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So what’s the largest diameter tire we can fit? Edit: looks like it’s been determined elsewhere to be about 35”. Interestingly, Goodyear makes a Wrangler Territory RT in 285/65/20, that’s also ‘Electric Drive Ready’, so should have low rolling resistance...

I’ve seen their selection, and it’s good, but I also know it’s not exhaustive. The MPP and Atomic wheels aren’t included, for example. There might be others as well, but I’m not even sure how to find out.

When you say Wranglers, do you mean the new OEM ones? What sort of range/efficiency are you getting on those? Not to hijack your thread, but I was considering switching to them from road tires for the 3PMS and better performance on dirt roads (the OEM road tires are actually decent, but could be...

Is there anyone maintaining a list of the aftermarket wheel options available? It seems like everyone’s mostly focused on tires, and you just have to sort of hope that wheel options get mentioned.

As long as it just has to be between the meter and the house, I’m pretty sure we’re good! The meter is on a pole by the road, about 500 feet away from the house! ?

The utility, yeah. But you have to be able to put something between your house and the utility, otherwise it wouldn’t be possible to have a transfer switch to power your home from a backup generator/battery. You have to be able to sever the connection to the utility to avoid feeding power back...

Yes, Rivian might go out of business theoretically. They are building a fairly niche product for a fairly limited audience. It would really suck for us, as fans of the company if that happened, but it does not necessarily say anything worthwhile about the market at large, other than that its...

It’s also worth pointing out that while Ford has ditched their plan for a large electric SUV, they’ve explicitly said that the plan is to instead focus on smaller, more affordable EVs.

And maybe it’s the lack of small, affordable EVs that’s the problem. Generally, the people in the US who are going to be buying EVs are urbanites, and generally, a three-row SUV or pickup isn’t going to be the right choice for them. Hyundai and Kia have been doing quite well with smaller EVs...

BYD seems to be doing pretty well…

Somebody really needs to start marketing a product specifically for this using old WWII Veneral Disease posters.

I’ve never left mine unplugged for any significant time while it was that cold out, so haven’t had first-hand experience with the impact of battery warming, though it did seem to noticeably slow charging back when I was stuck on a 15A outlet. I’m definitely planning on experimenting with a...

Smart! I like it! I was also considering the fact that even without a V2H enabled charger, as long as there are batteries that the house can run off, the batteries could be charged via the Rivian's inverter. Ultimately that would be more efficient if it's done via DC power straight from the...

I wasn't even that interested in bi-directional charging until we just had some pretty big power outages, and I realized how much it could simplify my prep for that; now my plan is to get some grid-charged backup batteries, but they only need to last long enough to either ensure we have...

I'm actually planning on running ethernet to where I want the charger anyway; I wonder if I should just add a second run, just in case. Or maybe I should just wait until we know more and stick with the 30A receptacle in the garage for now…

In the case of V2H I think you would just have two wires, at least for power transmission. It will be AC between the house and the charger and DC between the charger and the vehicle, so no need to do anything crazy in the wiring the charger to your house. The only potential complication would be...

I guess I could maybe see 12% in the winter, with the truck having to heat the battery. I certainly wouldn’t want to leave it unplugged for long in freezing conditions. And I doubt our battery tender solution would be sufficient to do much about that, anyway.

I need one of these for the driver’s door when I drive my wife’s car that says ‘turn engine off before exiting’.

I found a review if the 4Runner version of Lensun’s hood solar panels. It‘s not quite as in-depth as I’d like, but it doesn’t raise any red flags. It does look like the panel installed in the review has metal eyelets at the corners, which I don’t love the look of. The pictures on the Lensun site...

Running higher than necessary capacity wiring to allow for upgrading makes sense. I guess the question is where the hardware that allows for switching inputs to the house lives. If it’s built into the charger, it seems like you’d want the charger between the house and the main line, but I guess...