Master mechanic and electrical guru here. Those things don’t have full electrical conductivity. If you try and put a lot of power through that wire it will heat up and fall apart. You won’t catch me ever using those. If you want to do the god splice in a wet environment use a non insulated butt connector and shrink…

12:30 Pm on a friday afternoon. Go during the flood of traffic not at 12:30 when they are bored and looking for something to do. 

Smuggling something tiny? A motorcycle. Bikes are a stop and go penalty at the border when you have a nexus card.

Vancouver BC here. I used to commute 11 months out of the year on a litre sportbike. Got caught in the snow one day and had to take a taxi home. No, I wasn’t THAT stupid.

I love that GM is chasing Tesla.

Having the computer control a rotary is ‘the way’. No idling to carbon up seals. A motor that runs at a steady state (same rpm same load) actually runs really clean and efficient. Since it is connected to a 3 phase generator the generator can not only act as the starter but also run a no fuel ‘cleaning cycle’ at high…

I installed a charging plug for a volt owner and he said he only filled up around 4x per year.

Call up any auto parts and ask for any part for x year of Exploder and they will always give you ford explorer parts.  For some reason.

If you had a Zero to play with, it would be a different story. Double the range, half the price.

Industrial Contractor here. That van is a FAIL and Ford needs to get their head out of their ass for the upcoming model year. I guarantee you the horsepower is so low because that embarrassment of a battery is too small to deliver high enough amps.

Great on road, a tenere 700 will embarrass the hell out of you off road. Bigger and heavier does not a good dual sport bike make.

If you can prove you can build a reliable electric drivetrain capable of hauling around an efficient brick the size of a bus... that may convince the motoring public that their normal vehicle electric drivetrain can survive just fine.

This is sharing the platform with the regular pickup truck AND the new chevy van if the rumors are correct. Less bells and whistles on the van/truck however. But if I can buy a chevy van with this drivetrain, HELL YES.

“plan accordingly”

Put better A/C in it and it is the perfect vehicle for the ‘low speed vehicle’ retirement communities in Florida and such. It’s cheap, grandma’s little dog can chew all it wants on the cheap interior and when they smash it up they can just buy another one. Because it is cheap.

As a former Monza (v8/4spd) owner and an ex-professional mechanic that has driven over 10,000 cars I can confirm that while the Monza was a pretty craptastic car, and was also one of the most fun cars I ever owned. Miserable suspension, vague everything, doors that felt like they were going to tear off the car body…

A gas or diesel pusher in your trailer is an option if the tow vehicle does not allow remote charging when operating. I don’t see any problem with running a small efficient engine to help push the trailer along when I haul my sex dungeon to burning man once every couple of years. As long as 95% of my driving is…

Actually the tesla semi takes 20 minutes to replenish 400 miles of range from a megacharger. You are way off on your guess. The last 20% of the battery takes longer but how many semis can drive 500 + 400 miles in a 12 hours shift? Round about none. Honestly forcing a driver to take a 20 minute break after 400 miles…

Many (like me) are waiting for an electric and are well aware that the cost savings will make half of the vehicle payment if you put on a lot of miles. The Toyota Proace van hits the EU this october with a 1 million km 15 year battery warranty and CATL is supplying batteries like this for VW, Toyota and more. GM and…

Hot swapping is pointless when you can do fastdc charging. There is a new heavy truck charging spec so ignore the current charging rates, but most electric cars made today can do 80% charge in 20 minutes. That is the time a truck takes to unload. Also don’t estimate how good the range is getting. The Tesla Semi can do…