I kind of agree with you and love the silence of my Model Y (one of the few without the PWS and Boombox) but I’m actually thinking about retrofitting it because people simply just don’t hear you in parking lots and I feel like a dick creeping up behind someone and honking the horn. If I had the option to retrofit but…

Your right, $7500 won’t cover every install but it sure as heck will easily cover most. I’ve spent a lot of time on forums over the last 5 years since I’ve had an EV and I’ve seen many people post to ask if an estimate to install a charger is reasonable. Most have been in the $1k to $5k range.

I would rather the…

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It’s not hard (I’ve installed them on all homes I’ve lived in) but the process might be a issue for some people. If we want to promote adoption, we need to target incentives to potential barriers of adoption and having a place to charge is usually near the top of the list.

The dealer could have a list of installers and…

I’d like to see the subsidy changed from a discount on the car to being paid to electricians for completely installing L2 chargers at buyers homes. It would be great if buyers didn’t have to sort that part out and just knew that a licensed electrician would take care of the install for them (up to $7500 which should…

The Tesla community has been tracking this for a while. Results are good - about 4% drop early-ish in life and then tailing off to around 7%.

Anyone stupid enough to confuse auto is stupid enough to confuse co.

You just demonstrated why no one is tricked by these systems. You got a new Explorer and was weary of its capability until you tested it. Its the same way with L2 systems. Anyone using it the first time is hyper attentive because it is such a strange sensation to let go of the wheel of a moving car. During this time,…

Props to Jason for reporting this. It gives me a glimmer of hope that your not just anti Tesla. Given all the press one is guaranteed to get if you “hack” an autonomous car, I would guess people are trying all kinds of things to mess with Ford and GM systems. It will be interesting to see what they come up with and…

I’ve seen countless post from people on Facebook who bought an EV even though they have no place to charge. They think they will charge at work or just use superchargers & public infrastructure. This is a recipe for disaster. If you can’t reliably charge at home, an EV is a bad choice for you - just like a 2 seat…

Now that I’ve see a couple in real life, I’m feeling the opposite.  The hood seems too long to me and the trick with the black parts of the roof looks funny to me.  To each their own :)

It will be interesting to see what the “charging fees” turn out to be. Most people freak out at the thought of subsidizing charging someone else’s car because they have no clue what it costs and are thinking in terms of paying for gas. An EV plugged into a 240v outlet for a couple of hours will use less than $1 of…

You nailed it. Charging network. Not only do the other manufacturers need lots of chargers (numbers game), they need it to simply work like Tesla’s. Right now, there are tons of different networks requiring different accounts. Finding ones that work is a crapshoot. I’ve had a BMW i3 and any type of road trip requiring…

I think you are the one that needs to do some research.

I don’t think others are faking it and he has zero proof but would it technically be so hard to do? R/C cars & drones etc. don’t have latency problems.

If I had to guess, I’d say their current system is working on extremely detailed map & route info so the vehicle knows EXACTLY what the roads look like that it…

The last paragraph is completely stupid and based on the fallacy that the Tesla is the only risk on the road. You are at risk from a million other things - many of which are FAR more likely. Texting alone causes 1.6M accidents a year but Jalopnik isn’t telling anyone to stay from someone who appears to be looking at…

Unfortunately, there are idiots all around you right now texting, talking, drinking, eating, putting on makeup, leaving cars & coffee, and more. It’s not like you were perfectly safe until Tesla sold a car with AP and now your life is at risk. I don’t think your risk of an accident is any higher - just the number of…

Agreed but it was an interesting video. When I worked at McAfee, my Model X was used by our Advanced Threat Team to see if we could hack the AP1 camera (MobileEye) to misread speed limit signs and were successful (Researchers trick Tesla into massively breaking the speed limit by sticking a 2-inch piece of electrical…

What I think happened is the guy is showing off how his Performance Tesla launches after a few brewskies without wearing seatbelts.

Thanks for this.  You put more effort in your comment than Jalopnik put in 3 articles!