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I recently cancelled my R2 reservation as there are too many unknowns to deal with on a vehicle that isn’t around before 2026 at the earliest.

I consume 72 miles of range driving 20 miles all the time in my EV’s. In the winter. Driving uphill. Into a headwind. That said my Gen1 Honda Ridgeline had its warranty extended because it was determined the odometers were inaccurate so not something only Tesla might get wrong. And what...

I would consider an EV9 or the Volvo EX90 (which finally got mentioned 34 posts in by @mkg3) if you want three row seating both have an 6 passenger captains chair option for the second row. If my EB raffle ticket came in a winner I would have loaded up an EX90 to replace a family members Model Y...

Shouldn’t matter, snow mode or 2PD, recovers energy when you brake within the regen limits of the vehicle while 1PD recovers energy when you back off the throttle. As there are conversion losses converting your speed back into energy not incurred during 2PD, 2PD should be slightly more...

Give Liftmaster the middle finger and get a ratgdo (rage against the garage door opener). Your choice of MQTT, ESPHome, or my preference, HomeKit, interfaces. If I want a garage door opened I just ask Siri to open it as I get close to home. Or create an automation that does it when you return...

The Rivian app says it is, $0.40/kWh for Rivians and $0.53/kWh for others. You will need the Rivian app setup for payment details if you don’t have a Rivian. Seems as if only the new sites are enabled for non-Rivians, hope they can sort it out since my Mach-E would like to stop in Moosic PA...

You are way beyond my understanding of the subject, I would have thought that in shipping mode it would stay asleep. I used to track my idle losses using an app of my own design (see this post) but gave up since I could never seem to do anything about them and patiently hoped Rivian might fix...

Nice HA setup but wouldn’t it be better to put it in shipping mode and walk away? All the Rivian API hits must have some contribution to the phantom drain and in this test live data is your enemy and not your friend. Setting shipping mode and measuring a one week sleep, a two week sleep, and a...

Maybe soon. I noticed the Rivian app now allows creating an account for charging so just maybe my Mach-E can visit a RAN soon.

You will probably be correct someday but predicting peak oil has been a losing effort for years and predicting EV mass adoption is just as difficult. So much depends on improved battery technology, better charging infrastructure, and future political headwinds. Since many can’t charge at home...

You need to hang out at faster chargers if you are seeing Chevy Volts.

You totally ignored how this has an impact in the near term. Sure the JV might have better economies of scale but my post was how it helps today when none of this exists.

Seems harsh but perhaps the Rivian software contribution is being compared to Cariad so VW likes what they see.

Doesn’t make sense to my feeble mind, where are the volume increases in parts Rivian is currently purchasing that would drive down costs today? After all, the intersection of parts used by Rivian and VW is probably the empty set. Not saying Rivian won’t do it but it is all on Rivian current and...

Doesn’t exist unless they delivered the DM Max pack in 2023. Realistically something has to give to make an EV work with your requirements. 1. Accept occasional charging in severe weather and get a EV with ~300 miles range with the desired ground clearance 2. Get a big battery vehicle like a...

That is tough range number to meet for many EVs but you will take a further hit with wet roads, more with snowy roads, and some high winds blowing the wrong way. But not all news is bad, where in upstate NY are you? Rochester has an SC and I just saw an Amazon RDV here in Skaneateles so the...

Very true but many of the same or similar costs apply to the power grid or solar panel manufacturing. The important point I wished to make is that driving an R1 does not permit one to be claiming zero carbon emission, sure they are less than an ICE but they are real for the vast majority of us.

Your EV is hardly a zero carbon emitter unless you happen to use 100% zero carbon energy for charging which is untypical unless you have a nearby atomic plant. CO2 from power generation in MI is somewhere in the 360 g/kWh range (a 2019 number I found), so driving your R1 for 1 mile (consuming...

Scientists are idiots, politicians are idiots, so we rely on random free people like you and me. Sounds like a recipe for disaster. And just what are free people, shouldn’t everyone have a stake in this decision. And how did we arrive at this sad situation? Because of an absurd paranoia of of a...