Lexus RZ chronicals-by my wife

[J Alynn]

So last night we traded our Honda Pilot for a 39 month lease on a Lexus RZ 450e which was $2500 off and almost free as the lease goes. Anyway-knowing the Scout was supposed to be our first EV, my wife decided she likes my Accord hybrid and wanted to try EV life and since she likes the Lexus brand she decided to go for it. We are gonna give it a few more days then my wife has agreed to a once a week guest appearance to post updates on her experience.
Full range should be around 265 miles. For the first 92 miles she has driven we are showing 3.9 miles/KW.
I’ll attach a few pics. She will post about start/stop, pedal experiences and more. Thought maybe an outsider’s view of learning EV would be interesting for everyone. Enjoy and if you are new to EVs and have questions I’ll ask her to give thought to it as she adapts to her new means of electronic mobility.

 

[RodorW]

Congrats on the new car! Here’s hoping for an enjoyable experience with minimal learning curve difficulties!

 

[J Alynn]

Congrats on the new car! Here’s hoping for an enjoyable experience with minimal learning curve difficulties!

With the amount of info I’ve absorbed the past 3-1/2 years I’m hoping it’s easy

 

[cyure]

So last night we traded our Honda Pilot for a 39 month lease on a Lexus RZ 450e which was $2500 off and almost free as the lease goes. Anyway-knowing the Scout was supposed to be our first EV, my wife decided she likes my Accord hybrid and wanted to try EV life and since she likes the Lexus brand she decided to go for it. We are gonna give it a few more days then my wife has agreed to a once a week guest appearance to post updates on her experience.
Full range should be around 265 miles. For the first 92 miles she has driven we are showing 3.9 miles/KW.
I’ll attach a few pics. She will post about start/stop, pedal experiences and more. Thought maybe an outsider’s view of learning EV would be interesting for everyone. Enjoy and if you are new to EVs and have questions I’ll ask her to give thought to it as she adapts to her new means of electronic mobility.

Ohhh pretty and I’m very interested to hear all about her experiences.

 

[Jamie@ScoutMotors]

Congrats!

 

[maynard]

So last night we traded our Honda Pilot for a 39 month lease on a Lexus RZ 450e which was $2500 off and almost free as the lease goes. Anyway-knowing the Scout was supposed to be our first EV, my wife decided she likes my Accord hybrid and wanted to try EV life and since she likes the Lexus brand she decided to go for it. We are gonna give it a few more days then my wife has agreed to a once a week guest appearance to post updates on her experience.
Full range should be around 265 miles. For the first 92 miles she has driven we are showing 3.9 miles/KW.
I’ll attach a few pics. She will post about start/stop, pedal experiences and more. Thought maybe an outsider’s view of learning EV would be interesting for everyone. Enjoy and if you are new to EVs and have questions I’ll ask her to give thought to it as she adapts to her new means of electronic mobility.

Very nice!
I’m sure it will be a great experience…

 

[Scoutsie]

Looking forward to seeing videos of her learning how to drift and evade the spikes

 

[J Alynn]

Looking forward to seeing videos of her learning how to drift and evade the spikes

I will say I finally get the instant torque thing and today was really day one and she is getting the feel for one pedal already and trying to use the brake pedal as little as possible. Regen is set pretty highly and feels like a stick shift downshifting to a stop. She doesn’t drive stick so she had no comprehension of that feeling when driving herself so it’s fun watching her learn the car

 

[Scout_Lookout]

So last night we traded our Honda Pilot for a 39 month lease on a Lexus RZ 450e which was $2500 off and almost free as the lease goes. Anyway-knowing the Scout was supposed to be our first EV, my wife decided she likes my Accord hybrid and wanted to try EV life and since she likes the Lexus brand she decided to go for it. We are gonna give it a few more days then my wife has agreed to a once a week guest appearance to post updates on her experience.
Full range should be around 265 miles. For the first 92 miles she has driven we are showing 3.9 miles/KW.
I’ll attach a few pics. She will post about start/stop, pedal experiences and more. Thought maybe an outsider’s view of learning EV would be interesting for everyone. Enjoy and if you are new to EVs and have questions I’ll ask her to give thought to it as she adapts to her new means of electronic mobility.

