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Heck, what do you think parking brakes are for? 😇

I got tired of the room running warmer than other rooms even when using a Mac Mini as the weather station data computer. I'd use a Raspberry Pi these days but there is no point when the Tempest does a good job on it's own. Tempest and AcuRite internet connected weather stations put the data on...

I have NEVER found I "Get What I Pay For." I have found I "Get What I Shop For." Simply paying more for something doesn't make it better. "You get what you pay for" is what the salesman says.

Bean counting a Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus at $1375 is required to have the features of the $350 Tempest. The Davis includes an LCD display the Tempest lacks, but who doesn't have an old tablet laying around? Spiders found my old AcuRite and it got to the point I was disassembling it every month...

There are hooks with carabiner style spring loaded closed ends which will not unhook during momentary slack in the tie strap. I wish I could find some for reasonable prices. Or a carabiner honestly rated 2000 pounds or more. I don't have a picture but many dirtbike friends use a rubber hose...

Internet connection makes it easier to see how yours is reporting vs others nearby.

I have an AcuRite 5-in-1 about 15' away from my Tempest. They track temperature and humidity very closely. Wind can change directions between buildings and trees. Sometimes one registers a bit more rain than the other. Davis is a very good choice as well. AcuRite has a new model but for decades...

The Tempest is down to $288.50. I like how it has no moving parts. Solar powered battery. Tempest Weather System with Built-in Wind Meter, Rain Gauge, and Accurate Weather Forecasts, Wireless, App and Alexa Enabled Amazon.com: Tempest Weather System with Built-in Wind Meter, Rain Gauge, and...

Try Downy fabric softener. Other brands may work, but I have observed fewer ticks and chiggers when wearing clothes washed with Downey and have seen others spraying clothes and bare skin with a mix of 8 water to 1 Downey. Your dog might tolerate this better. I don't like fabric softener in my...

Don’t want to go down interstate with hay bales, but at any speed I wouldn’t want those loose loops flapping. If a tight strap is not flush with a surface it helps to have a half twist so it doesn’t fly/flap in the wind. Such as when securing a motorcycle to the trailer.

IIRC no-name clone EGo batteries, which is what the above 9Ah are also too. A brand who doesn't expect to be around long enough for you to collect on the warranty isn't going to use the good cells to build a battery.

Are you not worried he will be electrocuted? 😇

That would still be AI: Actual Intelligence.

Now they are but they were not always. I was surprised to find my 1976 Honda MR175 had inch-sized main crank bearings. Cost much less from the local bearing supply store than from the Honda dealer.

I very nearly bought a 1984 Deutz a few years ago. Sometimes regret losing that auction.

Downey fabric softener is a good tick and chigger repellant. A friend's wife uses a heavy dose in the washing machine. He and I walked through a field. I got eaten raw by chiggers, he wasn't bit at all. Some time later I ran across mention of using fabric softener to repel ticks then remembered...

Until recently I was using an EGo 7.5Ah battery purchased in 2016. Gave it to my sister who is still using it. Don't know how much capacity it has. New it would mow just over an hour. Front and back lawns take 80 minutes, I started mowing front one day, back another, due to my abilities not the...

Bookmark 18650 Battery Store - Trusted Supplier of Lithium Ion Batteries and consider rebuilding dead battery packs. I believe that site sells better cells than you will find in aftermarket assemblies.

Sorry, while the circumference of the earth about the equator is close to the circumference through the poles, it is only close. Ball bearings are so precise their manufacturing technique was one of the most closely guarded secrets of WWII. After the war when Japan was retooling and...

No, not even close to the spherical accuracy of the common ball bearing.

On dirtbike trails we liked to leave fallen trees like that in place. We’d cut a section out if diagonally across a trail on a hillside (a bit too much of a challenge for some). We figured something straight across a flat trail was a welcome challenge to ride over. Also it kept ATVs and SxSs off...

340hp vs 240, or something like that. Suspect the huge tractors do not hold value in the UK because they consume so much fuel, at prices that would make Californians wince. The new one is not proving to be trouble free. They haven’t figured out how to make the GPS work, I suspect they have to...

Next thing you know someone will claim the Earth is flat!

