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Ah, so we have established wawajake's reference for reality is Hollywood Movies. Be sure to tune in next week when wawajake learns "silencers" are still awfully darn loud. Tesla Autopilot is aptly named, especially in reference to that which is fitted in light aviation.

You can't believe anyone would do so "because it is fun?"

Do you know what the thing does in aircraft which is called "autopilot" Most are little more than wing levelers, elevation and azimuth holders. Much less than Tesla's FSD performs. And what makes you think support of suing someone not responsible is somehow sympathy for the victim? It just...

No, for MPGe every place is the same. 33.7 kWh for gasoline, 1 kWh per kWh for EV. It is deceptive in that it is a parameter which has no meaning. It has no "feel". While MPG$ will change with fuel prices it is a parameter for which modern humans have a "feel" for. EPA already pretends to be...

The only (lame) justification for suing Tesla is The Deep Pockets Motive. That he who has the most money must be liable because one can't get blood out of a turnip. FSD is a driver assist, not replacement. The driver is fully responsible for what FSD does. I've had the FSD demo this month. I...

The technology is here today.

If you were not still eating in a high chair 20 years ago you and your ilk would be hating on hybrids. It is what your ilk does. It gives meaning to your life. Find something to hate and be superior about. Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it. You are repeating history.

I predate Tartar Sauce.

Golly, what if the cost of diesel and fertilizer go up greatly increasing the cost to farm? It is life. Then MPG$ changes. What if the cost of a BigMac increases? What is the point of the funds one "invests" if one doesn't ultimately procure something one desires?

Have you priced a refrigerator lately? "several hundred dollars" would be cheap.

Thank-you!

Due to mismanagement California has a surplus of unreliable daytime PV production and has to import generated power from other states at night.

You have publicly demonstrated how you don't know the difference between wasting energy by leaving lights on unnecessarily vs putting energy to good use. On a pure energy basis most EVs get in excess of 100 MPGe, putting heat energy to use about 3x more efficient than an ICE. Stupid fact the...

I'm sorry using words you do not understand does not expand your vocabulary. ilk. look it up. "Of the same kind." As in "you and your ilk".

I have to chuckle when you prove everything I suspected about you in a reply. 20 years ago you and your ilk though your superior reasoning ranted against hybrids. Just as you rant against EV today. You can not cite me on "death spiral" but it serves your mindset to believe I am in that camp...

I don't observe regeneration is the miracle many make it out to be. Oooh, you mean it might produce a HP using less fuel at low RPM than at high RPM? 😇 For heating the cabin. Peltier crystals are terribly inefficient. And interestingly, the thermal efficiency of an ICE is measured to the...

It is the failed serial-hybrid design of BMW i3 REx and many others. A "pure" simple design, engine drives generator generator drives motor. Just like a diesel-electric locomotive. The tiny BMW i3 REx got awful MPG in spite of having a 632cc engine optimized to the task.

You are so behind the times. LiFePO4 does not suffer from "thermal runaway".

You conveniently forget the 2000s when Toyota Prius was new. When hybrids first appeared. The very same lame arguments against EV today were levied against hybrid then. "Adds too much weight!" "Too complex, nobody knows how to repair!" "New battery every 3 years costs $5,000!" "Costs too much...

And the EV haters are in denial of what Tesla has done with Superchargers. Pick and choose their data using the government's failed CCS chargers. I might have a 250 mile day coming up. I have (4) Superchargers on the route. Simply awful!

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Talking to the grandson of the people who once owned my Tennessee property he was so impressed his grandfather had a gasoline tank in the ground and could fill the car, truck, and tractor at home back in the 1970s. I said, "Oh no. Where is this gas tank?" House scheduled for demolition next...

Yes and no. The Toyota Synergy Drive Hybrid is a wildly different driveline than the pure ICE version.

Can charge any EV in 30 seconds at home. 15 seconds to plug in, eat supper, watch TV, troll TBN, sleep, eat breakfast, unplug in 15 seconds, and off you go. If one doesn't drive more than the range of the EV then the whole "gas station" and "5 minutes to full" arguments losing arguments because...

Be sure to tune in next week for a $100 solid state 100 kWh battery which only weighs 100 pounds and charges 0-100% in 60 seconds!

