In all seriousness, the install of the charger is not complicated, but it can be cumbersome. There are a lot of good youtube videos on it. My main panel is on the exterior of the garage, so I had a shorter run of wire, but the job is still the same with a longer run. Really measure instead of guessing, because if you want to run more than 100ft at a high amperage, you may need a thicker wire than 6 gauge. You could also just run it at 30amps instead of 48. I did 48 and it is overkill.

The most complicated part of my install was having to drill through the brick since my builder left no room to run more wires through the already existing entry from the panel to the house wall. I used a 1 inch masonry hole saw bit to get through the brick and then ran my flex conduit through it. After that, it was as simple as mounting the charger to a stud, connecting the wires to the charger and new breaker, then reenergizing the panel.

Ordering this adapter has made my travel plans much easier. The 10-50 outlet was used on a lot of electric ovens and welders.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D389JXGC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

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Ordering this adapter has made my travel plans much easier. The 10-50 outlet was used on a lot of electric ovens and welders.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D389JXGC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

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That's good to know. O hadn't thought about getting a 10-50 adapter. I bought the Tesla travel charging kit with the 110 and 14-50 in it then the car came with the J1772 adapter obviously. Before going I bought a CCS1 adapter and I'm glad I did as the one decent charger at the Fredericksburg HEB uses that one. This is probably the most odd part of owning this car is the various adapters you might need along the way. Hopefully the world consolidates around NACS sooner than later.

The world won't, but the U.S. already has. Supposedly official announcement as the U.S. standard tomorrow.

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The world won't, but the U.S. already has. Supposedly official announcement as the U.S. standard tomorrow.

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Good to know. Like most Americans I assume we are the world so the U.S. is what i meant. lol

I have a 14 50 to 10 50 adapter for when I traveled to see family with the 10 50 plug in their shop. It worked.

And Tesla had their CCS adapter for half price a while back but haven't used it yet.

I have taken my Tesla to the hill country many times and you are right, there is a lack of superchargers BUT one has popped up in Johnson City. Supercharging on the major city/highways are a piece of cake. If you are going to the more rural area its more difficult, but getting better. In 5 yrs, I don't think there will be any issues.

I have driven my MY from Austin to Dallas, Corpus, SA, CS, Houston and everywhere between. Never had a charging issue. Supercharging in these areas is just as fast as pumping gas. I may spend an extra 5-10 minutes but its a small price to pay.

Also, I have FSD and have the latest V13 software. Amazingly better. If its not very close, it is not very far away.

Went full FSD in Austin Traffic for about 1 hr back and forth to Barton Creek Mall. Never disengaged. Took my wife and she was amazed. The car went from my house to Nordstrom and parked. When we were leaving, we did summon and car picked us up right outside of Nordstrom. Drove to Costco but for some reason it didn't park.

I would say it drives better than most humans.

As far as adapters, I have a J1772 Adapter that I have used once over 100K miles and this was early on when Superchargers were not avail. Still need for some unknown emergencies I guess or at some Hotels. I have a 240V adapter that works great when I go to my 2nd home that does not have a supercharger getting 15 miles/hr which is plenty.

Bottom line is charging really is not that difficult and getting better. Not as easy as gas but its a very minor issue IMO.

That's good to know about the Johnson City Supercharger, I'll make a note of that one as Fredericksburg is a regular thing for us.

This trip taught me a lot about charging away from home and overall what I learned is to just go. With the adapters I have I'm not even a little hesitant at this point about needing to charge. The various apps like Plug Share that show all brands of chargers make it easy.

Regarding time to charge I'm 54 and the kids are grown and gone. We don't travel in a hurry anymore. Just not our style. The charge we got in Austin Friday was at the Pint House Brewery at 71/Ben White. We plugged in and went in to sit down and have lunch. When we were done the car was done. Took way longer than normal because I went to 100%. Getting back to 80% at a Supercharger takes nothing already.

I have a friend who has a son that's pretty high up in Tesla, high enough that he gets FSD a couple of iterations ahead of the rest of us and he says it's incredible how far it's come since the version you and I have. For me it's as much confidence around town than it is how it drives. There were two decisions it made this weekend I didn't like, one of those I stopped it from executing and the other one as fine. I agree it's a better driver than most people. I joked this weekend that it's a better driver than me already. A decade from now people will wonder why they drive themselves when the car is just better at it and you arrive less road weary.

It's been a fun couple of months with this thing for sure.

If you don't know where chargers are, there is a supercharger touchkey near the navigation that will tell you where are the superchargers are around you and how many are available (if about an hr from you). It will also tell you where destination chargers are if you are in trouble which are a good amount typically.

I just upgraded to the latest and I am sure there are even better versions of FSD. I started FSD using chill mode b/c I didn't want an aggressive drive but now have moved to standard. Funny when I was on the right lane with a longer line at a red light, and there were less on the left lane; I told my wife to watch it change and it changed. Amazing it could start to act humanlike.

BTW if you are near Lake LBJ, Llano has a supercharger too.

FSD is truly incredible, but I still don't trust it fully.

New version for summer 2023 vehicles (Hardware 4) and after sometime this week/next week. Been checking my app for it. First release to use the new computer and it's supposed to a substantial upgrade over 12.5.

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The various apps like Plug Share that show all brands of chargers make it easy.

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Can you charge Tesla on other brands?

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Can you charge Tesla on other brands?

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Yes, you can charge Tesla on any other charging Network as long as you have the adapter.

But you can't always charge other cars on superchargers. I believe some Fords are able to now but I don't think any other ones are

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Yes, you can charge all Teslas on other brands and the other car manufacturers are rolling to SuperCharger support as well. I haven't done this but I think it should work.

