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Hubbell parts - I might see running those. Problem is getting them. Unless you require your installing electrician to spec those parts, what are the chances that's what they install? It's not common in residential electrical work to see basis of design and spec requirements for hardware, so...

Looks like this is the fluid called for. I wouldn't run anything other that what the spec calls for. https://msdspds.castrol.com/bpglis/FusionPDS.nsf/Files/EAB2D987B813056880258D41005707B5/$File/WEPP-DNDLL6.pdf

I was in the same boat. My wife said "If only it was about 25% more grown up and about 25% less "Tech Bro" it would be perfect" GM missed the mark on it, much the way Tesla did on their 'attempt' at a truck.

I genuinely feel for Rivian. They've made some really difficult commitments (like the VW, Uber and DOE deals) that underpin a lot of shareholder sentiment. At the end of the day, the reasons for the additional share offering is generally a good thing - they need cash to build factories to...

"Why can't one of the Big 3 make something like this?!" They did... And of course, like all American automakers, they decided it should MSRP around $120k

I think "shipping vehicles with LIDAR sensors" is much different than writing software to allow the general public to take advantage of them. I don't see software existing in the next 12-24 months to leverage LIDAR sensors to be fundamentally different/better than the existing vision/radar...

I'm in the "Scout isn't real" camp. I did plonk down a few $$ for the reservation, mostly because I think it's a neat concept and I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the original International Harvester trucks (not that it means anything, the modern Scout is just a name, nothing else)...

I've said it before and still stand by my earlier comments- Rivian is not developing LIDAR for direct sale to the public (us) in the near future. They're developing it for full autonomous taxi use through Uber. They're planning on rolling out Uber branded Rivian full autonomous vehicles by...

There are vehicles I would own outside warranty, like our Jeep Gladiator. I can fix most things on it myself, parts are fairly cheap. I would never personally own a Rivian outside factory warranty without an extended low-deductible warranty of some kind. No one makes parts for it but Rivian...

Agree with "seeing the hood is a good thing" One of my perpetual gripes on our Model Y is the hood slopes down to the point where you have no idea where the front of the vehicle is - which is great I suppose from a design perspective, but in practice it's better to actually know where the...

Conduit is designed to support cable pulls up to 360 degrees 'worth' of bends without needing an Ell or pull box. So a conduit that drops vertically down the wall of your house, then goes horizontal has 90 degrees of bend. Once that conduit gets to where your point of connection is and goes...

x2 on being a good neighbor and friend. Out where I live we've had days long power outages after storms, usually in the winter. I've powered the house through our generator transfer switch with the R1S inverter for a couple days at a time, and it runs all the refrigerators and lights without...

For me charging is all about amenities and logistics. I hate driving more than a few minutes off the freeway to charge. For some reason lots of DC fast chargers along I-5 are at least 5-10 minutes off the freeway. Any longer than that and I become annoyed. Unless food is involved and I can eat...

I dumped my Ioniq 5 (not N) when the ICCU blew up and left be stranded in a Home Depot parking lot. Early adopter blues. I appreciate the effort Kia/Hyundai are making in the EV market regardless of our strange shifting consumer sentiment, but generally I am much happier with the Rivian...

Chump change to one of these random social media 'influencer' types. They'll make that back in a month from their content. I appreciate one is at a dealer now - they take good photos so we can actually see up close how these look (sorry Rivian but the marketing photos on Rivian.com suck)

If it were me, I'd run my existing wire needed for the L2 charger in one conduit and drop another 1-1/2" (inch and a half) PVC conduit in the same trench for the future pull. By the time you've dug a trench, dropping another conduit in should be pretty cheap. With the empty 1-1/2" PVC conduit...

I've run Hankook trailer tires for many years and they've never given me any trouble. Generally I feel Michelin's are overpriced for what they do.

Battery preconditioning will also cool the battery if it's too warm for optimal charging. The charging logic tries to predict the amount of heat that will be generated in the pack during charging, and either heats or cools the pack to a target temperature that results in the most efficient...

I very much understand the technology, and fully agree LIDAR sensors are generally better suited for automotive self-driving applications compared to vision based systems (supplemented with radar) The thing I struggle to see the point of is why would one wait for it? Is it expected to be...

I don't see any reason for Rivian to increase their build cost by adding this to anything they're not planning on marketing as full autonomous. Hell, I'd love some freaking glove boxes and the charge point in the drivers rear in the R1, but also don't see that ever happening. My opinion -...