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Actually I have monitored the AQI from AccuWeather and Airnow...on our area the AQI has read above 1000.
My understanding is that AirNow won't report anything above 500, because that's the limit of the EPA AQI scale. So I'd guess you didn't see it on AirNow.

Accuweather owns (?) Plume, which means their AQI index is proprietary. And based on all the parameters it combines to come up with a number, the PM2.5 at their AQI 1000 might only be 500 to maybe 700 micrograms per cubic meter. An extrapolated EPA AQI of 1000 would mean about 1300 ug/m3 (insane concentration!). I can believe an AQI of 1000 from them. It just doesn't mean much when compared to the rest of the world and even AirNow.

And that second recognition is likely why Tesla reads higher than I'd expect. I'll wager they're using Accuweather and their proprietary AQI scale.
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Due to wildfires all around our air is now toxic. Made use of the biohazard mode!! Only way we could get out without choking on all the snoke. Eastern Oregon Blue Mountains
Don't miss those scores from living in Oregon. Stay safe out there.
 

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Here's my Cybertruck on FSD switching lanes when it sees a smoking Harley. I immediately turned on Bioweapon defense mode, hahaha. Now, it could just be coincidental, since the Harley seemed a tad slow to go when the light turned green. I don't know what the AQI was, but it looked pretty bad for the Harley rider to have to breathe in all that.
 


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i used it all last week with the Candian Wild fires here in Connecticut, Yellow thick smoke, AQI hitting 289,
 

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Finally somewhere safe to fart!


Sorry peeps be holding that one in.
If you're farting inside the cabin, you're bypassing the filter. :p
 
 








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