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I hate to say it, but I think Elon is really jumped the shark here but I guess that’s what we should expect from somebody who goes on podcast smoking weed and doing ketamine parties

Or worse a Honda gas generator in the frunk

the breaker on the far left of the picture says 50 amps, this appears to be a 100 amp capable subpanel but they only put a 50 amp breaker, probably due to the underlying wiring being used. you can only do 80% of the rating of the circuit without risking overload and i see you already have four...

Couple of things. First off the wall connector is not a charger. Its a connection to the AC of the house. The charger is onboard the vehicle. This may sound like semantics, but its not. The Gen 2 wall connector was capable of 80 amp output, but only a few models of teslas could use that to...

But we don't know what the 4680 cells will do yet. Maybe they will last alot longer?

Were assuming they will still go with the double stack pack. With the 4680 cells a single layer pack could do it.

This is what happens when you thumb your nose at federal regulations and turn everything over to for profit companies. but it's the wind turbines fault!

The design is intriguing, but I also have to wonder if this is the beginning of the disposable car. With most vehicles today there can be some reconstruction of the frame if something should become damaged in an accident. With the battery pack (arguably the most expensive part) exposed to said...

I have kinda wondered about the CT charging. If you look at the pictures of the prototype the charging port door is rather large, much larger than any other Tesla vehicle. Considering how small a supercharger plug is, I am wondering why such a big door? I have come to 2 possible things with...

There is actually a very easy way to Tesla to avoid the Osborne Effect. Only offer the new cells in the CT, Roadster, and Semi. Leave the current cells in the current car models (IE S,3,X, and Y) which they can still purchase from Panasonic. Then when a redesign of those models comes into play...

I was wondering the same thing, Last i heard it was the 22nd and I can't find anything that says otherwise

An easy solution (and I am suprised no ones said this) is to have more than 1 charge port. Say one in the back by the rear tire and one in the front, maybe in the frunk? Only allow 1 to work at a time (so you can't plug in two chargers and over charge the battery) This would be an easy to do option.

Not sure I agree with his conclusion on the "Osborne effect" Tesla could very well announce the new batteries will be available in the CT and the Roadster, but not current production models like the S, 3, and Y. I point to another section of the article that says Tesla re upped a 3 year deal...

"One of the greatest challenges in this world is knowing enough about a subject to think you are right, but NOT enough about the subject to know you're wrong" -Neil deGrasse Tyson

There is transparent solar cell glass right now, Tesla should use that tech for the roof glass. https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2019/05/9-8-efficient-transparent-solar-glass-product-clearview-power-finds-global-glass-manufacturer/

I saw a posting somewhere about this. They based their (the poster not Tesla) on the assumption of 250 miles per charge and how many cycles the battery could do from 0 to 100 discharge. Using that model you need 4,000 cycles of a battery to reach 1 million miles before degradation occurs.

I think a lot of it depends on how you treat the battery. I know there was one guy who always supercharged, never trickle charged (because he lived by a supercharger) and fried his battery quickly.

Just out of curiosity...will you be using the CT to tow a trailer or towing the CT behind a large RV?

I don't get the focus on a million mile battery as being this great thing. To be honest i don't really care about million mile battery life. Let's face it most cars last about 200,000 or less before they need mechanical repairs. Hopefully EVs will go longer before they need major repairs, but...

I was kinda wondering this myself. I do not currently own a Tesla vehicle (The CT will be my first) and been thinking about home charging. I will most likely opt for the HPWC unit and the Gen 3 just came out. Since it's still a few years before the CT hits the streets, will they have a Gen 4...