Tesla Talk

The amount of resistance is the same, but the impact on EVs is greater because they have less energy that they can apply to overcome it compared to an ICE.

I know I'm the one that was suprised by how bad the weather affected my drive, but I don't think wind could be any different and if anything its probably less for an EV but just more obvious because the range is lower and we're so focussed on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8g9b6y7E8A&t=376s

I've just watched the video above and was shocked at the calculations he makes based on the different speed. In an M3LR in no wind you burn nearly twice the battery power doing 80mph vs 60mph???? I swear to f*&k if that video makes me start hypermiling I'm selling my car :-)

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I should have said that it appears the aerodynamics (drag coefficient and frontal area) are the variables that matter so EV's are no more sensitive to these effects than ICE cars.....I feel so sciency right now ngl

I've gone down a rabbit hole.

https://www.motormatchup.com/efficiency?id=606b383405cd693ba59c2661

Savage site there.....can put in headwind (only up to 20kph), extra weight, temperature, and it pretty much marries up with what I was seeing a week ago in the bad weather. I looked at the weather history and there was an easterly wind at 24kph. My Trip showed 265whr/km. That site estimated 260wh/km.

For those that have a Tesla wall charger, the latest version of the Tesla app now allows you to connect to your wall charger.

You'll need the QR code from the quick start guide or you can enter the details manually and it must be the newer generation 3 charger (glass front). In the app click on the profile pic and add product. You may be prompted to install a firmware update that takes a minute or two.

Once you're setup, you can access charge history, access charging schedule and general settings.

Model X Plaid on Dunville avenue near Ranelagh.

Savage bus.

The PR machine for Tesla was in full swing today...

https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22314962/

LOL....Ever since I first laid eyes on the DMC DeLorean, Ive had a thing for gullwing doors.....

He's obviously not the brightest knife in the toolbox if he paid for FSD with the car purchase (and the associated VRT) as opposed to doing it in the app after purchasing

Sounded like the kind of fella who would pay extra to Elon, because it’s Elon tbh.

He made reference to the Y and said he was recently speaking to someone to paid only 47 when his was over 70. That fairly large chunk of price difference went unquestioned by Joe.

Ah he has had a good experience, fair play to him but a lot of people aren’t early Tesla adapters and I felt the piece was very fluffy and perhaps not a true representation of EV ownership, particularly on the subject of the charging network.

Another opportunity for Joe was when the called mentioned the wife’s 200km EV, could’ve pressed him for his experience with that by comparison.

I see where you are coming from. It wasn't well balanced. The outcome might have looked like an ad for Tesla, but that wasn't the intention. To me it felt that Joe was pretty much overwhelmed with all this new tech. He had done some research, but not really enough to ask some hard(er) questions. Would you agree with that?

Also you are aware Tesla do not have any PR or marketing department? They simply don't do it, which I think has always been a mistake. They have recently mentioned they will start doing ads though.

The leaked stuff from within factories is very risky for employees, if found out, they are instantly fired. But yes, they are changing the way they do things. Musk's attitude was always quite arrogant on this as in something like "Tesla products are so good, they will sell themselves. I don't want to waste any money on promoting them". But I'd say many people inside and out of the company have softened him up on this. He put in a poll on Twitter (where else 🙄) about a year or so ago asking should Tesla do marketing? To which the majority answer was yes.