Re: [EVDL] Rental giant Hertz dumps EVs, including Teslas, for gas cars | Reuters

Wow! I've heard lots of whining about how difficult change is but this thread takes the cake... but then again I have to admit that every story has 2 sides to it. So go ahead and complain about one the most influential and innovative car manufactures of the 21st Century, lotta good it's going t

Re: [EVDL] Rental giant Hertz dumps EVs, including Teslas, for gas cars | Reuters

> On 1/12/2024 8:25 PM, EV List Lackey via EV wrote: > > That's been working surprisingly well for him, but that was before the > > unfolding "Cybertruck" disaster. That hideous, awkward, grossly > > inefficient lump belongs in a dystopian SF film, not on the road. If > > he stubbornly carries on

Re: [EVDL] Rental giant Hertz dumps EVs, including Teslas, for gas cars | Reuters

> -Original Message- > From: EV On Behalf Of Haudy Kazemi via EV > Single pedal cannot give you maximum stopping force, unless it is configured to > apply max force upon release. That doesn't seem like a good idea for a smooth > driving experience. I don't see the brake pedal disappe

Re: [EVDL] Rental giant Hertz dumps EVs, including Teslas

Mark specifically said software, but if the orig poster meant Hardware, and that Tesla should sell models without the hardware for FSD, Enhanced Autopilot, Seat heating, Premium connectivity, etc, then I would think that would make the cars much more expensive. For example, instead of having on

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: The EV Pipeline to Eastern Europe

FYI - I got my first Tesla, Standard, in July of 2019, drove it for a couple months before it got hit on driver's side and was totaled (got such a great Ins deal that I bought a Standard+). A couple months later got an email from someone in Jordan asking if I had the key card since they couldn't st

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: The EV Pipeline to Eastern Europe

ectric Vehicle Discussion List Cc: e...@tucsonev.com Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: The EV Pipeline to Eastern Europe How did he find you? That's some good sleuthing! On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 9:23 AM Rush via EV mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: FYI - I got my first Tesla, Standard

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: How to get a free Tesla

Sounds like the person who wrote the article didn't do his/her homework... and that David doesn't know some of Tesla's security enhancements. Whenever a new driver is added to the Tesla app and is given potential control of the car, in this case the 'thief', the app lists the new driver, in this c

Re: [EVDL] OT Solar Electrical Issues (was: Adding a 14/50 EV courtesy outlet to a solar array)

Lee wrote - I have many, holding down the basement floor How novel, so I if you ever want to move your house all you have to do is remove the transformers? Best regards, Rush Dougherty TucsonEV www.TucsonEV.com > -Original Message- > From: EV On Behalf Of Lee Hart via EV > Sent:

Re: [EVDL] Adding a FM radio to a Tesla

Now, now, EV list lackey, calm down... just because it is recommended, it doesn't mean that the sky will fall on your head if you don't do it. My first M3 was bought in 2019 (I just traded it in for the refresh model because the FSD would transfer, a good deal if you ask me) and in those almost 5

Re: [EVDL] Adding a FM radio to a Tesla.

I don't think there is anything in what was quoted about doing the thumb drive thing while driving... and besides what makes you think that the car only goes 70 mph? It actually has to start at 0 mph and progress up to whatever speed you feel comfortable with. In my M3 refresh, I removed the thumb

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Tesla cuts 3 major departments

David - Your prejudice against Tesla is so evident and overwhelming. I think that it is actually very counterproductive to the EV world. It seems to me that you're engaging in partisan politics, and that by continuously denigrating Tesla and Elon Musk at every turn you are promoting hatred which a

[EVDL] Supercharger turnaround.

