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  1. SpaceEVDriver

    R2 Launch Watch

    @J Alynn said Perhaps holding out for the traveler will surprise us all with range and you’ll have best of both worlds We’ll run a few test drives down in the valley again when we go see the Scouts in a few weeks. If the R1 UX bothers my partner less than it bothers me, we might lease the R2...
  2. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    I’m going to have to sit down and do the math. This might require that I adjust or update my earlier statements about efficiency during acceleration—a back-of-the-envelope calculation suggested it’s much more inefficient to accelerate hard than I had previously stated, so I have to sit down and...
  3. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    Excellent. And none of this includes what happens to power draw when you start having to cool components like the motors, battery, inverters, etc. If you’re running at 100%, you’re going to quickly run into the need to cool those components, and now you’ve added around 5-7 kW (or more) power...
  4. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    I just realized I got the 80 Amp EVSE efficiency wrong. As far as I know, there are no single onboard chargers that are capable of 80 Amps. The Lightning used two onboard chargers and split the current between them. I think that’s how the other EVs with 80 Amp L2 charging operate as well...
  5. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    For the DC to AC inverter, this is similar to the onboard chargers: There’s a baseline energy use in the inverter no matter the load. I don’t have the numbers for that, though. I believe some of that may be discoverable from the spec sheets of individual inverters, but that’s too much work this...
  6. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    For motors, the general rule is that for highest efficiency, you want to run around 75% to 100% of the maximum power of the motor. I get my best efficiency in the Lighting and the Mustang at about 35 mph. Not 20 mph. Not 55 mph. This is because I’m utilizing the best efficiency of the motor...
  7. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    I’ll answer in several comments. One general rule is that the cost to run the inverter, onboard charger (for AC—L1 and L2—charging), and other electronics is essentially constant. Lower current through those usually means longer run-time, which means that constant power draw by the electronics...
  8. SpaceEVDriver

    What Muppet does your pet remind you of?

    Careful there. They say pets and their people look the same… ;)
  9. SpaceEVDriver

    We own EVs. Ask Us Anything.

    This is a great question that’s still being researched. In general, higher acceleration means higher current. Higher current means higher losses through waste heat (Joule heating). This is one reason we prefer higher voltage batteries to get higher power to charge and discharge. However...
  10. SpaceEVDriver

    Off-topic stuff…

    Nothing even close.
  11. SpaceEVDriver

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    IMO, it’s borderline criminal that we no longer get the Suzuki Samurai/Jimny.
  12. SpaceEVDriver

    Off-topic stuff…

    It was in response to @J Alynn’s “terrifying” comment. Nothing to fear here. Many other things far worse to fear.
  13. SpaceEVDriver

    Off-topic stuff…

    Some math... A single proton-antiproton reaction will release approximately 3e-10 Joules or 8e-17 kWh of energy. The put 92 antiprotons in the truck. If they had all reacted with matter, they would have released 2.7e-8 Joules of energy. A 100 watt solar panel exposed to full sun for one second...
  14. SpaceEVDriver

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    That definitely looks like an ai hallucination of what a “truck” looks like.
  15. SpaceEVDriver

    Key Fob question

    My preference is to have 1-PD on when on ice. But that’s from growing up driving on ice for so long that slippage doesn’t cause me to instantly move my foot off the accelerator.
  16. SpaceEVDriver

    Poll: Would you use a Scout configurator tool if pricing and details are not finalized yet?

    Fair enough. I would expect pre-production to be available for climbing into, etc., by the general public, but driving seems a little more surprising.
  17. SpaceEVDriver

    Poll: Would you use a Scout configurator tool if pricing and details are not finalized yet?

    Honestly, I’m fairly surprised by this. I would expect test drives in pre-production vehicles to be limited to press. As far as I’m aware, if they allow pre-production vehicles to be test-driven, that will be a departure from the norm in the industry. A welcome departure, but still. Pretty cool...
  18. SpaceEVDriver

    Key Fob question

    To be clear: Almost all EVs will regen from whatever speed to 0 mph. The question isn’t whether regen is happening, but the strength of the regen. All modern EVs use regenerative braking. It would be an absolute failure to choose to not engineer regen on an EV. In some vehicles, 1-PD is simply...
  19. SpaceEVDriver

    Spare Tire, Backpack, or Bald?

    With our Lightning and Mustang BEVs, we've done about 45k miles of road trips, much on freeways to be sure, but at least 20k miles off the beaten path, back roads, forest service roads, and non-road “roads." We’ve used our Lightning's full-sized spare (underbody mount) several times. But we’ve...
  20. SpaceEVDriver

    Spare Tire, Backpack, or Bald?

    From nose to open swing gate on your Jeep is 222 inches long. The Traveler is 191 inches without the spare mounted. We know a 33” diameter tire will fit on the swing gate and that there will still be quite a bit more structure holding the spare. 191+33 = 224 inches. The Traveler with an...
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