TMX in top 3

Tesla Model X is on second place in last weeks registration statistics in Norway, with 171 registered cars. VW Golf in the lead with 250 cars. Tesla Model X is currently on fourth place for September month, with 383 new X's. So far this year there has been registered 581 Tesla Model X's in Norway (since June).

September is over and the September result is like you see in the picture, 601 sold TMX in September, making second place for this month. This means that there has been delivered approx 800 Model X since July this year :)

Tesla Model X and Trailer

Then it was time to test the Tesla Model X with a trailer. We drove approx 45 km, while the car showed 50 km. So a little bit extra because of the trailer. This was expected. Bought a converter for the power/signals to the trailer connector from the gas station where I rented the trailer. Everything installed perfectly. The tow hitch was very easy to install (See YouTube - LINK: TOW HITCH) and keeping an eye on the hitch and the trailer with the rear camera gave an extra insurance about the whole trip. Feel now confident to take longer trips with a trailer and the TMX :)

What's new - Software 8.0

So in bulletpoints, what are the new features and enhancements for the 8.0 version software:

- Redesign of Teslas touch-screen
- A more intuitive media player
- Favorite panels in front/in the middle of the screen
- Search functionality are more powerful
- Speech control are more simple and faster to use
- Speech control feedback, ex "command is understood"
- Visual tip on available speech commands
- Map covers now the whole screen
- Cleaner Nav window and route planer when active
- Speech command for destination search
- New zoom function on the map: "What you should see"
- Navigation to home/work with a simple sweep
- Autopilot functionality is enhanced
- Cabin overheat protection - COP

Cabin Overheat Protection - COP

This week the update 8.0 will bring some changes that will be noticed. One is the "Cabin Overheat Protection" that will never let the temperature in the Tesla cabin go towards health threatening. So if you have forgot your kid or your pet in the car for too long a warm summers day, the Tesla will always monitor and keep the temperature in the cabin at normal level.

TMX on dirt road

Starting the TMX from the cabin where it is pavement. Default setting on the Suspension then is LOW. When entering the dirt road, which make me drive slower and make the TMX shake and "dance" more, automatically changes the Suspension back to HIGH which I set it to previously when I drow on dirt road :) So far, the TMX works perfectly as a Hunters car to use on dirt roads in the mountains :)

Super charging at Elverum

My first supercharging. On my way to grouse hunting in the mountains by Trysil. Needed to charge on the way. Charging at approx 400 km/hour. Excellent. Rema1000 and Biltema shop near by, so I could do the shopping during charging. And take a hamburger at JAFS 30 meters from the charging station. Very nice :)

FalconWing doors in Rain

Ski rack / Skistativ

In USA there are several ski racks to choose from. Even Thule has a ski rack in the states, but that is not CE approved in Europe. In Norway I can (currently) find two ski racks that can be used on Tesla Model X (I think).

The two different Ski racks that are possible to buy in Norway:

YAKIMA
www.NTS.no

Tesla Wall connector

Today, my Tesla Wall connector was installed. Using my normal charging cable, the car can extract 13A from the 16A avalable from the socket. With my Wall connector I get 20A from the 20A available. This results in an increase in charging ratio from 11 km/h to 19 km/h. 72% increase. Worth it I think.

Bjørn does a PR stunt

Last week Bjørn Nyland drove to Aker Brygge (in Oslo), opened the falcon wing doors and walked away a few meters to see what happened. After 2 minutes, the car was a people magnet. People were swarming the TMX. Bjørn started to regret a bit what he started but he say in the video on YouTube that he "...asked for it" :) There are coming more and more TMXs in the streets in Oslo but still to few to make people used to them yet :) Talking to Tesla service at Skøyen, they believe that TMX will not be as common as the Tesla S is today in Oslo.

Driving economical

Driving home again from the mountain, I decided to drive economical. Again 160 km to drive. Starting with TMX at 297 km on the battery. The first 11 km was downhill, so it actually charged the TMX with 10 km more, ending up at 307 km when coming down to Veggli. Really tried to drive economically. Not easy :) But coming home at 149 km on the remaining distance. 297-149 km = 148 km, that is a huge difference than 200 km. Mainly due to the 11 km downhill versus 11 km uphill :) 148 km compared to 200 km is quite a difference. Going to the mountains in Norway or else in the world with a Tesla, remember the battery will use 3-4 times the distance on the battery than the true distance, when driving uphill.

First "long" drive with the X

Going to the mountain cabin this weekend. My wife, my two boys, baggage and me. The battery was charged to 283 km when we started. Had forgotten to charge it to the full 374 km (Typical setting, and not Rated which is 462 km. Rated used for totally flat terrain- ex. in Denmark). To Veggli it is 149 km. Veggli is situated at 233 meters above sea level, so not a big climb. From Veggli to the cabin at Veggli mountain at 850 moh (meters above sea level), it is then a 620 meters climb in just 11 km. This last part is the big question in battery drainage. I did not drive economic. Really used the acceleration several times :) At Veggli before the last climb, the battery had been reduced to 117 km. That's 166 km for the X during 149 km. The last climb is only 11 km, but arriving at the cabin, the battery ended on 80 km. That's 37 km for the X during 11 km. The battery using approximately four times the real distance. So for the total of 160 km to the cabin, I used 200 km of battery. Next time I will try economic driving to see how much I save :)