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Ford, GM, Rivian, Volvo/Polestar, and MB customers gain access to Tesla Supercharger network. Stellantis and Hyundai also in talks with Telsa

It’s not ideal, but it should be a short term problem - Newer Supercharger cabinets will resolve this as they are rolled out. And yes, as Brovane points out the reality is for most Supercharger locations this won’t be a problem. There are a few extremely high demand locations in major travel...
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- Post #77
- Mar 6, 2024
- Forum: The Garage
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Only 31% of Americans want an EV or PHEV. What about you?

I had two years of trip data recorded by an OBD device before my first EV purchase. My wife drove all over the NY/NJ/CT area visiting clients and even still the data said public charging would only be necessary 1-2 days a year. This has proven to be accurate, we almost never publicly charge...
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- Post #284
- Feb 2, 2024
- Forum: The Garage
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Only 31% of Americans want an EV or PHEV. What about you?

Almost certainly better - There are essentially no wear parts on the drivetrain of an EV. With the exception of some early failure batteries are expected to continue functioning at reduced storage capacity. The bulk industry experience on this is still ramping up, but early data suggests that...
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- Post #252
- Jan 29, 2024
- Forum: The Garage
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Only 31% of Americans want an EV or PHEV. What about you?

Not to mention that user serviceability will dramatically increase pack size and weight per kwh. All the casing, interfacing, additional cooling hardware, etc that would be needed to change from a monolithic traction battery to something that could be swapped by one person (think sub 50 lb...
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- Post #250
- Jan 29, 2024
- Forum: The Garage
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Only 31% of Americans want an EV or PHEV. What about you?

Here’s the thing you are missing - That invoice is roughly the equivalent of putting a new crate motor in at a dealer. It’s the absolute most expensive way to fix the problem. The vast majority of EVs sold in the US are still under their original powertrain warranty due to the federally...
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- Post #245
- Jan 29, 2024
- Forum: The Garage
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Tesla Cybertruck

It seems like they are going to offer Foundation Series trucks to everyone with a pre-order before they start making any cheaper models. I get why they’re doing it, but I think a significant portion if not the vast majority of reservations were in it for the cheap 500 mile range. I’d love to...
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- Post #1,509
- Jan 19, 2024
- Forum: The Garage
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Tesla Cybertruck

Most of this stuff has direct applications to street cars. Things that make cars lighter, safer, and more efficient will continue to have value long after the motorsports world has moved on the next big advancement. Viper GTS
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- Post #1,507
- Jan 18, 2024
- Forum: The Garage
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Only 31% of Americans want an EV or PHEV. What about you?

I did the three EV on one charger thing for a while, it kind of sucks. Highly recommend more chargers if you have a way to pull it off. Viper GTS
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- Post #129
- Dec 19, 2023
- Forum: The Garage
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Only 31% of Americans want an EV or PHEV. What about you?

I wouldn’t want to recommend they open a panel in a property they don’t own given their apparent comfort level with such things. However - Ten minutes with a hair dryer and access to the meters should easily answer this question. Viper GTS
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- Post #118
- Dec 5, 2023
- Forum: The Garage
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Only 31% of Americans want an EV or PHEV. What about you?

There have been EVs like that, they just don’t sell well. Think the Focus EV and Mini SE. Part of what makes this difficult IMO is that the big motors and batteries needed to capture kinetic energy for efficiency sake also mean that you’re a large part of the way to a luxury vehicle (range and...
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- Post #112
- Dec 5, 2023
- Forum: The Garage
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Only 31% of Americans want an EV or PHEV. What about you?

Who gives a shit how long it takes to charge at home? I don't, I'm fucking asleep. This is the most ridiculous argument, time only has value if your time is involved. For normal residential use it almost always does not matter how long automatic processes take. I don't think about the charge...
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- Post #96
- Dec 4, 2023
- Forum: The Garage
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Tesla Cybertruck

Well, this has aged poorly. They did a really good job not leaking all the stuff they have been working on. I was not expecting 48V accessory power, switchable 400/800V traction battery, or steer by wire. I also did not expect the ridiculously consistent performance across SoC, or Powershare. I...
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- Post #1,283
- Dec 3, 2023
- Forum: The Garage
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Tesla Cybertruck

Definitely too late, being first to market with an EV truck + access to the supercharger network I 100% would have bought one. Now I have a Rivian, the supercharger network is about to be accessible by all of the EV truck competition, and Elon has gone batshit crazy. Cybertruck is the one EV...
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- Post #1,142
- Nov 20, 2023
- Forum: The Garage
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Only 31% of Americans want an EV or PHEV. What about you?

I am currently 100% BEV with three in the household. I will not consider anything other than BEVs for daily driver roles, and have been ICE free since last year. Zero regrets. The only thing with an ICE that tempts me right now is the E-ray, if I don’t end up buying one of these there’s a good...
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- Post #36
- Nov 17, 2023
- Forum: The Garage
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Ford, GM, Rivian, Volvo/Polestar, and MB customers gain access to Tesla Supercharger network. Stellantis and Hyundai also in talks with Telsa

Bluntly? It’s fucking awesome. I can honestly say there is no other vehicle I would rather daily drive at any price point. It’s stupid fast, handles far better than it has any right to, it’s comfortable, has great headlights, isn’t absurdly large (navigates city center parking garages with no...
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- Post #48
- Jun 20, 2023
- Forum: The Garage

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