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I'm glad if my perspective adds dimension to your thought process, before you make any final decision with such significant financial implications. In line with your thoughts on a camo or dark wrap, I commented--sort of facetiously--to another commenter that if you went with a "peace, love, and...

I understand the dilemma; the fear is real, especially when one's kids are involved. (We drive one in Staten Island, and things have been OK lately, maybe one flipped bird in the past month. And when we drive to, say, rural Pennsylvania or NJ, we only get positive comments and questions. And...

I'm thinking that a hippie-style "Peace, Love, and Understanding" ecology motif wrap might disarm the haters...

Too true. The cheapest lithium deep-cycle batteries currently seem to be server-rack format, which I imagine would definitely not enjoy being out-and-about like that…

Yeah. (But similarly, a Tesla range extender would’ve been of at least two-thirds the weight of a LFP version, even if their best NMC. Add in fluid cooling/heating channels and thermal management electronics and sturdy casing for a probably-impractical product even for them to do...)

I’ve converted golf carts to LFP. The full-size ones are 48 nominal volts at 100 amps, not 12 volts, for about $1200 from China. That’s 5.12 kWH each at actual voltage. The golf carts batteries can discharge at 2C specifically, which is 10 kilowatts each. 8 of them would provide 40 kWH, or...

Ion the wake of the In the wake of the cancellation of the extended battery pack, Tesla should at least provide an interface device to allow the Cybertruck to be recharged while in motion. (Eight 5.12 kWH LFP golf cart batteries would handily fit into the bed of the truck, and provide capacity...

Perhaps one more factor: The 2024 Foundation range is 340 vs. 325 now? (Perhaps because they used slightly better imported stuff in the 2024 Foundation batteries, that wouldn't (and didn't need to) qualify for the tax credit?) (After nearly 13,000 miles, our Foundation CT routinely displays a...

"Home Charging Compatibility: Supports Tesla Wall Connector or 240V outlets for efficient overnight charging (up to 44 miles of range per hour)." This item may be conflating two different things. Yes, the truck can charge up to 48 amps with the Tesla Wall Connector (depending on...

If you put a pin in your actual home location, and save to Favorites, wouldn’t that be a reasonable workaround?

My iPhone 15 Pro gets hot enough to give a notification that it's "too hot to charge"... (Which is pretty hot, and probably not all that good for the longevity of the battery...)

Same here...

I would expect that regen produces significant power only when the vehicle is rapidly decelerating (converting momentum into electrical power), or coming down a steep hill (converting the potential energy of height into electrical power) at which point the vehicle would be applying the brakes...

The PowerShare feature is what finally made our Cybertruck purchase decision a "yes". The amount of power (up to 11.5 kW) and total energy (95% of 123 kWH) are phenomenal numbers. Any sense of what the conversion efficiency or power consumption of the onboard inverter itself is? (Our...

I ran with this:

No one in the media seems to highlight this, but if and when Tesla fully cracks Full Self Driving (where monitoring is no longer necessary), it will be a HUGE boon to so many segments of the handicapped community*, as well as the advanced-senior community, parents of middle teens, etc, etc...

I wonder if there are scenarios were going faster (so as to get to a destination quicker) ends up actually increasing the total trip time when the combination of trip distance and available Superchargers necessitates charging the battery nearly all the way up (which of course can take a...

My wife would have said that what you needed was to get more dogs, not less of a vehicle... ???

The key point is that the front of any vehicle HAS TO move in the direction that the front wheels are pointing. (Otherwise, the front wheels will not be rolling, but scrubbing somewhat sideways, scraping severely across the pavement.) A car may need to sway and roll whenever a car changes...