"Super Unleaded 87", that's a laugh! Wouldn't it be just awful if someone got AC and DC mixed up at a public EV charger? 🤣

If all Tempest behaved that way then no one would buy and keep one. My Tempest is mounted 15' from the AcuRite 5-in-1 and reports very similar results. Also in agreement with others of various makes within a mile. ... until the temperature/humidity board in the AcuRite failed due to corrosion...

The AcuRite 5-in-1 has adjustment screws for the rain gauge. AcuRite provides instructions on how to drip a measured quantity of water while counting the tips (can be heard). Those bellyaching about 6-9°F hotter readings in the sun do not have a functioning fan. If it works the fan can be heard...

But, F pays about 5% dividend.

When my 2013's drive unit failed I was offered $7000 for the car by a large automotive salvage company. The 85kWh battery still had 75kWh of capacity. And being one of the original designs is easily disassembled and repurposed. Ultimately gave the car to my sister who paid to repair because it...

Got caught on hail storm on I-69 just north of Fort Wayne, IN in my Model S. Fortunately found an overpass almost immediately so no damage to the aluminum body.

Sure it does. No GM, no cars or trucks. However the intent was to buy the votes of the UAW more than the votes of those who buy GM products.

Expect that "renewable energy credit" is widespread in the industry. Any small factory or production facility I see which has open land has filled that space with solar panels in recent years.

Just continue making things up. Is only deceptive to those of low intellect who stop reading on the word that makes the sentence say what they want to hear. Such as darkie.

I'm afraid to visit the Ford dealer. Are they making deals yet?

So one is complaining about Tesla factoring in the government's "fuel savings" in their bait pricing? I've posted many times how MPGe is another government fake number. It has no meaning to any but the theoretical environmental "scientist" who lives in his mother's basement. MPG$ has "feel"...

Is only deceptive to stupid people who fall for it. Is easy to click off to list only cash/finance price. Is easy to enter one’s own assumptions which change the numbers. Try $2.50/gallon, 50 MPG, and $0.10/kWh. I'm not defending it, never have. Tesla has metrosexual designers, metrosexual...

Again, some people know everything without even trying! https://www.tesla.com/modely/design?financeModalTab=gas_savings#overview "Eligible customers who take delivery of a qualified new Tesla and meet all federal requirements are eligible to receive $7,500 off the purchase price. Applied to...

So, you haven't been paying attention these past 10 years to know nothing has changed, Tesla has always advertised an estimated price factoring in "gas savings" and tax credits.

I've said over and over again Tesla suffers from a metrosexual design studio in California. They don't understand an SUV can not wear 45 series tires. They don't understand how a pickup truck is anything but a poser vehicle for driving between cowboy bars. Otherwise they make good vehicles, and...

The "experts" (other than IBM salesmen) never said, "this is is all you need."

In my experience it matters as to the brand of tire which color of dot they use. On street street tires Michelin doesn't dot the tire. They don't admit that their tires might be imperfect.

Intellectuals Who Know Best agreed with you. Didn't believe we needed more than 80 mile range. Didn't believe we needed fast DC charging. Rejected Tesla's offer of the NACS connector and standard because it had AC and DC on the same pins. So we had Nissan LEAF, Fiat 500e, and the ultimate...

About 10 years ago I found there were a lot of pundits shooting off at the mouth inventing facts they heard 3rd or 10th hand about EV emissions vs coal and others. But there wasn't any real math or engineering. The EPA went to great lengths to hide the information. What I found was if CO2...

Facts hurt. What do you know about my PV experience? Nothing. You think because I am installing a system on new house I have never had one before? Or what I did in college? You know so much that isn't true! Article would not have been noticed had it not contained an exaggerated claim...

The purpose behind EV mandates (which will never happen) to to establish little mens' places in history, such as Al Gore. And little girls, such as Greta. "Existential Climate Threat" is nothing but a call for a single world wide totalitarian non-Capitalist economy run by a few elite, all...

Not at all. Your blinders are conveniently positioned to show only what you want to see, not what is. You invent a position claiming “the poor deprived middle class can’t do solar!” which is exactly the same sort of weak argument as the one claiming ”renters can not charge EVs” (simply because...

