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  1. SpaceEVDriver

    Lexus RZ chronicals-by my wife

    We haven't had a 12v battery go bad since we moved to all electric. We leave our vehicles on their plugs and subscribe to the ABC (Always Be Charging) philosophy. We both work from home and often don't start either vehicle for several days at a time. A solution may be for you to always plug...
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    The issue is a 7k-8k lbs trailer can be long. And the short wheel base of the Telo means a long trailer of any appreciable mass can push a short tow vehicle around. They'll have to demonstrate 0 degrees of understeer under lateral acceleration up to 0.3g. I don't have the spec in front of me, so...
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    Telo is claiming 8k lbs towing capacity. For the vehicle configuration, I believe they'll be able to make that happen. The 40 mph Davis Dam test would draw down the 107 kWh battery from full to about 75% in the 11 miles of the test. Or to 64% at 55 mph. Not including losses due to the front...
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    I I did my business accounting for five years before I ran out of time and hired an accountant to take over. I'm happy to let it go.
  5. SpaceEVDriver

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

    Gas in Canada is around$5.20 USD /gallon. DCFC is around $0.36 USD/kWh at the expensive chargers. So happy to have a BEV.
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    This oft-repeated myth of "losing money on every vehicle sold" is furthering an accounting lie. They invested a bunch of money and accounted for that investment in a way they could have the taxpayer cover their investment bill. Then they spread the myth that they were losing money on every...
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    I'm not especially trusting of Ford's EV program anymore. They made a couple of fantastic vehicles in the Lightning and Mustang, but the cancellation of the Lightning was a huge misstep, in my opinion. I'll trust that this vehicle is available when I see real people driving it. If it's real and...
  8. SpaceEVDriver

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

    A 5 kWh power station capable of 2200W of power output (12V and 48V DC and 120V AC). A 60 L dual zone fridge/freezer running off the 12V DC output of the power station. A Level 1 charger drawing from that power station to charge the truck a bit. 400 Watts of solar to charge the power...
  9. SpaceEVDriver

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

    Preview of my next write-up, coming sometime soon-ish, depending on all the things.
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    I'm not an economist. But I can read sales numbers for competing vehicles. The well-established Tundra sells fewer than 150k a year. The 4Runner sold fewer 100k in 2025. As far as I can tell, Rivian's total sales volume since 2021 Q4 is below 200k. I'm highly skeptical of a short-term sales...
  11. SpaceEVDriver

    Arizona - Sonora Desert Scouts

    Can't answer that. Maybe it's the relative size of the glass? Maybe it's not using the same coatings?
  12. SpaceEVDriver

    Arizona - Sonora Desert Scouts

    The issue with glass roofs isn't the sensible heat coming in as you sit under it. It's another route for any light to enter. In almost all cases, light that's absorbed is re-emitted at a longer wavelength. Visible light getting into the car and being absorbed by the interior materials is...
  13. SpaceEVDriver

    Arizona - Sonora Desert Scouts

    Driving through Phoenix today. The official temperature is around 113-115 ⁰F. This is what the car thermometer reads. The thermometer has to have a clear "view" of the tarmac. Still, in my 50+ years in AZ, I've never had a thermometer on a car read that high.
  14. SpaceEVDriver

    Arizona - Sonora Desert Scouts

    I’m not sure what you’re surprised by?
  15. SpaceEVDriver

    What is one feature you hope Scout will include that has not yet been shown?

    Both the Traveler and the Terra had hitches in Scottsdale.
  16. SpaceEVDriver

    R2 Launch Watch

    When I’m heading home, I always aim for 5% or less. I don’t like to pay more for electricity than I have to. For a road trip vehicle, I think 253 miles on a 330 mile promise---or only 77% of the promise---is pretty bad. However, this is one example and we don’t have enough information to turn...
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    Exactly. And the stans proclaim “a million miles driven on T’s full-self-driving! It’s solved all the problems!” But those training data are only from very limited, specific geographic areas. And, more importantly, each year, humans in the US drive more than a 3 trillion miles. A million...
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    I would argue that it doesn’t get the fundamentals. For example: BEVs don’t get worse efficiency at altitude. In fact, they get better efficiency at altitude because the density of air is lower and at speed, air density matters for drag. This would be true of gassy cars too, but they’re so...
  19. SpaceEVDriver

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    Also, for your entertainment... Full self-driving “by the end of the year.” Every year for 10 years. And people keep buying his nonsense. I will never understand it.
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    And it’s just getting worse. I cannot wait for the bubble to pop.
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