It is one of my favorite things. No more garage full of fumes when starting up a cold vehicle in the winter. Since I no longer have any gas powered lawn equipment either, I don't even own a gas can that sits in the garage and stinks it up. When I have to gas up a rental car, it reminds me how...
Something has definitely changed for the positive. Gen 1 R1T 0.7 kWh in 24 hrs. No percentage drop in over 48 hours while unplugged and sitting in a hot garage
I am talking about 70+ MPH speeds except for stop and go traffic. D+ was unusable in 2023 in in basically any situation but is so much better now even on Gen1.
I use it regularly in all of those situations and the only real issues I have is D+ braking when someone in an adjacent lane drifts into my lane or when it erroneously follows the exit line on the right side and then jerks over to follow the left lane marker.
I hope you have looked at the air quality impacts of using a gas stove in your home. It might change your mind.
The air quality is not good enough yet for the millions of asthma sufferers not to mention the increased heat trapping and acid rain issues caused by combustion by products.
It did result in the CARB rules which have been a major push behind fuel efficiency standards and emissions controls on cars. It also required forcing consumers to change behavior for the good of all citizens and outlawing sources of pollution which ICE is now the largest remaining source. So...
The grid operator has a multi pronged approach to tackle the issues.
California Grid Plans This article does a good job of laying out the challenges and the solutions that are coming into play now. The problem as stated by the article is how to "change the battery pack while the EV is rolling...
Are you a 12 year old junior high kid? You write like one and treat people as if you are a bully who can only make yourself feel better by putting others down. Just because you react a certain way to your car rebooting, doesn't mean that others being uncomfortable with all information about the...
The Mercedes Benz network appears to under cut the non-Tesla membership rate at most SC locations. Bucees has both MB and Tesla SC at many locations now, so I am planning my stops at Bucees whenever I can.