UAW’s pension was illegally funded by Mr. O. over and above the legal bond holders. Plus other billions off direct payments to GM and Chrysler. If you don’t like State Capitalism, stop voting for Communists. After all we keep hearing,”China is doing sooo much better than the USA!”

It looks like the Tempest. The Tempest works pretty good.

Keep telling yourself that. Eventually you’ll believe it. How about those GM bailouts? Or Chrysler? You have no idea whether I got tax credits or anything. I do pay a $200/year fee which is the gas tax equivalent of 21,000 miles at 25 MPG, no matter how much or little I drive.

Revisionism again. “Power house and most of my car’s needs” was my claim. You were not a good friend, you should have directed him to a Nissan LEAF for his 6 miles. Sometimes one simply needs a new truck, any excuse is good enough. Just as I pointed out how many have more vehicles than they...

Have said many times before, there was nothing it’s equal. It needs a better suspension. Long time friend who is a “renewable energy nut”, who drives a 1974 Chevy pickup and 500,000 mile Chrysler 300 (or 500, looks like a gangster car) retired, got a PhD, doesn’t have a Tesla, never drove one...

Not a bad idea to get rid of worthless money now to grab real things before the currency collapses. Hope I get my house built in time.

That isn’t a 1970’s. Quit retroactively changing the “facts”.

Get your head out of the bag you are wearing. Take off your blinders. You would be an awful engineer or leader, unless your goal was to maintain the status quo. You would reject the Model A because its controls are not horse-compatible. Operators would have to be retrained! Stableboys retrained...

I have used Acurite 5-in-1 for over 10 years. Contrary to the claims of a meteorologist here I find the temperature is accurate as long as the unit is not full of cobwebs. The small solar panel powers a fan which keeps the sensor accurate rather than cooked by the sun. The plastic used is not...

You think the voltage regulator would survive?

Buy all the battery storage you can afford. Use LiFePO4 cells. The power grid and technology is very mature. Those who keep it running have so far escaped the dumbing down imposed on other industries with Woke and Didn’t Earn It. A DEI lineman doesn’t live long. Those in government do not know...

Consider the entire economy is crashing and only the most sensitive new markets respond first? Can’t keep printing money forever. Can't borrow one’s way out of debt.

My planned 14kW PV solar system with 20 kWh battery is $33k and should supply house and most or all of my car. If not I’m leaving space for 20kW of panels and a 2nd 15kW inverter each of which can manage at least 2 batteries. Total cost less than one car or truck. How many people have more...

Think I am doing pretty well for myself. Retired at 55.5 and have made more every year since than I have spent. So thank you for recognizing how smart I am.

This expectation of “battery tech” is right up there with The Gas Station Fallacy. And how about battery swap for quick fueling? ”Everybody knew” a 265 mile production EV was impossible until the 2012 Tesla Model S 85 appeared. “Everybody knew” nobody needed or wanted DC charging or more than...

I thought Amazon was P.O.‘ed at Clarkson and they parted ways? Guess money (and viewers) talk.

Good! Because I need a tractor and a few accessories.

I don't have anyone on ignore, and @tradosaurus isn't missing anything worthwhile.

Why does what have anything to do with anything? I have never commented on the rumored $25k Tesla. All healthy businesses have some sort of plan for something like a higher volume lower cost product, no matter they may never make it to market. Some things are learned in the process which are...

If wife wants a utility cart then buy the wife a utility cart! Or would you rather she drive the tractor? Or nag you to drive the tractor while she piddles around in the garden?

What state?

I once looked into brewing my own biodiesel. $10,000 of equipment to start with. Lots of electrical power, needed source of sugar, and methanol. Then there was a lot of hazardous byproduct waste. But then there were PV solar panels. No maintenance. No waste. No moving parts. Totally automated.

No one but the EV haters here have promoted your positions. Where can I get $15,000 of tax "incentives"?

So, you didn't actually go to Craigslist and search before posting the wisdom you just simply know. You do not understand the consumer-driven economy. You should run for government. Craigslist did not add "EV charging" filter because some government code told them to. They did it because...

