Recent content by bababooey

For what it's worth, I put the below on my R1S. I like it, much quieter then OEM and I'll probably put it on my Lighting when the time comes: MICHELIN DEFENDER LTX PLATINUM LT275 /65 R20 126S E1 BSW

What the OEM tires for a vehicle that doesn't exist will be? lol.

You also have to remember this thing has to be sold in California, which is still the largest EV market by a mile. CARB has been pretty clear about its stance on diesel in light-duty vehicles, and they’ve already approved rules that phase out the sale of new gas and diesel generators in RVs...

You never mentioned COST in your first post about efficiency, you just mentioned efficiency. Efficiency is efficiency, how efficient can one vehicle use a unit of energy vs. another. If you now want to back peddle into costs, OK. For my location, it's still more COST advantages for EV.

They are not listed as being at the show.

I'm sorry, I don't know how to dumb it down enough for you to understand so I asked AI to explain it to you... They are mixing up efficiency with cost (or just the size of the electricity number). You're looking at that 50 kWh number and going "damn that's a lot of electricity" so it must be...

I don't need to dump in 19kWh day to day but many times I've arrived at home and having 19kWh as an option sure makes it nice on fast turn arounds, often eliminating the need to fast charging on route. I suspect since Rivian doesn't include 2 on board chargers (like the lightning had), Scout...

I suppose if you post enough links it will be true...

Dang, you bought a Traveler already? I'm still waiting! It's funny people with no engineering background on batteries are waiting for the next battery tech before buying. It's like when we were owning an 8086 and waiting for the next big deal, a 80286 but lotus 1-2-3 worked the same...

Lol, Jeep a rival of anything! Well, except a tow truck and a repair shop.

oh dang, greencars.com, must be legit. Is it more legit than the China links to solid state batteries that will never exist?

If Scoutt does the BEV right, you need to plan for 100 amps for a 80 amp charging experience. They will cheap out and not do this and only support 48 amp so you should plan for: 1. Real commitment to EV charging and plan for 100 amp circuit 2. Cheap out and do a 60 amp circuit

Oh I get it. The current range is fine for 95% of the owners, you want MFG to cater to your use case, not the 95% use cases. The #1 selling EV truck was just canceled and the next day VW canceled the ID Buzz and you really believe a new truck will launch with 500 mile range? Have you priced...

Congrats! But they don't build EV's for you, they build them to match the majority of their customers and their needs. Most people don't drive 250 miles every day, a distance that a F150 Lightning or Rivian can do without recharging.

New battery tech will go into cost reduction and charging improvements, not doubling range. The majority of EV owners use 12% of their battery capacity a day, a MFG focusing on range is doing their investors a disservice.