Phone batteries are designed to be VERY different from EV batteries...

International law, specifically the MLC (Maritime Labor Convention), dictates that the country where they are located must provide food and other necessities to the crew if the crew is abandoned by the owner, the expense of which is counted against the owner, or against the selling price when it goes to auction. They…

RAN WHEN DOCKED. A/C JUST NEEDS A CHARGE. NO HULLKICKERS, I KNOW WHAT I HAVE. SHOW UP WITH GOLD BULLION IN A SUITCASE OR NO TEST SAILS. 

Ok, so I charge my phone every day for 3 years. That’s 1095 cycles.

I feel like this is going to be a Gerard Butler movie soon. Damon Blaze [top Chat GPT suggestion for fake Gerard Butler character names] is the caption of a luxury boat owned by a Russian billionaire. After it was sold at auction, his job is to deliver the boat to its new owner before he gets to go home to his family.…

You also run the risk of Guryev having you “disappeared” I suspect.

I want some random person (millionaire, obv) to head down there and just make them an offer and buy it for a 99% decrease from the official price. I don’t know, I’d find it funny.

It’s shell companies all the way down

Career mechanic here (and Bolt EV owner since early 2019).
To pick one very popular and common group of vehicles - GM full size V8 pickups and SUVs have had yearslong major, widespread problems with their automatic transmissions and DOD systems for at least the last 7 model years. Dozens of TSBs, revised part numbers,…

Highly possible that the Leaf/Model S examples in this study were that age or close to it. Point remains, I’d be curious what the attrition rate is for driveline components in general for EVs vs ICE.

A 1.5% replacement rate on vehicles several years old does not seem that bad. I am curious what the replacement rate on ICE vehicles is for engines, transmissions, or other expensive drivetrain components during that time. I am particularly interested in that figure if you remove brands like Toyota whose primary…

Agree on the RAV4 Prime I’ve had mine 2021, rarely burn gas and it really serves my purposes, hullavator roof rack for kayaks and hitch for e-bikes. Killer is the tax credit is now gone so add $7500.

As someone considering an EV really soon, there can only be 2 ways to go about maintaining an EV battery:

Folks, if you care enough about airplanes to be reading the comments on an article like this, and find yourself headed for the Seattle area, carve out the better part of a day for this museum. It’s that good, and that big. People who really care about planes (and therefore probably don’t need to be told this) might…

You’ve left out one rather important piece of information in that Masi violated not one, but TWO regulations on that final lap. If any lapped cars are allowed through, the race is not to be restarted until the end of the following lap. If the rules were followed, the race would have ended under caution after those…

“Being a mechanic and thinking that Chevy’s use Ford engines? This guy needs to find another profession.”

But you can have your cake and sit upright...

The white really brings out the body lines! In hindsight I should’ve bought red instead of blue. Performance trim didn’t exist yet at the time I bought it, but when it did, there was a pretty big price difference. Buying at today’s prices, the Performance is a pretty good deal

Agreed. I never believed in a ‘daily driver’ before, I only ever wanted to drive the most inconvenient, suffer-for-the-fun vehicles I could manage. But the Model 3 Performance changed my mind. It’s a glorious mix of pleasant driving and organ-crushing acceleration. It’s dirt cheap to run, invisibly anonymous, and no…

Got it pretty locked down with a Tesla Model 3 dual-motor. Maybe would be nice to have the Performance trim. Aside from being bonkers quick when you step on the pedal, it’s one of the most ‘fuel efficient’ cars money can buy, a great view all the way around including up, fits as many people as I’d ever need in the car…