I'm not sure what the trigger is to restart. You could test that out by turning on the climate and watching to see when charging starts. If it doesn't, do the hard reset. It should pull power from the charger first, not the battery.
In that case, I'd set it to 90% for that location (you can have the charge level change automatically by location), and then manually change it to 100% when you leave the office to get on the train. That way it'll be approaching 95-100 when you get there, and since you're getting right in and driving it again you won't be staying at 100%.
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Yeah, I’m excited to see what I think of the steer by wire. Ive never seen a Cybertruck up close, so, im going into it pretty blind.
The towing performance should be very good. Lots of torque. Just limited range.
The delivery estimate gets a lot more accurate once a VIN has been assigned.
I suspect the handling with towing will actually be better then my F150 given how much more the Cybertruck weighs.
Kent gave me a ride in his model 3 a few months ago. That was enough to make me decide to rent a model 3 on one of my business trips. Drove it from Chicago to Kansas City and back.
I ordered their at home charging box, plenty of appropriately gauged 220 circuits in my shop already. I’ll just repurpose one of those for this.
Which one? The Mobile Connector or the Wall Connector?
I ordered both the mobile connector & the wall connector. Is there another adapter that I also need to buy if I find myself at a non-Tesla charger somewhere?
It should come with a J1772 adapter for use at public L1/L2 ("slow" AC, 120/240V) charging stations. If you want, you can purchase an SAE-CCS adapter that will allow you to use older non-Tesla fast charging stations, but since basically everyone has now standardized on the NACS (Tesla) connector and Tesla's Superchargers are both much more common and much more reliable than the others, it's only in VERY rare circumstances that it's worth buying that one - Like, you are frequently going to a particular very out-of-the-way location without a way to charge at the destination that somehow happens to have CCS charging along the way but not a Supercharger.
Cheesehead had your answer on the adapters.
Yep. Like I said, only useful in very rare circumstances, and given the cost, definitely not worth having "just in case".
The Mobile Connector usually comes with a 5-15 (standard 120V wall outlet) plug. It's well worth getting the 14/50 as that is the most common 240V outlet that you'll find out and about. Campgrounds in particular, like you mentioned. I have two of these outlets in my garage, though I don't use a mobile connector with them - It lives in my trunk.
The more I think about it, the more it seems like calling it "two models" minimizes what's happening here. It's really axing half their product line if you consider the truck to be the novelty that it is. I don't think I can remember another time when a business of this size basically said, "nah, we're done and gonna go in a completely different direction"
Elon's been talking about it for quite a while. It's just that nobody paid attention or took him seriously.Am I the only one that didn't see this coming?
Tesla discontinues Model X and S vehicles as Elon Musk pivots to robotics
High hopes for Optimus robot help company beat forecasts despite yearly revenue decline and flailing car businesswww.theguardian.com
Not surprised. The novelty of those two models has worn off and the early adopters went elsewhere. Both cars have had very minor facelifts through the years so they don’t stand out anymore. Both too expensive and both have outrageous insurance costs.Am I the only one that didn't see this coming?
Tesla discontinues Model X and S vehicles as Elon Musk pivots to robotics
High hopes for Optimus robot help company beat forecasts despite yearly revenue decline and flailing car business
I actually find this a bit depressing. Yeah lives will be saved but at the expense of human interaction.
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The UMC comes with both the 5-15 and 14-50 adapters now. They added the 14-50 a couple of years ago.
Not the only one, but I had been wondering when it would happen. They were always low-volume vehicles, due to their price point. Tesla is not, primarily, a car company. Selling the most cars is not their goal. The factory space in Fremont that currently builds the Models S and X will be repurposed to build Optimus.
Model Y is still the best selling EV in its class in China. BYD builds a lot of compact, and sub-compact, EVs and those make up more than half of their sales. Tesla doesn't make any compacts. If you compare only like models, Tesla outsells BYD both worldwide and in China.
I feel like this is strikingly similar to positions I heard people taking in the 70's comparing Ford to Honda...
Yeah, that's the surprising part in a nutshell. There are plenty of models that have been around for half a century and they get refreshed periodically to keep up with consumer tastes.
It's a big swing for sure.
In another interview lately, a talking head discussed how robots are the future and automated cars are just an early generation of robots. In other words, a fully autonomous car is a much simpler robotics application compared to, say, a humanoid. I hadn't thought about it that way. So, I don't see this an they're getting out of EVs as much as we're already looking at the next robotics challenge. Of course, I could be rationalizing b/c I just bought an EV
Given that they have been between a year away from a fully autonomous car for over a decade, I guess I'll temper my expectations of a humanoid robot shipping in 2027 as Elon has promised.
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It's definitely a big axing of the options available for purchase, but last year they sold 1,636,129 cars, of which the S, X, and Cybertruck combined were only 50,850 (3.1%). And I'd bet that the majority of those 50K were Cybertrucks. The volume of S and X is just tiny compared to the rest.
I don't think it's "upscale" replacements they need, but upsize. I've driven a Y and it really doesn't feel much bigger than my 3, it's just more upright. Still not much room behind my seat when I'm driving. I'm starting to look at replacements for my wife's Lexus RX350 and while the Y is maybe OK, a 6-seat X would be much better. I don't really want to have to worry about the long-term reliability of the falcon wing door mechanisms though.
I happened to look up the truck volume earlier and it wasn't quite the majority. Down to only 20K in 2025. But your point still stands, as someone who doesn't care much about cars, much less Tesla's specifically, I had no idea the X and S volume was such a small percentage.
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I knew something felt wrong about that comment. And today this came across my feed. Tesla is absolutely primarily a car company. 86% of its revenue is cars or car services. Elon may have ambitions beyond that, but that's exactly the massive change that we're talking about.
They have changed their focus away from consumer cars in favor of autonomy, robotics, and energy. That is why they cancelled plans for a compact model. Their plan is to build autonomous cars, the Semi, the new Roadster, Optimus, energy storage, solar, and AI chips.
Sure, you are valuing the ambition and I'm pointing out the 22 year history. That's fine.