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"in bid to boost sales" means it almost certainly won't come to already-shipped vehicles. Also, it's just a rumor at this point. If Elon announces it's going to come on new vehicles starting in January, then expect it to happen in June. 2027.

Because that's how Lithium Ion batteries work. There is no 100% foolproof under all possible circumstances method to measure the current capacity of a LiIon battery. BMS systems make educated guesses based on recent charge/discharge conditions. The only way to truly do it is to completely...

From Rivian themselves? 0%. By third parties? Possibly. There is a market for Nissan Leafs for this, and a few "boutique" ones for other models. (A company was developing one for the BMW i3 that would have given it ~300 miles of range and ~150 kW charging, up from 80-150 miles and 50kW; but...

Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1924/ If you go off-grid overloading frequently, and have a big EcoFlow/Jackery/similar that you can use it to charge, maybe it would be worth it, but I doubt even then. This is going to cost way more than the usability you'll get from it warrants. The only...

Portland to SoCal when not towing is so easy, no hacks are needed. If you don't want the boring I-5 drive, either go down the coast or via Central Oregon/Eastern California. Both 101 and 20/97 are great drives, with plenty of charging. (Did both on one trip a few years ago, Eastern down...

Maybe if they'd kept the $50,000 version around...

To be clear - the F-150 Lightning doesn't have a J1772 port in the bed (stock) either. Nor can it (stock) drive while connected to charging. This guy made some serious modifications to his Lightning to enable this. Presumably similar modification would be possible with a Rivian, too.

End of trading on day of first customer delivery: $723.93 (Either this post will be treated as a silly goof, or I will be considered a Nostradamus genius, in which case I will remove this bit.)

They look good, but how securely and "multi-point" are the attachments? Is there any bracing/strength against "lever forces"? If an actual bull comes up and leans against the front bar at the top of it, pushing it toward the front of the vehicle, will it bend? If someone offset-rear-ends me at...

Gen 1 here, the capabilities would have to increase significantly for me to be willing to pay anything. And they better damn well not try to charge for what Gen 1 can do right now. Ford had two levels of "self-driving tech" on my Mach-E. "BlueCruise" was the big-name one. Mine had the lower...

Update: 2025.38 was offered to my no-C+ Gen 1 R1T the morning of 10/27. Originally posted 10/26 13:30 PDT: 2022 R1T no C+, no 2025.38 yet.

Bicycles are vehicles. From Dictionary.com: Synonyms include (emphasis mine) Another synonym for vehicle (in the "strong match" category) is: conveyance - something that is a conveyance is also a vehicle. In fact, in the synonym list for "conveyance" includes "car" and "vehicle" but *NOT*...

I have a low-price (for a "fancy bike") commuting bike that is all "manual". I have (when I didn't work from home) commuted up to 15 miles each way (depending on the job) through Pacific Northwest winters, over some decent size hills (my biggest commute had an 800 ft elevation gain.) I've also...

Just piling on the choir - if "smaller trailer" isn't an option, then driving slower is your only way to improve efficiency. Instead of taking the interstate at 65 MPH, take slower state highways and go 55.

Or Oregon.

Just adding to the choir - PDR plus touch-up-paint should be good enough. But I'm also in camp "it's a truck" and haven't bothered repairing any of my dents/dings/scratches yet. (I'll only bother repairing if it's on a surface that would rust given the damage. I got a ding in my tailgate day 1...

That's my point. Are there any snow tires rated higher than "R"? This ain't a Bugatti we're trying to put snow tires on!

.?.?.? There are snow tires with speed ratings over 106 MPH? Why? "Oh no, I can't do my track day and go 9 MPH faster on these!"

If you do plan on leaving it parked somewhere for more than a month, with no access to plug it in, there are settings you can adjust to minimize its "vampire drain" while parked. But if you didn't do that ahead of time, expect a few % loss per day. So one month would almost certainly fully drain...

Patents and hiring don't guarantee things ever see production. See Ford's F-150 Lightning bed-mount gasoline range extender. Or Tesla's bed-mount battery range extender.