@thenewnoticer @Eman_8282 Why does the father have black feet 🤔
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Chris Westenskow
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Chris Westenskow
@cwstnsko
Old guy who enjoys BMX racing as much as I did as a kid. Student of very low carb, carnivorous diets, lipids and restorative agriculture / holistic management.
Mesa, AZ and Alicel, OR Katılım Aralık 2012
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@Mattlinn01 Since everyone knows that Teslas are superior, I’m sure they have better hitch alignment technology than my Lightning, making re-hitching completely trivial. Right? Right? 🤪
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lol…
As someone that’s done this regularly, just go and unhitch.
It doesn’t take all that long.
MarcoRP@MarcoRPi1
The lengths people will go to not unhitch their trailer.
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@Mattlinn01 I will forever defend my belief that a charging port on the rear of an EV with a receiver hitch is a major design error, given the state of EV charging site design. Even a 2-bike rack on the back creates charging issues.
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@SimplyGregster @scottbuscemi @TeslaCharging When I’m driving my Lightning, I see Teslas come and go while I charge.
In my eTron, I generally leave with most of the same Teslas still charging that were there when I arrived.
They have flatter curves than Tesla, but the truck battery is big and the V3 cables overheat quickly.
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@scottbuscemi @TeslaCharging Because most EVs charge better on Tesla Equipment than actual Teslas and left ages ago.
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If these @TeslaCharging Superchargers are open to other brands, why do I almost exclusively see Tesla vehicles charging? Do drivers of those brands not trust their EVs to road trip?
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@scottbuscemi @TeslaCharging I drive 2 non Tesla, nominal 400v EVs, I use Tesla chargers, but I try to only use V4 dispensers and avoid V3 unless quite remote.
A half full V3 is as good as full based on the way the Tesla drivers park, and the V3 cables rapidly derate on an EV with a decent charging curve.
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@brandenflasch If property taxes have to exist, they need to be applied uniformly or rich people will find a way to exploit the variablilty to their advantage.
All taxes need to be dead simple so there are not a bunch of loopholes for people with means to take advantage of.
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Thinking that only having property taxes on mortgaged properties is reasonable is nuts
Ashley Schendel@ashleyschendel
A paid off house should actually feel paid off. When the average property tax bill is $4,427 and keeps climbing even if you didn’t sell, refinance, or magically get richer, it’s not hard to see why people feel like they never fully own the place they worked for.
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@brandenflasch Also depends on how many in your party. On a road trip, 4 travel for about the same price as 1, but not the case for flying. Frugal families often choose driving. Frugal singles can often fly for less.
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@brandenflasch It all depends on the distance. Phoenix to Vegas, I’ll drive because flying only saves a couple hours. Phoenix to Oregon takes 3 days of driving, about 9 charging stops and 2 hotel nights. If I fly it’s half a day and I save hundreds of $$$
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Road trips in an EV with great ADAS (FSD or otherwise) are simply superior to flying.
Nahuel Hilal - TattooGuy@nahuelhilal
Yesterday I drove my @tesla 900 miles on FSD from Miami to Nashville and I realized it’s genuinely the better option. I fly that route 2 to 3 times a month. Flights are never under $400. Most times $600. Sometimes $800. Add Uber to and from both airports, or parking garage fees. Then factor in the delays, the cancellations, the security theater, the chaos, the guy next to you who hasn’t met deodorant yet. On the other hand: I pack healthy snacks, press one button, and the car just goes. I took calls. Replied to emails. FaceTimed my family. Ate without pulling over. Did everything I normally do on a travel day, except none of the stuff that makes travel days miserable. My biggest concern going in was range and charging. Here’s what actually happened: My bladder needed one extra stop the car didn’t even suggest. Most charging stops were under five minutes. Total cost for the whole trip was less than just the uber to the airport. And this was the base model Y. Now I’m thinking I should get something comfier and just make this the default.
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@brandenflasch It is much needed, especially if automakers keep being dumb enough to put charge ports on the rear of EVs with receiver hitches on them. The punishment for towing with an EV with a rear charge port should be mandatory unhitching at every charging stop.
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@brandenflasch @RealMattMalecki Depends where you travel. The E-W corridors in the Western US still have many stretches where Tesla is mostly proprietary. Many are V2, but in some cases, even if they are almost completely un-utilized V3, they still remain proprietary.
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@RealMattMalecki Rivian/ non-Tesla can use most Superchargers
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Is per-kWh price a factor when you choose which DCFC to stop at on a road trip?
We’re finally at the point where major routes have major options (I remember when that wasn’t the case!), and those options come with a real range of amenities, power levels, and pricing.
