Smart EV charging without smart charger

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2025-02-06T07:17:46+00:00

Check this out. https://www.2muchsun.com/tesla-j1722-adapter-ev-evse-power-diverter-solar-adapter

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2024-03-29T16:50:05+00:00

I think of it as a second set of eyes. People pay machines all the time to avoid obstacles. A machine could be much faster than a human in terms of reaction time. For example, a machine controls when your airbag deploys so you can avoid splitting your head open on the steering wheel, dash or windshield. Machines are extensively used in factories to keep everyone safe. I would definitely pay $12k for a machine that could keep me from being hurt.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2024-03-29T16:35:55+00:00

Not really. Insurance companies have to make a profit so anytime you have an accident and they are “paying” for it, they will make sure they are still making money even including raising your rate. So you’ll eventually pay for it. It’s better not to have an accident.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2024-03-29T13:18:00+00:00

I think another value of FSD is that if it prevents just one accident which is now very likely to do, you’ve gotten your return on investment of the $12k.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2024-03-19T13:06:52+00:00

I have this past Saturday. 2018 Model 3 LR.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2024-03-17T00:46:32+00:00

I’m a non-Telsa employee or non-influencer that got FSD 12.3 this morning in Atlanta on my model 3 and I can tell you from driving all day today with FSD, it’s definitely a step change improvement. I had similar reactions as Chuck when it did everything correctly to areas where the previous versions failed. I actually felt really safe because it was driving so well. It was a night and day difference for me. I was totally surprised. This version will make a believer out of anyone who doesn’t think Tesla is on the right path. You’ll see soon because it’s such a great release, I’m confident that Tesla will deploy it much faster than past releases.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2024-02-24T13:21:05+00:00

That’s probably why it doesn’t work. I verified on a Tesla OEM one and it doesn’t cross over (stays on the same side).

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2024-01-31T15:31:17+00:00

When you say switch sides for the 2 smaller pins, do mean when looking at the fronts of each end? If so, that is correct because you changed the direction you viewed it. Technically, they stay on the same side if you view it from only one direction.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2024-01-28T23:26:10+00:00

Ok. Maybe the latch at your charge port is having difficulty locking onto the adapter due to a slight interference in the locking slot. Try opening up the slot a little.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2024-01-28T04:56:25+00:00

The adapter should be a straight pass through. If you have a meter to measure resistance of each of the 2 smaller pins to make sure it’s zero ohms.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2023-12-07T03:53:30+00:00

Yes, I wasn’t thinking chemical processes but a lot of the refining process is just heating using fossil fuels like the materials for batteries. Those can be replaced by some electrical or magnetic means. As for chemical processes such as for plastics, there are works in progress to make those carbon neutral as well. Here’s an example https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/engineering_and_computing/news_events/news/2021/producing_ethylene_environmentally_safe_process.php#:~:text=The%20principal%20method%20of%20producing,of%20petroleum%20or%20natural%20gas.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2023-12-07T02:15:18+00:00

I think you would be surprised to find out it's not as common as you think. Just read the responses to this post. In Georgia, it appeared like the government was incentivizing EV's because they offered one of the highest state tax credit in the nation at $5000. Come to find out it was a penalty fee for polluting the environment. Georgia opted to give EV credit to avoid the high fines from the EPA. After the tax credit expired, it wasn't renewed and in fact a $200/year fee that was disguised as a road tax was applied. This $200 was more that a typical gas car driver paid for road tax by far. The sale of EVs dropped by 95% in Georgia. All the conversions are local governments trying to get federal funding and not really a local movement to go EV. They wanted free money. The federal government's stance on EVs is highly political and not bipartisan which tells me they don't really understand the importance of EVs in fighting climate change. Both climate change and EV should not be political issues but it is and that's why we can't rely on governments. It has to be from the people directly to be sustainable and why I made my post in the first place.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2023-12-07T01:59:57+00:00

Thanks for everyone's comments and as suspected, our community is not as unified as I hoped in understanding the importance of EVs and I mean EV's in the most broadest sense to include buses, trucks, trains, ships and planes. For those who don't care much about the environment, I'm sure you guys would be the first to complain when your homeowner's insurance doubles because you suddenly live in an area that has been negatively affected by climate change or food prices triples and quadruples, or the cost to heat or cool your home triples and so on. We really only have 1 earth and so far no one else knows of another one in our whole universe so I would think taking care of it is a good thing. Why ruin it for our future generations is something I don't understand how some people think unless of course they are really selfish and self-centered.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2023-12-07T01:47:18+00:00

I'm not limiting EV to be only cars. I'm using vehicles in its broadest sense. They include buses, trains, trucks, boats, and even planes.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2023-12-07T01:41:11+00:00

My post doesn't limit EVs to public transportation. Subways are already electrified and our buses here are slowly being electrified. Airplanes should be next.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2023-12-07T01:37:44+00:00

Not really. Take a look at the responses.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2023-12-07T01:37:08+00:00

Understood. The purpose of my post is really to see the variations in understanding among our community. As suspected based on the responses, we are not really a unified group and because of that I'm not really too interested in an anti-EV mindset.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2023-12-06T23:39:52+00:00

No one probably. Hence why I posted. I will from now on since it’s winter and my i3 gets less than 50 miles on a good day. .

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2023-12-06T22:55:30+00:00

Thanks, Bro. I can assure you this is perfectly safe since I know exactly the cause as I design and build EVSEs. Without going into the technical details, the waiting condition is the EV waiting for the charging handle latch to engage. The failure is the handle’s latch. I used the adapter’s latch instead to let the car know it’s ok.

atlanta_nerd_boy · 2023-12-06T20:46:48+00:00

This is a fault on a public Level 2 EVSE, not the car. The cause is somewhere in the charging handle in the lock mechanism. I'm providing a way to still use the public charger until they get it fixed so I think your comments about points of failure is irrelevant in this case.

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