The first tractor was £40,000, the "new" 3,000 hour tractor as £85,000 or about $115,000. Current exchange rate: £1.00 = $1.35

Kawasaki was well known for rotary valve 2-stroke motorcycle engines, and road raced many. Reed valves are SOP on today's 2-stroke motorcycle engines. Even so, still a very simple engine with few moving parts, but a lot of high tech.

Yes, like that dastardly complex modern gasoline engine on my chainsaw.

Lost power, therefore lost steering control.

The claim was "early engines".

Early carburetors were quite simple section of pipe with fuel fed to a venturi jet. A perfume bottle in a closed passage.

Yes, "standardization" of AAA, AA, (used to be an A), C, and D. "The good thing about standards is there are so many there is one which says anything you want."

Inertia, not gravity.

I believe I have the long range NCA/NCM/NMC battery built in Austin late 2023. Original 100% range 330 miles. When I bought was under the impression Dual Motor Long Range didn't have a LiFePO4 option. Under "Charging > Set Limit" I see "Daily" and "Trip" recommended presets. "Daily" is 80%...

Congratulations! More details please? Which battery? Etc. The one thing I point blank do not like is the ride of my late 2023 Model Y LR. Have found one vendor online selling revalved Ohlins or Bilstein suspensions for the Y but I’m not going to buy without a test ride. $3000 for the least...

Clearly Tesla is DOA because some people “predicted” 400,000 units and only 336,681 were sold! I remember the same people saying Tesla would never make/sell 1,000,000 in a year. “Everyone knows there is no demand or need for so many EVs! And the infrastructure is lacking! Gas station in every...

My 2013 had 93% 10 years later. An EV battery with 70% of its original capacity makes an excellent home storage unit. Time shift power consumption if one has TOU billing. Charge with solar to use at night.

So you deny the rash of domestic terrorism against Tesla automobiles is an act of hate? Or is even happening? Doesn’t rate as terrorism but as simple vandalism? Is not prompted by those claiming to be leaders, who apparently have a following? And you claim sanity?

Not at all an exaggeration. Attacks against Tesla automobiles and drivers are attempts of intimidation, of terrorism, intended to instill fear. Is also being conducted by idiots. Is wonderful how we now have an administration running the Federal government who will prosecute these cases to the...

No, tires, wiper blades, brakes, etc are legitimate maintenance expenses. As are car washes. So perhaps more Tesla owners pay thousands for ceramic coating, adding to the cost of ownership? I prepaid dealer maintenance for my 2013 Model S. 8 years cost $4000. Among other things they replaced...

But just think if the USA does annex Canada: we can impose MAiD upon domestic terrorists, those keying Teslas.

All such "studies" produce the results expected by whoever is funding the study.

I just restated your words. Tesla has mobile technicians covering most of the country.

And headlights.

You live in Michigan so you have been taught all your life that automobiles "need support", and "gas stations".

Just look at 2016-2020. And consider Biden didn't rescind many of Trump's tariffs.

Tariffs are not going to amount to much for the USA. We don't really need foreign automobiles, our existing supply is plenty for several years before enough vehicles need replacement. No country offers anything unique enough that we would have to "do without" with local sources. We have a...

Or at least they are saying they had a Tesla and have sold it. Lets see the bill of sales. Reddit is a virtual reality, posters live in their a reality of their own making. For some. You are mistaken to generalize to the whole population.

Saw on X a statement saying no inventory Model Ys available in 33 states. Don't know how they counted, whether the 33 includes states which forbid direct sales by manufacturers or not. Others tout, "Trade-ins of Teslas way up!" but don't mention sales of new Teslas is also up. Perhaps existing...

You know there are dozens of Confederate flags? Libtards only know of one or two. They know the Southern Cross best, but think it is the Stars and Bars.

I'm looking. Where can I see this?

That is why I too quoted "free" in my post.

D&D is one of those intellectuals who can scan every 10th word and believe he has read and understood the content. If he knew anything he would know I am totally against all government handouts, picking winners and losers, incentives, etc. He couldn't even read post #2139 EV owners of today and...

That is how one responds when cornered.

$204 EV fee is on top of all taxes and fees imposed on the ICE.

In no small part because the “inspections” were being performed by repair shops who delightfully found things to be repaired which were not broken. $0.29. More realistically 25 MPG. $204 is 703 gallons or 17,575 miles at 25 MPG. Maybe 5% of EVs drive this much per year. I drove 8491 miles in...