Personally, I’ll go out of my way to avoid just about any DCFC priced above $0.50/kWh - I typically pay under $0.40/kWh, assuming ~200kW+ / 500A+ to pull full power on my F-150 Lightning. That usually puts me on IONNA, Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging, and Tesla Superchargers with membership ($12.99/month is paid for in the savings of a single charge on my Lightning, though it's very annoying I can't use PnC and get the discounted rate).
For AC / Level 2, I won’t bother plugging in unless it’s below $0.20/kWh (and only if I actually need it, like at a hotel) or free - opportunity charging or better parking.
Public charging is still priced too high across the board, and hotel AC charging is the worst offender. Hotels need to view EV charging as an amenity - more like the pool or gym - rather than a profit center like the overpriced minibar snacks. Having charging attracts guests that would otherwise pick a different hotel that has (reasonably priced) charging.
What are your thresholds?
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@brandenflasch In the areas I travel, there are limited options, so sometimes you just have to pay. I do keep track of the brands that are terrible and plan around them. RAN, PFJ, Shell and Chargepoint are minimized, IONNA preferred, Tesla 2nd. EA avoided, but often the only option.
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@davepl1968 Unpopular opinion, AI4 also does not have the capacity to acheive unsupervised. The march of 9s requires a >10x increase to acheive the next digit and they are several digits away from being truly unsupervised.
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When Tesla completes FSD, they need to do one thing: if you EVER paid for FSD on a Tesla, you get it for free on your next Tesla, since you've already paid for it and never got it.
As for me, I paid $8K for FSD in like 2014, "Coming Soon". I'm patient, but I have a long memory.
Nic Cruz Patane@niccruzpatane
Elon Musk on upgrading FSD hardware for customers who bought FSD on HW3 vehicles during today’s Q1 2026 Earnings Call: “Unfortunately, HW3, I wish it were otherwise, but HW3 simply does not have the capability to achieve Unsupervised FSD. We did think at one point it would have that, but relative to HW4 — it has only 1/8th the memory bandwidth of HW4, and memory bandwidth is one of the key elements needed for Unsupervised FSD, and it's just generally a thing that's needed for Al. If you're doing an order aggressive transformer, memory bandwidth is the choke point. For customers that have bought FSD, what we're offering is essentially a discounted trade-in for cars that have Al4 hardware, and we'll also be offering the ability to upgrade the car to replace the computer — you also need to replace the cameras, unfortunately, to go to HW4. To do this efficiently, we're going to have to set up micro-factories or small factories in major metropolitan areas in order to do it efficiently. I do think over time, it’s going to make sense for us to convert ALL HW3 cars to HW4 because that’s what enables them to enter the Robotaxi fleet and have Unsupervised FSD.”
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@brandenflasch Not sure about Austin, but in parts of AZ, overnight is no longer the lowest window for power prices. The abundance of solar has driven the super off-peak time to 10am to 2pm, when all the panels are producing at peak output.
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More expensive Supercharging overnight? 🤔
Robotaxi charging?
Nearby Supercharger for comparison also
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@BillsR_Electric @brandenflasch I assume this is the same coupler that was needed with the 3x.
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@cwstnsko @brandenflasch I am not super knowledgeable, but I believe you still need a "work around", i.e. a coupler, in addition to the comma 4.
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BluePilot on Comma in my Lightning is so good
Isaiah’s Rivian Updates@RivianUpdates
Comma with Sunnypilot on a Gen 1 Rivian is pretty good. I can recommend!
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@RetroCoast Straight 6 as a form factor for sure. Ford, GM, Chrysler and AMC all had bulletproof offerings in this basic form.
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@TesCalendar1 If Telsa upgraded the V2 dispensers to support NACS, that alone would resolve much of the pain.
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@cwstnsko I love these states…. Nobody lives there. Will be the last holes to close.
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I still get asked ALL THE TIME “but where would I even charge an EV on a road trip?!?”
Honestly, 7+ years ago when I bought my first EV, that was a concern.
Nowadays? I rarely even think about it. There are so many chargers now. Unless you’re going to a super rural area, there will be chargers.
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@TesCalendar1 North Dakota, SouthDakota, Wyoming and Montana are still very sparse.
E-W corridors in the Western US are most tough still. Telsa leaving some of these areas as proprietary charging only (no NACS support) is a big part of the problem.
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@cwstnsko I’ve been seeing the gaps filled a lot lately. NEVI (what T didn’t freeze) and iONNA are doing a lot for that.
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@brandenflasch I’d gladly accept that pricing in exchange for starting then next morning fully preconditioned and at 100%. I’m up before, and most times gone before 7:00 on a road trip, but I’m hot travelling with a baby.
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Unnecessarily complicated (and vastly overpriced - just paid $0.39/kWh at IONNA down the street) hotel charging
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