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  1. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    I have a public talk, “Cars on Mars,” that I’ve given to many different groups. One of the things I do is compare the distance the rovers have (had) traveled with the original requirement. I’ve often been asked, “why doesn’t JPL make cars for Earth?” Well, because the Martian rovers aren’t...
  2. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    Every NASA center used to have at least one large public event every year. I think a lot of those (all???) were canceled after 20 January 2025.
  3. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    I haven’t tested it recently, but the Ford app now allows setting charge times slightly differently than it used to and it *seems* like it can span the 24:00 time slot. But, like I say, I haven’t had an occasion to test it. If you get an Emporia EVSE with the solar monitoring upgrade, you can...
  4. SpaceEVDriver

    What's it like to take a road trip in a truck like the Terra (F-150 Lightning)?

    Quick review of this pop-up camper trailer. This is a used 2021 Rockwood 1910 ESP (“Extreme Sports Package”) camper. It has “upgraded, off-road” suspension, which really just means the spring/axle mounts are on top of the axle instead of below, and it has silly-looking, 15-in “AT” tires on it...
  5. SpaceEVDriver

    What's it like to take a road trip in a truck like the Terra (F-150 Lightning)?

    We sold our previous camping trailer a couple of years before we got the Lightning. We've been tent camping since. But we're going on a long summer vacation trip this late summer, so wanted to get another camper. We found one that's nearly perfect 600 miles (round trip) from home and my...
  6. SpaceEVDriver

    Why I'm Cancelling My R2 Reservation

    But it doesn't make sense that things happen in time-specific order! Why can't we have production vehicles to sit in before they have produced any vehicles? I want my Scout before they build it!
  7. SpaceEVDriver

    Hey Lady Scouts!!

    If I don’t have allweather, liquid-catching (with a rim) mats, the carpet gets destroyed. Pretty is no good to me if the pretty is destroyed by use. I would install mud&snow mats.
  8. SpaceEVDriver

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

    If Toyota released a Rav4 Pickup BEV, my partner would buy it. And I’d drive it at least as often as I drive the Lightning. A 1989 Toyota Pickup sized BEV pickup would be ideal for the kind of ranch, farm, and etc work I do. The Lightning is too big and has too small of a bed, but I use it to...
  9. SpaceEVDriver

    Route 66 Centennial Road Trip

    With a tongue weight of 500 pounds, your trailer is at the maximum your truck (any non-HD truck) can safely tow without a WDH. If you load the trailer carefully, you'll likely stay below 500 pounds tongue weight. Once you've loaded it the way you want it, take it to a scale and ask them to get...
  10. SpaceEVDriver

    R2 Launch Watch

    It all depends on what you mean by "superior." Some would consider a solid rear axle to be superior to independent rear suspension. Some would argue the opposite. They're both right, depending on the use case. Some would argue that a locking diff is superior to the computerized magic Rivian...
  11. SpaceEVDriver

    What's it like to take a road trip in a truck like the Terra (F-150 Lightning)?

    Actual trip report: We will be at a memorial for a colleague and mentor this evening. So we left home to come down off the mountain, climb back up the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, then back down into St. George, UT. Total distance of 269 miles. We stopped for lunch at Jacob Lake. They don't...
  12. SpaceEVDriver

    What's it like to take a road trip in a truck like the Terra (F-150 Lightning)?

    On a road trip today, we got 31 miles/kWh over a distance of about 50 miles. If it were possible to get that over an entire battery charge (not likely), it would be 131 kWh * 31 miles/kWh = just over 4,000 miles. That is obviously not what I'm claiming the truck can get. I'm sure some troll is...
  13. SpaceEVDriver

    R2 Launch Watch

    We're considering a lease on the R2. We're considering a used R1S. We're looking at a few other vehicles. My review thread is stalled as we manage a busy month of weekends. The Traveler is still a compelling BEV so whatever we do now will leave open the option to buy/lease a Traveler when our...
  14. SpaceEVDriver

    The Garage (What did you work on today?)

    Installing a new-to-us used hoophouse/greenhouse. It’s nowhere near done and we had an unplanned and unwanted trip come up this weekend, so it won’t be completed this weekend either. Hoping to have it done before next weekend.
  15. SpaceEVDriver

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

    There are several specific approaches. They all behave basically the same way, which is also the same way a whole-home grid-tie or hybrid inverter operates, but at much lower amperage. There’s a microinverter between the panel and the plug. That microinverter has a small circuit “on the grid...
  16. SpaceEVDriver

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

    Some good news. Colorado has approved balcony solar without a permit. https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/12/balcony-solar-advances-in-colorado-as-new-legislation-removes-barriers/
  17. SpaceEVDriver

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

    GM to pay $12.75 million to settle California driver privacy probe I’m sure every other data collector is doing illegal, unethical things with our data. Heck, we know our Social Security numbers were stolen last year. It’s nice that someone is paying for their theft, but it seems such a small...
  18. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    Yeah, no. It’s not worth asking about every vehicle. We’re trying to independently verify specifications on a bunch of vehicles so we can compare them. Asking the sellers of all of those vehicles would be a waste of time and energy. It should just be available via a simple database search.
  19. SpaceEVDriver

    Include a Monroney Sticker and Build Sheet

    The Monroney Sticker is the same thing as the Window Sticker. I belive they’re required to be attached to the vehicle, so it’s likely that they will be included. IMO, the database is essential for buying a used car. I have never bought a used car if I couldn’t get the Monroney Sticker. These...
  20. SpaceEVDriver

    Shopping for a “new” BEV while waiting for the Scout Traveler BEV.

    I haven’t seen a single Window Sticker / Monroney sticker with any of the used Rivians we’ve looked at. Just some sellers include a photo of the digital approximation from somewhere in the menu on the main screen. And I can’t find anything on Rivian’s site to look up a vehicle’s details based...
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