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The UI is already there. Tesla doesn't charge to 100% unless you configure it for a road trip

I believe OP is saying that 80/90% or whatever should be displayed as 100% to the user, the same way fuel gauges in ICE vehicles typically leave a large amount of fuel in the tank while displaying as "empty".

This is mainly a U.S. practice, as many European countries like their gauges to be as accurate as possible.

> This is mainly a U.S. practice, as many European countries like their gauges to be as accurate as possible.

-Add the Japanese to that list. My Land Cruiser's low fuel lamp comes on when there's 22L/5.75 US gallons left.

That is low for an off-road vehicle where civilisation could be quite far away. My Suzuki and Chevy off-road vehicles are calibrated the same. My Buick thinks low is 24 miles of range.

While that's undeniably true, if venturing off-road, I'd expect the driver to plan better than simply heading back when the light comes on.

(I'm probably - make that 'almost certainly' erring on the side of caution - having fitted a 90L/24USg auxiliary tank and also often carrying a jerry can or two when heading off into the boonies - heck, even my field kitchen runs on diesel!)

That's why you have five topped off jerrycans in the truck bed.

> I believe OP is saying that 80/90% or whatever should be displayed as 100% to the user

My BMW i3 does that. When my car is fully charged, it's almost exactly 80% of the actual full battery capacity. When it says it's empty it's about 20%.

I verified this using some REST API calls someone had figured out reported capacity (actual and available) in kWh and correlated with the 94Ah specification.

Not a Tesla user but how well it integrates with Siri? Sounds like type of thing you’d want good voice interface.

Changing AC settings while driving would be great too.

Tesla doesn't integrate with any personal assistants natively. There are 3rd party solutions (Alexa skills, etc.) available that can report on and control things ("What is the state of charge?", "Turn on the heater", etc.)

Generally, I find these solutions not very user friendly at all and not well integrated. And I'm personally a bit wary about the security of it all. Giving a 3rd party access to my calendar is one thing; letting them control my car is something different.

Well it’s changing your temperature or opening window at most, not driving off a cliff

Then something presumably isn't working right, because cars are still burning.

I would like to know the extent of these problem and if there are other solutions. Seems this person did charge to 100%. Maybe this should be disabled for garages

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