I trust Ford knows what RPM to get optimal MPG from my truck. Usually about 1500 at 70 MPH. If the specific HP needed to move the truck could be had at high RPM I'm sure Mr. Ford would shift the 10 speed transmission accordingly. Aircraft ICE are designed to get their best HP/gallon at 75-80%...

Careful with the math. Your Tesla in-vehicle reports Wh from the battery, not from the grid. You need something like TeslaFi.com or a power meter on your home EVSE to be able to calculate actual power use and cost. EPA invented a silly MPGe for energy equivalence of ICE vs EV. Based on 33.7...

Happened to notice the Housing category on craigslist.org now has an "EV Charging" filter. Thumb in the eye of all of you claiming poor old decrepit renters will never get EV charging. It is happening just as I said. Those searching for housing are looking for EV charging, and Craigslist noticed.

What is the point if one uses more energy, consumes more resources (ie: costs more) than the alternative? Inductive roadways are the same sort of stupidity which makes sense only to politicians looking to spend vast sums of money "giving us things" to establish their legacy. Hydrogen is...

You posted my proof in charts you can not understand.

Uh, I suspect one can not do that. FSD is licensed software, not a feature of the car, and Tesla has not always allowed it's transfer to a new owner or even to your new Tesla.

Where can I get a "new car with zero fuel cost"?

I've always thought the trademark BMW "bean", Lexus, and Infiniti front grills were butt ugly.

But Ford paid for the cup holders. Ford didn't get free advertising, what Ford paid for was taken from them. Were all the outfield signs similarly censored?

That is quite a word salad! Claiming "Teslas are bland!" even the original 2012 Model S. Many a jaw dropped when they first saw my 2013 Model S. Could not believe how low the hood was. Then I would show them why it was so low: no engine.

But you get an hour or more of "calibration" so as to know how different the vehicle one test drives is vs what one has.

Neither will Ford, GM, BMW, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes-Benz ....

I drove 400 miles round trip to test drive a Model S in 2013.

And it is based on a sample of 1. My sister drive the width of Pennsylvania to inspect a new Model S before putting a deposit down on it. Not disputing Tesla has occasionally let poorly fitted and/or painted vehicles out the door. My Model Y does not have a competition grade paint job, but it...

I find it interesting you track such usage. Not really.

My Model Y LR's first 200 miles was driving home from the Tesla dealer. Started with 300 miles of range in the battery, arrived with 70. 230 rated miles consumed for 203 driven. Not bad for a virgin uncalibrated car. Then again a retired police officer friend got 23 MPG in my Outback on roads I...

So you are bionic now! Part man-made! Me too. After lens replacement I need minor correction with glasses.

I think we have the same thing, Model Y Long Range, blue, black interior, trailer hitch? Drove off the Memphis lot in December for I think $49,040 plus the $250 deposit. Searching the other day turned up one similarly configured for about $1000 less. Vehicles in inventory vary in discount.

I blame Climate Change! 😇

Were you not paying attention? Supposed to summarize the video in a paragraph! flash flash blink flash woop flash blink woop woop.

Have models rated for up to 2.5 acres: https://www.husqvarna.com/us/robotic-lawn-mowers/

Husqvarna has had robotic lawnmowers for many many years.

I don't know what version FSD (supervised) I have. On the free trial. This morning I let it drive until it tried to change lanes to the right, a right turn only lane, to go straight through an intersection.

The Traditional Auto Makers pretended they used electric starter motors the past century so therefore they already knew everything about building an EV.

Or keep clicking to the point Tesla asks for $250 to get the total without gimmicks.

As Gale has stated, the default entry to a modern Tesla is with a smart card. Hold it up to the door pillar. I don't have to take it out of my wallet. When a smartphone is enabled as key, Bluetooth is used. No internet. However you need an internet connection to download the Tesla app which...

I built my Model Y Long Range, 19" wheels, black interior, blue exterior, tow hitch, new, "all deliverable" got a hit on one for $46,790 cash. Oops, forgot destination fee which brings it to within $900 of what I paid. After the $250 I paid $49,000.

It doesn't matter. Is now dogma to EV haters. This is how propaganda works.

Got mine April 1. The irony doesn't escape me.

