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FWIW: Our CCS adapter is a very tight fit on some plugs but after spraying it with dry teflon lube that fixed it.

IN ADDITION: It looks like if you are a resident of Massachusetts and meet the same qualifications as the Federal rebate, there is an additional $3500 rebate from the state that I believe can be applied for directly from MOR-EV within 90 days of purchase. This is in addition to the $3802 rebate...

NOTE: The final price is $18,148 If you qualify for the Federal EV Tax credit based on AGI income (<$150K joint), we can do the transaction through Keysavvy which will save $3802 for the buyer. They are a dealer, essentially buying the car from me and reselling it to you, but that makes it...

Ecoauto in Tewksbury, MA.

We've had it since new and the modules were replaced in March.

They did an explicit battery rebalancing operation that took about a day at the end of the repair. I believe the battery management system is constantly rebalancing the battery since, even without any replacements, the cells aren't all the same so they're going to age and behave differently.

I'm no fan of Musk's various decisions, but perhaps Tesla is looking ahead at lots of Federally funded fast charging stations using their NACS plugs and decided to go with that.

No one gets out of the way in San Francisco. I've been sitting outside at the intersection of Columbus, Kearny, and Pacific at night and was amazed at how well the Waymo cabs did. If you're not familiar with it, that's a genuinely crazy intersection, lots of cars, pedestrians, and drunks.

Waymo seems to be doing pretty well in San Francisco. I see lots of them around.

This is an edited repost of a message I posted last month that appears to have disappeared into the aether. In our 2015 Model S 85D we recently had the battery damaged by driving through about 2" of water. It splashed up and got into the battery through the corroded cover over the pyro fuse...

Yes, that's the problem. In fact I got a reply so it definitely was posted and visible at least briefly. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/posts/8186884/ I'm going to repost it and see what happens.

This thread is for the general discussion of the marketplace listing 2015 Model S 85D with rebuilt battery.. Please add to the discussion here.

I wrote a post in the New England section about getting my Model S battery repaired at a local shop which I think is of some interest to those of us with older cars. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/posts/8186771/ The post seems to be in some kind of limbo, still there if you have the link, but...

This would be for the Boring Company tunnels where they only stop at controlled stations and only Tesla vehicles are in the tunnels. I strongly suspect they've been working on some kind of automated people movers for some time. These would be more like driverless airport sky trams than cars...

What would make sense and be very possible by 8/8 would be replacing the human drivers in the Las Vegas tunnels with robo taxis.

And add 7-10 years.

Too bad they didn't mention it to owners or put out a TSB. I guess for some people $10k is really pocket change, kind of like replacing wiper blades. Of course, by leaving owners in the dark that increases sales for them. Planned obsolescence.

If it's on acceleration, it may be the half shafts which is a lot cheaper. Any older S should also be checked for HV battery fuse box cover corrosion to avoid water damage IMHO. This is a stainless replacement cover from Elictrified Garage but the battery needs to be dropped to check.

Same thing for our car. Apparently that plate corrodes over time, clearly a design flaw. You have to drop the battery to check it, something Tesla doesn't mention nor do in normal checkups. Electrified Garage makes a stainless replacement part. I wish I'd known about it before, although dropping...

My understanding is resistance to grid expansion is a significant factor. Massachusetts has had a lot of problems getting hydropower from Quebec because of environmentalist resistance to power lines.

FUD? It happened to our car which is now in the shop having modules replaced.

That would be a software fix. Sorry. Tesla doesn't (can't?) do those.

The driver's display seems mostly eye candy. Own car size too small, overtaking cars are shown behind when actually beside except when stopped. Forward view is fisheyed with cars in front too small. Red/green light display too small, close to useless Stop sign display too small Almost no...

We also hate this "feature".

Our 2015 85D is completely dead after driving through a moderately deep puddle. It looks like the HV battery. Perhaps these older cars are just losing some of their water protection.

Are we the only ones this is true for? Could someone else with 2024.2.2.1 just take a look at the Service Menu HV Battery screen and see if they have the battery condition/health test button please?

Our 2021 Model S doesn't show the battery condition or health test in service mode. Software is v11.1(2024.2.2.1). Any thoughts?

Look at the AutoPilot settings.

Doesn't it seem a bit too much of a coincidence though that 2 weeks ago it worked perfectly with our 2015 and now with no intervening uses it fails on our 2021?

We just bought a used 2021 Model S and it already has 2 disablement strikes recorded against so presumably we get 3 more. None of these are ours, we've only had the car 2 days with none. They're from the previous owner! It does seem ridiculous that the strikes go with the car not the owner...

We're in a very similar situation to the OP. Our 2015 S was totaled and we bought a 2021 pre-refresh S. The Gen 2 mobile connector button will open the charge port door, however our old Gen 1 mobile connector is at best very flaky about opening the port. The Gen 1 will charge the car just fine...

That sounds good!

I'm in the process of buying a used Model S from a non-Tesla dealer that I will be picking up in another state and then driving back home the same day. It's very likely I'll need to charge on the way back and would like to use a Supercharger rather than a slow public charger. I already have a...

So, FSFP?

I wish there were a mechanism to only charge on actual sale. Getting charged for a Wanted To Buy ad that likely will never be filled is a bit off-putting.

This discussion seems to be based on some kind of notion that SLS and Artemis are designed to accomplish some goal beyond pork barrel spending. Where did that idea come from?

Perhaps Tesla is viewing the yoke as becoming a collector's item and doesn't want to devalue it.

Look up "inverted pendulum" , it has to do with moment of inertia.

I've been looking for a 2020 or pre-refresh 2021 S and it's interesting that so far, the price of used Teslas hasn't really reflected the drop in new prices. There are still a lot of 2022 cars asking more than the current new price. I guess the sellers are hoping no one has noticed.

IMHO a major issue with Tesla FSD is the Tesla software team. They've not shown the level of capability needed for something as complex as FSD. For example, they were never able to make sensor fusion work so they just gave up. Other companies such as Waymo are actually demonstrating true FSD...

I don't think that's true. The problem for NH residents is that MA will charge sales tax and since NH doesn't have any, there's no rebate.

You might consider paragraphs.

The ongoing discussions of phantom braking makes me really disappointed in Tesla and reluctant to buy a new one. Our 2015 Tesla S with the original, non-Telsa, AP practically never experiences phantom braking, less than once per year, and we use AP all the time. Perhaps we're just lucky, but I...

Of course, if you want really high definition radar you need to go to shorter wavelengths. For example light.

I wish people would refer to it as braking, unless they are referring to the disks and calipers being torn off the wheel hubs.

AFAIK there's been zero research into things like the ability of animals, never mind humans, to conceive, bear and raise young (children) at anything other than 1.0 G. All the research into micro gravity has shown serious short term (<2 year) consequences. Not only has there been no research...

The thing with insurance companies is that if they pay claims, they lose money.

Actually, it's often worse than that. You have to do what your supervisor says, which is sometimes just their notion of the month and actually will cost the company money. At least the bean counters are counting beans, not off on personal vendettas about various things.