News From The Frunk

Join Nick Howe, author of Owning Model S, to catch up on the latest Tesla News.

Here’s what I cover today:

1. China extends EV subsidies:: http://seekingalpha.com/news/2199765-china-extends-ev-subsidies

2. Tesla partners on used car trade ins in China: http://seekingalpha.com/news/2197045-tesla-pushes-model-s-in-china

3. Model S becomes an Infra Red camera and massive projector platform http://youtu.be/drZ1-oYflT8 and http://racingextinction.com

4. 3400 Wh/m

5. My car’s range has increased - 267 Rated Miles

6. Tesla Drivers Group hat

7. Date for Q4 earnings announced (Feb 11th) http://ir.teslamotors.com

Join Nick Howe, author of Owning Model S, to catch up on the latest Tesla News.

Today I cover:

1. Model S Efficiency - which are the best wheels and tires: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/driving-range-model-s-family

2. Updates to the Visible Tesla app by Joe Pasqua: http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/19975-VisibleTesla

3. TeslaTime web site: http://dash.teslatime.com and http://my.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/teslatime-clock-stocks-and-weather-first-and-free

4. Quick Tesla: http://quicktesla.com or http://qtes.la and http://my.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/httpqtesla-web-portal-tesla-web-browser

Join Nick Howe, author of Owning Model S, to catch up on the latest Tesla News.

Here’s what I cover today:

1. Model X testing in Alameda and Battery sizes

2. Gigafactory progress: http://imgur.com/a/rnZlN; Gigafactory costs;

http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/tesla-motors-inc-tsla-gigafactory-foundations-alone-cost-16m-337950/

3. Torque sleep is now working in Dual Motor cars with software 6.1(139) and above.

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Today I’m at Palm Beach International Raceway with other Model S owners and the DragTimes crew for the annual StreetCarDrags event.

I’ve you haven’t seen Brooks in his P85D destroy the Hellcat, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG6veF_34QE

Sorry for the sound and video quality - not used to doing outside broadcasts, and still getting used to my new camera.

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This is the second of two videos about Model S software version 6.1. This video covers only changes that affect cars with autopilot hardware. (Sorry about the slight video wobble - the camera was moving in the wind gusts)

The first video is here: http://youtu.be/KO-yAwt5wCw

This video covers:

Traffic Aware Cruise Control

Overtake Acceleration

Auto High Beam

Join Nick Howe, author of Owning Model S, to catch up on the latest Tesla News.

This is the first of two videos about Model S software version 6.1. This video covers those enhancements that apply to all cars, whereas the over video covers only changes that affect cars with autopilot hardware. (Sorry about the slight video wobble - the camera was moving in the wind gusts)

This video covers:

Trip Energy Prediction

New Navigation View: Route Overview

Control navigation instructions volume with volume button

Reversing Lines

More detailed Park Distance Control display

Open charge port by pressing and holding the trunk button on the fob

Smart Preconditioning

Calendar Enhancements: Meeting Notes & Phone Numbers - dial

Media App Improvements -

shuffle tracks in a playlist or repeat tracks on a USB

fast forwarding, rewinding in TuneIn podcasts

Better buffering for Rdio users in Europe

Simplified Right Steering Wheel Controls

Factory Reset

Consumption graph defaults to average

The next video will cover Traffic Aware Cruise Control.

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Yesterday we found out that Clif Hannel has passed away. Cliff and his son Ben were the developers of the EVTripPlanner web site. Cliff was a big EV supporter, and he will be missed. Our condolences to his family.

If you’d like to support the EVTripPlanner web site and contribute to Ben’s College Fund follow this link: http://www.evtripplanner.com/donate/?page=donate/index.php

EVTripPlanner - http://www.evtripplanner.com/

Join Nick Howe, author of Owning Model S, to catch up on the latest Tesla News.

Here’s what I cover today:

1. Tesla fleet passes 1billion km: https://www.facebook.com/teslamotors/posts/10152901513482801:0

2. Supercharger map updated: http://www.teslamotors.com/supercharger

3. Battery Pack Swap enters beta testing: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/545967015521820672

http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/battery-swap-pilot-program

4. Solid modeling Tesla aerodynamics with snow

5. 363 open Superchargers; 34 in the last three weeks. http://Supercharge.info

6. Tesla Stock Price: https://www.google.com/finance?cid=12607212

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Today is the third in a series of P85D videos. In this short episode I explain why the Model S performance is different if the car is charged to 100% vs 70% - or at least one possible reason.

Look out for a regular episode next time.

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Today’s episode is a follow up to my P85D test drive where I dig into the 0-60 test.

In summary - it’s awesome!!

One thing I discovered is that 100% charge improves the 0-60 time considerably vs a 70% charge.