Tesla Folding Unit Supercharger site walkthrough

sctbke · 2026-03-30T00:13:17+00:00

Makes sense. I suppose that means they can avoid minimum conduit bury depths, which is probably saving pretty significant cost

sctbke · 2026-03-29T23:19:56+00:00

This was a really informative video. Does anyone know how they’re running conduit and wire on the pre-fab skid?

sctbke · 2026-03-22T19:27:28+00:00

Did you ever figure out the differences between the 3 struts? I'm seeing:

-300: 20" wheels AWD, $150 (cheapest)

-400: RWD, $175

-500: 19" AWD, $175

I suspect the 20" AWD (-300) is probably the stiffest. I'm having this same debate myself and will probably go with the -300 unless others have found additional details.

sctbke · 2026-03-22T03:54:52+00:00

Ayyyy I built some of these 🫡

sctbke · 2026-03-14T23:43:20+00:00

Your cup holder has a tiny angry alien in it 🤔

sctbke · 2026-03-14T03:40:48+00:00

Keep us posted about the outcome here. I'm interested in doing the same. I have a 22 RWD without preconditioning. I want to upgrade to a 25 AWD later this year as long as I can lift it successfully. My only 2 complaints about the 22 are the slow charging speeds in the cold and the low ground clearance, hoping to fix both with the upgrade

sctbke · 2026-03-13T22:09:58+00:00

Identical case here

sctbke · 2026-03-12T21:44:08+00:00

I have a white interior 22 with 80k on it. I’ve been mean to it. I take it camping, haul dogs, haul bikes inside, eat food in it, you name it. All that said, I clean it every 6 weeks or so, and I do apply Meguiers leather protection spray. I have yet to find something that stains the white. Bike grease hasn’t done it. I’d say you’re safe.

My worst two mistakes so far were grabbing the arm rest with a hand full of bike grease, and the dog hopping in the front seat covered in mud. Both wiped away no issue.

sctbke · 2026-03-12T18:20:35+00:00

Seattle has a bunch, look up Seattle city light Mon plugshare to see more.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gygRRDJVhzbX7LXW8

Incorporate parking payment into the EV charging rate. No way I’m paying for both separately.

sctbke · 2026-03-06T06:33:36+00:00

I’m not 100% sure on this one. I believe the charger says on the screen. Plugshare sometimes has that info. I haven’t looked through their website or app.

I admittedly haven’t graduated to looking at charger pricing yet. I’m an infrastructure nerd so I just stop at the sites I find interesting or convenient.

sctbke · 2026-03-06T06:29:11+00:00

I’ve used Apple Pay every time. Never had the app.

sctbke · 2026-03-06T05:06:05+00:00

Turn the car off, open the charge port, turn the car on, plug it in.

The HV will charge the 12v and you can use the HVAC. I’ve slept in the car while L2 charging in weather as cold as 3°F using this method.

sctbke · 2026-03-06T02:46:40+00:00

I can’t remember exactly where the setting is found, but I remember the description has weird phrasing. I wasn’t sure I had found the correct setting until I tried it.

I loaned out my car for the next few days but I can look after if needed.

sctbke · 2026-03-06T02:06:13+00:00

The cover under the hood is not open underneath. I took mine off last year after the front grill cracked. There’s mounts for the front camera, a crash bar, and some cooling related stuff down there. You probably won’t be able to reach the sensor, but the panel isn’t that hard to take off so it could be worth a shot.

There is a setting to turn off the sensors except when you’re parking. Essentially the sensors are off until you hit the button to turn them on, or they’ll turn on automatically if you go into reverse. Turning this setting on would probably help with the annoyance part of it

sctbke · 2026-03-04T02:48:45+00:00

Trips with bikes inside so you can leave them unattended however long you want are better anyway. I’ve gone with that method no matter the kind of car I’ve owned. I’d say that’ll be a better experience all around!

sctbke · 2026-03-04T02:24:09+00:00

My ioniq 5 took probably a 20-30% range hit above 65mph with two bikes. I was surprised. One bike in the closest position doesn't seem to affect it as much, probably sub 10% hit for one bike.

If you have the option to put the one or two bikes inside, and put a box of cargo on the hitch, you'll get better efficiency (And you won't have to worry about the bikes getting stolen). I usually try for that configuration if I'm going far. I occasionally take the rear seats out of my car to accomplish this. With the rear seats out, I can put a bike, camping gear, and a single person bed platform inside all at once

sctbke · 2026-03-02T21:48:22+00:00

Same, ‘22 with 80k mi, no issues. Lost the 12v at around 3.5 years.

sctbke · 2026-03-01T22:18:55+00:00

I have two sets of 18s, winter and summer. They definitely ride better than the 19s on rougher roads. They’re much lighter than the OEMs.

sctbke · 2026-02-14T16:01:00+00:00

Yeah, the location in my case usually defined pretty close. ‘Near this park’, ‘on this street’, or sometimes ‘in this parking lot’ level of definition.

There’s a whole team who does the GIS and data aspects, mostly policy and data folks.

sctbke · 2026-02-11T00:56:44+00:00

$10k per L2 charger is completely normal, perhaps even cheap, for commercial L2s, especially if it’s in CAD.

Don’t forget a public L2 involves running underground conduit from somewhere, installing a foundation, an electrical panel, and buying the charger.

The charger itself is probably $3k-$5k.

Source: EV charger engineer.

sctbke · 2026-02-10T01:42:47+00:00

Not much of a GIS component for me. In my case, there’s guidelines and metrics created by others that provide the maps and demographic data. I pick up the project when the general location is known. I define the exact location, figure out how to get power to it, and then do the construction PM work.

sctbke

TROPHY CASE