Cite the rebates and tax incentives you are referring to? Then lets factor in the tax incentives Toyota/Mazda got to build a factory in Huntsville Alabama, or the incentives Toyota got to build an engine factory in Huntsville. Let's factor in the incentives Kia/Hyundai got to build factories in...

You know what a Level 2 is? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 "4 hours to charge" is only if one arrives with a 50% charge. Yup, I'm so stupid as to sit around for 4 hours just to get a free charge. I'm going to buy an EV and rush to New York and only drive on the Thruway where I can charge for free! So disappointed...

I pay $204/year "EV Fee" no matter the miles driven. I pay more tax to drive the EV than my ICE vehicles.

Please find me a "free or subsidized" charging station.

More Trump, less Bush! Am gigglish with delight at Trump’s cabinet and department head choices. Loving the sound of pigs squealing. Big difference between lecturing “Buy EV! Tax credits! Mandates!” and simply buying one himself on the White House front lawn. Disappointed he bought an S rather...

I just delivered materials to coal mines in Alabama for a couple summers. They used electric vehicles underground. 1970s. https://www.komatsu.com/en/products/electric-rope-shovels/4800xpc/#specifications I'm blaming you for lack of reading comprehension. I said China was allowed to take over...

Boo hoo hoo! One can produce electricity from other sources easier than one can produce gasoline from sources other than crude oil. And then there is the inconvenient fact we use less resources, less labor, to produce sufficient electrical energy to propel an EV per mile than with...

I remember the subsidized $99/month leases of Fiat e500 and Nissan LEAF in California to get enough clean air credits to continue selling conventional ICE products. At one time wholesale auction lots were overflowing with e500 and LEAF 2 year old cars off-lease going begging for $4900 and...

More proof of Trump's genius!

All the while being very careful not to specify the cost or price of a battery swap... in China where economics are what the government says they are. "There are few reasons that NIO battery swaps work in China, firstly they are free for most NIO owners (NIO cars are premium priced), secondly...

EV battery swap has never worked. Just consider the financial risk of renting an item worth $10,000. The damage which can be done when you are not watching. Renters are not willing to pay the price you have to receive to break even.

Radiation in space is hard on semiconductors. And humans.

Weather forecasters calling for the End of Times this weekend. I've been naughty and haven't plugged in my Tesla. Backed it into the garage the other day to unload groceries. Umbilical doesn't reach in that position. In an emergency I'll have to make do with only 230 miles of range in the...

A diesel toy truck maker on YouTube. I wouldn't want one of his impractical poser trucks. Lifted. Big tires. Loud exhaust. Unusable truck bed.

There is no way automakers will discount anything close to what this guy fantasizes. The emission systems do not cost as much as dealers charge to repair.

I said, "That the offer to annex Canada as our 51st state might be calculated to get Canadians off their fat asses in overstuffed chairs in mother’s basement which got Canada into their current situation?" And then you go on a rant proving the truth of what I said: Hey, remind me of the EVs...

Darn that lack of innovation! Clearly they should come up with innovative ways to fail! Success is so boring!

As you said, you pay very little attention to the latest Tesla news. But that doesn't keep you from opening your big mouth. My 2013 Model S looks a lot like a 2025 Model S but the difference is night and day. Performance. Range. Cost. FSD (supervised). My 2013 barely had a stupid cruise control...

You are simply not used to an American President playing chess rather than tic-tac-toe. That the offer to annex Canada as our 51st state might be calculated to get Canadians off their fat asses in overstuffed chairs in mother’s basement which got Canada into their current situation? Last thing...

Million dollars isn’t worth what it used to be worth.

Yes! Evil Elon personally scammed Canada's pork project!

Looks bloated/dead.

Yes, it appears you really do look like you give... You keep replying.

You are a Liberal Democrat if you believe that Chevrolet dealer would have performed the service had the customer approved the estimate. https://www.besthybridbatteries.com/categories/hybrid-batteries-by-make/chevrolet/chevy-volt

Really old "news". An estimate from a dealer who didn't want to install a new battery. Who couldn't get the battery from GM because there were none left. But would rather print an outrageous service estimate. Third parties have better replacement Chevrolet Bolt batteries starting at $5000 and...

