Kerry Walker

Charging in the rain overnight ready for the next day

And another problem is that public transport was generally designed like a star to bring people to the CBD, not across town. I have an eight minute drive across two suburbs to work. That same trip on public transport would involve 2 buses and 1hr 30minutes, that’s if the buses turn up and if they run on time.

In most Australian cities, the problem with public transport is not the face value of a fare for a trip on a bus, train etc. It is the “generalised cost”, waiting time, unreliability, discomfort, slowness. Cutting fares does not fix these costs to the user (it makes it worse)

@sydney_ev Agree, so long as the speed index, load rating and max operating pressure is in spec there’s no reason to have to put an ‘EV’ tyre on, there are way heavier ICE SUVs out there than EVs

If considering an #EV, regarding tyres, you DO NOT need EV specific tyres. sure they might help with some noise, but they are NOT a requirement. you can replace them with normal tyres of correct sizes.

My Model 3 weighs in at 3kg less than my Skoda Superb wagon. It went through its first set of tyres at 40,000km and rear discs at 50,000km (adaptive cruise control riding the rear disc). The 3 is at 15,000 km and the wear is half that of the Suburb based on the distance to the wear line at the same point. One thing I’ve noticed is the 3 is far better at delivering power to the ground with almost no slip, VAG software seems to like to let the fronts spin a bit more.

@sydney_ev And expect to replace them regularly. With the extra weight of the vehicle, tyres will be replaced every 20k

@13arm13arm @Tesla_AI @TeslaAUNZ I know! Mine decided to leave from our driveway and got into the local shopping center car park…. Even got in the right lanes ahead of time. Something is broken, I’m sure it will be fixed soon.

WTF is going on with FSD V13DU? Only disengaged in my driveway because it won’t go into the garage, kept its speed up on the motorway and didn’t do any silly moves! @tesla_ai @TeslaAUNZ

@TechOperator She approves of the garage mods and is preparing to take over the space.

This week’s “Rate my wife’s Tesla Wall Connector cable coiling skills” example. What’s she trying to tell me?

@SomeUKTeslaGuy @TeslaOwnersUK Guaranteed every time I come home in at twilight it just decides to go fast. Not sure if it is perfect light conditions, but it reminds me of my greyhound going slightly dotty in the back yard🤭

@kerrybwalker @TeslaOwnersUK Ha - never heard that one!

“Yeah it will never cope with UK country lanes….” Still think that?

Have to admit I’m developing a soft spot for the quirks in v13. It’s got a little bit of character and swagger. Sometimes it gets in completely wrong like a driver on L’s and the 5 minutes later it’s doing something that leaves you speechless. It also gets a terrible case of the zoomies at night 😂

@kerrybwalker @TeslaOwnersUK I believe it. Hope we all get V14 soon.

@SomeUKTeslaGuy @TeslaOwnersUK It will be the same issues that happened with the version we have down under, little annoying things, but nothing that can’t be fixed. Definitely felt tweaking even if the release number hasn’t changed.

I'm as bullish as anyone on FSD - however there's still uncertainty for some scenarios. Not that it *won't* cope, but that it might not have encountered everything we have over here, or the training might need a little direction/tweaking. Most notable one that keeps coming to mind is tight rural roads where the bushes / flora come into the road space higher up than the width of the surface at tarmac level. Scraped paintwork for the unwary whilst it's still supervised, potentially. With evolution it will, of course, nail everything.

@CARN0N It was bloody loud, not sure where though, it was flash bang

Anyone hear that lightning strike in southeast Melbourne?

@techAU My default search included fuel cans, zip ties, fire pit, double sided tape and StarLink. Feels like a who dun-it movie 😂

A sign of the times.. Bunnings popular products include petrol and diesel cans and an electric mower. #Auspol

@techAU @MishManners Looks great!!!

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@kosa12m Missed a step, Guardicore 😋

I hate that this makes sense on every step

Interesting default search selections here Bunnings!

@ryanjaycowan Is it my imagination, or does the Y L look more like a lifted 3, rather than a stretched Y from the side?

Model Y L order page now showing June - July for deliveries in Australia 👀 My guess is Tesla already got 2000+ orders for this car.

I have a smaller system so I will be updating my automation software to switch the home battery into charging from grid during the window. On top of that, for the days the EV will be at home I will plug it in during that time, that will cover the mileage for the next few days easily.

Ok but if I already have solar..

Oddly enough I ran some basic numbers this more after reading treasuries comments and modelling on road user charges for EV, PHEV. I would pay $300 a year less than what I would in fuel excise based on the NSW charge. The ridiculous part is that I would have driven the EV four times the distance of our ICE. After I claim the ATO concession for at home charging of the EV the government ends up covering my fuel excise. It is all a bit messy.

@RobGrieves @CARN0N lol. Yeah, of course, and what’s the other news today “oh crap, fuels out of control and everyone buying evs! Quick, get the road usage tax implemented!!!”

There is ZERO new Model Y inventory across Australia. Last week there was plenty. Probably nothing.

@craige_kiki @7NewsAustralia The pump at the bowser stops working.

@7NewsAustralia What happens if the power goes out 😂😂😂

Due to petrol price pain and the cost of living, sales of electric vehicles have surged in Australia. More than 11000 electric cars were sold nationally in February alone. #electricvehicles #evs #petrolprices #cars #australia

@Theblackfemini3 Anyone got a few steam engines stashed away? Not converted to oil burning, coal or wood is ok 😋

I would just like to take this moment to point out the fact that our freight trains, which bring our coal for electricity generation, run on diesel. This has been another Aunty community announcement Youre welcome

@techAU @wholemars Is Airtasker still a thing?

@wholemars Take it to a dyno, let is run.

Fuck. I rented this gas car so I could find out how long it takes to fill gas but they gave it to me with a full tank It has like 270 miles left in the tank. Driving that far seems like a lot of work. Any ideas? Anyone in socal want to drive it 270 miles for me and not steal it?

@13arm13arm 😂😂😂

I finally saw another Model 3 with FSD enabled. You would never know by watching it, unless it was @13arm13arm ‘s version of FSD 😋