Yeah, but pole mounted 120/220v transformers are much cheaper and easier to install, permit, get approved by planning/zoning boards etc. They can be installed in an existing property easement. Try getting a property owner or city to cede the rights to a portion of their property in perpetuity to place a transformer…

Ok, having done this countless times myself let’s get into the details then.

Nice! I just did the Tesla-style head unit and re-foamed the speakers on mine. Gonna do the timing belt and water pump next weekend, along with some spring spacers and an AHC lift and tires. Prepping for some good camping/road trips this summer since that’s about all the vacation we’re likely to get, haha.

I like this a lot, though I bought an 04 LX470 with 184k miles on it last year for around this price so it’s hard to justify IMO unless you REALLY need a solid front axle. For 80/20 on-road use, the creature comforts of the 100 are pretty hard to beat in this sector.

7 7kw chargers would be far, far cheaper than one L3. For one, the hardware is cheaper, as the DC inverter on the car are is utilized. L2 chargers are glorified extension cords, just with a data link for the handshake(and sometimes a pay portal). For L3 the inverter is in the charger, dramatically increasing the cost.…

Price and convenience really. Part of the problem is that this is only necessary/feasible in places where parking is innately expensive and, at least in NYC, that price per hour is higher for shorter durations. In Manhattan you can pay 30-40 per working day to park, but it can easily be 25-30 for an hour because of…

That solution exists in the Tesla Supercharger network in some cities, I deployed the first ones in NYC. While logistically it is a good solve, especially in very dense locations, people really prefer charging their own car and will often go far out of their way to do so, especially if there is a parking fee on top of…

This is not true in places where people tend to street park full time(ie a lot of Europe and dense cities in the US). There is a huge benefit of taking demand off of the MUCH more expensive to install and run L3 chargers by installing relatively inexpensive L2s in places where the cars will spend the majority of their…

This is clean, but really has nothing to do with why curbside charging isn’t widely available. It’s the ‘infra’ in infrastructure that is the hard part, getting the power to the posts, tearing up the ground to bury cabling everywhere, central power management to ensure power usage remains below what is available is.

That is bizarre...if somewhat impressive.

That’s not exactly why the CLRs flipped. The issue with that era of prototype was that they made the VAST majority of their downforce by creating low pressure under the car, and had a splitter that went from very effective to completely ineffective at a very low pitch-up threshold. A big cause of this was the sharp…

Yeah man, I got my very clean ‘04 for $8k because the hydraulic suspension was leaking. Replaced one hardline and it’s been perfect for a year except for a bit of an exhaust leak. The 98-03's are significantly cheaper. 

You can find a good 100 series LX470 in that range, I did. They tended to be cheaper than 4Runners all else being equal actually.

That’s not entirely accurate. The US and European CCS standards are actually pretty different not just in shape but in capability(Type 1 does not handle 3 phase), so all of the US facing brands in that list use CCS type 1 in the US and CCS type 2 in Europe. Asia is a mix of both as well as ChaDeMo in Japan, and…

Define high power. Over 100kW? over 120kW? 150kW? according to their own website EA has 1400 chargers in the ground, not all of which are 350kW capable. While this is very impressive in the short amount of time they have achieved it, my worry is that once the settlement money runs out in a couple years, there will be…

That map looks a little different if you exclude L2 chargers, which really aren’t suited to long distance travel unless you’re staying overnight.

I live in Brooklyn and have both a car and a motorcycle here, but I still use these things regularly. For something like a one way trip to meet friends at a bar(where you wouldn’t want to ride home) or a late return trip after the subways start running less often they are truly awesome. I will say that the rate at…

Teslas have been doing this for a while, works pretty well.

“The charge rate drops to 34kW” that is only true if the other car is pulling 120kW. The V2 cabinets (or chargers as you call them) are capable of ~150kW max, and can split that however makes sense based on what the batteries can take, though the first to arrive gets preference. The practical reality is that even not…