You say that as if it is bad for Tesla. Those "other companies" would be out of business if not for Tesla. They find it cheaper to purchase emission credits from Tesla than to pay the government. Thank Tesla for your RAM diesel.

Not relevant. No one asks how much the 1300 mile EV weighs, it captures the simpleton media’s attention, and yours. No Tesla ever used “small AA batteries.” You are confused by an April 1 “advertisement” of an Mercedes-Benz EV. Originally Tesla used type 18650 cells. Bigger than AA. (AA would...

Needs an electoral collage.

“Boo hoo hoo. Used EV prices are down! The sky is falling! Death spiral!” ICE prices are down too. No mention? Inconvenient Fact. All prices are down from the COVID Insanity. So you have a vehicle, a property, or a watch, for which the liquidation value is falling faster than one anticipated...

Not really. Is just a matter of being willing to carry enough battery. Somebody goes off and does it to grab headlines, fool some gullible investors, the sun rises, the sun sets.

I give. What are they and why will they never be sold?

You do know today is April 2, not April 1?

If there was a Wendy's at every exit then there would be one at the exit with the Supercharger.

Nope, didn't see it. No 70 minute charges for even the shortest, slowest charging Model Y Rear Wheel Drive. Try a Model S. The longest is 40 minutes, 2nd longest is 25 minutes...

do the same thing you do for a gas station which doesn't have a Wendy's: go to a Wendy's drive-thru, place your order, then go to the "gas station". Some people have no common sense.

Some Wendy’s do.

BTDT, nothing they can do.

I stop every 10 to 50 miles and spend 15 seconds connecting. 15 seconds when I depart. Haven't tried it but Tesla says I can put 156 miles in my Model Y Long Range in 15 minutes. I can't pee that fast. Have never been able to pull off the road into a gas station and be back on the road in less...

You have EV Range Derangement Syndrome. You believe you know better than anyone else. That EVs are impossible/impractical. That the EV you saw pulling a trailer was in all kinds of trouble because you are enlightened and wiser than that driver. Most U-Haul rentals are local to local. Trailers...

not-FSD plain old adaptive cruise control has that problem on 2 lane roads at night. Can't really see anything but the oncoming headlights which are making a sweeping left hand turn in front of me while I am making the complementary sweeping right hand turn. Car panics, brakes, and tries to...

Strange, as I was offered the 30 day trial this morning. Have not checked the FSD version but have 2024.3.6 for the rest of the car. After an 8 mile loop on 25-45 MPH roads I was unimpressed by it's lack of smoothness. Even in "chill" mode. I had to manually avoid a pedestrian in the first 1/4...

Why do you think an EV is so dependent on charging stations? Tesla has many Superchargers with a pull-in position that can have a trailer hanging off the end.

Sister left my house today with an 85% charge in her new S: 345 miles. Charged in my driveway on a measly 240V 40A. Full charge is 405 miles, but real EV owners know we don't go exploring the limits without need. Long distance traveling in a Tesla is so onerous!

Chargehub doesn't say where to find those L3s. There are (8) Superchargers at one site and (said to be, I didn't see them last time I was there) (6) CSS at another. That is 14. All on I-65.

So if you believe that then all of your arguments about lack of "charging infrastructure" are null and void. Which is it? Go through the non-Superchargers on that site and ask about each, "is this really a usable charger?" Many homes are listed, really batshit save the world EV people "doing...

If you think I am falsifying ("manipulating") data then don't be a coward calling me names, try to prove me wrong. Your words have no weight due to lack of authenticity.

Madison has zero. Me? I don't know how many EVs are in Madison County but 95% have an L2 at home. There were 4750 EVs registered in Alabama for 2021. So there are at least 4500 L2 "chargers". Until recently most EVs come with an L2 EVSE in the trunk. Tesla quit doing this recently. If 500 EVs...

Where? Where in Athens? I know of (8) Superchargers (120kW) and it is said Mercedes-Benz has (6) 350kW stations at Buc-ees. That is 14, if you are counting, not 12. All 14 are on I-65, not street corner gas stations. Says Huntsville has 99 chargers of some sort. Including businesses with J1772...

You should spend some time understanding that site. And map.

