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Oh I can replicate and explained how to them... they 'couldn't.'

I hear it and haven't gotten the service center to fix it. They couldn't replicate it, but it will certainly be a part of my next visit. Curious to hear the outcome.

I don't think many suppliers have taken on making CT pads. I know Racing Brake, Unplugged, and T Sportline have pad options, but I don't know what type of compound they use (my guess is semi metallic or metallic). Odds are that all 3 are probably the same pad from the same supplier. If you're...

This won't quite work for two main reasons 50-100% isn't 61kWh (more like 58-59) and charging is never 100% efficient with no reliable tracking of the overhead and losses.

At >7k miles, your battery is likely under 122kWh. It is probably ~120kWh now, but reasonably could be 118/119 in in the normal of degradation. Additionally the 0-100% is not the actual 0-100% you can't use all the battery AND there is battery available under 0%. It is more like 6-99% in...

What are you trying to figure out here?

Changing the pad compound would likely accomplish what you want. Going to a metallic or ceramic pad will get the bite you're looking for. Maybe even a semi-metallic pad would. Tesla as a whole uses some of the softest organic pads out there. Bigger brakes don't really help all that much with...

Yup... that fits. Most manufacturing variation on batteries would have them slightly above the rating and 124 is easily in that variation. Especially on a very, very fresh pack.

It used to be common to have higher buffers, but that is really lessening throughout the auto industry. Batteries have proven to be reliable enough that they have opened up the buffers. Tesla has never really had much of a buffer though. They used to do ~6-7% at the bottom with nothing at the...

There are a few factors here. There is an unusable buffer where Tesla locks out a few percent (varies by model and battery chemistry, but 3-4% is normal for Tesla... 0.5-1% top and 2-3% bottom). This is to keep the pack from bricking and there isn't an overcharge event. Then, displayed 0% isn't...

As a suggestion, when you rotate your tires, you should incorporate the 5th tire (5 tire, rearward cross preferable). Having too much difference in tread depth can wear differentials rather quickly. Should strive to never have more than a 2 or 3/32 difference side to side. More than that can be...

Certainly can be done, but he put some conditions on there too. And with that we see how far behind the CT is from the 3/Y right now. So integration isn’t a simple flip of the switch and would take time. With how fast Tesla wants to move, they wouldn’t want to give up their control on the...

Given how vertically integrated FSD is to the vehicles, and how it is proven to be vehicle specific (just see how far behind CT is), I can't see Tesla giving up the auto side. Eventually the margins on autonomy will simply allow Tesla to sell vehicles at cost or a few percent to keep the lines...

With rock crawling there are frequent moments where you're fully stopped and trying to get from zero to a few RPM in those motors. One of the areas where it will make a bigger difference. If you watch the temps while doing that, you'll see the induction motors get a lot hotter, quicker. Now if...

Talking inverter driven, and this is in practice (in the situations this pops up) and dyno proven on electric vehicles. Induction motors have a small delay in production of torque (along with a little inefficiency) where permanent magnet have the immediate production with a slight efficiency...

The Beast is heavier and has more weight on the rear suspension specifically. It causes some slight differences. Noise can be a comfort thing too where the Beast is noticeably louder. They are rated for the same and AWD has higher payload (due to not carrying the extra weight).

I'm talking locked rotor and stall torque. Locked rotor is the from the very beginning to getting to 1 RPM. Stall torque is where the load torque is greater than the motor torque and it is trying to catch up (very low RPM with very high load). In other words...the output from 0-1rpm, and when...

Probably an unpopular opinion, but AWD. The Beast has (an admittedly amazing) the party trick with the acceleration. Absurdly fast, but that is the primary benefit it has. Everything else between the Beast and the AWD, I'd argue the AWD is superior. FWD bias vs RWD bias: The AWD utilizes the...

The large SUV outselling the full size pickup really seems to be an EV only thing (as far as we can tell). Rivian and Hummer both have that. But if you got the ICE world, F150 outsells Expedition by a lot and same with Tahoe/Suburban and Silverado. I fall into the camp that a CyberSUV would...

I had the AS tires on mine and the efficiency drop (in a very small sample) was only a few percent, maybe 5. But again very small sample. I routinely have a >400 mi trip with mostly interstate travel where I’m in the 410-450wh/mi depending on wind and temps and going ~80 for 350+ of the miles. I...