Wired magazine has an article about the recent Tesla Supercharger news - Questions Swirl Around Tesla's Superchargers, the Race Is On to Fill the Power Gap https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-supercharger-pullback-filling-the-power-gap

[EVDL] Conversion info

https://www.diyelectriccar.com/ Here's a link to the DIY EV conversion forum, lots of good info for converting. Best regards, Rush Dougherty TucsonEV -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

[EVDL] Tesla as a business

I own some Tesla Stock and so follow what the business world says about Tesla. I'm not at all interested in a pi**ing contest to see who is more adept at presenting facts/comments about an EV or leadership of an EV company, but in the interests of a balanced view I've gathered some comments from my

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Tesla cuts 3 major departments

-Original Message- > EV List Lackey wrote - > If I'm right about that, it could be in part because autopilot is restricted by law here. Speaking of French road laws, does that stupid priorité à droite still exist? It was so much fun to go as fast as possible into L'Etoile and make all th

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Tesla cuts 3 major departments

I highly recommend that everybody see Munro's new utube video entitled 'Sandy's take on the Tesla Layoffs!' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl4VjvZu5os Rush Dougherty TucsonEV ___ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC f

Re: [EVDL] 46 Pure EVs for sale, Teslas competition.

EV List Lackey Wrote - > You say that like it's a good thing. Is it? Why or why not? Odd question in my opinion, sounds like either David really wants an answer and has no idea if profit is necessary for a business, or he is just baiting. I think that anybody having any knowledge of how a bus

Re: [EVDL] 46 Pure EVs for sale, Teslas competition.

drive Robotaxis, a win-win except for the carbon problem. Ron Solberg > On May 14, 2024, at 7:22 PM, EV List Lackey via EV wrote: > > On 14 May 2024 at 10:35, Rush via EV wrote: > >> I think that anybody having any knowledge of how a business is >> conducted wo

[EVDL] Evil Automonous EV's

Here all youse self-driving EV haters go . check out Netflix's new movie 'Upgrade'. It has a computer chip controlling a quadriplegic and makes these newfangled self driving cars do evil things and drive where they shouldn't and speed backwards down freeways to create an accident and do other evil

[EVDL] Wired article - Teslas Can Still Be Stolen With a Cheap Radio Hack

https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-ultra-wideband-radio-relay-attacks/? Wired Mag has an article about how to steal a Tesla, even the new refreshed models- Teslas Can Still Be Stolen With a Cheap Radio Hack-Despite New Keyless Tech Ultra-wideband radio has been heralded as the solution f

Re: [EVDL] Hyundai Ioniq 5 N & Fast EV's

EV List Lackey wrote - > Here in France, we're at 127,000+ charging points on about 5.6% of the US's > land area. Only > about 18% of those are fast DC, but that's most of what's being built now. I guess that's because everything is so crowded in France, so they only need to travel 5.6% of

Re: [EVDL] Pros and cons

The List lackey wrote - > The Citroen E-C3 is 23,300 euros (about US$25k). Wih the French EV subsidy, > the price falls to between 15k and 18k euros, depending on your income level > and whether you trade in a Diesel to be scrapped. Great to know, but Citroen has not been available in the US sin

Re: [EVDL] Tesla add-on Display above steering column

Totally agree with Phil. Even with the Highland, I've adapted to the turn signal, wipers etc being on the steering wheel. The only thing I don't like is the gear shifter setup. Rush Dougherty TucsonEV > -Original Message- > From: EV On Behalf Of (-Phil-) via EV > Sent: Sunday, July 7,

Re: [EVDL] Are you NACS-charging a non-Tesla

There are currently lots of versions of the 'teslatap'. It is just an adapter that changes one type of connection to another, Tesla inlet to J1772 plug. There are no resistors, diodes, PCB's or any electronic components in it. That is because the J1772 L1 and L2 protocols are used by Tesla and all

Re: [EVDL] Are you NACS-charging a non-Tesla

mmon, some electrician may use a > >> commercial site's 277V parking lot lighting connection to wire up a > >> destination charger, making it very dangerous for any non-Tesla EV to > >> plug in... > >> > >> On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 2:15 PM Rush via E

Re: [EVDL] Three connector 220 to 14-30 no neutral?

Phil - code wise can you have a NEMA 14-X Plug with an unconnected pin (neutral)? Another way of stating my question is - since the Tesla 14-50 Plug has no wire connected to the neutral pin, is it code acceptable? Best, Rush Dougherty TucsonEV www.TucsonEV.com > -Original Message- > F

Re: [EVDL] Three connector 220 to 14-30 no neutral?