Some say one should charge to 100% once per year immediately prior to a drive. That it shouldn't be left to set very long. Said to give the battery SOC calibration an updated datapoint. Actual battery SOC that we take so seriously is major guesswork as unlike a liquid fuel there is nothing one...

Yes, but I don't have a 70 mile hill to go up/down then return down/up. Teslafi says all the losses parked since prior drive and consumed during this drive works out to 278 kWh/mile added from the power grid. 208 displayed in-vehicle, 278 measured (still by the vehicle but calculated by other...

2023 Tesla Model Y Long Range AWD says 28 kWh/100 miles. EPA measures from-grid, the energy to charge the battery to drive the miles. Is more accurate to measure this way, but harder. One has to measure the energy to recharge back to the SOC one started the trip. For those who failed high...

My 2008 F-250 4x4 6.4L SuperCrew Lariat weighed 8200 pounds empty. Model Y is 4400.

For a 140 mile average?

I saw 208 miles/kWh claimed in my Model Y last week for a 140 mile trip to TN and back. Unbelievable. Know it wasn't that good as at best the car is measuring energy from the battery and not energy used to charge the battery.

Which is also the primary cause of the "EV tires wear faster" myth. Accelerate and brake harder, tires wear out faster no matter EV or ICE.

Golly! Just imagine if such a vehicle existed in other than the minds of the weak? My Model Y weighs less than the similarly sized similar capacity ICE I had back in 2013 when I bought the S.

Why/how is the roof burning? Glass doesn't burn that easily. The Model 3 has a glass roof.

Then all you have to do is vent the PCV to the atmosphere and never again have dirty intake valves! But that doesn’t work because the deposits come from exhaust gas exiting the combustion chamber back through the intake as the valve opens. But it is so easy for those who “think” but never do to...

No, it is not. The deposits are from exhaust which exit the intake valve as it initially opens. So now those detergents are placed in the motor oil and rely on the PCV system to deliver to the intake valve.

For The Arm Chair Geniuses’ beloved “battery swap” a semi can “battery swap” by simply unhitching the trailer.

No, it needs the Freight Terminal Model. You are under the mistaken impression most semi trucks constantly run from east coast to west coast then turn around and do it again. Most operate out of a terminal and make local deliveries or haul terminal to terminal.

Yes that creates a less violent longer duration combustion.

Because a judicious mix of exhaust has been added along with compression from the turbo charger to create a slower combustion, to control the combustion byproducts. Also combustion is timed by the Direct Injection. Cant "atomize the fuel 6 times" from a direct injector.

Yes but "the media hype." Hey, why are we not hearing about all the Government Subsidies being spent on battery development? R&D is a tax deduction, and the haters consider tax deductions to be outright subsidies.

Am not going to hold my breath. Similar announcements have come out monthly since I started paying attention in 2007.

Was my requirement to find a Y with the hitch factory installed. Fortunately found one with excellent "inventory" incentives only 200 miles away. Wanted white interior also too, but that wasn't to be had with hitch. Took the hitch. and now 14 months later haven't so much as removed the plastic...

IIRC there was a structural element which punctured the Pinto gas tank. That the designers added a plate to protect but later someone deleted to save cost in production. That civil suits would cost less than the plate. It was this discovery that led to all the brouhaha.

I watched that happen a few years ago in a Costco parking lot. A couple from 1000 miles away was helping their son move into his first apartment out of MBA school. His first TV: 80" LCD. Their car: Toyota Avalon. Saw them rolling the TV out into the parking lot. Looked their direction and...

What is wrong with that?

Those without EVs think EVs need “gas stations” and other government provided “infrastructure”. Every day we see more and more evidence of how government bureaucrats believe every problem can be solved with more government. Tesla sales are stagnating in anticipation of the new Model Y. I know I...

A-A is not shown? The flat surface (surfaces?) in A-A needs to be established in relationship to the radial and axial holes. I'm having trouble seeing the flat surface with 4x of .136 round. Not so sure as to the flat surface and the diameter it is on. But I don't believe the above is complete...

Interesting email from Tesla today. "Get a Free Wrap for Your Cybertruck" Make It Yours Order and take delivery of a new Foundation Series Cybertruck by March 31, 2025, to be eligible for a complimentary XPEL vinyl wrap of your choice.* Choose from a wide color pallet including a variety of...