What others are in the area? The Nissan dealer had CHAdeMO but that only works on Nissan LEAF and with a $400 adapter for Tesla. There used to be a couple other CHAdeMO in Huntsville. There are 7 CCS chargers in Decatur, 6 at Buc-ees, and a couple in Huntsville. All on travel corridors not...

Ain't gonna happen. By 2024 only the wealthy will be able to afford a new car or tractor. That is today and now.

Ban the sale of new gasoline (diesel gets a pass?) automobiles by 2035? The Little Men pushing this will be living the life of luxury on government pensions by then. Someone else will have to implement and take the punishment. Little Men are cowards, the date will be pushed into the future again...

Not at all. Teslas are fairly popular around here. Everyone charges at home because we don't have regressive government heavy handed regulation.

"Metropolitan Area". I didn't say "city".

My credit union's ATMs have an option to select what denominations one wants.

My sister drove 700 miles on Tuesday in her 2023 Model S. Tesla nav routing asked her to stop twice to charge. She stopped more often for biological reasons.

Quite to the contrary. I do spend time elsewhere. But you simply can not grasp how in a metropolis of 491,000 there are only (2) Supercharger sites and no need for more.

Sure, who doesn't love sitting around 30 minutes every few days to get their routine fill? You continue in your refusal to understand the difference between an interstate rest stop and a convenience store on every street corner. You continue to pretend an EV must emulate an ICE in every...

Gas Station Fallacy, demonstrated in full force. I live in suburbs. The metropolitan area has 491,000 residents and (2) Tesla Supercharger sites. One is located on I-65 for those traveling through, not for residents. The other is located in a concentration of hotels and government development...

Tesla prospered for years without "taxpayer dollars" against competition that was getting $7500 Federal tax credits. Wasn't restored until the Bidiot took office.

Those always say whatever the sponsor wants them to say. The only honest evaluation is The Almighty Dollar. No man works for free or surrenders his resources for free so each stage of production is kept honest, accumulating costs until the product finally reaches the end user. When everything...

I was a happy PC800 owner for 4 years. Replaced with a GL1800.

I too just heard that. The irony is my sister is driving 700 miles today, bought a month of FSD for the trip, then departed this morning to see in her news feed that a free trial month of FSD is coming. You read that correctly. My sister is driving 700 miles today in her Tesla. In other good...

Got laughed out of the market. 800cc v-twin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Pacific_Coast

"Performance" depends on what one is measuring. Efficiency is very much a performance parameter. Just as 0-60 drag times is a performance parameter. It takes a focused high performance to get exceptional efficiency.

Plants need oxygen too. Yes, climate change is real. We have been emerging from a Little Ice Age for 20,000 years before Man discovered coal or oil. Been warming ever since. Climate Scientists are no different than Deep State Bureaucrats: feed on the public trough. 97% agree to whatever...

Not after the fact of the debt being incurred. Especially when the stated amount due is in US Dollars. Let say I decide not to let you out of my parking garage unless you pay in Bitcoin? Failure to pay you must leave your vehicle and incur storage fees until you do pay. You can refuse to do...

There would be if one is trying to get out of a parking garage.

That was not legal all that many years ago, but is now. Time once was that if one accepted credit cards one could not surcharge for the use. Then businesses (such as gas stations) found workarounds by advertising "Cash" and "Credit" pricing without explicitly listing a surcharge for credit...

You are quoting Snopes, a known source of misinformation. How about, https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2022-title31/pdf/USCODE-2022-title31-subtitleIV-chap51-subchapI-sec5103.pdf United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve...

Is all about building a straw man "emergency" so dire Capitalism and freedom must be set aside so those who are smarter and more enlightened than the productive masses may rule unhindered.

Is printed on the money. "THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE" That is not a "state by state" regulation.

"Good for any debt public or private"

Plant life starts dying off with any reduction in CO2. Thrives with any increase. CO2 is good for life.

I have no desire for a Cybertruck. It's just the logical extension of what I've observed many years ago, Tesla designers are Metrosexuals. Trucks are for posing when bar hopping.