Love this idea! Its a beautiful car too, my wife loves the looks of the Lexus but we're going to get a R2 until we get our Scout. But I really look forward to hearing what your wife's experience is with her new car, because my wife has never driven an EV and I've owned one for 5 years, so the R2 is going to be a very similar experience for her.

 

[THil08]

I will say I finally get the instant torque thing and today was really day one and she is getting the feel for one pedal already and trying to use the brake pedal as little as possible. Regen is set pretty highly and feels like a stick shift downshifting to a stop. She doesn’t drive stick so she had no comprehension of that feeling when driving herself so it’s fun watching her learn the car

What type of stick down shift? powershifting with no clutch? or with a clutch?

 

[J Alynn]

What type of stick down shift? powershifting with no clutch? or with a clutch?

. With a clutch but a good clutch like a BMW or a Honda with a short throw in the gate so you can row through the gears quickly and with extreme prejudice

 

[J Alynn]

. With a clutch but a good clutch like a BMW or a Honda with a short throw in the gate so you can row through the gears quickly and with extreme prejudice

But without the heavenly sound that should be vibrating ever so slightly through the car seat. I had a moment where I wish in those moments it would pipe a little fake sound

 

[J Alynn]

As a side note-wife told me last night this is the first car she’s ever owned that she wants to name-that’s how much she likes it. More on that later when she locks it in and she can talk about it

 

[R1TVT]

Whats going on here? Is that a "car"?

JK - Congrats and hope she likes it... You can get all of your EV Torque angst out on this thang when she's not looking. Then you can ease yourself right into your new Scout and not feel the need to LAUNCH YOURSELF from every stop light.

 

[strider]

The instant torque is addicting! Even after the initial phase of romping on it all the time fades, the instant torque makes the car feel telepathic. As soon as you need something it does it with no lag like in an ICE.

I assume it had lower regen options but it sounds like you went straight for OPD? I congratulate you as I am a rip the band aid off kind of person. Yes there is an adjustment period but OPD is just so much better...

 

[6-ScoutFamily]

I look forward to your experiences and feedback.

 

[J Alynn]

The instant torque is addicting! Even after the initial phase of romping on it all the time fades, the instant torque makes the car feel telepathic. As soon as you need something it does it with no lag like in an ICE.

I assume it had lower regen options but it sounds like you went straight for OPD? I congratulate you as I am a rip the band aid off kind of person. Yes there is an adjustment period but OPD is just so much better...

It’s set heavy but could be stronger. She never drove stick so she doesn’t fully have the OPD down but she’s getting it faster than I thought. In time she’ll get even better at feathering the pedal off. And as it’s set it’s not a jerking motion but just that sensation of downshifting with a manual tranny

 

[J Alynn]

So it’s been approximately 1-1/2 weeks since we leased the EV. The following is my wife’s first write up on her experience so far. She typed it up then ran it through AI as she is a perfectionist . I will add that so far she is loving the car and the CUV-esque shape with hatchback is serving her well verses the Honda Pilot she traded. She said this is kind of her overview post and will think about and post more specific features moving forward.:

