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My son sent me a handwritten "Thank you for making me do stuff" letter while on a deployment. I will keep that one. My father was never afraid to try and do things, and always had me help. He grew up in a different world where people were more self-sufficient. I think a lot of the folks in...

I've also said in the EV forums, Charging stations need to be more friendly. Four phallic symbols with cords in the dark back lot of a shopping center is decidedly sub-optimal. Starbucks or Dunkin or somebody should really capitalize on this, take the station 1/4 mile off the path, put up 8...

Musk had a plan. He set up fast charging stations all over the US as he built out production. Tesla has some very innovative tech at their DCFC's. He also mapped where he had access to the appropriate infrastructure and sized accordingly. We see a lot of the more rural EA stations in...

I also think that the excessive government intervention creates most of the polarization we see here around EV's, which makes me sad. A few tax incentives to kickstart a nascent industry is not always a bad result, though as a libertarian I find it distasteful. Forcing change at high rates...

I think this all bears repeating, and I think it is where most people fit in. Rivian makes a very cool pickup, if all you need is something to run down to the hardware store with once and a while to pick up some 2x4's. OTOH if you need that 3400, I'm afraid you need that 3400. If I'm towing...

Just don't fall into the trap: The fact that someone was abused to produce a material, that is also produced elsewhere, is not relevant to a product that might use that material. This is the straw-man. My shirt was made with cotton. Cotton is grown all over the world. In some provence in...

On the flying cars and pie in the sky battery tech front: I'm probably a bit of a shill, and I admit I own stock (penny stock), because I think these guys are on the right track. They seem to be meeting their deadlines for the technology scaling, they finally produced prototype 1AH pouches in...

Wwwwweeeeel, they catch fire, they do not suffer from thermal runaway. A subtle but important difference. Thermal runaway = bad.

Technically correct. An 'explosion' implies rupturing a containment, fuel tank ruptures that leak fuel that ignite later are not contained, they just burn very rapidly over a wide area . . ."whoosh" Thermal runaway in a battery causes a containment loss, thus an 'explosion'. Cars generally...

TLDR; It's propaganda when the only facts presented are those that support your argument, ignoring the ones that do not, thus implying that the entire system operates this way. Rare metals are mined in Africa (see also: Blood Diamonds) by unscrupulous people. These metals are used primarily...

So, the "inventor of the electron" with 400+ posts is asking a blind question like this? I'd say if it starts glowing red and it gets warm enough, a stick, some marshmallows, and hershey's mini's you can do smore's. Real answers above. I think 18AWG is ~10A or so FTA/BUS.

Propaganda is always accurate. That is why it is often effective when not examined in full context. It's the conclusions that are the problem. Evil people do evil things, look here is an evil thing an evil person is doing (true/factual). Therefore all people are evil.

Be dismissive! This is the best choice when you don't have receipts, nor a counter argument. You take the other persons argument and dismiss it as if it has no merit. . . Especially effective if you are an 'expert' in the field: https://www.autosafety.org/police-car-choice-has-deadly-record/...

Exxon mobile's revenue was $345B in 2023, it received $5B in subsidies or 1.5% of revenue. Do not get me wrong, I think it should be ZERO, but the majority of the 'subsidies' are tax breaks by local governments to get a plant built, or for location development. One of the problems with raw...

And when you look at it this way, $20/mo is cheap insurance. $250/year for access to a grid seems rather small in the big picture. YMMV.

Interesting on the micro-air. I would be curious to try without the micro-air at all. Thanks for the update.

We don't have enough dead batteries yet. It's coming, there is a place in New Zealand (?) working on replacement battery packs for Leafs, the longest running production EV. Without much current demand most of the battery rebuild has been around recycling the viable cells from existing dead...

My father had a souped up cart. Topped out around 30. A little scary actually ;).

I am far from rich. I received no subsidy for either of my EV's, (they were both used).

Once again we make statements with no receipts. I asked! As I stated amail trucks drive 30-50 odd miles a day, assuming the worst case 50*365 = 18250. I get it maths are a bitch. You have such a hard-on against EV's it's stunning. You say "don't read propagana media", then you reference it...

EV sales are still up, year over year, but the RATE of increase is leveling off. This information what is known as "propaganda". EV sales have not continued to double year over year, thus the EV market is done, nobody is going to buy them. Propaganda is when you show only the facts that...

Prime example of how to screw-up big time. Buy an extreme number of EV's, have clueless people rent them with no instruction or methodology in place to support the renters or the vehicles. I rented a NiroEV last year in Sacramento. The facility was in 'grab-n-go' mode. Someone arrived just...

Yea, it's all infrastructure. You don't turn too many wrenches, but testing the battery packs and electronics/electrics requires a bunch of custom software and gear!

88F? Phhht. 100F with a cooler of cold beverages maybe some misters. It's a dry heat.

Re: lease vs purchase Depends on the car. If you can afford a BMW, it's generally a good idea to lease, because you don't want to own the thing when it's over 5 years old and the maintenance is more than a monthly lease, you just turn it in. In most cases though a fleece is a sub-optimal way...

I'm uneducated, uninformed, and clueless, although I've often found Shakespere was extrememly enlightened: "Mee thinks thee doth protest too much". Or an alternate take: "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle'em with bullsh..". We are talking about vehicles. You state electric...

Clearly I have no idea what I'm talking about, because I'm promoting 'flying cars'. This is a classic 'straw man' argument, which puts everything else you say in the 'dubious'/rant category. These guys are building and testing prototype batteries. The cost of LifePO cells are dropping, and...

Battery fires are real. That being said: There was a cop here was in a Crown-vic spent a whole lot of time in the burn unit rebuilding his face. I met the man, it was a big deal, not an ideal car for a rear-end accident. Fuel tanks used to be behind the seat in pickup trucks. Always nice to...

Agree 100% here Receipts please. EV vs ICE is generally a push environmentally. People always bring up the environmental impacts of building an EV but apparently building an ICE vehicle has none whatsoever. https://graphenemg.com/graphene-products/graphene-aluminium-ion-battery/ They have...

Adored mine, Candyapple red metallic. I absolutely miss that car more than anything I have ever owned. 3800 was a beast, The car was gorgeous, and had a big cabin, mine had its share of baby puke and other child originated fluids that were mostly removed. Not too bad on gas either! <sigh>.

So let me educate you: RE: Tires. Not that significant. Your going to maybe buy an extra set of tires every 100K miles. BFD. I don't run the LRR's anymore I don't really notice a range difference. I just put a set of grippy performance 40Kmi's on my Kona, cost me < $400. I put plenty of...

On the contrary. Local mail trucks should all be electric already. If I have to listen to that grinding starter as the gal drives around cutting off the motor at each stop traveling between mailboxes to save fuel. . . I asked she said she drives about 30-40 miles/day. This is an absolutely...

Tar and feathers for the people with the idea comes to mind.

Ditto, straight down the line. I sold my last hold-out ICE / RX-8 about 2-3 months ago. Both primary vehicles have been EV for almost 2 years. I live in an urban area, and I've got "Solar Powered" window stickers on my cars. Part of the reason for putting in Solar was to charge the cars. I...

How old are the AGM's? I'd move to /LifePO4, but it's gonna set you back a bit and you can't mix. I'd get the extra panels, cheap by comparison