I am planning on PV solar on new house construction. Years ago grid-tie was The Thing. An inverter between PV panels and power grid. Syncs 60 hz to the grid and when that pilot signal disappears the inverter shuts down. Then the Tesla Powerwall added battery and dedicated inverter/charger all...

Did you actually suffer through that hyperbole to understand what Yotta is offering? Batteries at the solar panels. Saved you pages of reading B.S. This is a terrible solution. Grid tie systems will still shut down when power fails. Why go to the effort to install dozens of new inverters and...

With mechanical AWD it is fairly important to keep identical tires of approximately the same wear on all 4 corners to minimize slip left/right front/rear. With Tesla's Dual Motor AWD the slip can be managed electronically.

Thank you for documenting your error. You don't understand the numbers. Both vehicles have to drive the same distance for fuel consumed to be weighed correctly for averaging. This is why you can not average MPG, one has to divide the sum total of fuel consumed into total miles driven. You drive...

Been saying this all along. Virtue Signaling Little Men in government are pushing EV mandates they have no intention of being around to enforce. When time comes whoever is in power will either rescind the mandate or change the goals so as to pretend they had already been met. Recently "goals"...

Yes and no. I want more tire sidewall and softer ride. Most roads are pothole patchwork here. Love my coefficient of drag. Subaru Outback MPG dropped hard from 60 to 70 MPH. And harder from 70 to 75 MPH.

So you don't understand the math either. Doesn't matter if one vehicle drove there and back or two vehicles drove at the same time. Ratios do not average easily. MPG is a ratio. In my example 7 gallons was used to drive 200 miles. Your math says 35 MPG but 28.6 is actual. How hard is this to...

Chemistry 101 professor told the class, "Once the water starts boiling it won't get any hotter. My wife doesn't have to listen to me but you do."

Today's update reports 3x the legal limit in Texas. Clearly Teslas FSD didn't do enough to prevent her from driving. 😇

It doesn't. But those who have always operated gas stations won't understand until they go broke. They are just selling the stations to others to operate.

Just says Shell will halt the operations of 1000 gas stations. They will be sold to other operators and no longer be Shell brand.

Today's update: DUI. 3x Texas's legal limit.

The Fed isn't going to cut but maybe once just before the election in November.

If you were around in the early days there was a concept known as, "Tesla Time". It isn't the same as the time on your watch or the days passing on your calendar.

Well, there is the electric service upgrade and the cost of installing the electric outlet to plug in the hair trimmer. Plus there are all of those renters who do not have electric utility service at all. Clearly, electric hair trimmers are impractical.

If that is the way the regulation does the math then government can not do math. Lets say one drives 100 miles at 20 MPG, uses 5 gallons. Then on the return trip gets 50 MPG for 2 gallons consumed. Total 7 gallons, 200 miles, 28.6 MPG.

You think electricity is free?

Ditto. Had the Y been more of a Subaru Outback I would have bought one earlier rather than later. Hit something the size of a brick on I-65 in southern Indiana during a heavy rain. Didn't stop, carefully watched TPMS for warning (didn't have PSI display). Continued to my destination about 150...

As opposed to the 350 and 327 being small blocks.

Because YouTube Experts are talking about it!

DC-DC converters are very old technology. Not the oldest but in heavy use for a long time. Cookbook designs provided by chip makers have been common for 30 years. Most every wall-wart power supply these days is transformerless. AC to DC is a diode and capacitor. Then DC-DC step-down to 12V or...

How about Jane on "Firefly"?

Silly, it was a $500 fridge. And I did read what they had to say before buying my automobiles and trucks. As I said earlier I do not accept their scoring criteria always reflects my concerns.

I like the music streaming from Tesla better than Sirus-XM. Also the live traffic updates often show me where not to go.

And a Porsche 928S, and 6 motorcycles, and ... Yes, I blame it on being designed by California Metrosexuals. The bad ride is thought to be sporty but Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, all do better with the same tires. The 2013 rode pretty much the same even with the air suspension. Sourced...

No, not at all. NAV is real time Google Maps, for free. There are no updates other than some short refresh time or when one drives to another county outside the current cached map. One pays $10/mo or $100/year to get advanced features such as audio and video streaming, and live traffic updates.

