This is where I keep my Tesla for day to day use. Back on topic - Apple should give us the option to manage how long we want our device batteries to last. We will get many many more battery cycles to what is considered end of life for the cell if we can stop charging at 80%. ...
Driving around with an improperly shut door can lead to a dangerous situation. The doors can unexpectedly open, compromising the safety of passengers and potentially causing a crash. Your car will beep to alert you when any door, trunk, hood, or fuel door is not correctly closed to ensure y...
"I've been here for over five hours at this point, and I still have not gotten to charge my car," Tesla driver Brandon Welbournetold CBS Chicago. "A charge that should take 45 minutes is taking two hours." Tesla owners run into battery charging trouble in Chicago's bitter cold Electri...
Not once but every time my iX reaches its home set 80% SOC a while before the My BMW app and my iX’s dash predicts. Background: 1) I have deliberately set my car’s charging limit to 32 A (need no more to easily replenish my charge to what I need for my next trip). When ...
Like limp mode, turtle mode is intended to provide drivers with just enough power to safely move the vehicle to a stop in a safe area, or in the case of turtle mode, to a location where it can be charged. If you can’t find a charging station, you may need to simply pull over ...
Most Tesla vehicles have their charging port positioned in a way that allows for easy charging when parked at a Supercharger. That’s not always the case with EVs from other brands. Several third-party companies includingA2Z EVhave developed extension cords for this purpose, but ...
As part of my job, I track the comings and goings of top talent at Tesla very closely, and in the last few years, I’ve seen tons of high-level departures and very few new top hires. There’s still a lot of great talent at Tesla, I’m not denying that, but I think it’s al...
My Supercharging cost has also been zero for the last 6 months because many of my readers use my referrals (see final paragraph). In that case, the reader gets $500 to $2000 off the price of a new Tesla and I get Tesla Credits to use for Supercharging. ...
So when the company that made up more than 56% of U.S. EV sales last year starts a hard slump, then yes, it brings all total EV sales down with them. The loss of the Bolt and the decline of Tesla are creating a great deal of uncertainty in the overall market. It's like a bas...
Tesla / Tesla The water analogy keeps going. Amps (or current) in this situation are equivalent to the size of the pipe. If you wanted to move a ton of water, you could either crank up the pressure, or make the pipe bigger. Electricity works the same way. Charging speed mostly boils...