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I had a couple friends that bought a first generation Leaf and had all kinds of trouble with it in the Minnesota winter. Since then, EVs have been roundly dismissed as unreliable and having too short a range for cold conditions. My other friend is a big fan of 'Hoovie's Garage', and the...

You sound a lot like me before I bought my R1T. I test drove everything in EV pickup - R1T, Silverado RST, and Ford Lightning. I was really attracted to the Silverado's battery size, mostly because I worried about running out of charge in some deserted area and having to wait hours for a tow...

Thorny topic, obviously. One thing I did notice when I was driving across North Dakota in the dead of winter was that there was gas available on average about every 25 miles or so. I know that that's not the case everywhere in the US, but ND (which is supposed to have relatively low population...

It was my first EV, so I went used to both lessen the cost and the deprecation. Autonomy isn't high on my list of wants, so the 'established' Gen 1 hardware was another issue. I was also lucky in that June of last year was when (I think) a lot of initial lease trucks became available, so there...

We haven't had a chance to do any camping with it yet, but we're having fun getting it outfitted for our first trip, which is in May. So far, we've found a couple minor details that need fixing (missing screw and the plastic on the grab handle by the front door is cracked), but I'm really...

I really wonder what happened to Japan's auto industry. I can remember the invasion of smaller, cheaper Japanese cars in the 1970s and 1980s that had quality as good or better than what came out of Detroit. Did all the innovators who came out of WW2 pass away? There just doesn't seem to be...

First major cyber attack from Iran this morning on Stryker. If your employer (or company) hasn't reviewed their cybersecurity recently, now might be a good time.

I guess I'll have to pay a couple more bucks to fuel up the Vespa. And I'll probably be getting some EV questions from my friends. I'm beginning to regret that fortune cookie that said, "May You Live in Interesting Times!".

My napkin calculations are always 1 mile per kWh, and I'm pleasantly surprised if I get more than that. At 150 miles I would plan for a 'splash and dash' quick charge just to throw a couple kWh in your battery pack.

Carmax, Carvana and Rivian all offered me the same amount for my used Honda Ridgeline, so I traded it to Rivian just to the get the sales tax break. My buying process with Rivian was actually pretty good, with the one hiccup that Rivian's AI didn't like my initial insurance info, and I had to...

They're pretty close - I did note gas costs when I was charging just as a point of comparison. My spreadsheet shows it would have cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $315 for the trip. The lowest price I saw was in Fargo ND at $2.16 per gallon. Highest was Monticell MN at $2.85. I think I...

This is true. I got a real dose of reality at 3 AM when a diesel truck pulling a big box trailer blew by me at 75 mph. But, I only tow a few weekends out of the year, and the rest of the time my truck gets used for commuting and running errands - tasks for which it excels.

The R1T is my first EV, so I'm still in the 'charge anxiety' phase of my battery-vehicle driving career. I did recently set my max charge down to 60%, down from 70%. I also have access to free level 2 charging at work, so I often recover the electricity I used on my commute to work. The thing...

We decided to upgrade our RV from our InTech Flyer Explore to an InTech Sol Dusk. Basically, I'm not doing motorcycle track days anymore, and so I don't need a toy hauler. That, and we wanted a bathroom and a king-sized bed. The Dusk fit the bill, so we started looking for one. The Dusk came...

I've got an '18 GSA and I try to do all my hauling with as little gas in the tank as possible. 8-ish gallons of gas sloshing around above the center of gravity can make things interesting in a hurry.

Back in the day, when I bought my first Harbor Freight I built a basic front wheel chock out of scrap lumber and screwed it into the trailer decking. After that, I bought a Condor front wheel chock and used that to haul stuff, before upgrading to a Pitbull trailer restraint system. I'd suggest...

That's the sort of information I was looking for. I would love to own something like a Porsche EV, especially with 800-volt architecture and quick charging, but I know the German brands like a lot of upkeep. If I could figure out a way to get someone else to pay for it, I'd do it. But, for...

I'm sorry to hear that about the Audi. The E-Tron GT is one of those cars I think looks pretty cool, but wondered about the ownership experience.

Is someone helping themselves to your charger? It should use a few watts at most. Otherwise you've got a serious short in your wiring somewhere.

I'm hoping folks who have owned other marques can lend me their wisdom. My wife's car is starting to get long in the tooth, and I've started doing some preparatory research regarding other EV brands (non-Rivian). One question that doesn't seem to be covered by reviewers is the cost of...