Recent content by Lunatic

I can just imagine what would happen if a cybertruck was involved in a collision with an average compact car or SUV.

I'm all for keeping a fun car for specific drives and leisure use, but after 2 years of driving an EV daily I can't imagine ever going back to a non-EV as a daily driver. My Bolt has far more usable performance than my CTS-V did for 99% of the driving most people ever do. I will always love the...

The Menlo is for China only and based on the (also China only) Buick Velite 6 EV. Older architechure, not based on the BEV2 platform that the next GM EV's will use.

I need a trailer like that for my Volt. Picking up lumber and home reno stuff would be so much easier.

There was also a fire in California on June 2, though the article is light on details so it may not be related to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles directly. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Reports-Firefighters-respond-to-explosion-at-13916428.php

Juicebox Pro 40 is 40A/10kW, so a little "Future-proofing". Apparently there are now some cars (Porsche/Audi/VW/Tesla) that will take 11kW charging, but it's a 3-phase 16A Level 2 charging station. So kind of a no go for home use for most people.

Congrats on the new wheels. I went the 32A EVSE route (40A actually, not that the Bolt can use it) and it's definitely nice for the infrequent times that we've run the Bolt down and come home, plugged in, and then had to go back out later due to an emergency or something else unexpected. Of...

One other issue with the eGolf is that the smartphone integration (and some other tech related options like satnav) is an expensive option that many early buyers may have opted not to buy. An older guy at my office has one and he didn't get the option. He was floored when he heard that his car...

Keep in mind, Rivian is not targeting the "truck" crowd, they are after the "lifestyle" crowd who will be much more tolerant of problems like Tesla fanboys are. I wouldn't be surprised if they slip the date, but it may not be by much.

Just making it into a math problem omits too many other factors. If I was only concerned about the bottom dollar I could have bought a couple of used econoboxes for a couple of grand a piece and called it a day, and I would certainly be spending less money overall. But that is not the only...

Just to note, I have two EV's a Volt and a Bolt, and they replaced a 2015 Colorado pickup and a 2006 Cadillac CTS-V. So my fuel savings are based on the same amount of driving vs those two vehicles. The Colorado was averaging 11.5L/100km and the CTS-V was closer to 13L/100km of premium gas. In...

Convenience is defined by the individual user. I find our EV's far more convenient since I no longer need to stop at a gas station twice a week to fill up. Especially in the winter, no freezing my *** off in the mornings. I walk out to a pre-heated, fully charged car every morning. Add in the...

My sales guy and the sales manager are definitely not as knowledgeable as they should be, but they were also not down on EV's at all. They never once tried to steer me away from either the Bolt or the Volt and were very proud of the EV sales they had been making as well as the dealership adding...

Definitely some QC problems with Tesla, and it's all up and down the chain. I was driving beside a car hauler full of model 3's when they first landed here last year and noticed that a couple had windows left open by the handlers. Too bad it was pouring rain at the time.

So true. We use our Volt and Bolt exactly the same way we previously used our ICE vehicles and with 20K on the Volt only 2K have been on gas. With the Bolt at nearly 40K I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen the battery down to 25% and I've had to use a lvl3 charger twice, for...