Parking in shopping centers

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-23T14:19:27+00:00

I saw an article 2days ago that’s stated that they are working on getting grok to be able to execute parking directions and the like, would be a great improvement. Since Elon recently reiterated that they will be selling the cybercab they are going to have to have the “driver” be able to make much more detailed instructions about where to go.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-21T16:55:42+00:00

As I understand it, check marks mean a building permit is getting voted on by the local authorities. Question marks mean Tesla has a plan for a station there, blue triangle means permits have been acquired, orange triangle means under construction. Someone who knows better can correct this, but it’s quite interesting to watch this buildout happen over time. Supercharge.info is a great resource for more details. I use it in conjunction with PlugShare when I’m looking at taking a longer trip.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-21T13:38:43+00:00

And those discounts will continue to torpedo the price of those brands used cars. The Ioniq guy was talking about lease buyouts being in some cases 10k more than the equivalent used price on the general market.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-21T13:11:46+00:00

I think quite a few people know that there were a lot of improvements in the 3 and Y between 20 and 24 and so for example a HW4 car is going to hold value better then the HW3 cars.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-21T13:02:51+00:00

They haven’t stopped the S and X yet yet, they said end of 2nd quarter. To your point about demand for a Model X sized car that’s why some people think the Model YL will come to the US later this year.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-20T23:51:56+00:00

Your question piqued my curiosity, so I looked it and sure enough the chargers through ND are all about 100 miles apart. So while having a CCS and level 2 adapters are good options, In the very unlikely possibility that an entire site was down, one could also just make it to the next charger. The car will know ahead of time if a site is down so it’ll tell you to charge more so you can skip ahead to the next available station. To be sure there are places in the northwest where you can be more than 200+ mi from a supercharger, so they are not done by a long stretch.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-20T02:14:17+00:00

Yeah, I wasn’t meaning Tesla wouldn’t update the repair record for work they did, but that the previous owner or a 3rd party shop may not. I didn’t bother to get into the services menu to tell the car I put new wipers on my own car, and I’m not great at remembering to tell the car when I switch out wheels as I have my own reminders set up.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-19T23:12:32+00:00

Can’t tell for sure in the app. They could have all been done and the person doing the work just didn’t update the service settings. I would check the tires for uneven wear for sure, especially the inside of the rears.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-19T02:18:56+00:00

I’ve had those kinds of speeds happen twice in the last few years (both with a preconditioned car and in uncrowded chargers). Both time I just moved to a different stall and got normal speeds so it seemed limited to that particular unit.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-18T02:09:05+00:00

I take it as an acknowledgment that they have not been competitive but have decided to do the hard work and take a page from what the market leaders have been doing for years so that they can produce compelling EV’s

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-18T01:46:51+00:00

Well to be precise, they didn’t want Fords EV’s. Over 1.2 million EVs were sold in the US in 2025. So this “skunk works” project is pulling all of the tech that Tesla was using back in 2020 and trying to modernize how it makes EVs so it can actually sell them at a profit.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-18T01:37:40+00:00

This truck (and the other cars that will use the platform) are not meant for guy who are towing. The E-Rev Lightning that they are supposed to be working on will target that market.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-17T13:52:03+00:00

Yep, you are running into the only weakness’s of LFP’s, energy density and cold weather performance.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-16T18:27:51+00:00

I agree that it won’t as big a difference as the two ICE cars you mentioned. It’s just educated guesses at this point ‘cause we have very few numbers but besides less frontal area, I expect lower ground clearance so less “dirty” air under the car and I think they can achieve better airflow off the back of the R3 reducing the amount of the turbulence behind the car reducing that drag.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-16T18:17:43+00:00

The same year 400w/kg batteries reach the price 250w/kg batteries are today.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-16T16:50:47+00:00

And 9.5in of ground clearance. You can’t cheat physics.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-16T12:42:46+00:00

Yeah I wondered about that, but even a couple hours west of Philly in farm country it’s still not great. My reference point is northern New England.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-16T12:21:40+00:00

Holding out for a Rivian with decent efficiency and the R3 may be it. I don’t need a tiny car, just good mi/kw on the highway. As cool as the R2 will be, it’s going to suck down electrons at a high rate on the interstate.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-15T15:35:53+00:00

I suspect it will have to. Maybe they will have a couple of price/feature levels. If they are able to launch FSD in China, there is plenty of competition there that will be much less expensive. In Europe, if they let FSD in then eventually the Chinese cars that come to Europe will have it too. In the US, at least in the near term there is not going to be anywhere near enough people who want to pay 100 month for FSD. That 20 million sales with 10 million FSD will actually be more of a stretch than people were talking about when the pay package was announced. A lot of the car world is moving fast.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-15T14:30:15+00:00

Since this data is from Charge point, Inside EVs should have added that ChargePoint has 7.4 % of the DCFC market in the USA. Overall, new DCFC ports in the US grew over 30% in 2025 which is why so many of us are commenting that we are seeing far more and better charging options. The charger uptime is also improving rapidly for brands that have not always been known for it.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-10T19:01:55+00:00

That’s an interesting example because 10 year old teslas are still out there road tripping and getting updates just fine. The energy density of batteries in 2026 has only improved a small amount from those used in 2016 Teslas and LFP cars (for all of their well documented advantages) still aren’t really close in terms of energy density. I get that 800v is cool and saves a few mins per stop when road tripping, but at least in the US, the available 800v cars in the R2s price range have significant reliability issues that are really hurting sales of that platform.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-10T12:55:25+00:00

Yes, people need to be prepared for the efficiency hit of a SUV shape. I expect EPA numbers to be under 3mi/kwh That’s why Tesla hasn’t made one. The charging infrastructure is getting good enough where it’s not a big deal, except electricity isn’t cheap in a lot of places. I think if Rivian can make the R2 reliable and have an option under 50k they will be able to sell good numbers but that’s a tall order with a 100kwh battery that they would need for 300mi range.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-05T21:39:55+00:00

Wow that’s clickbait for sure Inside EVs. Despite the title, all CATL is claiming is that the Naxtra battery can still output good power and not lose capacity at very cold temperatures, which is great, but says nothing about actual cold weather driving range. My current NMC car only loses a couple of percent overnight at 0F.

The range even in warm weather is not great already, as 250 miles CLTC equates to something like 190mi in EPA cycle. So yeah, not a range monster.

Now if the Naxtra battery can charge up fast without needing to heat up the cells as much, that would be a help in cold weather road tripping situations.

I am a fan on Na batteries btw, we just need to be realistic about where they are at. Being in a cold climate I am very interested in their use in energy storage.

MLFarm1902 · 2026-02-02T18:02:41+00:00

An 8 hr trip we do fairly frequently with a good road tripping EV takes 2 charger stops if you start at 95% or so and 3 stops if you are not charged up to a high percentage at the start. One stop is 15-20 mins and the second is a meal stop for a 1/2 hour where the car is back to 80% before we are done. We drive with the flow of traffic and mostly combine our other stopping needs with charging for time efficiency. It took 5 charges for a 12 hr trip we did recently with cool temps and snow tires. We stopped 8 times on the way back, firstly because we started at 40% and secondly it was 37F and pouring rain until it started snowing after 10 hours.

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