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100% agree - the Tesla Parking Vision was a really nice improvement for the Park Assist function. It's actually useful now. Another recent improvement was the Automatic Blind Spot Camera indicator (no longer have to look over your shoulder at all really), and the Automatic Wiper disable even...

My first thought was that the flat-tow regen would only kick in when the TBC sends the signal for the "trailer" to brake - but in doing some searching on flat-tow regen it doesn't appear as if it works this way as a general rule. Rivian appears to have the best control over flat-tow regen from...

Purely anecdotal here, but at least for us, even if I were to follow through on a CT purchase - we'd likely use my wife's MY LR for road trips. Much lower wh/mile consumption, better charging rates at least on V3 stations. Maybe once V4 stations are more plentiful - we might choose to use the...

They have done this with every new model brought to market to answer your question. As more and more telemetry comes in (data), they adjust the BMS software accordingly. The Gen1 4680 packs had some CC issues due to heat problems - which from what I've read has largely been resolved with the...

I think the challenge is that the CT CC won't get considerably better until we see V4 SCs in sufficient numbers to meet the need. We've got one of the chief engineer's (Lars) saying that on a V4 SC the CT will charge from 15-85% in 18-20 minutes - that's more than twice the speed of what we're...

The Gen1 4680 packs had some charging issues without a doubt. From recent reports, yet to be proven out in the field, the Gen2 4680 packs resolved many of the reported heat related issues that prevented higher kw charging speeds over a broader CC. I'd surmise that Tesla is intentionally being...

I know the recent holiday update purported to have some SC filtering features - I was hoping for a simple toggle to include/exclude V2/V3 stations for example - but apparently it's only a <>70kw charging toggle - which to me at least doesn't appear very useful. That said - I haven't actually...

Not sure why you would say these statements just aren't true. There are now a number of charging videos showing that it takes roughly 50 minutes to charge from 15-90%, 45 minutes to charge from 15-85% and 40 minutes to charge from 15-80% online - these are real world charging sessions using...

The Semi doesn't really normally use one motor. It can disengage up to two motors dependent upon load and circumstances - so for example once up to speed on a smooth level surface it can drop down to 1-2 motors to maintain speed under load to decrease power consumption. The PMMs in the CT...

Does anyone know how the Brawley charges via regen when being towed? I'd assume, emphasis on the assume part, that how this would work is that when the CT decelerates - the Brawley uses it's regen function instead of "trailer braking" per se, but that's just a SWAG on my part to be clear. If...

We don't yet know if CT rear steering is used when in tow/haul mode - at least I've not seen any videos that address this question either way. We do know that the CT uses rear steering above a certain speed (IDR at what speed it switches over) to facilitate smoother/faster lane changes as the...

Having owned both a 2012 RAM 1500 CC with the rear coil over suspension and a 2018 RAM 1500 CC with the four corner air suspension and having towed the same boat/trailer with both trucks, I can definitely attest to the fact that the air suspension does exactly what you are saying - it provides...

That's the Goodyear AT tire - it's the only tire currently available on the CT - the AS tire is coming later. Those are pretty shallow treads for an AT tire though.

Admittedly I haven't read the article - was it referring to EV pickup towing under load? 1kwh/mile is common when towing with EV pickups at least from what I've seen on the F150L forums from owners.

When I posted I was actually going to use a lower number for the very reason you're now stating here - but with what I tow these days 12mpg is about right as I only tow small trailers to carry lawncare debris for the most part - but I've towed heavier boats in the past where I was only seeing...

I used a similar example, however I adjusted the EPA adjustment factor back to the default of 0.70 as opposed to what Tesla is using for the CT (which is likely somewhere between 0.77-0.79 best guess based upon past EPA factors used). Using the default factor, the EPA estimate of 318 would come...

12mpg*33 gallons = 396 miles in my 2018 RAM 1500 1/2 ton pickup. Sure beats the heck out of 120 miles at most - along with a 5-7 minute refueling stop. Maintenance is maintenance. Just saying. With regard to your point about the bullshit. Actually it's likely the simple reality that the...

My bad - I was thinking of US06 since Tesla almost universally uses the five cycle EPA test nowadays - and that test uses speeds of up to 80MPH, however the average speed is still only 48mph in that cycle.

Good video of a CT towing another off-road electric vehicle (3k lbs) with a flat towing attachment, so not a great test since there is no tongue weight - but I'll take it since it's slim pickings at present: This is a tri-motor Cyberbeast model with AT tires - so only 301 miles rated range...

Current EPA highway tests use a range of speeds between 55-65mph. Too often I see people saying it's 45mph - but this isn't the case. They are likely confusing the fact that the current EPA ratings use 45% highway/55% city to calculate the combined range - which is what the EV ratings also use.