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The amount of time required to charge is less with 300kw (300,000 watts of power). With 50% more power being delivered to the car, the charging time is less. If it is like Tesla, it does not work out to an equivalent reduction in charging time since the the full power can not be applied to the...

My chat session was less positive on 300kw in the LEs. I soo want it to be available and remain hopeful.

Really good package, free lifetime supercharging.

Flat towing gone wrong. RV Driver Annihilates Their New Jeep Wrangler by Flat-Towing It in 4-Low (thedrive.com)

That is a good point about these charges being occupied by other BEVs. Are the Rivian Network DC fast chargers limited to just Rivian vehicles or can they also be used by other BEVs?

I agree. I have 1 TB SSDs in each of my Teslas. When I need the footage, it so easy to take it into the house and view / copy the files that I need and put the SSD back into the car. I have been surprised and pleased by the Teslacam setup using an SSD. In the newest models, Tesla has put the...

I guess you are going to keep throwing "stuff" against the wall to see what sticks. Honestly, your argument is so intellectually flawed that I will try one last time to help you understand. First, you are defending, and even advocating for, a test that the EPA knows is so fundamentally...

Because that would require the typical EV buyer to: 1) Know how EVs are tested to a very high level 2) Know that the test reports behind the EPA ratings are available 3) Know where to find the test results 4) Be able to read the submissions (they are all formatted differently) 5) Do the math to...

That is just simply absurd!

I find the Teslacam to be pretty good. Here is an image showing all 4 cameras:

I have had the Blackvue in my Model Xs since 2015. I think the first one was a 650 and the last was a 900. I do not have the LTE or battery options. They are hardwired into the car and never shutoff. They do go into park mode when idle. I have used the cloud a couple of times, but never...

I am not upset. I have owned a performance pure BEV for over 5 years and know what to expect. There are many people on this forum that do not own a BEV or a performance BEV. They see a range of 300 + miles published and an advertised acceleration of 0-60 in 3.2 seconds and do not make the...

Exactly my point. The results are not comparable when they can choose which tests are included. Choosing to use additional tests is the same thing as not using the same test. The same test = the same test (no additions and no deletions). ie. I took the same SAT test, however I chose to...

So your point is that we should not look at acceleration, HVAC use, towing or any other impacts to range when evaluating a BEV since physics dictates that these also impact ICE vehicles? If not, then I am lost as to the point of any of your comments regarding ICE mpg in this context.

That is the reason why comparing the impact of acceleration on an ICE range is not relevant to the impact on range to a BEV where one does think about range.

I have the same concern. My experience with one of Xs is along those same lines. When you factor in over 4 years of battery degradation and driving style/HVAC usage, I have a "Realistic" range of just 185 miles at 100% charge and only 167 miles at the typical 90% charge (down from the original...

Very true. But the context here is RANGE and not MPG. Range is rarely a consideration in an ICE car, but is more frequently an issue in a BEV, so the impact of that acceleration is felt much more pronounced in a BEV.

I agree. They advertise the acceleration on many of these BEVs as a defining feature, yet you cannot try to use that acceleration if you want to come anywhere near the EPA results. The EPA test uses acceleration following a standing stop at a leisurely pace equivalent to a 0–60 time of 18...

My theory on this is that the pack size has not changed. Since the usable battery Kwh will be less than the total capacity, I submit that they are just being careful by dropping the actual size in the description (and giving the explanation that it will be slightly less than the previously...

They could start by using the same test cycles for all manufacturers and not allowing them to choose between different test cycles leading to a mismatch when comparing BEVs.