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They release data when it's in their favor.

Blame the victim.

Tesla advertised HW3 as FSD capable and I bought the lie. Now they say HW4 is FSD capable but there are still problems occasionally. Tesla is handicapped by Musk's refusal to acknowledge the limits of vision only driving.

Low pressure is key. You can easily burst the mattress with the Rivian air compressor. If you don't have the patience to wait for the mattress to self inflate use the foot pump or a low pressure battery pump.

Brilliant!

My payback time on my first 4kW PV array 10 years ago shrunk from 8 years due to increases in utility prices from 13 cents to 30 cents. I've had free electricity from it for more than 5 years now

I want to learn more about this for my public chargers. After several tries I got back to my account. Doesn't seem to have any password so that needs to be fixed. Not clear how the program works. How are people charged since there is no equipment, just your outlets. They offer a "seamless guest...

Second time I didn't get the red error message but it asked me to enter my email again (stupid)

Clicked on the confirmation email and took me to a page with a red error notice about wrong missing email.

Sign up didn't work. Got the confirmation email and didn't sign me up.

Prices have dropped dramatically on solar PV panels and batteries. This will probably continue. When calculating payback time, you also need to consider that the cost of electricity will probably increase. When I installed my first system 10 years ago, I calculated a 7 year payback. Since then...

Since this is off-grid, there won't be any power company certification. I have been DIY solar installs at my house for the past 10 years. I have 5 different arrays which I have added incrementally. Most years I take the solar tax credit on my taxes for the equipment I purchase. Never questioned...

People don't pay attention. Many newer cars have radar/sensors which alert the driver and apply brakes. Still a lot of older cars with inattentive drivers. I was rear ended in traffic on the freeway a few years ago. Turns out the driver who hit me had the same accident a few years earlier.

That's amazing

Nice. You should be able to get 15 to 20 kWh per day out of that. Depending on your cost of electricity that would be about $5/day so about $1500 to $2000 a year if you use it every day. That's about 40 miles of driving a day which is more than average. Good design.

Yes, the wall charger is not usually a problem. It's the wires, plugs, connections, in car charger, battery that a more likely to be stress by large current flows.

Running a continuous load at 80% of breaker capacity is the maximum. Best to stay well below that for longevity and efficiency.

As an electrical engineer I've learned to not operate electrical devices at their maximum spec. Lots of variables can add up to disaster. I always run things well below maximum.

Years ago I read a study on charging efficiency for the Tesla. Turns out charging at 30 to 35 amps is most efficient. Above that, heat in the wires, battery, and charging system reduced efficiency. Since then, I've usually set my home charging to 32 amps which is plenty fast for overnight charging.

Just about every low data requirement WiFi device uses 2.4 GHz. It has greater range and is more commonly available than 5 GHz. I haven't come across a WiFi access point that doesn't have 2.4 GHz available.