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There will likely be price does not include applicable duties. What happens if someone buys a car in Canada (or Mexico) and imports it as a personal purchase? Are duties applied there (probably I imagine).

That looks pretty good all things considered. I currently drive an I-Pace (waiting to see if they buy back my model year as they are buying them back in the US before I place an order for a 4S). In the winter, I get around 32 kWh/100km driving at 110km/h (and everything else normal). With ~80kWh...

The Phone-as-key does not need the internet. Most smartphones have NFC (near field communications) that allow it to talk to the car (among other things like smart locks, payment by tap etc...) and it seems that the car has support for NFC. I have not seen or used it for car, but I presume the...

The tech that said it was not good to leave the car idle did not know what they were talking about (lots of EV ignorance, even at the dealers). It is certainly acceptable to leave the car for extended periods otherwise, they'd be useless as a car. I think you are conflating the HV battery and...

A lot of cars now sound an alarm every time you turn off the motor to remind you to check the back seat for occupants. All this because of a couple of tragic incidents of children being left in the back. Now everyone has to be reminded, whether they have children or not to check the back seat...

Pretty sure the 25% went into effect but the increase to 50% was deferred when Ontario agreed to defer a surcharge on the electricity they export to the US.

Agreed. I already preferentially choose hotels with a charger (when travelling by car) and L2 chargers are easily scaleable as they don't necessarily require huge upgrades to their electrical setup and can easily become either an incentive for EV drivers to pick them over the competition, or a...

I think a lot of people, including hotels are still trying to figure how all this will work out. It would be a lot cheaper for the hotel to put in, say 20 chargers (costing, what, $50k when all is said and done) that allow 20 guests to plug in their cars overnight. They could easily add a...

I respectfully disagree. You can put 100+ L2 chargers for the price of 1 L3 charger. You arrive at the end of the day, plug it in and forget about it until checkout the next day. Otherwise, what? Are you going to get up at 2am to unplug and is the next guy going to be sitting in the parking at...

Yikes. I suppose Tesla might have installed some superchargers at hotels as well (maybe Tesla leasing parking spaces from the hotel for their network, or some other unique deal with Hampton Ins)? Superchargers at hotels makes less sense as L2 chargers are cheaper to buy and more appropriate for...

It would be nice if someone had an official word on this. It is common (expected, really) that the BCM (battery control module) manage the 12v by charging it when necessary regardless of whether yo are driving or charging or just sitting in a parking lot.

Just to clarify, there are Tesla L3 chargers (the Tesla superchargers) that comprise the Tesla network and there are Tesla "destination" chargers that can be found at private locations such as hotels and businesses that chose to install them (like other brands of chargers that you can buy and...

Part of this whole battery maintenance thing is our human nature to want to control the unknown (or low tolerance for any small amount of randomness). We want to feel we are proactive in things that concern us where we also feel a lack of control. The short story is the battery will last a long...

The Tesla network is a private network. For years, they only worked for Teslas and that was one of their major advantages over other car brands because they realized early on that having a good network will help address range anxiety (growing their potential customer base) be a competitive...

ON the other hand, warranty repairs are a consistent source of revenue for dealers. Yes, they get paid less, but certify more than their costs (on average) or they would not be doing it. My experience with my Jag, OTA updates were managed by the dealer in that the service tech was the one that...

Why would it be illegal? They need to know who is plugging into their network to know how/what to charge. It's a private network and they can use whatever information they see fit (barring privacy/discrimination laws) to operate their busines.

If you live where there is any snow, then AWD is a definite benefit. I've had to maneuver around many RWD cars when going up a snowy hill while watching them slide around with their rears going side to side. Sure, only happens a few times a year, but getting stuck half way up an incline in snow...

Would the dash cam not be powered by a circuit that would get cut when the car goes onto a deeper sleep? I have not idea, but that would seem logical. In any case, the HV pack should be keeping the 12V healthy in all typical scenarios (I'm sure the engineers sat for a minute to think this...

Funny, I really like the old-school look of the clock on the dash. I'd pay extra for the clock, but not for the Sport Plus. I might end up with the commas just to have that round gauge of some sort...

I ima Consider power consumption as well. A seat heater weighs little, but takes a lot of electricity. The HUD means an additional computer and screen.