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https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/21/tesla-model-3-loses-consumer-reports-recommendation-over-reliability-problems/ This comes from those who own and drive them. I have no grudge, I simply point out facts and data, and you all get your undies in a bunch.

You are really stretching to protect your fanboyism.

He started Tesla with billions. That is what we are talking about, genius.

Yeah, that is why I have a deposit on a Rivian. Cause I can't afford a Tesla. You are obviously successful without being able to put two and two together, so this article is about you...

Pretty easy to take risks when you start with billions. Far better trailblazers than Musk, they just don’t have the resources Musk has. Give me billions, and I too could start a large company that loses money.

Can't argue with fanboys. I have already learned that here.

Yeah, you keep up the wishful thinking, fanboy. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-07-24/tesla-loses-408-million-in-second-quarter-even-as-car-sales-set-a-record

The friction of rubber tires from a truck are actually much higher than the friction of the trains wheels on metal. This is why trains need very shallow gradients. They don't have the friction on the drive wheels to climb steeper grades.

I could be easily swayed. If Rivian doesn't have a support network, or if they don't have the features I want, or if the qualify isn't there. I don't think Tesla could sway me. They just have such poor reliability and the company is too unstable. I don't want to lose my warranty in a week if...

I keep telling them they need 30 amp 120V plug so people can plug in their RVs and boondocks for extended periods of time. Seems like a no brainer because any RV you could tow with the Rivian would have a 30 amp plug. Also, an RV could be made all electric, and even half the 180kwh pack would...

Well, 700 HP of regenerative braking would be a very aggressive deceleration. But Rivian has stated their batteries will be able to charge at 360kW at 800V, which means the batteries can absorb 480 HP worth of energy. And because of the regenerative breaking only being about 70% efficient...

I don't think this is a Rivian limitation, but rather a source limitation. 220V 50A is a common source. Anything higher than that is likely required to have custom installation and would have its own charger.

Why? Every large electrically activated trailer I have ever pulled allowed for the trailer brakes to be applied manually through the brake controller. Also, the regency braking could be applied in the brake travel of the towing vehicle before that vehicles brakes are applied. How so? It has...

From the way you wrote this it seems you are counting the entire deceleration towards the Rivian Regen braking." Yes, why wouldn't you?

Only to people who don't understand physics.

Not guessing at all. Is the RV and toad weigh 12,500kg, and they decelerate from 100kph, that will produce 1.3kWh. At 70% efficient regenerative braking, that is just about 900Wh of energy back in the batteries. Not spectacular if you are in the flat land on the highway. But let’s say you...

YOU DONT USE REGENERATIVE BRAKING ON THE TOAD WHEN THE RV ACCELERATOR IS APPLIED!!!!! How many times do we have to explain this simple principle. You only use it for slowing both vehicles. Please educate yourself and stop repeating this Bs.

No, you are making shit up now.

No, the bar isn't going to fail ever unless it is overloading, or the towing vehicle gets in an accident. And the electric brakes fail all the time. That is why I went with a mechanical system which requires compression before the toad brake is applied.

I have a surge brake system which requires the compressive load BEFORE the toad brake is applied. And basically you are saying that if the brake fails, the tow bar will fail, which is not true at all.