Most of that "growth" is inflation. The dollar is worth less but a company which produces something useful is still a company which produces something useful. So the price to buy a share of that company goes up, while it's true worth may not change.

If things don't change it will take $25,000 in 2028 to buy $15,000 today.

Such as the notion free white men would voluntarily leave their families, fight, and and possibly die, to free black slaves? There would have been mass mutiny had that notion got in their heads.

Not at all. There were quotes around my statement. I was recognizing I was the pig getting him muddy. And enjoying it too much.

Prove they are not. The chart you provided did not say what you said it said. And, I said gasoline engines as fitted in automobiles. Aircraft engines are tuned differently. As with automobile engines they are tuned to operate as efficient as possible at the RPM they are intended to be operated.

My 2013 *was* among the first 27,000 based on VIN. If you knew what else I own and am involved in you would know my Tesla is the outlier.

Yes. I was tired and I wasn't going to guess wrong and have the truck fall on me.

Probably don't own horses or tractors either. Such is the price of living on top of each other in apartments.

And how does not-connecting every night reduce the number of cycles? What was used during the day has to be replenished sometime. The depth of the cycle is the critical parameter. Thousands of cycles are performed when driving, each time one accelerates, each time one decelerates. These are...

EV is a ZEV which is in PZEV category. Most every EV owner in California knows the battery warranty is 10 years 150,000 miles. Once again, you are proving to be a touchy feely wordsmith spin doctor. Feelings matter, not fact. Find something that says something you can misinterpret to your...

"Never argue with a pig. You only get muddy and the pig likes it."

Took my F-150 to a friend's house to borrow his 2-post lift yesterday for an oil change. I had never lifted the F-150 before. One thing led to another and by the time we got around to it I was tired enough to not trust my judgement. Didn't feel confident as to the correct lift points, or where...

https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/california-vehicle-and-emissions-warranty-periods For 1990 and Newer Model Passenger Cars, Light Duty Trucks, Medium-Duty Vehicles, and Medium Duty Engines the warranty is 10 years/ 150k miles battery or other energy storage device This has been the...

The manufacturer pays for replacement, but only if the manufacturer fails to design or produce a battery which serves the duration of the warranty. Just as Gale got a new LEAF battery long time ago.

My 7 Plus is on it's original battery which lasts maybe 5 minutes. I keep it on my Sony clock/radio which has a Lightning mount, playing music w/o SIM card. Makes a pretty good iPod. Have thought about paying Apple $70 for a new battery, or cheaper at one of many 3rd party repair services.

I have Apple devices and don't miss CarPlay. Apple Maps are good, but so is the Google Maps Tesla uses for navigation. Tesla used to say their music streaming as via Slacker. There is some streaming service I use in the car which appears to be unbranded. Have selected "Classic Rock" and killed...

"NAV updates" are free. Tesla uses Google Maps, live. "Standard Connectivity" provides less via the cell network but most of it if connected via WiFi (such as if one is at home or using one's cellphone as a WiFi hotspot for the car to access). All firmware updates are available when connected...

That this is news to you says a lot about what you don't know about EVs. The battery is considered an emissions device and by Federal law it has to keep the vehicle operating correctly and cleanly for the stated duration. Just as the catalytic converter in your ICE. The warranty is 10...

Neither. Lithium is not consumed.

I don't see "do not charge EV every day". The author is a "climate scientist" not an engineer. She is correct on "depth of discharge". The deeper the cycle the greater the wear. This is why hitting an EV or hybrid battery with thousands of relatively small charge/discharge cycles doesn't result...

We've been over this here. Tesla Superchargers were not subsidized. Not until Ford, GM, and others jumped on the NACS bandwagon, not until Tesla started building Version 4 Superchargers with CCS and NACS. To-date there are very few Tesla V4 Superchargers.

You sure do like to play with words to impress yourself as if you understand what Tesla does at a Supercharger. You've obviously never sat in a Tesla at a Supercharger and watched what happens. You haven't bothered to research any real data you only mine 3rd and 4th hand descriptions by others...

Keeping the battery in the 20-80% range when Supercharging will impart little additional wear. In battery terminology the Supercharger never hits the cells with more than 3C and only for short very controlled periods. During normal driving the Tesla slams the battery pretty hard during...