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Quite so: Since U=2πR, to increase the radius we increase the circumference by a factor U/2π, where U is the circumference, easy peasy.

good. I still think speed rating should have come into the analysis and been discussed. Another concern - given the ponderous weight of EVs, should stopping distance and tire fatigue come into it as well? It’s somewhat like putting rubber tires on an Abrams tank! Imagine! ? Shouldn’t response...

What is *seriously* lacking in this review for us Porsche drivers is the lack of specifications for these tires regarding high speed driving. I think it is true that past the century mark, some general purpose tires simply disintegrate or explode. We need assurance that at plus 90 speeds the...

Early in my ownership I drove down interstate 95 from the mid Atlantic to northern Florida and back , charging at EA along the way without a hitch. It has been sort of downhill from there with EA. Sometimes plug and charge works great and I get a fast charge from lower SoCs . Other times, just...

I am really beginning to worry. I pulled into an EA charging area - not located in a sketchy location - with the new, single cable, thin chargers. I am still (just) within the 3 year free charging window, and plug-and-charge has been working at other locations. It’s 90° in the shade. I plug in...

Thx for posting the reference. Mine is outside the range of potentially affected vehicles listed in the document. Always fun!?

They looked for a problem, but found none. I have been trying lately to position the car so that there is no strain on the connection (like at too great an angle). Also, I pull-up slightly on the nozzle while connection is going on at the beginning of the charge. I tried this at EvGo recently...

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I was surprised, and then pleased, to discover that the Taycan has an undercarriage proximity warning. I was attempting to park in a commercial garage with a steep entrance off the street. I got a loud beep (as you do when you are parking and get close to something), a bright red horizontal line...

I’ve hit 183kW at an EA 150 charger recently. I was at about 30% SOC and used the PCM to navigate to charger, so that there was battery prep.

I live in the mid-Atlantic area and use EA almost exclusively, since I cannot do home charging. My impression is that EA maintenance has improved, as I have noticed some upgrades to equipment and my charging experience has generally improved. Still, when you are down at 20% and you have a...

State Farm charges me $3,000 a year. I’m a low mileage user, store it in a commercial garage, but live in a city with a spike in car jacking by teens. This is for a 21 4S.

Yes. Do a search. Had to do with wiring for back cam or signal interference, I think. I recently took my 4S in it got service after the cam install with no issues from dealer.

I had a Viofo cam professionally installed front and back, including a dead switch so that the parking monitoring function does not eat into the 12 volt battery. You’d never know the wires are there, and the cams are small. My use case is that the car sits for several days at a time between...

Your lucky. I assume battery replacements cannot be financed, or at least not easily. Reminds me of a cracked windshield replacement I had on a Piper Malibu, $50K out of pocket. On bread and water for weeks!

Kort, that’s not been my experience with EvGo here in the DC area. Reliable and sometimes in less scary - neighborhood-wise - locations. Even EA has been better. Go figure.

The lettering with your model type on it is just a piece of plastic that can be pulled off. I learned this when I had my car coated with PPF. The PPF guy wanted to know whether I wanted a new model designation installed, as he had broken the old one putting on the film. I decided not to get a...

I will soon have a dash cam installed and I am asking that the installer include a switch that allows me to manually disconnect it. This dashcam has parking mode, which will drain your 12 V battery. My car generally sits about 10 days between uses, so I decided to add the switch. There is a...

Humorous comments aside, in response to your question: very few. I do get OTA map updates, and that’s about it. For anything significant you must visit the dealer. ?

Your posts were enormously helpful regarding installation of the Viofo. I noticed that you cannot turn parking off, since “Off” on the software actually keeps parking mode running. Your comments on the 12 volt battery were especially helpful, since it appears I can easily run in parking mode...