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Given the current technology and infrastructure I wouldn't own an EV if I couldn't charge at home (or at work). Widespread level 2 chargers are an important piece of the puzzle and will make EVs more convenient if you can't charge at home. More level 2 would also help make some rural areas more...

2015 MS 70D with ~92K miles has degraded about 6% with no visible degradation since I bought it last year with ~75K miles. 2017 Chevy Bolt has not degraded enough to notice (harder to tell because it doesn't have the fixed miles that Tesla has). Bought it with ~23k miles about 1.5 years ago and...

I'm not planning to do distance towing and CT will be good for my needs, a bed, good charging curve (presumably), can seat six around town and seats 4 comfortably for long trips and will have Autopilot. Just reading the forums and it is pretty clear that quite a few people talk about towing and...

It depends. Towing around town will be great. Long distance towing of most trailers will require a willingness to spend significantly more time than a ICE truck. If range is cut by half, not only do you have to charge twice as often, you also likely have to charge into the top half of the...

There are still mostly 150 kW superchargers in my area so newer cars will struggle to find 250 kW of course with their longer range (than my MS 70D) they will likely be able to skip the 150s to target the 250s.

That will depend on whether the 4680 charges faster and/or improves efficiency. If extra range comes from a bigger battery (in terms of kWh) while charge rate/curve and efficiency stay the same then charging in terms of percentage will take longer while miles per hours would be the same. If...

I thought the same until I've had a Tesla for awhile. I really like the MS self presenting door handles - the CT with a simpler mechanism takes the same principle to the next level. I don't like everything about the MS, but I am so used to not locking or unlocking the car, no ignition or power...

Of course all of this is speculation since we haven't seen much on CT for awhile, but most would agree that Tesla has delivered on most of the specs in the past so it is reasonable that they will deliver most of the specs in the future. I'm sure Tesla will design CT to compete with the other EV...

I will for sure and absolutely agree about trusting in a company that hasn't produced a car at a profit is a risk. I think by the time my reservation comes up Rivian's future will be more certain. I am still concerned about spending $80K on a car that might not have service moving forward. I'm a...

I know I'm a long way away from mine. I'm pretty sure my Rivian reservation will be filled toward the end of 2023. While some on this site seem to hold Rivian in contempt, they are getting great reviews from a broad spectrum of people. I still believe the CT will be a better EV and the bigger...

Rural absolutely holds many definitions, but where I grew up, a town of 500 in NE Washington, we drove 90 miles one way to go shopping once a month, as did most people in that area. It was always a long day of driving and shopping. We are a long way from having an autonomous cars that can make...

There is a CCS to Tesla adapter on Amazon that gets good reviews but I haven't seen it reviewed by an independent reviewer. It is over $600, so not cheap. If you go to https://www.tesla.com/supercharger and scroll down to the "locations" screen and click on "find us" a map will open that...

I think the other factor in range is efficiency. I believe the CT is going to be more efficient than R1T. Between aerodynamics, CT not being a brick the way other trucks are, and Tesla's lead in building efficient powertrains, the CT DM will be able to have a smaller battery pack and achieve...

Maybe I misread what you were trying to say, but most EVs, even at top trip level, are less than $70K including MY and M3.

The reversal of the increase is interesting, the email was in my inbox when I woke up. It is great for me, I expect to be offered a truck in late 23. With the price increase it is highly probable that I could drive the Rivian for a few years and sell it without much depreciation if I switch to...

If you are still following this, the ship sank. We will likely never find the cause. In regard to some of the comments, these ships do have sprinkler systems installed. I've tested them on ships similar to this and they absolutely drench you. During testing we wear hard hats and rain gear and...

I'm probably not a hardcore ICE person and didn't buy EVs because of environmental altruism. "That's pretty awesome" is almost exactly what I said when I realized I could buy a used MS for less than $40K (before prices went through the roof) that had all of the acceleration I could safely use on...

I had a Rivian Reservation, went from 80K to 93K. I'll hold on to it and see where things are when my reservation comes up. I'm not really sure I want to spend $93K on any vehicle, I'm too frugal (or cheap as the case maybe). I have followed the Rivian forums and they lost a lot of people with...

I have to say, I think the truck looks so much better in some of the recent pictures than when I first saw it. I know some of you love the way it looks, but I made my reservation inspite of the way looks and because of the value. I'm starting to think it is going to look a lot better, especially...

I go for work from Portland to Coos Bay. If I had a newer Tesla with longer range it would be OK and I could make it from Eugene and back. With mine, I would have to drive down to Bandon to charge and I have to charge up into the slow, slow part of the battery in Eugene, so it would be a very...