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Just hang an inductive ammeter on the supply to the main panel (or an electrician can do for you) and then make all high current electrical appliances turn on (a/c or heat pumps, water heaters, pool pump, oven, stove, dryer, refrigerators). Never mind about lights, ceiling fans, etc., as they...

The “perpetual revenue” model from in-truck subscriptions seems most vulnerable to competition (and fierce competition has always been a hallmark of the auto industry). All it will take is one competitor determined to buy market share by offering free “subscriptions,” and the whole house of...

I’m not quite sure about that. The HV battery pack voltage of the Lightning is comparatively low; so when we see 170kW during DCFC with a pack voltage around 350v, the truck is pulling about 500A. (I assume the truck “requests” kW, not amps, but idk)

I sure hope you’re right- it would be disappointing to gain access to the ubiquitous Supercharger network, only to find that charging rates are lower than EA because of having to use an adapter.

The relevance is that the common NACS:J1772 adapter looks, to the uninformed, like it could be used at a Supercharger.

With regard to the second question: there seems to be a lack of consideration for just how significant a design problem the Supercharger:CCS adapter is going to be. Tesla v3 Superchargers are capable of dispensing over 400A (and upcoming v4 will be capable of over 600A!). This requires one...

It’s not CCS that people are motivated to dump: it’s unreliable dispensers, and <150kW DCFC dispensers (including those de-rated but otherwise designed capable). NACS is only a means to an end: presumably widespread access to fast (150kW+) and reliable DCFC on the Tesla network.

Tesla Wall Connector. Best value on the market- use Lectron NACS:CCS adapter, or order the CCS version of Wall Connector.

Do you know if your Forscan mods will be overwritten by future VIN-based OTA software updates?

Do you know whether your Forscan amendments will be overwritten by future VIN-based OTA software updates?

Let’s assume that the SR and ER charge at the same 62kW rate (I know ER is capable of slightly faster charge rate than SR, but with CCS chargers so frequently derated, it doesn’t make any difference). The ER takes 30% more time to charge its larger pack, but the SR has extra charging stops- the...

On a drive of 500mi or more, range only matters until the first charging stop; then, and for the rest of the trip, what’s more important is charging rate. I’d rather have a more “light and nimble” Lightning SR, and access to Tesla Superchargers next Spring (which can reliably offer the maximum...

Mom&Pop dealers are also NADA members, and perhaps rely even more on NADA lobbying on their behalf, than megadealers.

Why should dealers have to be protected from having customers purchase new vehicles at MSRP? The dealer makes the same money, whether direct purchase from Ford or from delivery dealer. What the new law accomplishes is to prevent manufacturers from banning obscene dealer markups over MSRP. The...

Ditto, for 400+ mile range on Silverado EV. The physics of pushing a brick through the air at 70mph requires 500 Wh/mile (or more). So, are they going to have 200kWh battery packs and cost less than $100k? (to say nothing of the weight of such a huge battery, and the glacial pace of charging...

Interesting that you should have this problem, in a truck with BlueCruise. I have Copilot Assist on my XLT 312 (not Copilot Active, aka Bluecruise) and the Lane CENTERING capability works great, no ping-ponging at all. The old Lane KEEPING feature (on Pros and low trim XLT) is the one that...

The solution is capacitive-touch steering wheels (like VW ID.4 has), which detect the presence of your hands on the wheel by touch, rather than steer-resistant torque.

I recently added lane centering and ACC and am loving it my 23' XLT SR. This thing sips power in rush hour traffic and does all the highway driving for me. I typically average 2.8-3.1 kwh/mile to and from work. I've managed to average 2.5 for the lifetime of my ownership starting in January by...

The real value point, I believe, is Copilot 360 Assist 2.0 (not available Pro and XLT Lo, only XLT Hi and Lariat Lo). “Assist” has traffic aware cruise control w/stop-and-go, and has lane centering (not just lane keeping), on any roads with good markings. Only things Bluecruise adds to that...

The incentive to fix them ought to be avoidance of revenue losses. If that isn’t the only necessary incentive, then their prices are way too low. Premise: Fast-DC charging is for road-tripping, when you MUST depend on it (routine day-to-day charging is done at home, most economically)...