I've been watching him for quite a while. One the most interesting videos is where he gets his rebuilt Tesla (Delores) to supercharge. On the face of it, th

I've been watching him for quite a while. One the most interesting videos is where he gets his rebuilt Tesla (Delores) to supercharge. On the face of it, that does not sound like a big deal. However, it is much more interesting than that. It basically exposes the fact that supercharging is managed by client-side security. Tesla has all kinds of restrictions on what vehicles are allowed to supercharge, and whether or not you'll be charged a fee. For example, my friend's S is a 2015 with supercharging that transfers with the vehicle, so that if he sells it to you, you can still supercharge. My 2017 X has free supercharging that is restricted to the first owner, so if I sell you my car, you'll end up paying for supercharging. And if either one of our cars is wrecked, and Tesla finds out about it, they will not allow the cars to supercharge at all until they are "recertified" by Tesla, at a cost of thousands of dollars. If you buy a salvage Tesla, I'd suggest that (unless you've rooted it, and know how to re-enable supercharging) that you just pull the sim card, and don't let it connect to your wifi. That will (hopefully) preserve your ability to supercharge at the price of making the giant touchscreen basically useless.