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@@richardhc76 ok, thanks for the tip. However i remember doing that a while back and there wasnt a noticeable difference.

That's disappointing. On mine a icon appears on the Teslogic display ​@@chargeheadsuk

@@ChipMIK thanks for the info. I looked into sexy buttons but decided against them, although a good product.

@chargeheadsuk May i ask why not? Their app looks a zillion better to operate than what's shown in your video, it actually works and they are very fast to update when Tesla do breaking changes.

@@ChipMIK I don't think they did the performance uodate at the time. Do they now? I spoke to Ingenext last night and they are updating their App and going bluetooth as well.

@@chargeheadsuk Nope (performance), but at the price they claim i would keep warranty, get the performance from Tesla and then a very well integrated and always up to date knob instead. Personal prefs and prob. no royalty sell from S3XY :-)

@ChipMIK yes if you have £2k ish to spare a safer option. The Boost 50 cost me circa £800 in a sale. Whats the drift mode like on the Sexy button version? Can you adjust the power front to back for example? Also the boost 50 increases thr performance of standard range which you can't do with Tesla boost.

@@MelissaBehrens-k9j eh?

@@Dale-11 are you going for the acceleration boost from Tesla?

@chargeheadsuk no mate I thought about doing it but I would rather put the money in tesla stock and bitcoin 😂

No sane person would buy this product after watching this review. Way too many bugs for a consumer product Hopefully they can fix all the bugs and relaunch

@Dale-11 i cant argue with that

@@corglass its just an update I believe, we'll see once its been done 😉

@@SuperPauliet the old shape one is great value.

@@aquanick2001 thats range on the car, however there are so many factors, temp, speed its hard to call.

@@TNTurncoat im a bit rusty

@@jayalemanji-y8c yes u need the discs

@@chargeheadsukcan you link some eBay or Amazon ones?

@ you have 18 wheels correct?

@jayalemanji-y8c speak to Cleevely EV

@jayalemanji-y8c yes 👍

@@fentuz its a great point, also it often makes more noise. These specific Mountain Pass Performance spherical bearings were recommended to my by a friend who has a wralth of time attach experience and said they where an upgrade and still great on the road. Ive recently last week changed the arms and the spherical bearings were taken out of the old arms and put in the new ones and still in great condition. They are sealed from memory. I hope that helps

@@Gr06ham i've heard of qhite a few battery failures myself. I don't know the exact stats though

@@andrzejjesswein7349 you may not, its all about perception. 114,000 now 💪

@@MikeProcter1 have you got a link for this product?

@@chargeheadsuk Basically S3XY buttons

@@chargeheadsuk th-cam.com/video/uLVToFm_qn8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=UFfvTVGHRV7r9nVL

@@joelgreen257 best to watch the video I did at Santapod. The 2nd one some comparisons on there!

@@Markcain268 always got to make it faster, better brakes is also important 😉

@chargeheadsuk better brakes, yes, 60 to 0 is vastly more important than 0 to 60! Though I'd be more than happy with the performance from even the least powerful tesla!

@Markcain268 well after the array of performance cars I've been lucky enough to drive, Rustee's power is about right now. The performance brake upgrade I did in a previous video was a wise decision standard or remapped, as the standard Long range brakes are poor for spirited driving.

​@@chargeheadsukA model 3 or S with non-Tesla motors, Inertia by say transplanting Ionic 5 N parts.... ???

@kylereese4822 looking forward to the future possibilities of this kind of thing.

@@alextm8217 well spotted! I speed it up and down, depending on my mood 🤫

@@scaryprowler some great points, however as you can see it wasn't that hard in the end. Saying that, the fun has only just begun after speaking to Ingenext today. 🙈

@@chargeheadsuk Bad fun... or good fun?

@@scaryprowler we'll both find out soon enough 😉

@@Cometcum69 i was thinking that the other day actually. Blessed with a nice bunch of car people! 🙏

Give the channel a chance, they'll turn up eventually. Never underestimate the ability of ICE-holes to come onto a channel full of content they know they won't like, just to spout the same old myths to people who already know the benefits of EVs.

@evilutionltd super bored of myths 🥱😴

@@shamlordloxley8959 more to come 😉

@@trickshotish 🙏 more to come 😉

@@ColinWatters exactly, we went into detail on this.

@@JamesScholesUK i do agree that Toyota have used this tactic, also their solid state progress

@@JamesScholesUK H2 is just as viable today as it was in the 80s. Very little has changed. Meanwhile, EV tech is moving fast! H2 is 'mostly' smoke and mirrors.

@@PWN-Ewith all of these things the R&D is being fuelled by policy and regulations. We had better diesel engines and hybrids because of CO2 regs and more recently the bar has been raised high enough that you need to drop combustion engines altogether where possible. In that scenario you may well find things that BEVs aren’t right for without a generational leap forward. It may never find its place in transport. The whole thing hinges on commercial vehicles and marine applications where you’ve got a predictable throughput of demand - something you won’t have with cars, yet. If that baseline is in place then those stations could at some point be shared with other vehicles. But unfortunately it’s been portrayed, needlessly, as an either/or technology rather than another piece in a complicated jigsaw puzzle. If it doesn’t work then it won’t take off. The market will decide. And it’s not like EVs haven’t had tonnes of government support to get to where they are now. So I don’t see it as a distraction. I see it as a complementary technology for electrification. The two coexist nicely for different roles.

​@@AlexGrantuk "As with all these things" I assume you bean H2 is one of those things? I'm just saying, there's really only 2 transportation fuel options right now (and that's probably how it will stay), electric or petroleum. And the only option with potential to be renewable is electric. H2 efficiencies are low enough that the cost will always be many times more than any other "fuel." It's fine for niche applications but H2 is INTRINSICALLY unscalable for highway or long distance transportation.

