07-29-2021, 10:06 AM | #241 |
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Electrify America dropping CHAdeMO support, gradually:
https://www.thedrive.com/news/41735/...al-for-old-evs This isn't a surprise; as the article notes, the industry (other than Tesla) seems to be coalescing around the CCS standard. |
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07-30-2021, 12:47 AM | #243 | |
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Having used CHAdeMO (via the Tesla Adapter)… it sucks. Super heavy and very large connector (the connector and cable easily weigh 10lbs).
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We spent the last 2 weeks on a road trip from Houston to Boise to visit my mom. Visited another 19 Superchargers during the trip. Below is a map of the 173 Superchargers we've visited over the last 7 years (there's a friendly competition of Superchargers visited over at TMC, and a couple of the competitors built a Google Sheet to track visits and then built some Tableau map visualizations from that data...).
Interestingly, we have now visited all 7 Superchargers in Idaho!
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3) In a pinch, any tire that fits will work. That said, we are in the midst of a legit tire shortage. Hopefully worldwide production picks up and shipping gets back in sync soon. Not sure it looks like that is going to happen, though. (Anyone thinking they'll want to buy winter tires this winter, I'd recommend ordering early.) 4) Sounds like they made you jump through a bunch of hoops, refuse to take no for an answer, keep asking, and stress you out in a major way before they eventually agreed to help you...with conditions. I mean, it's nice that they finished by doing what they should have done to begin with. I just wish they had done the right thing to begin with.
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I’m deleting the prior post because I’m frankly exhausted with talking about Tesla here. It was a mistake to post it.
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08-02-2021, 07:16 AM | #248 |
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I really don’t like that my 2 does not have a spare of any kind. Nor does it even have the vestigial tire well like my M3 did. I was able to cobble together a donut for it and strap it all down, without sacrificing the trunk to it.
It’s part of the reason I bought the Mazda. I don’t have a lot of confidence in far flung trips in the 2, especially where there’s no cell service. |
08-02-2021, 07:29 AM | #249 |
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I'm probably screwing myself here by posting this, but I've gotten four flat tires in the entire time I've been driving. Twice while towing a trailer (neither trailer was one I owned for what that's worth). Once in my E36 M3, which had a spare. Once on my Triumph, which obviously didn't.
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I had one true flat tire that had to be changed. In my Honda hatchback. |
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