To charge a Tesla at another brand charger, you need an account and an adapter plug, either J1772 (came w/ my car) or a CCS adapters. The latter is needed for fast charging.

Edit: not all SCs are open to others, not sure if that will change.

Ford, GM, Rivian for sure have access already. Not sure about Kia/Hyundai and Lucid yet. Soon if not already.

Basically every major manufacturer, new and old, will have access by next year.

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Others have answered the "can you" question. Plug Share is a great app because you can filter by connectors you have. So mine is filtered by NACS, 14-50, CCS1 and J1772 and I get all chargers regardless of brand with any of those connectors.

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New version for summer 2023 vehicles (Hardware 4) and after sometime this week/next week. Been checking my app for it. First release to use the new computer and it's supposed to a substantial upgrade over 12.5.

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I have MY Hardware 4 and this week upgraded to FSD V13.2 software.

It is really amazing. Drove 250 miles today about 80% Hwy/20% city. Was on FSD for about 99% of the time. I only took control when I wanted to be more aggressive or wanted to get out of being boxed in. No close calls requiring takeover.

I have been using FSD for the past 3 years and the difference esp since it went to AI model is amazing.

In the old version it would not have done this but I was driving with a large trucked pulled on the shoulder. I was on the right lane and it changed to the left and went back to the right after passing the truck; Just like a human.

I am confident that if everyone was on FSD tomorrow, there would be way less accidents and very rare fatalities.

I carry a J1772 in my car and can charge at other chargers but man I would have to be desperate. I have to download the app, put in a credit card, and charge typically at a slower rate. I also hear that the upkeep of these are hit or miss. With the Supercharger network, I have never had an issue charging. I could not imaging going to a chargepoint with 10 miles left and find out everything is down.

Still waiting for the update.

Cold weather daily driving in -30 degC

Just bought a 25 Model Y Performance a few days ago. Decent incentives to buy before the end of year on inventory in Houston.

I'm a traditionalist that likes a gauge cluster. However, when I drive at night the other day, I found the lack of glare refreshing and it made driving easier. And yes, I always keep the brightness low on my gauge clusters.

Lot of tech features that I'm still learning about. My wife is better at this than I am (she's the primary driver for it anyway). Never thought I'd go EV, but knew if I did it would be a Tesla.

Went from a 2019 RDX to this. Seats were great in the RDX and I was pleasantly surprised at how comfortable the Y is.

My wife and I are conservative when it comes to politics, so I'm not some gaslighting lib trying to be earth friendly. Bought this as it's an American car and wanted to try it to see if it would work.

Other vehicle is an F150 with the 3.5.

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Just bought a 25 Model Y Performance a few days ago. Decent incentives to buy before the end of year on inventory in Houston.

I'm a traditionalist that likes a gauge cluster. However, when I drive at night the other day, I found the lack of glare refreshing and it made driving easier. And yes, I always keep the brightness low on my gauge clusters.

Lot of tech features that I'm still learning about. My wife is better at this than I am (she's the primary driver for it anyway). Never thought I'd go EV, but knew if I did it would be a Tesla.

Went from a 2019 RDX to this. Seats were great in the RDX and I was pleasantly surprised at how comfortable the Y is.

My wife and I are conservative when it comes to politics, so I'm not some gaslighting lib trying to be earth friendly. Bought this as it's an American car and wanted to try it to see if it would work.

Other vehicle is an F150 with the 3.5.

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People's political comments on my Tesla are strange. Obviously they have been in the dark about Dork MAGA Musk the last 6 months or so.

I like the 3.5 seconds 0-60 acceleration and most American made car on the streets.

Yeah, there is a definite stereotype for an EV. I don't care about stuff like that but mentioned it to dispel any assumptions.

It's an American made car. And fast.

I've had a Y for about a month now in Colorado. Just took it on my first trip to the mountains to go skiing (-5F when I got to the resort). It's just over an hour from my house to the resort, I lost about 35% battery going up there and with regen braking just about 9% coming home. I'm sure if my wife was in the car the heater would have been higher and I would have lost more range, but I was fine at 67 cabin temp and heated seat/steering wheel. I did FSD most of the drive to just see how it worked and it was flawless.

When I would take my truck I'd spend almost half a tank of gas so that was about even. Saw many Superchargers on the way too, including the exit to Keystone.

New Model Y is released in Asia, I like the styling changes.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-new-tesla-model-ys-turn-signal-stalks-are-a-trend-worth-following

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New Model Y is released in Asia, I like the styling changes.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-new-tesla-model-ys-turn-signal-stalks-are-a-trend-worth-following

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We have a model S. My wife gets motion sickness in the passenger seat and she never gets motion sickness in other vehicles, planes, etc. it's even worse for her when it's in FSD mode.

Also, the cameras inside the cabin won't allow you to even use your phone while in FSD mode, I don't understand the hype until you're allowed to actually look away from the road while in FSD.

That said, we have a diesel, gas, and Tesla vehicles and I absolutely love it as a daily driver around town.

Curious how FSD impacts drunk driving in the future. As it becomes more reliable will be interesting to see how it changes the stats (improvement from today or is it going to be just more drunk people behind the wheel because the car enables it).

It seems like Tesla is removing buttons and pushing more and more to the touch screen.

This is was kept me from considering one a few years ago. If they keep this up, I'll probably never get one.

I get their thought process, but some stuff is just easier with a physical button, and a LOT LESS DISTRACTING. The new Model 3 doesn't have a Drive/Reverse stalk? It's in the touch screen..really...that's dumb.

I also thought I saw someone post that Elon does not like HUD's, which I've had in two cars now and love it.