When the power fails, even for a few hours, it's annoying. But if the outage continues, combined with dangers such as bad weather, the situation can quickly become deadly. Your Tesla is more than just a pretty car in the garage. It can bridge power gaps like the total Boss that it is.… Read More
When our youngest son was a teenager, a frequent reply to almost any question about his activities was, "You don't need to know everything." It was irksome at the time but, in a more general sense I think we would all agree to the need to be selective about the information we commit to long term memory.… Read More
SHE SAID: We hadn't planned on a spontaneous vacation in early February to Denver, Colorado. But then our youngest son hadn't planned on slipping on a patch of black ice and breaking his leg (in two places), either! We had one day to contemplate the situation and the next day to pack and plan a… Read More
The Tesla killer is coming...Squawk! The Tesla killer is coming...
For a solid year I have heard this from every quarter. From TSLAQs...from news sources...from well-meaning friends and neighbors who seem worried about our—ahem—Tesla Habit. I always just smile and say, whatever. Because you—other Tesla Owner—you and I know why there's no great worry… Read More
TLDR; I reconfigured the TeslaUSB we set up in the first blog and added the feature to sync music from a network share and also added the ability to get notifications when the dashcam archiving completes. It seems to be working perfectly! Hooray!
The long version:
Hopefully, you read our previous blog about setting up the TeslaUSB. In… Read More
If you bought a Tesla in 2019 you are possibly entitled to claim a credit on your federal taxes. I say possibly because in order to take advantage of the EV tax credit you first need to owe federal taxes. For the record, we are NOT accountants or tax experts, so you should consult your own for how… Read More
TLDR; I installed and configured TeslaUSB on a Raspberry Pi Zero W in about 20 minutes and it WORKED! Our Model 3 sees the RPi as a USB Storage device and stores DashCam clips just as it should. When I return home, the TeslaUSB connects to my WiFi and uploads anything in the SavedClips or SentryClips directory to my… Read More
Hopefully, you read our earlier blog entry about prepping for the winter months but now that they’re here you may be wondering if there’s anything you can do about the affect cold temperature is having on your range. We scoured the internet for answers and here’s what we found.
As this article in Wired magazine explains,… Read More
It's good news/bad news. The fact that Tesla's depreciating tax credit is about to expire in sixteen days (on December 31, 2019) is good news because it means that Tesla has sold over the threshold 200,000 vehicles, which started the depreciating schedule. Those who took delivery on their Tesla before the end of 2018 got a $7,500… Read More
