Here to help provide clarity on the transition to vehicle electrification. Looking at charging, batteries, costs, safety, and research.
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I've been working to develop and populate my new EV comparison site for true nerds:
evbench.pluginpath.com
It's still a rough work in progress as I feel out what questions it needs to answer, but I would love feedback on any and all aspects!
What won’t they copy from Tesla? 😅
As a Gen 1 owner and (tiny) shareholder, I root for Rivian, but overpromising on future hardware capability without retrofits is a move right out of the Tesla playbook.
That said: we still don't know if Tesla HW4 will legally achieve true eyes-off autonomy either.
EVBench is designed to help put tests on a level playing field and give the best reasonable predictions possible on real-world range and charging.
evbench.pluginpath.com/?tab=…
For example, this is what R2 range looks like at 75mph in the winter
The first Out of Spec test with Joes's R2 got 253 miles - basically the same as Toms test adjusting for massive HVAC usage due to 98F weather.
And that's the test that kicked off the range complaints.
If we adjust for altitude and temperature (to sea level, 70F) the rests are actually reasonably consistent. Tom must drive smoother, he almost always gets a little better range.
Below are the (roughly) adjusted figures:
Validating EVBench road trip calculations against our regular ~700-mile family trip!
We used to "one-shot" this in 9–10 hours in an ICE car. In our Gen1 R1T, it's 11.5–12 hours—and simulations show the R2 will add another 20–40 minutes to that.
Meanwhile, the Model Y L saves over an hour per trip at a lower price point, and the iX3 saves ~1.5 to 2 hours at 80 mph. Across 5 years of trips, that time difference adds up to over 100 human-hours saved as a couple.
When does faster highway travel outweigh brand loyalty, looks, or other features for you?
I could not get the Tesla app to work to initiate charging here.
Then I looked at the walls and realized they turned this garage into a faraday cage.
Are you a person who plans around what people should do, or what people actually do?
Because those are very different things in most cases.
I would say that this test was damn close to matching yours with Kyle.
A little bit of traffic + wind could be the difference.
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What the heck is going on in this image?
Who brought their back yard grill? Why does the parking lot extend into the field?
I get the intent, but it's just hilarious.
People love using China as an excuse not to act on climate while ignoring that China is building nuclear, wind, and solar faster than anyone else while simultaneously moving industry and transport rapidly off of coal & gas and onto electricity.
They effectively have nuclear powered cars and trains.
An update to my EV energy-sharing (V2X) comparison:
- Tesla’s Model 3/Y manual lists up to 11.5 kW for Powershare home backup, same rating as the Cybertruck
- Added GM Energy PowerShift
Tesla’s solution would lead the pack if Tesla turned on Grid Support for the 3/Y and supported the Powershare Gateway for them. The inverters are already UL 1741 certified.
GM’s system is underwhelming:
- 9.6 kW backup, for outages only
- Needs an offboard inverter plus a battery to start the system in an outage
- NACS-port GM EVs have to swap adapters to switch between charging and backup
The GM inverter is UL 1741 SB grid-certified, so the outage-only limit is a choice
