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I’m planning on setting up a hood-mounted solar panel to test this, but won’t be able to do it until November or December. However, I don’t know that a second battery will be necessary. If the solar panel ensures a 100% SoC on the 12V battery at the end of the day, will it drain enough overnight...

I used Highway Assist for most of a 4000+ mile roadtrip, and I love it. I’ve also used it in rush hour traffic on the Baltimore beltway, and it’s been great. Certain road surfaces and conditions give it problems, and this can be region-specific. Whatever they do to their roads in Arkansas and...

The 2024.31 update does seem to have improved things. It took about 30 hours for my SoC to drop by 1% simply parked on the street with gear guard on and connected to WiFi.

Roughly, yes. It sat in an airport lot for about a week last month, and it was more like 2-3 per day, though I didn’t watch it that closely. It is still at 69% now, so it’s been about 29 hours with <1% drop.

It’s just good sense! Germantown, MD and Pagosa Springs, CO (both much earlier this year…)

SoC was 70% when I parked it, dropped very quickly to 69%, but it hasn’t changed in ~26 hours. ‘Only’ 1% VD per day actually seems pretty good! It’s been more like 2-3 the past couple months. Just in park (not shipping mode or anything). Not plugged in. Connected to WiFi.

This, I think, is the one real argument in favor of The Software That Shall Not be Named that simply can’t be ignored. Maybe future software updates will address things like navigation for trailering or carrying propane, but in the meantime, we‘re presented with software that very much can tell...

…there are 11 kinds of people!

Base 3: 0, 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 20.

Also those who understand ternary!

Indeed, because it never seemed like a particularly serious discussion to begin with.

Yes. But different people find different things to be more comfortable. For example, I am one of the people who loves to have the AC blowing directly on exposed skin, while my wife prefers to have it blow away from her, and just cool the overall temperature. We actually love the vent presets...

Which has nothing to do with cabin temperature, unless your upholstery is wet… Obviously this is an absurd position in an absurd argument about what comes down purely to personal preference.

My SoC hasn’t changed since I parked yesterday afternoon, so… ?

People who don’t understand physics.

I think I read a different article about this (possibly a different but similar product) that mentioned it has its own battery, which lets It store enough power to be able to add an appreciable charge to your vehicle in a short amount of time. Otherwise, pure solar with such a small footprint...

What wheels do you have? Looks like maybe the Voltaic Rhinos from the picture? Could be a factor, though that still seems like a pretty extreme drop to be caused be wheels.

I’ve averaged 2.45 on the stock 21s, so if it’s even remotely possible to get 2.4 with the Goodyears, that would be amazing.

On a dual-motor max pack? (I’m guessing from your signature.) Almost 1 mpk drop seems pretty significant. I’ve got the same configuration, and want to maintain my range for long road trips, so I keep going back and forth on changing the tires (I also want 3PMSF and better dirt road handling).

I got the actual dimensions of the Lensun solar panel for the Rivian hood. We could definitely fit something larger, but I’m not sure anyone makes anything of proportions that would look better. Strongly considering buying one to test out.