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He does a good job explaining it in the video. TL;DR: This complies with a new standard (UL 3141) and (supposedly) can be connected to a panel and treated as zero load under the NEC 2026 for a home's load calculation. The device monitors total panel load and limits charging speeds as necessary...

R2 looks pretty close to in line with EPA rated highway range if you do 65mph. https://evbench.pluginpath.com/?dr=All+Wheel+Drive&q=Model+Y&sort=label_comb_range_mi&sel=453,454,1086,760,1087&tab=epa&sub=browse

I've seen other sources saying it is *not* self healing. What it is s repairable - polish the area and "top-up". Lack of clear information definitely would keep me away on a *nice* new car. But maybe would be interesting to try on a few year old DD with some existing defects.

There's no way that liquid PPF is thick enough to protect from much more than swirls and perhaps light sand abrasion. It's less than 1/10th the thickness of "real" PPF. I can see the appeal of something that is cheaper and "easier" than a full PPF and provides some of the protection. But I'm...

I think it's all pretty well covered here. One thing I will add is that I believe Rivian bandwidth is on a deprioritized list within at&t, so busy areas the service can suck. Rural, I have generally had great service. Near cities it can turn to shit.

The average speed is misleading. Much of the drive was at 65-70mph on the highway. Long periods of town roads and stoplights disproportionately bring down the average speed.

This is a good basis for a real-world road trip with stops or a long day trip, especially with the R1 comparison baseline. Don't let the 52mph average fool you though, this is a ~65mph test with a decent chunk of suburban driving. Given that, I think it reasonably matches the State of Charge...

I think it's ~2.92 at 68F, no HVAC.

The did their standard testing protocol... but better because they tested a Model Y and R1S in the *exact* came conditions. The point of the test is not so much to find the "true" range of efficiency of the car (too many variable), but rather to have an independent, 3rd party test that can be...

We know the answer is yes the Scorpions suck.

It charges for however long it takes to add 150 miles of range at the prescribed speed. Thats why the lines in the first 2 line graphs cut off at 90 and 95mph - the cars can't do 150mi at 90mph even from 95% We can also model it as 30 or 15 minute charges (the last charge does not go full...

I'll add the actual settings to the post. That's already what it is doing. I just think showing up at a destination with 10% sucks unless it's your own home. I'm also working on a way to do this per-vehicle. It's mostly done, but I don't love the way it looks and don't 100% trust it yet...

Using Bjorn Nylands 120km/hr (74.5mph) test, I have the iX3 at 2.9mi/kWh and 317mi of range. I think that more or less agrees with the results here. Using todays OoS testing (and the State of Charge charging curve), here's what a 600mi road trip, stopping every 150mi with a 20% destination...

Same corrections applied. Boxy shape is probably massively advantaged by altitude, more than the dyno / cd would suggest. A R1S in Colorado can get nearly as efficient as an R2 in NC

It's the one thing in Kyles testing procedures that I really don't like. They should have something more consistent like a maximum of 25F heating and 10F cooling (sunny), 20F (overcast/night). But that would be wildly uncomfortable. Regardless, the Model Y *spanks* the R2 in like-for-like...