@@PWN-E then the market will decide. If it doesn’t work then it won’t take off, simple as that. But if there’s a market need for it then - just as there’s been a vast injection of cash into BEVs - who knows. There are smarter people than me chasing hydrogen. I’m not convinced that it’s a distraction or a way to undermine BEVs, and I don’t see why you would want to limit those options given that the underlying tech is the same. The US DOE sees long haul hydrogen trucks being cost effective before BEVs and most of the OEMs are pursuing it as an option. We’ve never had a single fuel that fulfils all needs, and maybe we never will. But I think hydrogen has been marketed wrong - it’s not a tech for cars, nor a way to avoid short charging times for households. It’ll be commercial fleets that move first, if it happens at all. And I still accept that “not at all” is a possibility.

@@evostu7814 yes we covered the maintenance piece, you're right also fueling at home is so convenient...for most.

@@otterylexa4499 yes transport is an issue for Hydrogen thats for sure.

@@PWN-E there is certainly a strong case against Hydrogen EV's at the moment. An interesting chat we had none the less of the potential application

I didn't think they made fuel cells small enough for forklifts.

@@otterylexa4499 We had 30-ish fuel-cell-powered fork lifts when I worked for an a EV manufacturer. None of them worked though. We were still using electric equipment. Setting up hydrogen infrastructure, even at a factory, is extremely expensive and takes forever!

@otterylexa4499 i certainly learnt alot on this chat

@@GNiessen apparently 16 filling stations only about 2 public ones...

Hydrogen for cars is the very definition of failure

@@skyisthelimit9951 no worries. I personally prefer to buy privately, however I have quite a few years car buying experience. I would say buy on age and condition and worry less about mileage. 👍

@@PWN-E plenty to go at 😉

@@Manoharan thabka for the praise for the content 🙏 its difficult to tell and no ones got a crystal ball. Yes the model 3 is a good used car, however dont worry so much about mileage foxus on the condition and suspension wear. I doubt theyll be down to that money but LFP standard range 2021 onwards would be best.👍

@@dantmanish thats a really good point about just rwd for better fuel efficiency, Ive not looked. Yes it is a dual motor. Off to go and try that this weekend.

@@RichardHilditch i dont think so, its quite a big diverse group

@@RichardHilditch not sure, it was preproduction so might not jave had that

@@PeterLawrence-x6u i did a video of cost comparison of a cheap Nissan leaf vs Skoda Octavia auto and the cost was very similar.

Sorry but the 2 cas you mentioned would be group 25 max. Your tesla would be in group 48/50, so they are not a good comparison. You were up front about your costs about tyres you go on Ebay, so why not be upfront about your insurance cost. If people are going to change to EV's This is something they need to take into consideration. 👍🏻

@PeterLawrence-x6u happy to share, £700 for the year, from memory 25k a year which includes business miles and about 8 years no claims.

@@dibeerwolf1645 Guten Tag, get what sorry?

@chargeheadsuk diesen VW buss mit Zulassung TÜV für deutsche Straßen ?

@dibeerwolf1645 Nein es ist nicht, Wie ich höre, sind die deutschen Gesetze strenger

@@gavinwomersley2054 thanks Gavin, really appreciate the feedback 🙏. The EV space is so exciting right now, I'ts facinating to have people from the EV industry on the channel like Alex to see the solutions that are available. 👍👍

Yes. it will need your VIN and may need you to select the correct Model version

@@AndrewReitze where in the US are you from Andrew?

@ I’m in North Carolina. Just bought a 100k mile model 3 LR and am trying to take care of it. Tesla said they ran a remote diagnostics and it is ok. But not sure what “ok” means for them. I’d prefer a professional to look at it to be sure. I’m seeing 272 miles at 100% charge so not sure. My wife’s 2023 model 3 red LFP is same range at 100%.

It is a comparison with vehicles of the same make, model, variant, age and mileage. If if was a comparison against the average EV, all the Teslas would be considerably above average!

@@alexanderjohns7572 Tesla for the win 😉

@@alexanderjohns7572 That makes perfect sense! Thanks!

Whats the mileage on it?

@@chargeheadsuk 23.5k I’ve put on 11k in the past 12 months…..99.5% slow charged at 3.6kw/h - it was an ONTO rental car hence my willingness to have James run the battery SOH check as part of my service.

@maesygwartha i used to buy cars from ONTO when I was a used car buyer. They had a great range of EV's when they were in business. I'll be doing another test soon no doubt and probably the battery warranty TBH

@@chargeheadsuk keep up the good work- I enjoy the videos ….YEV?

@maesygwartha Y not! 🤷‍♂️ Thanks 🙏

The difference with EVs is that the battery is more expensive than any ICE component. Our focus and expertise is lithium-ion batteries.

@@SirHackaL0t. there are already warranty comoanies out there for this and please bear in mind although I am a petrolhead its an EV channel 😉

@ My point was that people seem to be scaremongering potential buyers by these video titles. It’s a common issue these days - the ‘truth’ type etc. All to drive views. I tend to avoid these type of videos.

@ OK, how much is an Audi engine for their high end ICE cars? £30k and upward. Which is more expensive? Yet no one is bothered by having a blown engine that’s not covered by warranty.

@SirHackaL0t. I get what you're saying but i dont think the 3 thumbnails are that click baity

Yes, please contact me.

@@hughchilds5888 Alex, you beat me to it 🚄💨

I've sent you a message on LinkedIn

Well timed then. I'm 7,000 miles from needing it myself. 😉

@@PWN-E whats wrong with a daily driven TVR 😜

@chargeheadsuk Parts are scarce and "other drivers" drive irresponsibly. 😉

@PWN-E its a good point about parts