When we are making things up let’s just say “25 miles if lucky”! The range must be only half of what anyone says and I’m getting my information 3rd or 4th hand. So 25 miles it is! I’ll give $10,000 for a brand new top of the line Silverado RST EV! Come on man, only 25 mile range! I’m being...

You said all the resources have to be accounted for. How do you account for? Easy! You hire a friendly "researcher" to "study" for you.

Have you ever filled out CU’s annual survey? If so you would realize the car gets a demerit if someone can’t find the sound equalizer function in the sound system (was hard to find on December 2023 version, was moved and easier to find in later releases). My Model Y has has zero issues so far...

You said: How does one do what is suggested above without “studies”? Is you who lacks comprehension of what you yourself wrote. I say the only way to tally resource consumption is by the dollar. No biased study necessary. The dollar paid is the only honest metric, otherwise nothing but the...

All EGo batteries work in all EGo tools. All are 56V.

I was stuck thinking “155 North 1st street”.

Not debating it at all. Nothing but sound bites (which passes for investigative journalism these days) is being said, and said only by those who oppose. Studies such as you suggest always find in favor of the funding organization. I say The Dollar is the only honest metric of resource...

I don't get the cultural significance of 155N1ST. In my case the plate supports a cause, the personalization is no extra cost. Yes but not running empty and racing ahead then slowing to repeat a number of times.

The i8 is a hybrid. Nonetheless it is cool.

EGo uses an Oregon bar and chain.

Yes! Is terribly hilarious the limp wrist small male organ compensators who only get the idea to “roll coal” when they see me. They can’t even do it right! Just barely a wisp of black smoke! Cant even see it in the dash cam video, only see their pathetic effort! And then there are the Dodge...

So, who dragged you kicking and screaming into this thread? Who was not “leaving you alone”? I too am spending money like there is no 50 years remaining. Building a house I want but do not need.

So you are already regretting your purchase and trying to take it out on others.

You saying it doesn't make it so. Where are your facts? Why are you here in in "EV Owners Of Today and Tomorrow" if you are not an EV owner today and hellbent on not only not owning one yourself Tomorrow but sharing your enlightenment to convince others from considering an EV?

Nobody here cares. Nobody but those dropping by to share their irrational hate of EVs.

Oh, it is OK if we are already doing it and have for a long time. Got it. Lithium mining doesn't have to rape the environment. But when one grants China an exclusive market to control 3rd world countries, rape is to be expected. 60 years ago it was common to rape the environment mining nickel...

Meh. Nothing is "green". Get over it. Another lazy MSN slideshow with no references or citations.

Coal is good. That ICE SUV can not be built without electricity from coal, and lithium, cobalt, and nickel for the electronics and alloy of metals.

100% of EV owners came from ICE.

Yes. It means the oil painting artist crowd isn't interested in buying cameras. Stellantis is clueless. Has no understanding of ICE or EV. In a free market economy they would be allowed to fail. How many times has Chrysler been bailed out? Fortunately I think they will be allowed to fail this...

And pay $1/minute while camped not charging. Clearly the meme was authored to amuse the ignorant ICE-head community who has no idea how fast a Tesla charges. No doubt the same author created the meme of a Tesla towing a genset trailer plugged into the charge port.

No no no! Must have at least 500 channels of 4k before TV is perfected. Until then battery powered AM radio!

You beg the question in assuming The Infrastructure is necessary. Why do I need a "huge charging station at the big box store down the street"? You will own nothing and be happy! Why would I submit to wear and tear on my EV battery for buffering demand on your almighty The Grid? Cybertruck and...

That happened when Tesla blew minds with a production EV with 265 miles of range in 2012. "Infrastructure" again? Why? What do you think is needed other than a "gas station on every street corner"? Why does one need a gas station around the corner when one starts every morning with a full...

You blame "EV" on Alfa Romeo's inability to produce an interesting EV. What does Alfa Romeo produce of any interest these days? 192 miles today. Saw more new Teslas with temporary paper license tags than I think I have ever seen fully tagged Teslas. Used 227 "rated" miles. Temperatures in the...

You know today's Conservative would be considered a Classic Liberal of years gone by?

