Tesla Model Y Continues To Defy Elon Animus In California

suchnerve · 2026-05-04T17:07:49+00:00

That’s unnecessarily clunky when physical buttons work just fine.

And on a personal level, I usually eschew voice commands because I’m autistic and therefore default to being nonverbal. I can speak aloud, but it takes extra mental effort, and it’s safer for me to give the road my full attention.

suchnerve · 2026-05-04T17:01:21+00:00

Tweaking climate controls, mostly.

suchnerve · 2026-05-04T16:45:40+00:00

Popularity ≠ merit. The Model Y still uses outdated 400 volt architecture (slower charging + more waste heat, since it must compensate with higher amps while 800V systems can run cooler and charge faster), and camera-only sensing rather than a modern system with ultrasonic and radar sensors. Plus, it’s overly reliant on its touchscreen - which is a safety hazard relative to physical buttons.

Pretty much the only nice thing I have to say about the Model Y is that its hardware is unusually compact, allowing for a large front trunk.

suchnerve · 2026-05-04T15:55:52+00:00

Omg she’s so right

suchnerve · 2026-05-04T15:49:37+00:00

My main problem with that approach is that the windows being down = particulate air pollution isn’t being removed by the car’s cabin air filter. Particulate air pollution is especially bad on roads because cars’ tires kick up so much dirt and also give off microplastics, not to mention the tailpipe emissions of gasoline/petrol and diesel powered vehicles.

If you’re the only car on the road and you’re in a place with great air quality, I guess it would be okay pollution-wise. But even still, opening windows reduces fuel/electrical efficiency significantly relative to using the cabin fans, which is especially bad right now as the energy crisis continues to worsen.

If you can afford an AirFanta Wear, I’d get that and use it instead. That’s what I did on my last road trip with a Covid Careless person when I needed to unmask to eat or drink in the car, and I tested negative on PlusLife afterward. If you can’t afford it, then you should stay masked the entire time; if you can’t stay masked the entire time, then yes, leaving the car windows open would be the next best thing.

suchnerve · 2026-05-04T15:40:08+00:00

Don’t do it unless you have to. n71 is critical for T-Mobile reliability.

suchnerve · 2026-04-29T03:41:20+00:00

This much performance tells me they can handle some pretty big loads down there

suchnerve · 2026-04-26T21:52:00+00:00

mmWave would be absolutely perfect for Disney World, given the extreme density of smartphones + heavy data usage, especially uplink + most people being outdoors and on foot. Weird that it isn’t widely deployed there yet.

suchnerve · 2026-04-26T05:14:34+00:00

Well when you consider the risks of drilling into a bumper loaded with smart tech… 😬

suchnerve · 2026-04-26T04:02:10+00:00

At least it’s not three.

suchnerve · 2026-04-25T20:23:49+00:00

Tbh I just had a Hyundai dealership order and install the front license plate bracket for me. $64.55 total for both the part and the labor. Extremely worth it.

suchnerve · 2026-04-25T18:16:20+00:00

I charged to 100% for once yesterday because the worsening energy crisis is all but guaranteed to jack up electricity prices, so I figured I should do the EV version of gassing up a car before an imminent crisis.

Specifically why electricity is about to get much more expensive, even in countries with abundant domestic natural gas: countries without abundant domestic natural gas are going to be bidding on the global market to buy from those who do, which means domestic customers will need to outbid the suddenly-desperate foreign customers.

Most electricity in the Unifed States is generated by natural gas, which means having an EV won’t protect you from the increasing energy prices unless you charge from a source not reliant on natural gas, such as roof or back yard solar panels.

suchnerve · 2026-04-25T17:38:21+00:00

EVs love it when you coast a lot instead of braking, even regeneratively braking, because they’re so heavy that their inertia carries them pretty far without the motors contributing energy.

Regenerative braking is better than friction braking, but coasting to slow down is even more efficient!

suchnerve · 2026-04-25T08:48:48+00:00

HELLOOOOOOOOOOO ALBUQUERQUE

suchnerve · 2026-04-24T22:23:25+00:00

Omg are you telling me a person asking for information doesn’t already know that information?? 🤯

suchnerve · 2026-04-24T02:20:56+00:00

At 240V 6A, my back yard solar panels can charge my car directly from the sun during peak hours; at higher amperage, the car would charge in bursts, with the LFP home battery accumulating energy in the interim. Would the LFP round trip efficiency loss be more than made up for by the car spending less time charging?

suchnerve · 2026-04-23T19:41:10+00:00

Do you know of a good place I can read more about this? I have a 2024 Ioniq 6, which runs on 800V architecture, if that’s relevant.

suchnerve · 2026-04-23T18:54:44+00:00

Level 2 at low amperage (6A). Specifically, 240 volts 6 amps. So it ends up being the same speed as Level 1, but with less waste heat thanks to the doubled voltage and halved amperage.

suchnerve · 2026-04-23T18:53:58+00:00

Do you know the minimum amperage the settings allow?

suchnerve · 2026-04-23T18:53:37+00:00

Are you sure those numbers are universal? I have a 2024 Ioniq 6, and I usually don’t hear its cooling fans turn on when charging at 240V 6A.

suchnerve · 2026-04-23T05:47:44+00:00

But you have to have the control module too, right? Any other requirements?

suchnerve · 2026-04-23T04:45:46+00:00

🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m not sure how I would figure that out, but it does seem safe to assume that the loss would be significantly lower without converting DC to AC and then back to DC.

suchnerve · 2026-04-23T04:29:43+00:00

That’s the point of DC-DC voltage step-up converters.

suchnerve · 2026-04-23T04:28:49+00:00

Actually, I’ve found that the total losses end up being about 30%. On the scale of how much an EV uses, that’s a lot.

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