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We got our emporia evse in Feb/March this year and it is the older one.

GMP clearly states which EVSEs are compatible with their program. We have two flo home X5 EVSEs and one emporia. However they go about getting the data, it needs to be easy for them. I would have used the fcsp if it was compatible with their billing, but the ones they provide work great and are...

Oops. I ducking hate it when my ducking phone ships the bed when it comes to properly censoring me.

Switch from reverse to drive. On my Volvo EX90 the gear selector is on the right side of the steering wheel (opposite the turn signal stalk). Drive is down, reverse is up (the stalk returns to the neutral position after actuation).

Very nice. One of the other cars that I drive regularly has a column shifter. I have now swiped at air trying to shit into drive on the lightning and activated the windshield wipers on the Volvo xc40. Column shifter just makes sense, is always out of the way and works great.

Exactly this. Lightning charges pretty well up to 80 percent, then drops to almost 60kW. It will stop at 90 percent unless you override and tell it to charge to 100 percent. At 90 it is charging at less than 30kW.

My only carvana experience was selling to them, twice (Volvo XC90, Toyota Tacoma). I provided the title to them, but if the title was not provided I could see it being a problem. I would hope that if carvana was paying off the vehicle loan that the title would be sent to carvana, but if sent to...

I hope this was intentional and not an oops. If it was intentional was it really necessary in the earlier model years? Why was it there if it wasn't necessary? If it was necessary what changed? Did anything change other than the accountants insisting on cutting costs? So at best something else...

I only dcfc while traveling away from home. I found a local free dcfc at the power company headquarters and gave charged there when my daughter is at dance class (10-15 minutes there and back, an hour in total to kill). The dcfc is 120kW and limited to 300 amp. I'll take whichever EV needs the...

But then it isn't surge pricing. That would be time of use pricing. Surge would imply that demand increased.... Maybe the surge in surge pricing is just that. A surge in the price irrespective of demand.

I have solar with 2x powerwall two backup. This can run our entire house (natural gas heat/hot water). What I would really like is to be able to charge the powerwall from the truck if necessary. During the summer I can easily get plenty of charging from solar. Even on a overcast day we...

The best thing about 1.6 miles per kWh is that with an ER battery you consume just over 2 miles per percent SOC. So if you have 75 percent remaining you should be able to go at least 150 miles. My most recent towing experience averaged about 1.7 miles per kWh and using the 2 miles per percent...

🤫 The more we point this out, the more likely they will do away with at least one of them.

I sorta plan the route with abrp. Then I search the planned stops in Google maps so that they are in my recent history. I try to charge at around 20 percent. this gives me plenty of opportunity to find a different charging location s little bit further along the planned route. A couple weeks...

I don't mind paying my fair share. We have 3 EVs and I already pay extra in Vermont. They call it an EV infrastructure fee of 89 dollars per year. They say the money will be used for charging infrastructure. Combined they drive less than 20k miles per year. If our cars were ice powered vehicles...

One time years ago when our efficiency went down in our Chevy Volt I found that one or two of the brake calipers were a little bit sticky. They were not hot, but warmer than ambient temperature. Took them apart, lubricated them a bit, put them back together. Efficiency returned to baseline.

Uhaul trailer with '17 Tacoma...1.3 miles per kWh 45F to 55F Uhaul trailer with '16 Volvo XC90 PHEV 1.1 miles per kWh 13F to 25F Olson 30 on 34ft trailer (I'm positive that nothing stick up above legal limits, but it's really close). Trailer 2700, boat less than 4000. Base of keel is about 18...

This weekend I drove across NY to pick up a 20 foot sailboat for my 15 year old son (he found a boat that he wanted, has been sailing/racing for years and it was a combination birthday/Christmas present). We left the trailer attached for all of our charging (stations were not busy). I tried to...

With permanent magnet motors front and rear you would need a clutch mechanism to declutch one of the motors. With induction motors you could have one not powered and not creating any drag, but there are other compromises with induction vs permanent magnet motors. I've seen some YouTube videos on...

When we added rooftop solar I also had our service upgraded to 200 Amp (new panel in garage with old panel in the basement setup as a sub panel so lots of space). We have natural gas heat and hot water so our big loads are the electric range/oven and dryer. With 100 amp service I had a 30 amp...