Yes, they sucked hard at the government teat and thought they could replicate Tesla's success of starting with high end models but at high volume. Ended up with mediocre product at premium prices. Perhaps Rivian has taken EV technology seriously but traditional automakers thought they could...

How could "the buying public" speak about a product which was never offered for sale?

True, I have observed same during first miles warming up. But my Subaru and Mercedes-Benz ran at normal engine RPM after warm up. The Subaru had a CVT that would slip RPM up from 1800 at 70 MPH to perhaps 2500 on interstate hills. The Mercedes-Benz had conventional transmission, diesel torque...

I too have an FJR. 85,000 miles now. This is when it was new:

Another “Preaching To The Choir” article written by a wordsmith who has no background on the subject. Cites no references, just expects the reader to believe the same dogma other “writers” spout. “Everyone else is saying this so I will too.” No one cares whether EVs are “greener” or not other...

Yet you are still here.

Sounds great! Perfect! But why are no successful EV manufacturers as smart as you? Do a bit of internet searching to find several who have tried and failed. And none who have succeeded. Yes, one doesn't want to trade a new battery for a used battery on swap. This is why on Tesla's trial run one...

Sure is. "Everyone" with $4000 laptop sitting in an overstuffed armchair in Mother's basement thinks the ultimate solution to all EV problems both real and imagined can be solved with "battery swap stations." After all it made a fortune for Dewalt, "how can it go wrong." Everyone who has tried...

That’s brilliant! Why has no one tried that before! Oh wait, several have, and lost their shirts. Is one of those things those who do not drive EVs think those who do, need. Just like gas stations on every street corner. Even Tesla has tried it. Search YouTube for Tesla battery swap to see a...

Your limited intellect can’t distinguish between a gas station serving apartment dwellers vs travel corridors. It is you who belittles the apartment dwellers. You who refuses to acknowledge the free market forces which has bettered their options. Brought them the option of a swimming pool...

What distances did the trip planner select between Superchargers? Typically 100-150 miles. If you have reason to believe your consumption will be greater than estimated then simply charge more when you stop. You don’t have to do exactly as recommended. Tesla will let you drive down to 20% or so...

Keep digging your hole. Your selective memory forgets, “major travel corridors.”

No you don't. You have blinders that can not see anything but what you have always seen. You would oppose diesel had you been around when it started to displace gasoline tractors. You shouldn't own a tractor because it can't meet all your needs. Less than 100 mile range! Only seats one! You...

Existing “networks” of CCS chargers were government subsidized via other funding actions. I believe these were built by those primarily trying to claim real estate and market with little respect to quality of service. Tesla didn’t qualify for these funds to build Superchargers because...

Have only put 100% in once or twice this past year. Probably a good time to do it again to calibrate SOC algorithm. Agree, will schedule the charge to complete an hour or so before departure.

That would be terrible! I’ll have to liquidate my Tesla at fire sale prices because at 0.300 kWh/mile and $0.12/kWh with $2.50 gasoline I’ll only be getting the $ equivalent of 70 MPG! Doom and gloom! Later will learn how much power my PV solar system produces. Not expecting to make more than I...

Thanks! Yes, 5 years ago that was my plan too but health issues ruled out DIY. The vendor using EG4 and similar Chinese unified hybrid inverters was originally my preference then he called one morning saying he had an electrician to bid my job and I had to commit to his verbal estimate right...

My solar installation starts February 5! Two Powerwall 3, 14.4 kW of panels. Cybertruck works bidirectionally through Tesla Wall Connectors. Guessing Model Y lacks the ability to output AC on the NACS connector explaining why this feature is not available. But maybe the hardware is capable...

They don’t say anything about why they think they need all those “public” chargers. Written by non-EV drivers who assume EVs need “gas stations”, that ICE needs gas stations therefore EV too. What is needed is simple home charging. Don’t tell me “impossible for appartment dwellers!” because...

That is similar to my experience with ICE. My Model Y 10,000 mile average is 234 Wh/mile, first mile cold consumption 3x that. But once rolling the battery warms from use releasing the stored energy that isn’t available from a cold battery. I have a 200+ mile day coming up. Forecast 34°-48°...

So, “maybe”? You are guessing and don’t really know. I documented my Subaru dropping from 32 to 26 MPG on long 70 MPH trips. 20% loss from 70° to 40°. Not figuring short trip warmups. Measured at pump, not the fool meter. Even if this is “winter gas” it is truth. I have reason to believe it is...

