Same could be said for ICE drivers, the amount of gas they started with in their tank is effectively random between 1-100%. The majority of electric cars however are going to be starting with 80-90% charge at the start of a journey.

The vast majority of EV owners (for now) live somewhere where they can plug the car in, meaning you basically start every day with 80-90% battery. In an ICE the amount you have whenever you get stuck is effectively random, so probably more likely on average to be low on energy and possibly run out of heat.

Lies in the Skies would be a great name for a book/documentary about the flying car industry.

The interesting part about this to me is the implication that a reputable company may have actually done competent CFD on their designs before just slapping some carbon bits on sample car and listing them for sale. If I could actually go from 300 miles to 315-320 from putting on a high efficiency spoiler (they claim…

A lot of Tesla Superchargers are located at hotels in middle America and the west, and Tesla has arrangements where owners are allowed to use the bathrooms and hang out in the lobby lounges which are a lot nicer than typical fast food restaurants.

Personally though, having done over 20,000 miles of cross country road…

The only problem is the hotels that have Tesla destination chargers tend to be pricey, aimed toward a Model S/X audience more than the general public. There’s going to need to be dozens of level 2 chargers at every $90 Holiday Inn/Super 8 in America if we’re all going to switch to electric.

Since there’s been fear mongering elsewhere about what would happen if you were in an electric car in a situation like this, I’ll mention that a long range EV (250 miles + range) could keep the heat running at 60 degrees for days. If you ran the heated seat only, weeks. No chance of carbon monoxide poisoning. If you…

Battery cell improvements have been incremental but have been around 5% a year on average, when you compound that over a decade you’re looking a ~60% improvement.  In addition battery pack design has improved a lot in the last 10 years as well.  The company told Electrek that the pack is 200kwh, double the current…

Its been made clear that the $40k will not have 400 miles of range. What’s unclear is how much lower will the range be, and will you have to option as extensively to get in the 300 - 400 mile range bracket as you do with the Ford.

As far as I can tell the cheapest Lightning you can get with the extended battery is $74,169 with destination. Add $13,000 from Pro to XLT, $10,000 for the battery, and upgrading the battery forces you to add the $9,500 312A equipment group. I put down a reservation hoping to get a 50k Pro with extended battery, maybe…

It’s still all about the Watts. 190HP is 442kW

Typically more power doesn’t really cost much in money or weight for an electric, the expensive and heavy part of making power with an electric vehicle is the big battery, which you need anyway if you want long range. You can make either a 530lb 60hp sled with 97 miles range for $14,500 or a 550lb 180hp sled with 95…

I’ve been riding in one form or another since before I was old enough to hold my own head up, I’m pretty excited about Taiga and have been watching their progress for a while. If they’re around long enough I’ll be buying a gen 2 sled whenever that happens, or once there’s level charging available on Tug Hill (Update…

Model 3 owner, that stuff is configurable. I have mine set up where you can take your lift off the gas, regen to a stand still, and it’ll hold position until you go back on the gas. My guess is he took his foot fully off the gas but still needed to break to slow down in time, and simply hit the wrong pedal as happens…

Even if he did have influence, which they insist he didn’t, SpaceX is one few companies where trying to boost public awareness or perception is of little to no value. They aren’t publicly traded, don’t partner with other companies to any significant degree, and their primary customers are governments. Given the state…

Has Jalopnik made any attempt to verify that the car was actually on “Full Self Driving Beta” Autopilot, or Autopilot at all, when the event occurred and that it wasn’t caused by someone dropping their phone or fishing in the center console for a Tic Tac? Wouldn’t be the first time Jalopnik has jumped to conclusions…

Sure this whole assembly line malarkey will pad the pockets of old Mr. Ford, but how’s that going to benefit consumers?

Most aluminum alloys (and metals in general) like to shrink a couple percent when they solidify, and not always very uniformly. Supposedly this alloy shrinks very little, which is important for a casting this large if you want it to be precise enough to not need followup machining.

I’d have thought this article would mention that the $39,000 version was supposed to be RWD only with a smaller battery, the $59,000 big battery AWD car you’d buy now was always $49,000 or higher. So yeah obviously the price has gone up dramatically, but half as much as this article implies.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association, nearly 30 percent of all people killed in traffic fatalities each year — about 10,000 people — are the result of drunk driving.