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Mine runs a lot in mildly cold weather (30F), and it sound like it’s broken when it does.

I used to live in Canada. The way it works is that you pay shipping as per normal, but then along the way, everything passes through customs. The shipping company then charges a flat processing fee ($20 sounds familiar) plus any calculated taxes and duties. This is what they then collect upon...

I’ve used some of these before. I don’t recall if it was specifically Freewire, but the same idea. “On the run” in Canada installed a bunch in high-traffic corridors. The batteries are always dead, so they cap at like 30kW after the first few minute of charging. It sucks. These are an amazing...

Rivian is certainly not bad. I really would like better performance above 50%, especially when towing. The F150 is no better though I don’t think. I think Rivian’s biggest issue is thermals. I’m hoping for great things for Rivian’s next gen. Time will tell.

My 2019 etron pulls 150kW constantly all the way to 80%. And it’s a much smaller pack than the R1T (making it more impressive). Rivian’s curve is mediocre.

Yes, electrically speaking it would be twice as fast. I don’t really have interest in the language we use to compare two dissimilar vehicles though. I won’t argue semantics - that’s a losing argument for all involved. My point is simply that it’s not unreasonable (technology speaking) to expect...

No, I’m not missing that point. Let me explain with two hypothetical EVs: EV A: 300 mile range car, with a 5mile/kWh efficiency. This requires a 60kWh pack (300 / 5). Let’s say the cells can charge at 3C average. This would be 180kW (3 * 60). 180kW for a vehicle that does 5miles/kWh is...

Everyone who is pointing out the gallons per minute fuel filling analogy is missing a key point. Batteries are not tanks of liquid. With gasoline, the pump at the station is basically what sets your refueling rate. That’s not how EVSE and battery technology works though. With batteries, all else...

If you lock the door, it doesn’t open. So no risk with rain or sprinklers.

Soooo, </thread>? What else would car wash mode be for but to ensure the car doesn’t do things it shouldn’t while in a car wash?

Here's another interesting view. Average charging speed vs arrival SoC. I don't know if it's just because I tended to arrive above 20% more often than not (as this is what the Rivian nav makes you do if you listen) and so I have more data here, or if it's because the longer you spend below 50%...

Oh, and where this data comes from. I'm using the Home Assistant Rivian plugin, and I have all of my HA data pumped into an InfluxDB server. This data was parsed with a combination of hacky Python and then Excel for manually adding the ESVE-reported columns in the last post. Here's the data...

Summary data! The "integrated power" column is basically duration * average power (which is the same as summing instantaneous power * time slice for each sample). The EVSE Energy column is the power reported by the charging network. Interestingly, it's pretty inconsistent how they compare...

The up and down behavior is definitely the chargers, not the truck. BUT, if you go to a charger that gives you 200+kW, and you get there with a low SoC, the truck will start to reduce charging speed sooner. There’s definitely a limit to how much heat the truck can deal with in the pack. There’s...

I've put a lot of miles on my R1T in the last month, and so I've accumulated a large number of charging sessions recently. I decided to quickly plot the data to see what an "average" curve looks like. It turns out there's not really a typical curve (which I suppose isn't really a surprise.)...

18 foot 2022 Featherlite aluminum car hauler trailer. Includes a brand new Goodyear spare tire ($250 value), Proven brand hitch coupler lock ($225 value), and eight airline rail tie-down loops. Less than 1000 miles on the trailer. Like new. Dual Dexter torsion arm axles with self-adjusting...

I trailer between the Seattle area and Shelton area. If they’re going to put a RAN station there, I’m sad they aren’t including a trailer pull-through.

Sure, but what about on the dash, in case I want to use that big screen for maps or audio? If we all wanted to use only the center screen for everything, we’d all just drive model 3s.

"It's acknowledging" or "it's a bug when the truck comes out of sleep and provides power to the taillight control module"? As an electrical engineer, I strongly suspect the latter. Some EE made a power sequencing error or similar. It's a common rookie mistake. Most likely, an LED driver gets...