After driving my new Lexus RZ 450e for 10 days, I can honestly say that I’m happy with my decision to transition from a Honda Pilot to an EV. So far, I love the performance of the vehicle and the handling is so much better than the pilot but I especially like the instant torque when I’m first in line at a traffic light (I don’t miss waiting for the engine to start back up when in auto-engine idle mode) or passing on the highway. We were out yesterday and I passed a slow moving car and I realized I was doing 75mph on a back road in a matter of seconds.
I’m happy that I still have a start/stop button for the RZ and also have a brake pedal. My mind instantly goes to amusement park antique cars, the kid ones that drive on a track. When thinking about not having a brake pedal and I also wonder how one makes the vehicle fully stop when there’s only one pedal without giving passengers whiplash!
Regenerative braking is something I’m getting used to. I never drove stick so my only experience is a golf cart and that definitely isn’t the same but I’m learning on how to ease the throttle a bit better every time I drive it. I have already seen the positive effects ans I’m averaging 4.2 miles/kwh in the first 361 miles, the majority being non-highway driving without climate control. Based on charging data, my estimated actual range is approximately 275 miles, about 15 miles greater than the Lexus stated range of 260. Thus far, we have only used level 1 charging at home which works for my daily driving of typically less than 30 miles. An overnight charge time of 12-13 hours gains about 30-ish miles of range. I’m still a bit apprehensive about planning a trip that’s more than 200 to 250 miles roundtrip as I’m unsure of how the RZ will perform on a mostly highway trip especially when using the climate control or in cold weather since we haven’t yet taken a long trip on the highway. I’m sure my range anxiety will resolve after a couple of trips using the integrated Apple maps EV routing.
I still have a lot to learn but my first EV is less of a learning curve than I thought it would be. My short-term goal will be honing my regenerative braking skills to gain maximum range. I’ll post some more info soon.

 

[cyure]

So it’s been approximately 1-1/2 weeks since we leased the EV. The following is my wife’s first write up on her experience so far. She typed it up then ran it through AI as she is a perfectionist . I will add that so far she is loving the car and the CUV-esque shape with hatchback is serving her well verses the Honda Pilot she traded. She said this is kind of her overview post and will think about and post more specific features moving forward.:

After driving my new Lexus RZ 450e for 10 days, I can honestly say that I’m happy with my decision to transition from a Honda Pilot to an EV. So far, I love the performance of the vehicle and the handling is so much better than the pilot but I especially like the instant torque when I’m first in line at a traffic light (I don’t miss waiting for the engine to start back up when in auto-engine idle mode) or passing on the highway. We were out yesterday and I passed a slow moving car and I realized I was doing 75mph on a back road in a matter of seconds.
I’m happy that I still have a start/stop button for the RZ and also have a brake pedal. My mind instantly goes to amusement park antique cars, the kid ones that drive on a track. When thinking about not having a brake pedal and I also wonder how one makes the vehicle fully stop when there’s only one pedal without giving passengers whiplash!
Regenerative braking is something I’m getting used to. I never drove stick so my only experience is a golf cart and that definitely isn’t the same but I’m learning on how to ease the throttle a bit better every time I drive it. I have already seen the positive effects ans I’m averaging 4.2 miles/kwh in the first 361 miles, the majority being non-highway driving without climate control. Based on charging data, my estimated actual range is approximately 275 miles, about 15 miles greater than the Lexus stated range of 260. Thus far, we have only used level 1 charging at home which works for my daily driving of typically less than 30 miles. An overnight charge time of 8-10 hours gains about 13 miles of range. I’m still a bit apprehensive about planning a trip that’s more than 200 to 250 miles roundtrip as I’m unsure of how the RZ will perform on a mostly highway trip especially when using the climate control or in cold weather since we haven’t yet taken a long trip on the highway. I’m sure my range anxiety will resolve after a couple of trips using the integrated Apple maps EV routing.
I still have a lot to learn but my first EV is less of a learning curve than I thought it would be. My short-term goal will be honing my regenerative braking skills to gain maximum range. I’ll post some more info soon.

Please thank your wife for me. I love her updates and it really helps solidify my decision to switch to a BEV.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

An overnight charge time of 8-10 hours gains about 13 miles of range.

I’m not sure if this is a typo or something else is going on… A time of 8-10 hours of charging even on L1 should be charging much more than 13 miles of range, especially since she’s getting 4.2 miles/kWh. She should be getting 4.2 miles/kWh * 10 hours * 1.2 kW = ~50 miles.