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Tesla will always recommend against extension usage, simply because they cannot guarantee anything and their products are at risk. They have extensively designed the vehicles and chargers to stay within their parameters... using a 3rd party cable is outside of that. This isn't a simple adapter...

This is frankly a very bad idea for a Cybertruck. V3 superchargers routinely will hit 625+ amps and V3+ can hit 825+. A 400 amp cable is asking for a ton of issues. Tesla gets away with lower limit cables exceeding by liquid cooling and extreme temperature monitoring. Sure this will trip when it...

It would be helpful to know beyond the tread depth what the tread was like. Was it even? Was the inside or outside worn more? Was the tread feathered? Cupped? If I was to bet, if it was even across the tread... you have a toe problem. If was was inner or outer, you have a camber problem. In any...

Yup the V4/4680 playbook mirrors the V3/2170 pretty closely. Now Tesla has made mistakes in the past (see 2021 3/Y) when it comes to the curve, and I think that has naturally made them a bit more conservative. They don't push cells nearly as hard as they did in 2019/2020/2021. Part of that is...

Bumping this old thread. On my charge stops yesterday at 2 V3+ chargers and 1 V3, I had repeatable behaviour that shows Tesla has tweaked the charge curve. On the first V3+ I plugged in at 9% and ramped to the full 325kW (normally what it does), but it held 325kW to 21% instead of the prior...

This is incorrect in a few ways. First Gen 2 4680s have ~5x the energy of 2170s. This is a function of simply having a much larger format cell. Stating slight is a mischaracterization by a fairly large degree. Their energy densities are very close though. Gen 2 4680s are around ~285wh/kg and...

That's just not true. It was a pathway to a new format that leads to these changes. This is pretty much the same thing that happened with the 2170 transition from 18650s. Tesla pushed for the format change (Panasonic being the supplier), and the purpose was exactly the same... reduce costs...

Yup, in typical Tesla fashion, they bit off a bit more than they could chew. They'll come out the other side learning a bunch and likely make it work long-term, but the savings haven't materialized yet.

NC05 is a LFP 4680 cylindrical cell.

Slight correction, currently the Semi is using 2170s. The 'next gen' version that is going to ramp up, is designed around 4680s. Odds are we see a bit of a mix for a little bit before they transition over fully to 4680s, but the Semi program will be 4680 long-term. The 4680 format is becoming...

Until someone tears down a few, we are unlikely to fully know. Somewhere between July and September 25 a change over happened. Practically the difference is minimal (much, much less than the difference between 3/Y LG and Panasonic cell vehicles). The capacity difference is next to nothing (maybe...

Dry vs wet doesn't have a real impact at the consumer level. It is more about cost. Not something that people should really be looking to 'upgrade' to. It is something shareholders should care a out. The next jump for the consumer level in 4680s is the addition of silicon carbide into...

I see zero real impact. If there is one, it is a slight negative as it adds to the EV truck stigma.

Eventually 3 and 5 will be phased out, but that isn't today... and it is a crapshoot if you get the trailer friendly stalls today. 1 and 2 aren't really any different than a gas station or any other charging stop. You still have to pull off the highway and find a place. Sometimes that is more...

Mine almost never turns into the right most lane when turning left. There is one instance where I routinely drive that it does (a one way with two lanes) and it isn't at all natural there. In almost every other instance, it picks the left most lane and then tries to move right... which isn't...

All relative on speed really. If we're talking 65, I'm certain that I'd easily be in the 300s with ATs (I'm under 430 lifetime with most of my driving 75-80+ or through dirt roads/snow... in generally a pretty cold climate). I had one really good trip coming down from the mountains and up I25...

It hasn't gotten noticed much, but there was a cell change a few months ago in the CT. They went from a 955 chemistry to a 973, and part of the rumor (and unconfirmed since we don't have a teardown) is that they include the dry electrode. I doubt it, but the timing of this patent would align...

I definitely feel it turns on the turn signal WAY too soon. My pure guess is that they are going extra cautious with the signal to the point of it being way too far out. Similar to how they have to do the full stop for NHTSA despite it not being natural at a lot of stops. 100 feet is most...

Fair, that's your data. No aero likely has an impact, but in the 3-5% range... so minor. I can say my AWD gets FAR better than that on more aggressive than factory AT and no front aero fairing (core aero caps). 462 is worse than my 80mph efficiency...

My alignment was well within spec when checked at ~500mi. There is probably the normal Tesla variation here. Of note though, the factory AT tires will wear quickly due to the shallow tread depth and soft tire.