm up the battery. GSP

I agree about the tremendous influx of demand, but most of it will be from Tesla's rapid expansion. Tesla already sells more EVs in the US than all other automakers combined, and Tesla production will really accelerate when the "next gen" cars from new assembly line in Texas, and then Giga...

No idea what the problem is. Superchargers work fine in Edmonton Canada, Norway, etc. I just ran across this news report. GSP

I was thinking the same thing about the drone footage. It sure looks like a lot of work to do before production could start, and I would guess 1 year. It will be interesting to see when it actually happens. It seems reasonable to me for Tesla to get the first 4 lines up and running pretty...

@4hourrule - Some of the early MS had their charge rates nerfed more than others. It might have been ones with more DC charging vs. AC, but I am not sure about that. Maybe ask previous owner about charge rates, and have the car checked with "scan my tesla" or other scan tool, and review total...

@PCMc Thanks for sharing your experiences. My wife and I have used this supercharger a few times without issues, but we will be extra careful in the future. This location is a lot quicker to get on and off I-69 compared to the Lima Rd. supercharger. GSP PS. We keep sentry on all the time...

My early 2018 M3 LR RWD is now charging at 32 A on 48 A wall connectors. I tried two wall connectors at a Tesla service center, both with the same result, including a PCS_a019 "Power grid or vehicle issue limiting AC charging." My car was born on 2/1/2018 and definitely has a 48 A charger...

True. Although it wasn’t just the FED printing money. Congress passed $Trillions in deficit spending as well, also increasing the money supply. IMO it was needed at the time, but printing vast sums of money does have its side effects.

Do you have an S or X? I think it might be model specific. My 3 and Y just bounce back to “auto” instantly after turning the wipers off with FSD, AP, or TACC engaged. GSP

Not being able to turn off the auto wipers caused me to have to drive for hours without even cruise control on my last road trip. Even turning off FSD and Autosteer in the menu did not help. TACC required the wipers to stay in auto, as you describe, just like FSD. Someone here did mention that...

I have experienced this behavior frequently. It was present on 11.4.7.3, and some earlier versions as well. GSP

I didn’t mean to imply that. Neither Tesla nor Elon made any such “promise” that I am aware of. The “retrofit coming in 2023” comes straight from the title of this thread. Seemed like a likely prediction at the time. 😀 GSP

It is getting close the the end of the year. Not much time for prophesy of “retrofit for older cars in 2023” to be fulfilled. I hope Tesla gets around to getting this done in 2024. GSP

IIRC, Texas does not have a capacity market, only an energy market for wholesale electricity. This is a failure, IMO, of the regulators to design the market properly, so that competition and profit motives result in a reliable system. If there was a capacity market, like in the northeast, it...

I just checked SAE's website, and it appears that J3400 has just been published today. I would love to read it, but not willing to pay $195 to get a copy. https://www.sae.org/standards/content/j3400_202312/ GSP

It does eliminate the adapter, and also eliminates the cable. The best part is no part! 😀 Seriously, the cable is replaced by the EV driver's own cable, with will have the correct plug for his/her car, without using an adapter. GSP

@Rocky_H - Based on the slide from the article, which @mspohr posted above, it looks like SAE is proposing a "bring your own cable" standard like is used in Europe. The standard will use Type 2 style outlets for public charging, without a cable. EV drivers can bring a cable that matches...

When driving in a road rally, the winner is determined by how close his odometer is to the correct value for the route. Without tenths, you could end up with more cars tied for the win. Also, when doing the odometer correction for each car, they are driven for a short distance over a known...

I purchased the Scan my Tesla iPhone app, and it connected to the S3XY commander. It is displaying data and working fine!(although I do wish the display format was the same as the Android version) So it seems the problem is with the TesLAX app or its settings. The S3XY commander wifi/Panda...

I just purchased the S3XY buttons from AO, and they are working fine with my 2018 M3. I downloaded the TESLAX app for iOS, and enabled “scan my Tesla support.” My iPhone is connected to the “S3XY_OBD” wifi. When I try to connect TESLAX accessories to “Panda,” as instructed, it is stuck in...

The Teslarati link was a real eye-opener! I would have never guessed tires could be 10x battery cost. BTW: GM/Terex made the tires for the Apollo lunar rover. If interested in the rover, the book “Across the Airless Wilds” by Earl Swift is highly recommended by me. Tesla will need to come...

IIRC I spent $4000 for a 4 year extended bumper-to-bumper warranty for my 2015 Model S. There was a $200 co-pay for each service visit. As it turned out, I would have spent less than half of that to pay for repairs out of pocket. However, I think the hypothetical extended warranty under...

It looks like Tesla moved the location of this CAN bus connection. I saw Bjørn Nyland testing a new Model Y from Giga Berlin (with BYD blade battery) and he could not find the CAN bus. He was informed of a new location, I don't remember where, but I don't think he found it there either. I...