Larry Caldwell
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That's like the ubiquitous "Which diesel oil is the best for my tractor?" threads. I have a standard answer. New oil is the best.
Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2
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Citydude
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We can do business with Canada. Your ports can't seem to keep up anyway.
Gale Hawkins
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It may be that NO engine oil is better than any engine oil.
Regular Oil changes are not part of the EV revolution. Teslas do have oil pumps and filters. Leafs have a 3 pint capacity to change around 100K miles.
When our front cap was missing we cleaned the 2 magnets and drained the 3 pints of standard ATF at 37K miles for the first and last time hopefully.
Grumpycat
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I think Texas made a condition of their closed grid and warped economics that outside power was not allowed.
Appears in Texas one contracts to purchase electric power from one of many vendors who deliver over the same grid connected to your home. That they pay somebody for building and maintaining the wire. They buy electricity and have it fed into the grid. And somehow Texas balances payments between those who feed the grid and those who draw from the grid. Where it is likely every house on the same street pays a different rate and schedule for electric power. Some pay a higher base rate but have a lower maximum. Others get the cheapest base rate but no limit to how high the price can soar during high demand.
Never thought anyone could screw things up worse than California.
Grumpycat
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My Tesla is spec'ed for oil change every 4 years. Have no idea what oil it uses.It may be that NO engine oil is better than any engine oil.
Regular Oil changes are not part of the EV revolution. Teslas do have oil pumps and filters. Leafs have a 3 pint capacity to change around 100K miles.
When our front cap was missing we cleaned the 2 magnets and drained the 3 pints of standard ATF at 37K miles for the first and last time hopefully.
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I bet it uses transformer oil with a high dielectric resistance, just no PCB's...lol
Grumpycat
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The motor is not immersed in oil, it runs dry. There is a 9:1 differential that requires lubrication. I have another 3 years before I start worrying about my 12 year service.
edit: Prius motors are bathed in gear oil. Tesla, not.
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Gale Hawkins
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The Tesla that launched today's EV revolution and one is doing space travel currently.
txdon
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Not true for all of Texas. Every house on my street and in my town pays the same rate for electricity. We only had rolling blackouts 2 hours on, 2 hours off, for 2 days during a very cold week in February 2021, Temps were 0˚F to 30˚F. We have not lost power since then. Please don't compare us to California.
Buggs67
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"More than 360,000 people left California in 2021, in what some are calling “The California Exodus” — many leaving for states like Texas, Arizona and Washington." CNBC 6/11/22
"More people move to Texas from California than any other state. But... why? 37 percent of Californians say they've seriously considered leaving because of high housing costs. Texas doesn't have that problem." WFAA News 8
When I moved to PA from NJ the neighbor said "Great, another damn NJ liberal!!" I assured him I moved to get away from NJ, not bring it with me. For your states sake I hope those leaving Kali to Texas are not bringing LaLa Land to you.