Let me make a small addition to below - the EVSE that is Level II (220vac) does not use a neutral. But the EVSE Level I (120vac) does use a neutral. And the greater majority of portable EVSE's that I know of are all Level II and Level I capable. Rush Dougherty TucsonEV www.TucsonEV.com >

[EVDL] SAE J3400 Helps Define the Future of EV Charging in North America

https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/51809-sae-j3400-helps-d efine-the-future-of-ev-charging-in-north-america?utm_source=TB_Battery_News

[EVDL] Electric Toy Car repair video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaV9KjLEI2U Ready for some fun? Here is Andrew Camarata (who has a construction/maintenance channel), fixing up some toy electric cars. Instead of replacing the batteries with the OEM batteries he is using Dewalt and Ryobi power tool batteries. His EV amps/volts

[EVDL] Failure Modes and Effects Analysis -FMEA of DCFC CCS<->J3400(NACS) adapters

Hi all, Marco Gaxiola sent me a link to a report done by the ChargeX Consortium "Recommended ACTIONS TO IMPROVE ADAPTER SAFETY" that he and several others have written (Marco said he was the main participant). It discusses the safety issues of the DCFS CCS/NACS adapters and has recommenda

Re: [EVDL] JuiceBox apps to lose all "smart" features (Oct 11th)?

I would think that would be a great value-added service for somebody to offer. TucsonEV has been asked many times if we carry an internet connected EVSE (we don't). And we've repaired, replaced the J1772 plug, on quite a few of the Juiceboxes so the customers like the product and I'm sure that t

Re: [EVDL] fast charge 2012 leaf / 40kw battery

That's great! I don't have a Leaf, but know people that do and they will be happy to learn of this. Thanks! Rush Dougherty TucsonEV www.TucsonEV.com > -Original Message- > From: EV On Behalf Of (-Phil-) via EV > Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 6:20 PM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussio

Re: [EVDL] $405.00 EV charging solution for apartments

That's a great project especially since it profits from the hefty $2,000 per unit utility credit from Peninsula Clean Energy. Besides the app problem brought up by Electrek, hopefully the security is pretty good (which it probably is considering the Condo units cost between $500k-$1m) so that nef

Re: [EVDL] J1772, NACS, and adapters

> but ALL homes > receive 3-phase until the meter, by default the meter was 1-phase at least > until > 20 years ago when I lived there. Today, almost no homes receive 3 phase, it has to be requested by the home owner and he has to have a valid reason for 3 phase. There is also an upch

Re: [EVDL] J1772, NACS, and adapters

I wondered why 120 vs 240 and did a little googling, it seems there were quite a few reasons... - When electric power was first being pioneered, there were two main players - Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. The two men had different approaches to power generation - Edison favoured 110V DC current,

Re: [EVDL] J1772, NACS, and adapters

I'm talking about my native country... USA. Rush Dougherty TucsonEV www.TucsonEV.com > -Original Message- > From: EV On Behalf Of Cor van de Water via EV > Sent: Friday, February 7, 2025 6:49 PM > Cc: Cor van de Water ; Electric Vehicle Discussion > List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] J1772, NAC

Re: [EVDL] Building their own evs

Wow! A Mach-e in a Ford Falcon! Fantastic, can you give us some more info/pics? Did you keep the same battery pack or cut out some of the kWh? I would think that a 91kWh pack would just be too big for a Falcon. Rush Dougherty TucsonEV > -Original Message- > From: EV On Behalf Of John Tit

Re: [EVDL] $405.00 EV charging solution for apartments

s without plugs as you suggested. The smart thing of course is > the queuing and scheduling of 90 outlets into 6 active ones at any time, so > they can have a 300A service to start with. I am sure than once EV ownership > increases, they can upgrade their service and power more outlet

Re: [EVDL] $405.00 EV charging solution for apartments

f 50A. What you plug *into* your charging outlet is > > > a standard mobile charger, so if someone steals a "charging cord" > > > then it is the complete EVSE, simply unplugged from the NEMA 14-50 > > > wall outlet. So, no charging cords without plugs as yo