I would take exception to calling a Tesla a luxury vehicle.

As an aside I think it’s pretty frustrating that talk is of cars with 200 miles or 250 miles and so on is based on a use-case that isn’t reflective of the way a maximum range would actually be used.

I thought this was from Roadkill. Was surprised when it wasn’t mentioned in the article.

What does this guy actually think he’s supposed to do if not, at the very least, keep his citizenry safe during times like this.

$2,900 for a piece of Roadkill history? Sure. Just not this one.

What exactly constitutes a “handout” in this dipshit’s opinion?

The City and County, along with power providers or any other service owes you NOTHING! I’m sick and tired of people looking for a damn handout!

Yes and yes. That noise you are hearing is cognitive dissonance; it sounds remarkably like iced-up wind turbines trying to crank over.

Same story with PG&E and CA fires.

Most L2 chargers are 32A units. They take a 40A breaker, because they are continuous-duty devices (intended to run for four hours or more at a time) so they are subject to a 25% correction factor. However, I’ve seen L2 chargers that run as high as 90A.

This is why the human race is fucked due to global warming. You can’t fix all the global scale stupid in the world. Only nature can.

It can run a huge range, depending on how fast you want to charge and how far away from the panel your parking spot is. You could get it done pretty cheap at 16A level 2, because all that requires is the same 12/2 wire that runs most of your household outlets. At 16A a Bolt would charge basically overnight, up to 16…

As a criminal defense attorney, allow me to state first and foremost that the vast majority of police officers are trained pathological liars and that if one of them tells you so much as the time or the color of the sky you should first mistrust and then verify.

Tesla probably took the typical American approach to statistics, and picked a range farther out in the tail. Better to overpromise. Porsche decided their range must be achieved in a higher percentage of estimates. better to underdeliver.  This embodies the German approach and the American approach to sigma.

That’s the most Porsche thing I can imagine, and I’m here for it. Being honest with the results is great, but showing (and beating!) your estimates under the worst possible conditions really gets my inner engineer ready for sexy nerd time.

This is a pretty standard rooftop install. I looked at Brad’s site for him months ago and ballparked 6 SunPower modules, so Great Basin cramming 9 Q-cells up there is nice work, even if it's not perfect looking. 

And a pony.

Yeah, I also wish I had a 2500 sqft garage with a computer rendered perfect Tesla solar array and two PowerWalls. Unfortunately, I didn’t have fifty grand for a solar setup. 

Hi Mercedes, Brazilian here! My uncle actually owns one of these with the 6 cylinder MWM. The rear doors are fiberglass based on the crew cab F250 doors, but made to fit on the single cab chassis on which the “truckdan” is based on. Everything from the B pillar back is fiberglass.

duh. trade secrets are not patents. because you took a patent it is protected. this case is about trade secrets.

this is exactly how it works. did you even read my comment? I specifically state “reverse engineering is specifically allowed for things not covered by patent.”