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If you’re reading this, it means I’ve sold my Tesla. The new buyer wanted a pre-purchase inspection report from Tesla. Funny enough, he could not book this himself. I had to do it through my Tesla App. It cost 250.52$ CAD. My vehicle is a 2022 Model 3 still under original warranty. How bad could it be?

I drove the vehicle in, gave it to the service people… and they promptly asked me for my driver’s license for a loaner…

It seems my Model 3 needs suspension work but no worries and no charge because it’s all covered under the Tesla warranty! Hooray! Well, “suspension work” took all day, from 8h00 AM until 17h00. They even did an alignment! Great, at least it’s all sorted now, right? Wrong!

At 17h00 I arrive to pick up my car : the advisor tells me it’s outside. I get to it and… the car is doing an update! The duckers have just pressed update now, right before telling me to pick it up! It took a good 30 minutes to do the update in the parking lot. I finally get in and drive off… right away, the car pulls badly to the right. The service center is already closed so nothing else to do but return in the morning.

Next day they send a technician to do a test drive with me and he concludes that it indeed pulls to the right. Then he sheepishly tells me, and I kid you not - that “their alignment machine has a problem and is not properly calibrated.” WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING ALIGNMENTS THEN? And... they try to align it again! I don’t know how they do it but this time it’s much better but not perfect by any means. The technician does another test drive and says it’s fine. I’m not convinced and demand politely but firmly to schedule me at another service location. This is all happening December 31st. They schedule me for January 4th at another location…

January 4th I arrive there and… they want to do a test drive. They do it and the tech says “nothing wrong.” At that point I pretty much force them to put it on the machine. They find that the alignment is indeed off! They sheepishly do the work (I waited for 2 hours) and finally give me my car. I ask them for the alignment sheet but they tell me they can’t give it as it’s only “for internal use.” So after 3 alignments on this car, the only alignment sheet I have is the original one from the 1st shitty alignment. Everything else is “internal use.” At best it feels like incompetence at worst it feels like a cover-up.

All I can show for this level of fuckery and the hours wasted is 2 invoices from the Tesla app with “0 amount to pay” and “4 wheel alignment done, slight adjustment was needed.”

But that’s not even the part the pissed me off. What truly annoyed me was the fact that if I hadn’t done this “inspection” I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t have done any kind of warranty suspension work. Then one day, long after main warranty is expired, you would go to them with a different issue, they would “discover” this suspension situation and I’m almost 100% sure you would be forced to pay out of pocket for the remedy.

When my 2015 Ford Explorer had a suspension problem (recall), I got a nice letter home informing me to take my car to the dealer. DISCLAIMER: I HATE DEALER HAGGLING AND RIP-OFFS WITH A PASSION.

On this situation I feel cheated, like they put safety behind a paywall.

Also know that it’s almost impossible to speak to service people over the phone. You just get the automated message telling you to use the Tesla app. Guys, I love computers but screw this app only nonsense. Sometimes I just want to talk to a human being to ask my stupid question. For example, there is no “pre-purchase” inspection option in the Tesla Service App. (The “inspection” option is an emission / provincial thing.) You have to do service -> Other -> then write pre-purchase inspection manually. Ridiculous. And for 250.52$ you get a really shitty pdf without what they really inspected. I would have loved for them to write in big bold letters somewhere : INSPECTED MAIN BATTERY AND MOTOR ALL GOOD. Nope. You don’t get that. It’s a scam.

I’m happy my Model 3 is gone! Screw this user experience.

I will only come back to the brand once Musk is gone.

Now hear me out: I took all this time to bash Tesla because I love the idea of EV cars and strongly wish the company would do better. I’ve always thought about Tesla as the Macintosh of the automotive industry.

These cars could have been truly AWESOME. The battery, motor and even heat pump tech are top notch. The supercharger network is amazing and a joy to use. Love sentry mode, the big screen for watching movies on a road trip or while waiting in town and the acceleration / power for an affordable price.