Thanks. It provides a reference to compare other vehicles against.

Golly, a $26,000 battery! How ever could a manufacturer sell an EV with such an outrageous battery! Clearly not a traditional me-too automaker who few trust to do it right.

Ordered something on 12/18 for which the latest delivery is "estimated" to be tomorrow 1/21. Then again every week I get an email pushing it out another week.

You'd be surprised at what I know is where in there.

Prime shipping has been averaging 5 days since the COVID insanity.

So, you are regretting the purchase. All EVs must be as bad as your Chevy.

What? They are not brilliant enough to go direct from concept to production? Didn't get enough government grants to do that? They are Canadian! You only came here to rabble-rouse and preach your superior, "I'll never own an EV!" wisdom. You have no idea how deep of an ICE motorhead I am...

Cite it, I'm not going to search for parameters you know that I do not. That doesn't make me a Tesla fanboy. All other manufacturers are being good little State Capitalists, good little dogs thrilled at any attention from their master. Happy to spend other people's money with little regard for...

Citations please. What "real world first hand experience" has been cited? And with tradosaurus mostly silent, what "fanboy" are you talking about?

Edison Motors is building large vehicles. I said early on how a series hybrid is practical in large vehicles such as locomotives, ships, earth moving equipment.

BMW i3 REX weighs 3150 pounds. Has a 1 speed electric motor drive.

That is my point, the series hybrid MPG is poorer than a pure ICE. So to maintain MPG automakers build parallel hybrids giving the ICE a direct path to the wheels...

What am I pretending? I get electricity for 12¢/kWh so my Y costs 4¢/mile to drive. No pretending there. I don't give a damn about "green", never have, never will. Only EV hating ICE-heads bring it up.

You think you are the first person to ever think of building a series hybrid automobile? GM's Volt was to be a series hybrid until tests reveled awful MPG. Then delayed a year or so in a rush to design a transmission. So, build one and prove your theory. All the while wonder why no one else...

BMW tried that with the i3 REx. Used a 647cc 2 cylinder engine. 30 MPG in a small lightweight automobile with exotic low rolling loss tires.

It might. But those who have tried have all failed on automobile sized systems. Locomotives, earth movers, ships, are another story.

Your evidence please? ICE-generator-battery-motor-wheels is much simpler than ICE to wheels and generator. So why do all current production hybrid automobiles use the parallel model? If a series hybrid was practical then why do we not see Teslas towing genset trailers as a series hybrid...

You can like it but it will consume much more fuel in ICE mode than it would if there was a mechanical path from ICE to wheels. What is the point of making the effort if one is to consume more fuel as a result? For a diesel-electric locomotive the point is a mechanical transmission of the size...

IIRC there was another issue of improperly coating the anode when constructing the cells used to build the battery. Something about it was prone to thermal overrun (fire).

Yes, 5030 is describing a "serial hybrid" which is simple but inefficient. When the ICE is running for efficiency it needs to be able to mechanically drive the wheels. Surplus power can go to battery for future use. BMW i3 REx is the only mass produced serial hybrid I know of. Some say the RAM...

Another clueless media hack writing to a sensationalist headline. "The media emphasize that it takes significantly more water to extinguish a lithium-ion battery than a conventional vehicle fire." No amount of water will extinguish a lithium-ion fire. All while crying "EVs bad!" the clueless...

What about all the nasty CO2 and methane the cow farts growing that leather? How much water the cattle consume? How much water their grass consumes? Don't forget the nasty chemicals for tanning and treating leather. Pretty sure they are mined by child slave labor in Congo. And cause cancer.

When GM realized CARB was likely to kill ICE sales and mandate EV based on the success of GM's EV1, GM refused to renew leases and crushed all but a couple of the much loved cars. And that was the end of EVs for GM. Who Killed The Electric Car? CARB. Had GM believed EV would simply be another...

The gullwing (Tesla calls them "Falcon") is a Model X. Free lifetime Supercharging was commonly available years ago and I think as of the first of the year is offered as an incentive to buy a new Model S or X once again. I had it on my 2013. My Model Y does not have free Supercharging. The one...

