Recent content by Maxx

Looking forward to a side by side review of this and Slate someday. Hopefully they can find two volunteer deers to hit at 40 mph and then hit again at 70 mph and compare the repair cost and complexity of the fix. This day an age, you hit a mosquito and your car is totaled. Being able to...

Lightning catching on fire is not the only concern. It now set ICE trucks on fire:

None of these production ready advancements is going to stop me from dreaming about the next tech: Quantum Batteries: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260403224452.htm

Yup, things definitely seems more positive lately. My SOH has had some fluctuations in the past but has gone up from 97.5 % to 98.5% and stayed there for a long time. I made my regular 140 mile trip and got 2.7 mi/Kwh which is more than I usually get. As far as more of the reserve available...

If compatible,, we may be getting safer batteries when we replace the pack after warranty: https://www.cartoq.com/car-news/china-toughest-ev-battery-safety-rules-july-2026/

The big difference between Poland numbers and the rest makes me skeptical about all. Especially since none of them have any mention of normalizing for the age of the vehicles. Average age of all vehicles in U.S. is around 12.8 years where average age for BEVs is 3.7 years. If that is not a...

I wish there was a database of these fires so we could see correlations between age of the battery and number of fires. I like to keep my truck for 20 years but not if the risk at the year 10 is 20 times of what it was at year 1. AI tells me BMS tries to de-rate and limit fast charging as...

This guy mostly agrees with you. He is saying Farley is keeping the new platform isolated from production arm of the company so when the company goes down, that part could survive. Of course anything that has an AI generated image should be taken with a grain of salt.

Do you mind sharing your setup (parts and how you charge your pack)?

23 here and no sign of 25.8.5 update. I guess I will have to sit this one out.

Dealers make money off of repairs. Ford can make money off the parts. So right to repair could work fine for Ford especially if they have monopoly on specific parts. If the Lightning taillight that goes for $2K, cost Ford $100, selling cars would be like selling printers and parts would be...

Thank you for taking the time. It helps.

Maybe you are as special as your mom told you. As for the rest of us, there is a reason people pay so much for that data. I used to think I was special. Then I found myself surrounded by toys I rarely use and pissed off at people I have never met.

Just because that has been the most wildly use of it in the past, it does not mean it will be the only use of it in the future. Data on you is often collected to manipulate you to do something you would not do otherwise. It could be your vote, your shopping or stock purchase choices. The...

Do you know any modern EV maker that sell in U.S. that wouldn't sell or share my info and wouldn't take a feature or capability hostage to do it? I would be all over it for my next purchase. It is always good to have options