Geez, so big brother Tesla disables Fast charging if you get in an accident with your $50k+ car so you have to buy a new one! Thanks for the info Phil. It’s a felony but They do it anyway? Maybe a felony for a pion individual but not a rich company with many lawyers. Stay Charged, Mark
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 17, 2021, at 2:32 PM, (-Phil-) <p...@ingineerix.com> wrote: Tesla has a policy where if they find out your car is salvage or has been in an accident that deployed the airbags, they deem it unsafe to use on their supercharger network. Of course they have that right. What they don't have the right to do is access the vehicle without the owner's permission (Felony computer intrusion) and alter it's configuration so it will no longer fast charge. Since the car controls the charger, this is the mechanism they use to disable it. I've restored supercharging on cars that I deem are safe to do this on, and have been doing so since 2015. There have not been any problems. Note that I am not assisting anyone with theft, I simply restore the original configuration. If the car had paid supercharging, that is what is restored, so they still have to have a credit card on file with Tesla, and are still billed accordingly. The utility of a Tesla is impacted if it isn't allowed to DC fast charge. (Tesla doesn't make the distinction) They offer an expensive high-voltage inspection procedure, which is required if you want them to do any work on the powertrain (paid of course, as they void your warranty), but they will absolutely not re-enable fast charging, period. Here's their official policy document: https://pdfhost.io/v/vJRva0n7P_TN1800001_Unsupported_Vehicle_Policy_R1pdf.pdf > On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 6:22 AM Mark Hanson <markehans...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Phil > Why were their Tesla’s disabled? > Best regards > Mark > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 16, 2021, at 10:30 PM, (-Phil-) <p...@ingineerix.com> wrote: > > > I have extensive experience hacking on Teslas since 2015. I have literally > touched thousands of salvage Teslas (mostly remotely and with the request and > permission of their owners) to help them get the cars operational again, and > there is a very high success rate. (>99%) Many of these cars are no longer > connected to Tesla's servers, and operate just fine. > > I have created a new backend replacement for Tesla's "mothership" that allows > the same functionality that a connected car offers. It gives the owner all > the functionality of Tesla's own app, plus access to all the "secret" > diagnostic data that is normally only visible to Tesla. > > I can assure you that a Tesla will still drive fine even if it can't "phone > home". Of course, you lose some of the connected features. > > Surprisingly, once you have access to the internal diagnostic data, Teslas > are easy and fun to work on. They have incredible self-diagnostic capability > that even surpasses systems such as FADEC used in commercial aviation. Too > bad that Tesla works REALLY hard to keep that secret and unavailable to their > customers. > > >> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 1:19 PM Mark Hanson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >> Thanks Paul >> I haven’t either, the trailer sticks out obstructing gas station traffic so >> you have to detach the boat (and With a heavy tongue might need a wheel >> dolly). I saw online some folks charging with campers behind their Y but >> maybe found special charging stations. I found one that could work with a >> trailer in Woodstock, md at Walmart but not at Sheetz. >> Stay Charged, >> Mark >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Mar 16, 2021, at 11:43 AM, paul dove <dov...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> >> >> Can you charge with a trailor attached on non-Tesla charger? I haven't seen >> any charging that follows the gas station model. >> >> On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 9:57:49 AM CDT, Mark Hanson via EV >> <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> Hi >> I’m having trouble deciding between a Ford Escape PHEV (37 miles EV range) >> $32k-6.8kFed or a Tesla-Y $50k (316 Mile range) The Tesla has auto driving >> capability, can be added anytime for an additional $10k (As full capability >> is added) since My wife has trouble driving now and won’t drive at all at >> night. I drive her to work. The Tesla has lower maintenance but is pricey. >> I ordered the Ford in October and thought it was made of Unobtanium but got >> a dealer paper saying they’d make it iN Louisville April 19thweek. So I’d >> have to cancel the Ford order if I bought the Tesla. The only inconvenience >> with the Tesla is all fast charging stations are along a wall so you’d have >> to disconnect the boat to charge whereas gas pumps are pull through to >> accommodate trailers. That would probably just be an issue if trying to >> trailer the boat a long distance (and the range half). >> Best regards >> Mark >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ >> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210316/d8e97c40/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ >> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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