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Nope, not solved. To be fair, this might be more complicated than meets the eye. All batteries will read lower at lower temperatures as chemical reactions slow with decreasing temperatures. After parking, battery temperatures drop which probably contributes to some reported losses. Logic tells...

Kind of scathing review for a truck. I guess this is more of the same: If you need to do real truck stuff, CT is not the right tool. If you want to stand out, knock yourself out. 2024 Tesla Cybertruck Dual Motor Foundation Series First Test: You’re All Wrong (motortrend.com)

I am wondering how a solar PV system would be safely integrated into a V2H setup. Most PV systems (that are not connected to a power wall or similar) shutdown during a power outage and come back on automatically when power returns. PV has to shed the power it produces into the system and...

Just completed a 900 mile roundtrip. Outbound, I achieved 2.44m/kWh with temperatures averaging about 60F. Had slight headwinds for a good part (based on wind map on a phone app). On the return trip temperatures were dropping from about 45 to 25 with fairly strong sidewinds. Cruise control set...

I just completed a 900 mile round trip, charge once for 30 min at half way point (abt 200m) destination hotel had charger (400m), charged again half way point on return leg. Easy - even in a relative charging desert. Ever since I actually drive an EV, my prior range anxiety has vanished. But...

Hope they'll make it. The ocean has good bones, but they need help with SW and service. If they can get passed these issues, it could be re-branded and emerge as a competitive SUV, where Sport actually has meaning. One would think Magna should have an interest, they probably spent a fortune...

I hear that CR is number 30 on an obscure list for "predicted reliability". I have had zero problems. Just a handful of software related events that barely raised an eyebrow. This is a real solid effort for a new car company and very satisfying even for non-early adopters.

I have to admit that I don't understand how the EPA data is generated or used. If you have any more information on the topic, please share. I see on the EPA test data sheet: The test indicates that 163kWh were consumed during the recharge event and we know all of that didn't go into the...

Well, mkhuffman's curious mind inquired whether I could have gone an extra 20 miles after 0%SOC. I took it as a somewhat hypothetical question. After some more research I retract my 149kWh statement. I looked at a number of EPA depletion/recharge tests, all fell between about 146 and 153kWh...

EPA paperwork says 149kWh, so yeah, maybe I could have gone an extra 20 miles

One way to find out if your truck sits lower than others is to compare tire size and truck height to other trucks. If you need a reference, I can take measurements at each corner, say from floor to the bottom of plastic trim around the wheelhouse. This is of course only meaningful in combination...

We have two Fiskers as company cars. Both had to go on a flatbed to go Maryland. This was after a tech came out to change the 12 V battery, which drained again almost immediately again and would not recharge. The other one went into eternal limp mode. Probably about 6 weeks between opening the...

https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/real-world-dual-motor-and-max-pack-reviews-missing.20398/post-434561 Also made recent 80 mile trip mostly highway, mostly around 65 to 70mph in 30' weather, returned about 2.60m/kWh. Interestingly, I get better efficiency on long highway trips...

Well, that settles it. This is not even a 300 series SS, with it being 400, it makes it even more difficult to maintain it. I wouldn't be surprised if these things turn really ugly after a couple of years, at least without a lot of elbow grease.

should have gone woody

N No you don't have conserve mode. DM are effectively always in conserve mode (FWD). At a certain torque point during acceleration, the rear motor comes on momentarily to prevent overloading the front tires or tire slip. In this sense, DM have an advantage for most road use cases. While towing...

Cost savings, but I'd rather pay 20 bucks more. 300 series is non-magnetic, making it easily distinguishable from cheap 400 series. But I have read somewhere that Tesla uses a modified 300 series. Not sure, though. Now I'm gonna have to carry a magnet in case of a close encounter of CT kind.

Not a CT fan, but that picture is clickbait doctored: Tesla CT's are Rusting There's no way that the bottoms of the doors are rusted out. No 300 series SS will produce brown thick rust even it is a modified chemistry. Most of the strength comes from the fact that they use cold rolled sheet (not...

There isn't going to be just one solution. I recon that there could be one EV in most households without hamstringing travel. A plug-in hybrid can a great option for people who travel frequently. I don't think hydrogen will be competitive as a car fuel. I also think that battery technology and...

Hydrogen only has a better energy density by weight, because it is such a light gas. By volume, it only has about 25% of energy compared to natural gas (which isn't great to begin with). One could compress the bejeezus out of hydrogen, but that's energy intensive and the tank gets to be...