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  1. Hitch Bike Rack's Effect on Vehicle Efficiency

    I regularly drive 500 miles with my MTB on the back of my R1S. I used to drive a Model Y with the same bike and bike rack. The R1S keeps the bike shielded from the wind, and does not have a huge impact on range, maybe 10% if that. With the model y the bike was in the wind, and cut the range by...
  2. Rivian AC charging curve is weird. Why?

    Interesting observation. I work as a power electronics engineer, and it is likely that the charger inside the vehicle has a power factor correction front end, that might be slightly unstable, but clearly meets the definition of good enough. The PFC and power conversion could be done with a DSP...





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