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  1. Cranky Canuck

    Is the EREV going to be a flop?

    And what BEV do you own?
  2. Cranky Canuck

    Is the EREV going to be a flop?

    THAT is more like my experience with an EV. Nice car btw! ;)
  3. Cranky Canuck

    Is the EREV going to be a flop?

    I have nothing to prove to you and if I were to take a 4000+ km trip I'd use an airplane because it would be to vacation somewhere that isn't the US.
  4. Cranky Canuck

    Is the EREV going to be a flop?

    That hasn't been my experience at all as a long-time EV owner but to each their own. Driving an EV hasn't added "hours" to any of my trips and I've done things like drive 1,000 km in a day and stuff. I go on road trips about once a month on average and it's usually just one charging stop each...
  5. Cranky Canuck

    Is the EREV going to be a flop?

    I don't think it will be a commercial flop given how popular it seems to be and how many people feel like they need a safety blanket gas-burner. I suspect though that most EREV buyers will come to the same conclusion that all PHEV buyers eventually come to, and that's that BEV is just better. I...
  6. Cranky Canuck

    Harvester Capless Fuel Fill Door

    The battery pack, drive motors and electronics should be fully waterproof as they are with most EVs. Plenty of videos out there of EVs wading through flooded streets that drown gas cars. Rivian has even stated that the wading depth of it's R1 vehicles is limited only by their buoyancy. Not that...
  7. Cranky Canuck

    Harvester Capless Fuel Fill Door

    You'll probably be waiting for a long time then. There's no industry standard and wireless charging is very inefficient so using them for fast charging will mean slower time, more expensive charging sessions, issues aligning the vehicle with the charging pad (people have a hard enough time...
  8. Cranky Canuck

    Is there anything SM could offer to get you to switch from EREV to BEV?

    Climate Town is the best!
  9. Cranky Canuck

    Harvester Battery Stage of Charge Question

    I used to own a plug-in hybrid and there's already a simple solution for the stale fuel problem. What Chrysler did was simply run the engine for a set period of time/kms after the oil got up to a certain temperature. It was called the "fuel and oil refresh mode" and it was a cycle that would...
  10. Cranky Canuck

    Is there anything SM could offer to get you to switch from EREV to BEV?

    I should point out that in a blackout gas stations don't work either.
  11. Cranky Canuck

    Is there anything SM could offer to get you to switch from EREV to BEV?

    I dunno, what you're describing has never been my experience here. Maybe it is in some places but in the neighbourhoods I grew up in and currently live in, and the ones I've visited throughout my life kids are often playing outside with neighbour kids and neighbours are often standing around on...
  12. Cranky Canuck

    Is there anything SM could offer to get you to switch from EREV to BEV?

    We weren't as divided as the media led people to believe. We regularly switch between the Conservative and Liberal party as you need to change leadership for the same reason diapers need changing. A lot of Liberals were done with Trudeau. Nothing like the threat of annexation and invasion to...
  13. Cranky Canuck

    Is there anything SM could offer to get you to switch from EREV to BEV?

    Probably goes a long way towards explaining why your country is so divided. I grew up in this city but have lived all over the world. My current experience is similar to that of when I was a kid, neighbours knew and helped each other. We'd literally borrow milk or sugar from our neighbours all...
  14. Cranky Canuck

    Is there anything SM could offer to get you to switch from EREV to BEV?

    Slava Ukraine!
  15. Cranky Canuck

    Dixxon partnership, & EV whirring

    Agreed, and in those cases where you almost hit people for whatever reason I would suggest an ADAS system would be more effective than a dumb sound that just ads to noise pollution in cities that most people ignore anyway.
  16. Cranky Canuck

    Is there anything SM could offer to get you to switch from EREV to BEV?

    How much do you drive in a typical day? I'm very familiar with EVs in the winter. It almost sounds like you believe EVs lose range just sitting somewhere? How do you know with such certainty that an EV wouldn't work in your use case if you've never owned or experienced an EV? I'd suggest that...
  17. Cranky Canuck

    Is there anything SM could offer to get you to switch from EREV to BEV?

    Of course! Why not? Is that not a thing where you live? I know all my neighbours. We have an annual block party every June. My neighbour across the street - Will - snowblows my driveway when the plow comes. My kid walks our next door neighbour's dog every day. In the summer a bunch of the...
  18. Cranky Canuck

    Is there anything SM could offer to get you to switch from EREV to BEV?

    You don't need fast chargers close to where you live because 95% of your charging there will be at home. Where you need fast chargers is 2-3 hours away from where you live. EVs aren't like gas cars. You don't need to go to a special place once or twice a week to recharge. You can get a "full...
  19. Cranky Canuck

    Concern about the complexity and cost of repairs/maintenance for EREV

    I can pretty much guarantee that if you don't have your own vehicle lift at home, doing most of what you describe will be pretty annoying given that we know the engine will be mounted under the trunk on the rear of the frame. The BEV version will be much less of a headache to own and maintain...
  20. Cranky Canuck

    Dixxon partnership, & EV whirring

    The whirring is obnoxious and I truly believe it was designed to make EVs louder than combustion vehicles in a ridiculous attempt to en$#!tify them a bit to try and slow their adoption or something. I particularly hate the Toyota implementation as it's unnecessarily loud for some reason to the...
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