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Care to elaborate on "this"? I wonder if there are any minor differences in the rumors.

It's also interesting, because electronics don't actually run on 12V, they run on 3.3V or less. So, there are voltage converters built in. It would probably be pretty easy for many of them to do their conversion. It would only take a few parts at the input side of the power harness. I don't know...

Tyre Reviews on YouTube regularly reviews sets of tires and tries to include at least one budget brand. In short, they are usually bad at nearly everything, and terminally bad in some. But, also as he would point out, there is no one best tire. Tire choice depends on your usage and your...

I'm currently configured for a QM at $90k. $10k matters. :)

I'm worried they'll price the new quad as high as the CyberBeast, which would be out of my desired price range. But, then I wouldn't have to worry about deciding between the Quad and Dual. :-/

... except maybe in winter, because of the heat pump? In my old Model S and my current Model 3 (before heat pump), in the winter I've noticed a large hit in energy usage (like 10%) in just turning on the climate control, even if the temperature is already reached in the winter. I get a lot...

Of course, but how much more. I mean clearly only like $100 more. Remember, we don't *need* to be faster than the CT. (Shhh, Rivian might be watching.)

Yes, cheaper to produce, but more valuable to the consumer. So, I don't think they're going to pass the savings on to us. :) I think at best, they'd keep the pricing the same. But the Dual Performance is already so close in price, I'd have to think they'd make the price difference greater than...

Hmmm. So, just to be clear that means that Rivian must have done the 5-cycle test to get their above .7 adjustment factor? While we're at it, how about the efficiency with various winds: head, side, rear? Maybe do the test with the HVAC set to 65 and 75 as well? Something that'd be enough for...

I noticed in the EPA docs for Rivian that they aren't using the default .7 factor. Is that them just choosing a value they like better, or do they have to use the 5 cycle test to be able to use the higher factor?

Here is the full graph up to 80 mph (also from reddit): The CT scales more similarly to the Silverado than the Rivian. But, surprisingly (to me), the Lightning scales even worse. But maybe it's actually a bigger truck. Red is CT, the bottom three are Rivian.

So, take those numbers then multiply by their respective adjustment factors? Edited to add from the OP on reddit: "The coastdown test represents the power lost against the forces of gearbox friction, aerodynamic drag and rolling resistance while decelerating in "neutral" on a flat road. Put...

The reddit post was updated to show the R1T Large 20" with worse efficiency than CT at 50, but about the same at 70 mph. With the CT battery being smaller, maybe on a cold day when the CT is using it's heat pump and the R1T is using it's heater, the total range would be more similar. I wonder...

I think it's twice the power, not twice the RPM. The Power is significantly the heat from the amount of current. Doubling the voltage can get twice the total power for similar amounts of heat. But maybe with twice the power they can adjust the RPM? I would have thought the RPM was also limited...

I believe there were a lot of Teslas stolen using a wireless relay system. Tesla put an optional PIN into the system before driving to try to reduce the problem.

Hmmm. Now that you mention it, is that what the Hummer does? 400V for the motors? That said, it seems seems like quite the advantage to run motors at higher voltage too for lower current (smaller cables, slightly more efficient) reasons.

Maybe the better is the quad motor going to enduro with more power than the Bosch. It'd be interesting if they then allow max pack batteries with that motor setup. I've been trying to hypothesize why they only allowed the max pack with the DM. I thought maybe it was something different about the...

One of the key things that the battery drives is the motors. So, in order to go to 800V, they'd need different motors. So, best case scenario is they bring it in with the new quad motor system, but then they'd have two different batteries. That seems the opposite of cost cutting. The shared...

Yes, that was the three packs she was referring to. But, I suspect the LFP Standard Pack will likely have the same updated pack design as the new Large and Max. It seems like the only real mechanical difference is the cell being used, but I haven't heard anything specific to the LFP about that yet.

I really like the idea of putting lights on cars. But you should be wary of putting blue lights on your roof. It's a protected color and some police may not like to see it. I don't think there is an issue with red, yellow, orange or green.