I hate, hate the stupid frameless windows (which freeze in the winter when you park in the street), the lack of CarPlay or at least true google maps, the shitty bluetooth, and some of the touch screen-only car functions (hidden passenger heated seat option, climate control dial right bellow music track), forced auto wipers while on autopilot and the shitty turn signal stalk that always resets to center.

Finally, I hate the dependancy on Tesla for advanced and basic service (see tire alignment). I also hate their arrogance and intensely dislike their dumbass of a CEO. I’m pretty sure all the stuff I hate in my Tesla goes back to him in a way or another. Elon Musk is definitely no Steve Jobs.

This is my opinion strictly and your experience may differ.

Happy new 2024!

Hello peoples! For those who are on the fence about going to an EV for your commuter, here is some info.

PG&E just upgraded their rates again and has increased 24.45% as of 01/01/24 for the EV2 plan. Below is the new data for you.

Here is some info on my almost 100-mile round trip to work and back.

On the PG&E EV2 plan, I charge 0000 hours to about 0400 hours. My charge rate before 01/01/24 off-peak was $0.27818/WKH. I use, on average, 24 KWH a day now (heater on in my Tesla M3/LR). I do have solar, but let’s pretend I don't. This price was $6.676 to charge.

Today as of 01/01/24 PG&E increased the rate to $0.34462 X 24KWH = $8.27

Now, say you bought a 2023 Toyota Prius that gets 53 MPH on the freeway. 100mi / 53 = 1.88 gallons x $4.15 a gallon of 87 octane is $7.80.

I’m not trying to compare a fun tech vehicle like a Tesla that is extremely fast/keeps you safe, vs a hybrid Prius….BUT my point is strictly to show a cost comparison of a modern-day hybrid compared to an EV.

Again, I do have solar, but for those who do not, it’s now more expensive to drive an EV on a 100 mi trip specifically where we live due to being PG&E customers.

Just something to consider.

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There are some serious problems for Elon and company regarding the semi-truck charger. I have figured out why the price of the truck and the charging data have been very much avoided by Tesla as a whole. Here are the issues:

Issue #1:  The .07 cents per kWh claim.

What Elon did here was take the medium general service rates from Pacific Power, and other regional utilities and averaged them out together.  Under medium general service, the power rate is in fact .07 cents per kWh.  However, what he is leaving out are the electrical demand charges, and how they are billed, but that depends on the setup you have to charge, that being grid power only, or with the Tesla "charger pack", which is conveniently avoided in the math.  In fact, the entire infrastructure of power and charging questions are being avoided.  Electrek EV News went to the Tesla Semi-Truck event on December 3, 2022 (a private invite only event) with two simple questions:  What is the cost of the semi-truck, and what is the payload capacity?  He never got an answer on either question and for good reason:  These questions, if answered honestly, would wreck the math/cost model that Elon has given to the public and investors. 

Issue # 2:  The "charging pack" costs, and grid connect costs with demand charges.

Only very recently has the cost of the semi-truck been announced.  Tesla claims that it will be between $150,000 and $180,000, probably depending on the battery pack.  From what I understand, there is a 300-mile truck, and a 500-mile truck battery.  This might explain the difference of the two costs.  Still, questions on the charging infrastructure are not answered.  I did find a YouTuber that has an EV channel, and he went to the Baker, CA charging site where the first semi-truck charger was installed. 

He learned from boots on the ground there that Tesla initially tried to connect the charger direct to the grid power, and Pacific Power said, "no way".   Tesla then came back with the "charging pack", which is a massive battery bank and only then would Pacific Power allow the charger to be installed.  The "charging pack" battery bank is about the size of a large shipping container.  Based on my research, and what I know about battery costs, the "charging pack" would be around $500,000 and would be able to charge two trucks at the same time.  This is a process called "load shedding", and the only way you could possibly avoid electrical demand charges from Pacific Power, and the only way Pacific Power could handle it. 

So, Tesla semi-truck buyers are about to find out what's inside the fortune cookies that Tesla is handing out:  You buy the massive "charging pack" battery (Tesla is way behind building batteries, and is currently purchasing them from Panasonic) or, you go straight grid connect and get hit with mind boggling demand charges, if the utility will allow it.  This is where the $15,500 per month number comes from in demand costs from Pacific Power.  There is another option to "trickle charge" the semi-truck, but that would take 20 hours to do that.  20-hour charging does not work on any profitable trucking business model whatsoever.  

