Recent content by atreis

For the most part, range anxiety is one of those things that affects people that don't yet have, or who have just gotten, EVs. It goes away with experience. Charging at home is great, day to day. Imagine if you had charged a car at home all your life, and someone said there's a new type of...

They don't just have batteries. They also have motors to assist.

Kind of a nit, but ... People in EU, where tow speeds are much more limited, will do 10% tongue weight, but in the US it's much more common to go with 13-15% for better stability at higher speeds. So, 150 lbs. One would want to know the rear axle limit, and the rear axle weight without any...

Totally agree. My car supports these settings both from the app and the dash directly. One can also override any charge timer or limit (e.g. if charging for a trip) by pressing a button on the dash.

I thought you were asking for expected OTD for what we intend to buy (which starts out as a blank slate, plus extras that one can choose to self-install). Assuming it's 25K, the tax, destination fee, registration, and document fees will probably be around $4K all up. That's a total guess of...

The ranges in the poll are pretty low. By the time I add the features I want (long range battery, fastback kit, wrap, spare tire, hitch for a bike rack, head unit and speakers, and a few odds and ends) I expect it to be in the neighborhood of $35K or so, plus registration, destination (unless...

The charger is in the car. For charge rate limiting: The EVSE will tell the charger how much it thinks it can supply based on its maximum or a setting if it's settable. Some cars allow charge rate limiting to be set in the car, and the car's charger will also have a maximum. That charger will...

Most manufacturers do. My car (Nissan Ariya) has a 90 kWh pack, with 87 kWh usable. Hyundai/Kia are similar. Most don't let you access that extra capacity though.

It'd be about 200 miles for me, so likely doable with the larger battery without stopping to charge, unless it's winter. I'd definitely go for that option.

Launching with rear wheel drive shouldn't be an issue, and was generally what one always did until recent years. Also, obviously one is going to be able to drive the vehicle in the rain and snow so while immersing it might not be recommended, it will be able to handle getting wet.

Experience from the last round of this: I put a deposit in on a Nissan Ariya in '21. When the IRA was announced in '22, Nissan sent out a letter saying that the deposit didn't constitute a binding contract, and offered to let those who had put down deposits sign a binding contract in order to...

Ya know.... State themed Slates would be pretty neat! The Buckeye Slate (OH) The Empire Slate (NY) The Great Lakes Slate (MI) etc...

It's a choice, and then Engineering around that choice, so likely not any single component at this point that limits it to 1K lbs. They decided they would design it to have a target GVWR and GCWR (where the GCWR is 1K greater than the GVWR). Then when the Engineers design the frame, brakes...

IRS should clarify that, but it wasn't true in the past. When I bought my current car, I had a binding contract that grandfathered it in under the pre-IRA rules in 2022. I took delivery, and claimed the credit, in 2023.

I see a fair number of older small Nissan and old Chevy S-10 2 door trucks being driven by local contractors.