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Eversource (Western MA) recently reduced our delivery rate because we use heat pump home heating. R1HP delivery rate is 0.10997 (Our previous rate was R3 (because the inlaw, back in the day, had resistive electric heat (But we used propane heating). And I never complained as it was lower than...

There is most definitely a reserve in ICE vehicles. They (modern vehicles) use fuel pumps, so those running dry is bad. Generally when your car says 0 miles till empty, you have another 1-3 gallons (depending on the model and tank size). My Honda Insight has a listed tank size of 10.6 gallons. I...

Some additional info. My last charge session was 52kWh. I looked at when the last charge before that was, and then added all the trip kWh usage between the two, and ended up with only 26.7kWh. My current guess is that the motor EV usage may be 26.7kWh. And the additional 25.3kWh is climate...

I'm having trouble with the data on our side. Here's some of the elveh attributes from my wife's trip to work this morning: BatteryAmperage 0.08 BatteryVoltage 361 BatteryCharge 62 BatteryActualCharge 54.96 BatteryPerformanceStatus NORMAL...

That is attribute "Lowwasherfluid 600E19" under Indicators.

Where are you finding that data? Are you using the _lastenergyconsumed sensor, and the TripDistanceTraveled attribute under that and using a template to get the mi/kWh? I'm not seeing this raw data (nor the Ifficiency ;) )

Our trial expires 10/28/2074. (Our purchase date was mid Nov 2024. So likely it's 50 years-ish from date of first purchase? Since your MME was from July 2021)

Wouldn't you want the fogs to turn off when you engage high beams? In fog/snow conditions (ie when fogs are needed), high beams will completely kill your visibility through reflection.

Rear fog lights are mandatory in Europe, so it would make sense that US manufacturers have made allowances for that at the factory. (You'll also find that in Europe (at least 2 decades ago) people would only use their front fog lights in... Actual foggy weather. As opposed to the US where they...

I did a 170 mile round trip yesterday that also had odd results. I charged up to 100% before leaving, and got there after 85 miles with 68% battery left. (So assuming I had 131kWh for a full battery, that's 42kWh used, which is 2 mi/kWh (as opposed to the dash which stated 1.7mi/kWh) Then the...

Looks like I'm the winner so far. $0.35/kWh... We try to charge up at public chargers ($0.28-$0.30 for 6kW charge speed). Charging at home is not cheaper in MA. But they are switching us to a heat pump electric rate and claiming a 25% reduction. (Of course, they are vague about that, and only...

They said they could not integrate my existing solar into the HIS system. So it would be just like grid energy to the system. Can't specifically charge batteries off the solar (and not grid) only.

That's a good question. They already denied me. For this all to work, the solar needs to be connected to their inverter. And they will not convert an existing system. So my solar will be stand alone and not connected. The only option after this program is to see if I can rig the solar panels...

It's not a hardware issue. It's a compliance issue. They cannot do net metering on non-renewable energy. So solar net metering, no problem, it's renewable, generated right inside your home. But net metering on the EV is a problem. If you charged up at work, that power may only be 80% renewable...

We (people with solar panels) had a meeting with the program yesterday. The big takeaways were: - There's no net metering. AT ALL (ie, you will NOT be paid for ANY electricity you feed to the grid.) - There is no TOU rates (unless your current provider already has those for you). - The only...