I have had similar experiences as many others with my 2013 Model S. Tesla and
I have a love/hate relationship. I love the car and the company; however, my
unfortunately-numerous experiences with the service centers have been the one
negative. I concur with several others that it is frustratin
I've texted/called
back to that number.
Barry
On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 9:08 AM Neal, Gary via EV wrote:
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> To Barry and others that can talk to service center people, how?
> Would you share the magic of how to fight through the app and call
> center hokiness to talk to peop
I don't recall who provided this information, but someone said the 85kWh packs'
charge rate can be roughly estimated by 100kW-SOC(%) (under ideal conditions:
temperature, phase of the moon, you ate a proper breakfast, etc.). So, if the
battery is at 30%, you will charge at ~70kW. I tested that
Mark,
Interestingly, my family took our first long distance trip in our Tesla last
summer (~1,200 miles from PA to Kansas). While in Ohio, we also got hit with a
rock and had to have the windshield replaced. Fortunately, there were several
Tesla Service Centers on the route, one of them had a
Interesting observation from the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_strength table: Oak (wood) has a higher
specific strength than aluminum 6061-T6 and Chromoly (4130)! Balsa (wood) has
a higher specific strength than most metals and almost rivals carbon-epoxy
composites. Of course wood'
I've thought about this while supercharging my Tesla. There are situations
where I would be ok using a supercharger a little slower than full bore with
the goal of reducing battery damage. For example, if we wanted to have a
leisurely meal while charging. I know that occupies a supercharger l
Per Jay's comment "Other BMS's with cell level monitoring/reporting offer a
better option and their price points are coming down", does anyone have
up-to-date research or have recent first-hand experience with
commercially-available BMS for the DIY'er? Our technical requirements are:
1. Cell-l
I heard rumors that the original Chevy Volt BMS can still be used with the Volt
packs. Does anyone have any information, links, or experience doing so? Using
the original designed-by-Chevy BMS may alleviate some of the concern with using
a third-party BMS.
Gary
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Fro
In addition to motors, motor controllers, and batteries, tires are part of the
efficiency chain, both in acceleration and deceleration (regen braking). I
anecdotally heard once that tires can be as low as 75% efficient. I don't have
a good source for that tire efficiency number, so if someone
