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It’s been hard with the fluctuating weather for me

300 miles of driving is (on average) about 4.5 hours. Even going that long seems unhealthy to me, lol. Gotta hydrate! We normally stop every 150-200 miles or so anyway, which is about 2.3 - 3 hours.

lol my bad, thanks for the context! In that case, I started dreaming about an electric truck back in 2016ish, so I guess I should be #1? I'll sell my spot for $10k

It matters when you took delivery, not when you ordered.

Haha what? How do you “adopt early” without purchasing the vehicle? I really respect their approach of those with the vehicles for the longest time get the adapter first, opposed to Fords method of first come first serve

Even if Tesla is more reliable AND faster (it’s not really) the chargers aren’t typically directly off an interstate like others so any time saved in charging is spent in getting to the charger. Don’t get me wrong, I’m super excited for the access, but your pain points won’t be alleviated if...

I’m not sure if they’re true competitors but I do find it very odd how down on power the polestar is for the price. Less than 500hp is definitely low end for anything over 60k nowadays

Doesn’t really make sense, that’s going to be a really niche use case. That’s driving for more than 5.5 hours straight without a break, and lugging around a LOT of extra battery weight when you’re not on a road trip. The sweet spot will be 300 miles with faster charging.

Especially since they’re getting what, $5 billion in incentives to open their network? it’s a Tesla branded charger now, it’s not a charger for Tesla cars

The metric of money lost per car is misleading. It’s not like it costs them $110k to produce a single car that they’re selling for $100k. They’re most definitely making a profit on every vehicle but still losing money due to sunk costs like R&D.

They're not doing any of the storage, distribution, shipping, or labor. They're outsourcing this, as all OEs are (it's the same adapter)

It's unreasonable for a company to reward their first wave of customers buying $80,000+ vehicles? IMO the PR alone from them giving out adapters for free is going to make it worth it. 57k vehicles sold last year multiplied by what, $80 per adapter at cost? That's only $5M, or about the same...

I really disliked the fact that the charging port was at the rear in my old Tesla. It's cumbersome to have to back into EVERY charging spot, not to mention in crowded parking garage charging locations it's downright scary watching people try to back in to a spot.

I’d personally take carmax because of the uncertainty and hassle of private party. But, you also shouldn’t expect any extra money for PPF, tint, or ceramic. Those are all your preference and the next buyer probably doesn’t care at all about that stuff.

Exactly the same for me. A full use of range (from 100% down to 5-10%) is such a niche situation in real life. Also super rare that I’d ever drive more than 3 hours straight without stopping even on a long road trip.

Why do you keep calling this a gift? Tesla got like $7 billion in subsidies to do this

Are we really going to open this can of worms again? Tesla made the decision to open their chargers to other vehicles. There's no longer a 'correct' spot until they lengthen cables to work with all vehicles.

Same for me. Calibration has nothing to do with it since it’s material rubbing, not a mechanical rubbing. It does seem to vary with temperature as well.

I was going to say the same. I've only ever received this 'TAKE CONTROL NOW' message if I ignore the 'assistance ending' messages for more than a few seconds (eg if it's an unmapped section coming up, construction, exit ramps, etc)

I’m happy with this. But, before next winter I’d really like the option to move the heated steering wheel button in place of one of the defroster buttons that I’ve never used.