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The ascent begins slowly, like the lazy stretching of one’s arms. Just a little tickle of the senses. A prologue of what’s to come. It’s not that there aren’t curves. It’s just that you glide through one and then you have a little distance, a few moments, before the next one arrives. It’s all...

Anyone have any idea how much it costs to replace the Charge Port in the Cybertruck? And how complex is that service procedure?

We're soon coming up on the two-year anniversary since the production release of the Cybertruck. After four long years of waiting, during which the world tilted sideways, that iconic event held millions of us in its thrall. That reveal held an almost rapturous joy in what the Cybertruck had...

Meandering like a drunken sailor, the road unwinds in a series of mini adventures. Tracking across Virginia’s rolling landscape, hard up against its western Piedmont, the ancient topography here is exactly what you’d expect in the foothills of the Blue Ridge. Off to my right, the darkened...

When the first storm of the season arrived earlier this winter, I quickly found that removing snow from the Cybertruck can be a challenge. The truck is so tall and so wide that those couple-foot-long brushes we're all familiar with - you know, those ones you swipe back and forth - don't work...

So said my wife a few minutes ago, as we finished our hot supper. Here in the mid-Atlantic we had an ice storm roll in overnight. Last night at dusk, a couple hours before the storm was supposed to arrive, I backed the Cybertruck up near the house, dropped the tailgate, plugged the 50'...

Here is a snapshot of my CT's battery pack yesterday evening, shortly after it finished charging (following a one-hour drive). Ambient temp was falling, around 38F at the time of the snapshot: Here is a followup snapshot, taken early this morning, after the (sleeping-the-entire-time)...

As I mentioned in another thread, we had a utility power outage this morning. I powered our home for the first time using the Cybertruck. Once utility power was restored, I took advantage of having both power sources in close proximity to measure how much THD the Cybertruck's outbound power...

So the New Year rings in like it always does... shortly before midnight the gunshots and fireworks begin. I turn over in bed, ignoring them, like I always do. Par for the course out here in the country. I'm a side sleeper and switch sides maybe a dozen times over a night. Every other switch...

Show up at a rifle match - any one of a number of disciplines - and you'll see a sea of trucks. Mostly big trucks. Ford F-150's (and 250's and 350's), Chevy Silverado's, and Dodge Rams are ubiquitous. In my neck of the woods I'd say something on the order of 70% of competitors are driving...

There are old riders and there are bold riders. But there are no old, bold riders. -- unknown motorcyclist Rt. 219 north from Lewisburg is a tease. The road itself, and the topography it...

Those who paid attention in Statistics class will instantly recognize the flaw. All of two – count ‘em, two - data points. Your professor would laugh at you. But hold that thought. Because it’s plenty. Spend enough time in the EV world and you quickly find that one thing keeps circling back...

Just downloaded. Tesla is rapidly iterating its Auto Park feature.

I am planning on installing a through-glass antenna above the rear passenger (2nd row, right side) seat, for a VHF/UHF amateur radio. I've chosen that location primarily for ease of routing the coax cable inside the cabin. From that location above the seat, I want the cable to rout down behind...

I know the Tesla phone app graphic is accurate with respect to things like doors, frunk, or trunk being open - those things will display on the app appropriately. Does anyone know if that app graphic is likewise accurate while the vehicle is in Service Mode, within the geofenced area of a Tesla...

Yesterday morning I went into the Tesla app on my phone and bumped the charge limit on my Cybertruck from 55% (where it had sat overnight) to 70%. It began charging, as expected. A couple hours later I went back into the app to see how close the charge was to completing. The app would not...

Yesterday, my four-day-old CT terminated charging (L2, at home) unexpectedly, with HVBATT_a011 (Vehicle may not restart; Service is required) and HVBATT_a174 (Unable to charge; Disconnect and retry) active alerts. Walking out to the vehicle, the charge port light was solid red. I soft...

I can be OCD about a few things, but obsessing over very minor panel gap differences ain't among 'em. When I picked up my Model 3 a couple years ago, I looked it over with the same reasonably-critical-but-not-overly-obsessive perspective that I've brought to every other vehicle I've ever...

Can those of you who have used Tesla financing please confirm 1. There is no pre-payment penalty? 2. The loans are simple interest? I am trying to understand what the implications might be if one were to take out a loan with minimal downpayment, accept delivery, and then make a very large...

So you log onto TreasuryDirect.gov and cancel the reinvestments on a couple of 28-day T-Bills. A couple more weeks and those mature, sending the principal back into the checking account... and squaring up the opportunity that at present is floating around like a skittish butterfly. The invite...