Ride height can be "geofenced". I had the air suspension on my 2013 Model S. There were places with speed bumps and rough driveway entrances I could lift the car once to cross then lower, and it would remember to do it the next time there.

Yes, all Teslas can do that. But if you treat it like an ICE on The Gas Station Model and let it run to nearly empty it won't use the last bit to precondition the battery. That is what happened last year in Chicago. If on a road trip the battery is likely already up to optimal charging...

Good review, but in summary, "You would never put an EV in your driveway because the Tesla Cybertruck is butt-ugly." Agree abut the grab handle. The metrosexuals at Tesla Design seem to have something against handles to assist entry/exit. Not found on any Tesla. Battery heating/conditioning...

Apparently nothing at all. Apparently knows nothing about building EVs, thinks all they have to do is buy batteries and motors. They have a contract for EV USPS trucks which was a Bidiot Pork Handout happily willing to overpay for what they were asking for. Now, Oshkosh is offering to build...

A "fixed" male cat will not have the desire to piss on your car wheels. An unaltered male marks his territory so other males know, and females know. Feral cats serve an ecological need in reducing mice, rabbits, and apparently some bugs. Releasing TNR cats helps keep this balance. Had a TNR in...

"Batteries Are Not Green" attracts flies like breasts attract teenage boys. Batteries are built under the same rules as all other products. Either "good enough" or not done at all. "Boo hoo hoo, evil forces are enslaving children in Congo to mine and process cobalt!" Our Globalist politicians...

I bought a 2007 Prius new. It wasn't nearly as slow as you say the Prius C.

And a second point to be made is that someone thinks they are getting more value from the results of AI computing than the cost of the power to feed it. "Boo hoo hoo! AI uses a lot of power! An much of that comes from coal, oil, natural gas, evil hydrocarbons!" is a lameass wimpy argument...

Tesla's AI-driven FSD (supervised) is completely in the vehicle.

I bought the 5000W inverter Predator on Black Friday sale. Gasoline/Propane. Remote electric start. 3600W continuous on propane, 3400W on gasoline. Haven't unboxed it yet, saving for a project.

Once Upon A Time GM was supposed to be shipping an "EV Crate Engine". An electric motor and motor control that either bolted to a GM transmission or replaced engine and transmission. Just add a battery, BCM, and charge port, also available from GM. Ideal for converting classic GM vehicles to...

I have seen ladders carried that way by painters.

We don't live in a Free Market Economy: https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/01/06/india-proposes-nearly-3-billion-in-subsidies-for-electronics-makers-like-apple No one makes a large investment anymore without government's blessing and lavish funding. Pretending only EV makers get such funding...

And my point is that Tesla isn't getting anything a pencil manufacturer wouldn't get for building similar factory. No matter the country.

Who has built an automobile factory who didn’t get such deals? Or even a pencil factory?

No, its S.N.A.F.U., every industry gets "special" treatment so that in effect nobody gets special treatment. Other than the little guy who is left out in the cold not able to afford to buy a pet politician.

Many specific tax write offs are created for situations tax law didn't allow for the write off but the spirit of not taxing expenses necessary for production said the write off was only fair. Meanwhile politicians get to appear to be heroes coming to the aid of their constituents. So there...

What rebates are you talking about? There has been an off/on Federal tax credit for EVs. When Tesla burned through their allocation of 200,000 per manufacturer in 2016 it didn't make a dent in their sales. All the while buyers of other EV manufacturers still qualified for the $7500 credit. As...

A similar survey once found red cars had poorer reliability than any other color. When CU was fair and honest they found the exact same GM 350 V8 in a Camaro or Firebird had poorer reliability than when installed in any other GM vehicle. Go ahead an lump in the crap produced by everyone but...

As an amateur student of the economy and government largesse I am not convinced the oil industry got the favoritism oil haters have successfully painted to be. The oil haters count tax deductions for equipment necessary for the production of oil and gasoline as a "subsidy". No honest businessman...

Tesla gets relatively little of that yet dominates the EV market. Everyone else is running scared trying to catch up to Tesla by spending money like it comes from the government. Oh wait, their funding does come from the government. We no longer live in a Free Market Capitalist economy. We are...

Post 462 says nothing like your interpretation. You claimed specific cold temperature range losses with no citation of sources, or even knowing what battery was in use. And without citing temperatures.