I honestly can't remember the last time I thought about it. Accidentally turned it on once about two years ago in my old car, that's it.
I spent ~34 seconds looking for AM radio in my EV to listen to the Braves game. Then I just streamed it on my phone instead.
I haven't used a radio in like 15 years why not just use an app for AM radio and do it via bluetooth like everything else?
Man, I used to love late night road trips through the southwest listening to Coast to Coast on some random AM station out of Salt Lake City.
Your math is off. It would be $369 if you purchase 1500 gallons, not $1500 worth of gas at $0.246/gallon.
How many of you Tesla bois carry a CCS adapter? While the supercharger networks is the tits, there could be some times you need to rely on something different. I’m like 60% sure I’ll be getting an EX30 but not in a huge rush. I’m not sure if I want to wait an extra year for a car with a NACS port and a CCS adapter I almost never use or if I have a CCS port and a NACS adapter that I use rarely. The idea of buying a brand new car that already has an outdated port just makes me cringe, though it’s probably not a big deal.
It's not a big deal. Actually just ordered a CCS adapter yesterday, was ordering a 6-20 mobile charging adapter and figured I'd throw it in. It doesn't happen often but it's worth the $175 IMO for the rare chance your staying at a hotel or something that only has a CCS charger.
That’s about what I expected. NACS will be the universal standard, but we’re probably 10ish years away so I’d probably do the same as you and have an adapter regardless.
it’s extremely funny that these manufacturers all leapt headfirst into electric without agreeing on a standard charger
mine came with one so I just leave it in the frunk, even tho i've never used it (probably never would)
I’ve thought about ordering one but just haven’t ever needed it. Would be a serious emergency situation. I also live in an extremely supercharger dense region so it just isn’t a concern.
The ICE manufacturers all wanted to boss Tesla around even though they had a ridiculously big head start on charging. Now they learned just how steep that curve was to catch up.
Wish Chevy would have moved more quickly on production or at least been more open about timelines for me to consider the Blazer EV. But, I still think availability and price are likely to be unrealistic well into 2024.
Close to pulling trigger on a Mach E premium. Dealer will take xplan price but I can’t get in touch with my xplan contact to get the PIN. Ford is also doing 2.9 financing on them and they will give me about $3k more than my other trade offers …. Just need that PIN to come in
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/04/toyota-claims-battery-breakthrough-electric-cars Tldr, 10 minutes to charge and get 745 miles
That's one hell of a claim to say the least. That article and the quotes are pretty general in nature so are they making this claim basically saying they've figured it out "in theory" or have they actually created a real solid state battery that they've tested and it has provided those results? I'm sure we'll learn much more shortly because that's enormous news.
That’s just classic “keep buying ICE for now” fodder from a manufacturer way behind on electrification.
Awesome news. At the same time, I'll believe it when it's commercially viable. Refilling batteries at the same length of time it takes to fuel a large SUV would be a game changer. Then add that battery can last double the distance of an average SUV? Transforms the entire industry.
I feel like these types of articles are going to come out a lot but not really be leading to anything
Toyota is going through the growing pains of turbo's failing in their new tundra twin turbo V6/hybrid V6 engines. Same as ford dealt with back in 2010-2011.
condo building got its electric chargers online today. just some basic level 2's, but will be so nice. the only real downside of owning this car has now vanished (having to charge at public chargers)
we have assigned spots and can call to get people towed who are not charging in the shared electric ones shouldn't happen too much
The longer other companies hold out (eg. Volkswagen), the further they risk falling behind the competition.
This is all going to be largely irrelevant. The need for fast chargers is going to decrease as greater ranges are achieved. We’ve had our EV for 2.5 years and one of the best things about it is never having to stop at a station to refuel.
it is much much cheaper and quicker to roll out superchargers than it is to dream up, R&D and build dramatically better battery tech and vehicle efficiency
True and I don’t disagree. It may take 10 years, it may take 20. But at some point in the not so distant future these charging stations are going to have very little utility. Would hope that the owners of these stations are thinking about alternate uses down the line, but I highly doubt they are.
With that being said, your first sentence isn't wrong. It's just that depending on where you live in this fine country, there may be a sufficient amount of fast chargers whereas other areas still have a long way to go. It'll continue to get better each week/month/year going forward though.