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Washington state electricity is cheap because of the Federal Columbia River Power System (aka Grand Coulee/Bonneville/etc hydroelectric system). Built starting in like the late 1930's by the ACOE. I think Grand Coulee is still the biggest hydro plant in the USA. That is some amazing renewable...

It's another choice that can be made, I wouldn't agree it is a good financial one or maybe even an environmental one. The cost of a large BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) at utility scale is immense but declining AND it is just another source of intermittent power. You still need something...

There is a complex cost relationship between utility provided intermittent renewable energy generation and the need for utility natural gas (generally) equivalent dispatch-able power generation for when the renewable sources fail to shine or blow. Many states are running the basically flawed...

Thanks, I will try that compass arrow icon out, I have not noticed that it "times out" and I have waited quite a bit of time (minutes)

I have googled around, searched the forums and I have Carplay in my Chevy Bolt since 2019 and I still do not know the answer to the following. When you have a route in progress on the iphone and put your finger on the Lightning display screen with the map open and drag the screen around to view...

I have encountered this exact issue at Buc-ee's in FL, the Tesla chargers do NOT work with my Lightning or Chevy Bolt BUT the Mercedes Benz chargers at the other end of the parking lot work just fine. When I look closely in the Tesla App, it does NOT say they are available to OTHER EV's. It...

There is just such a calibration procedure inherent in using LFP battery technologies. This occurs monthly or so with my Tesla Powerwall 3’s which are LFP. The Lightning is a NMC chemistry and a deep discharge is generally not recommended. So that’s my take on where that Rule of Thumb might...

I have a Juicebox v2 with the OpenEVSE upgrade kit and it allows for this being set. It also has a charge on solar capability which does not play nice with my other EV, a 2019 Chevy Bolt. So I have it just set to a static fixed lower rate so it doesn't drain my Powerwalls when charging the...

My neighbor has said that my '23 SR Lightning is louder just sitting in the driveway with the A/C on than his ICE F-150. I have noticed when it gets above 90 or so ambient that it is pretty loud. It has always been that way.

I’ve made many trips to the county dump and even with minimal stuff in the bed my ‘23 SR is at 6800 lbs crossing over the certified scale. I’ve also seen 8400 when completely loaded up with trees down from a recent hurricane. i got a few looks when I showed up with that load.

Good point, I hadn't considered that!!

This is also very noticeable when using the integral tailgate step, the first step up is quite far!!! Almost unusable. The second step and stepping onto the tailgate is much more reasonable.

I have had this issue since I got the truck. I need to unplug the cable from the outlet and then plug it back in with the phone end of the cable already connected. Probably fails 75% of the time if I don't follow this procedure. My phone is an iPhone 12 Pro Max on an aftermarket cable that works...

I concur with a prior poster, it's a Karr Alarm System. Had one on a used Civic I bought a few years back. What a POS.

I have a 1250RT as well and I used to have a SnoPro Aluminum trailer with e-track for moving it around. I gave that to my son and I just bought the new Harbor Freight "Modular" 5x10 utility trailer. This thing is pretty awesome but it took forever to put together. I put a wooden deck on it and...