Issue #3:  The Tesla semi-truck mileage range, and charging does not match current trucking framework.

I have personally spoken with many truck drivers and asked them what they thought of the Tesla semi-truck.  Just about every response has been identical.  It's a laugh, shaking of the head and a comment starting out like "... it's completely ridiculous."  

Out of 24 hours in the day or night, OTR truckers are allowed to drive for 11 hours, if they take a 30 min break somewhere within the 11 hours.  Most drivers go 5 hours, stop and get fuel and eat, then hit the road for the next 6 hours.  A trucker who keeps up on the interstate at 70 mph, might cover 700 miles in one day.  That pays really well.  Under the Tesla semi model, this wrecks the trucker's income because of the range issues.  Tesla's claims of 30 min charging come from them researching the trucker driving model, not the reality of actually charging.  They are dishing out the doctored math, so it makes sense to truckers. 

The problem is a 30 min charge can only happen under a mega-watt of power consumption.  There is no charging infrastructure for the truckers right now, so none of them would be onboard. 

Additionally, what truck stop is going to take on the $15k per month demand and hope that Tesla semis come to charge?  And what will the charging cost the truckers?  That number is completely unknown.  How many of you prefer "unknown costs" when trying to build a business model? 

What are the costs to build out the "charging pack" system? No answers from Tesla whatsoever.

Car & Driver did a review of the semi-truck and conveniently avoided the costs of charging.

Hmmm. Who paid them to do the review? Show me any vehicle, plane, boat company that builds something and doesn't share the fuel costs/per mile/per whatever.

Issue #4:  Battery degradation, and the deceptions of Tesla's unsustainable "charging packs":

I have researched battery degradation, and it looks bad for Tesla.  Mega-watt charging is really hard on rechargeable batteries, and it shortens the life of them significantly.  Here I have a graph from a NREL source on the degradation:

As anyone can see, the degradation is severe even at two charges per and over 1.5 years, and just like how the A-B-C trucking model requires.  Truckers will want to use the :30 min break to recharge but will require a mega-watt charger.  This model is not sustainable replacing a $500k "charger pack" battery bank every two years.  Not to mention the truck battery itself. 

I believe the real cost of the Tesla semi-truck is around $800,000 in any model grid connected or "charging pack" connected.  The monthly break down could be around $30,000 per month to own the Tesla semi for just one year if you grid connected the mega-watt charger.  

Please explain how the Tesla model makes any sense. And I get it that the A-B-A trucking model is what they started out with (day cab trucks), but they are already pushing this "convoy" idea on to investors and the public. None of this is realistic.

Moreover, Elon is now claiming that the trucks can be charged with "solar". This is totally insane.

A mega-watt of solar is at the peak of the day, full sun given 100 watt/meter square is:

130,680 meter squared. (about 3 acres)

With ground installs starting at $2.33-$2.88 per watt, the solar costs alone are around $2.5 million.

Then add the "charging pack", also add the electrical infrastructure.

Who is paying for this?

In 15,000 years of history, fraud and stupidity have never worked out. Thanks, Elon, for another mass deception. The investors and SEC will rip your eyes out of your head over this one.

I predict that Panasonic in the end will leave a dirty condom hanging out of your ass as well.

The Cyber Truck is an equally charging disaster.

More on that later.

Hej, mam nadzieję że to nie za gruby offtop.

Udało mi się przechwycić mikroskop elektronowy Tesla 340 który miał iść do złomowania i aktualnie uruchamiamy go z kolegami w moim garażu. Szukamy dokumentacji technicznej do niego, stąd potrzebny nam kontakt do kogokolwiek kto przy takim pracuje.

Dodatkowo, szukamy źródła katod. Umiemy dorobić samo włókno, potrzebna nam tylko podstawka od spalonego, a to się normalnie wyrzuca. Kompatybilne są używane w Phillips/FEI, dokładnie takie:

Bardzo dziękuję za ewentualną pomoc!

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