I’ve reserved every EV truck except Rivian (which I like, I just figured it was the most likely one to never happen and die with my $1,000) and the Hummer (which is obscene). I had the first Lightning reservation at my local dealership but cancelled once I learned only fleets could get base model + long range battery…

My job is physically easy but requires lots of focus and problem solving, and frankly is just mentally fatiguing. There’s serious diminishing return both at the tail end of a 8 hour day and 40 hour week. I might not be quite 100% productive levels working 80% of the time, but if I’m getting rid of the least productive…

Considering the size of the Model X windshield I’m sure the Tesla design team is already very familiar with any regulation regarding wiper size. Don’t worry, the design is still dumb for lots of other reasons.

And Tesla/Musk is the *exact* sort of company to try and whack this site over it.

Fair points, but I think they also get blown out of proportion. The SAE network definitely has reliability issues but its been getting better, a lot of it seems to be legacy automaker struggling with software. The lines you see are for Superchargers (which are incredibly reliable), in very specific areas, usually at…

The Formula E race in Monaco was spectacular, with passing in places F1 drivers haven’t attempted in decades. There was an overtake in Beau Rivage even. It proves the track is fine, the enormous cars are the problem.

I cancelled my Lightning reservation when Ford announced that only fleets would have the ability to order $50k base Pro trims with long range battery, and that consumers would have to option up to $75k to get the longer range. In hindsight I should have ordered anyway and just flipped it with how insane the market is…

Good on the 23% for admitting they don’t know enough about them, because for most people a lot of the other reasons given are their own ignorance, not actual problems. Batteries are much safer than gas in a crash. The environmental impact of batteries, which are reusable and recyclable, is much less than that of oil…

Do you like having things? I like having things. If you want things, like a house, electricity, food, ect, you’re going to need some forms of extractive industry. The challenge is doing it in the way that’s the least environmentally impactful.

Assuming it uses a standard J1772 plug (and there’s absolutely no reason it shouldn’t), it could be as little as $1000 depending on how close the parking is to a breaker box. Given how long it’d spend at the depot you could easily fully charge it daily with a standard 50 amp breaker, those EVSEs cost about $500-700. If…

According to this article Blue Bird has one that’ll do 120 miles a charge for $400,000. A brand new bus that can do the vast majority of bus routes for $25,000 net ain’t bad at all.

At least where I live the vast majority of fire calls are false alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, traffic accidents, ect, where there is no fire to put out and they don’t pump a drop.

Car and Driver tested the Lucid Air and recorded a 163 foot stop from 70; an Audi RS e-tron needed nearly 160 feet.

Math is your friend. 70-0 in 163 feet on all seasons is pretty good.

Seriously. 1g deceleration from 70mph is a stopping distance of 163.7 feet. 1g deceleration from 60mph is 120.3 feet. Pretty standard for normal all season tires. But math is hard I guess?

Expanding time of use billing makes this problem mostly irrelevant for EVs. Grow lights are on all day, including during peak. Basically every EV supports scheduled charging out of the box. There’s plenty of grid capacity to spare from 8pm to 6am, that’s when the majority of charging happens anyway and giving people a…

There is already power at the parking poles, why can’t we tie into that? Guess what? That doesn’t work either.

If you want to reduce the amount people spend on gas you either have to increase supply or reduce demand. Suspending the gas tax will temporarily reduce cost but will slightly stimulate demand, you end up with nearly the same price in the end and no maintenance budget.

The real way to reduce gas spending is to levy an…

I mostly don’t mind the way it looks, its a crossover SUV its not supposed to look great, though the black around the front wheel well is perplexing.  The name however is insane, what a great way to hurt sales for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

Yes and no. I need to charge every 2-3 hours, I also need to pee every 2-3 hours, usually the car out ranges my bladder. People don’t drink enough water.

I’ve taken my Model 3 on two road trips over 8k miles each, the usual cadence is start with 300 miles, drive 3 hours stop with ~ 25% charge, pee drink snack (15…