Ik had tot voor kort nog nooit een Tesla in real life gezien. Tot ik een paar weekends terug uit mijn keukenraam kijk en daar een tesla model S zie staan in onze pijpekop :o (=dood lopende straat). Mooie wagen.
I think that's the pilot pin. It's more of a signaling pin and no "power" pin. So it makes sense that it can be smaller. The top left one is also for signaling (proximity), so can be smaller also.
Thanks for the openEVSE link! I wasn't aware of this project. It actually uses a microcontroller platform I'm already using at home for several sensors and projects: arduino. Actually I'm using an arduino clone called JeeNode (which includes RF radio onboard). Anyway, I think this is ideal to...
Yes I remember this rumor. It was the newspaper "DeMorgen" that came with the news, before the carshow in Brussels, that the government would increase the tax deduct to 150% for 100% electric cars (i3 BEV) and to 120% for cars with 0< gr CO2 < 60 (i3 REX). The news was denied by the government...
Found some interesting youtube videos regarding the rex and its noise (German speech, no English)
Rex running while car stopped and SOC probably less than 3.5%:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fco8eRC4PKc
dB Noise measurement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUshzxIvel0
Running on Rex alone...