I think the park Chargers are going to be "waypoints" with the intent that you will be there for hours hiking, and not need a quick pit stop. Same as Tesla destination Chargers
there is not much level 3 charging available in Maine anyway, outside of Tesla. The state is helping out, but all of their dcfc stations top out at 50 kW.
It's a 2 1/2 ton motorized vehicle that will only come with Level 2 driver assistance features.
If they advertised level 4 or 5, there would be a valid point here. Until then ..... There's not. The UI is centered around the driver, who, fairly or unfairly at this point, should still not be...
Maybe she can control HVAC and media from the app even while you're driving, like Teslas.
It's 2021. It's a new company, going for mass production simplicity.
The F150 Lightning might have more tactile controls.
Hello from the foothills of Western Maine.
I think the fast chargers are all in the expected places along the highways, but I am also hoping for the slower chargers at Franconia, Acadia, etc....
I have in the past (when my car has had it), and I'll use it in the future.
I'm in IT Governance and currently work fully remote. I can now work from literally anywhere (*I already can, but this removes the step of turning on my phone's hotspot since Tesla won't let me have this feature in a...
OK, maybe not "routinely", but they definitely sandbagged Model 3 specs when it was in late development to keep people from cancelling S and X orders, and to not overwhelm their production ramp-up. (that part failed, though)
we've seen the before. Tesla routinely sandbags things to prevent cannibalizing sales of vehicles currently for sale. Rivian would be in trouble if a large chunk of LE buyers ended up waiting for the Max Pack.
Luckily my number won't be called for a LOOONNNGG time, but that's good. I want the Tax Credit situation cleared up.
Do I: pay for the Max Pack, and push my price over the 80K cap and lose the entire tax credit, effectively paying $20k (10k price plus 7500+2500(made in US credit)?
or: suck it...
they're building it into the wall unit. Shouldn't require too many special trips from the car, other than the software to push power back the other way through the wall unit.
My completely WAG is that digit is either for the vans for amazon, or they plan on building a stripped down fleet version of the truck like Ford is doing with the f-150.
I suspect that most of them don't put a lot of thought into how far their current work trucks CAN go. They work on jobs that are probably no more than 50 miles roundtrip.
So for a strictly work truck use case, 200 might be fine.
But I know a lot of guys who then take their company truck and...
Thanks to COVID, my wife and I now both telework. Our 15 miles/day "commute" is dropping off and picking up the kiddo from daycare across town.
even on my meager 30A circuit, that's like 2 hours of charging.
I'm still waiting for the Max Pack though, because I want it for the long ME to VA...