A lazy day trip up the Dandenong Ranges to Kallista Deli for brunch.

Delicious smokey beans and corn bread or Eggs Benedict.

Our friends, Sue and Ron, took us for a spin in their newly leased BYD EV. We envied the retractable sunroof, V2L (vehicle to load) and virtual top camera view of the car parking. But it lacks Tesla features like autopilot.

Charging:

The BYD car includes a V2L cable that plugs into the car’s charging port with a double outlet power point on the other end. Ron was able to run an electric sander from that power point, drawing power form the car’s battery.

We tried plugging our Tesla into that power point, to charge from the BYD, but the Tesla kept saying there was no power. It might have been because it didn’t like the BYD’s charging cable. I had left our charging cable at home 🤦‍♂️.

We also tried using the V2L cable from the Tesla, to run the electric sander. As expected, no power. The Tesla does not support V2L. I am naively hopeful that one day Tesla will release a software update to make this work. Though I’m guessing it also needs done hardware update for that to happen. Maybe a Christmas miracle?