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That's not wrong. They really are a giant basket of mediocre. A good mutual fund would have had some apple in it, and Tesla, and some other great movers, and it would have been drug down by the slow movers. My father said I should invest in GM. I'm glad I didn't. The point of mutual funds is...

ICE will not be surpassed for extreme uses until the next major battery innovation. If you wanna haul heavy things cross country, or race long races in an EV, then range under extreme load, and fill up times must be improved.

I have a few rules I use for these types of things. 1) Don't put money in the stock market that you need in less than 5 years. Sometimes the market goes down, and you don't wanna lose your CT because of a downturn. 2) Never invest more than 5% of your net worth in single stocks. Mutual funds are...

I ordered the CT in hopes that it will pull my 5th wheel. In reality, it probably won't, so I'll probably end up with my existing F350 diesel as my main vehicle, and cancel the CT order. If that happens, we may replace the wife's car with a model 3, but since we travel most of the time, it would...

I get these crazy ideas by using math. Average loads really aren't relevant. Peak loads will exceed what the CT can supply. As I said, a central AC unit will use almost all the power it can supply. If the water heater kicks on at the same time, it's not going to be able to handle the load...

While that's impressive, it won't handle most houses. A water heater would use half that, and a central air conditioner would use almost all of it. You wouldn't be able to use them both at the same time. Much less any of the other loads a typical house has.

I've used those. In some cases they work better than air. In others, not so much. When the chips are really packed into the T slots, you can't pull one of these through the slot. In that case, you have to use air to take little "bites" at a time.

LOL. You'd think after nearly 40 years of cleaning T slots I'd have thought of that. <sarcasm>

The inverter in the truck will not be large enough to power a house. Only a few critical circuits like your fridge or freezer. You'd also lose quite a bit to conversion drains. You'd be better off to switch between having your solar charge your EV, and when done charge your house batteries or...

I'm confident the CT will allow use of the air compressor, and that helps, but you still get a facefull of dirt, and what you blow out of one lands in the other T slot.

Yep, but that makes the T slots hard to use. This is coming from a machinist background. All my machines have T slots. They're great to give flexibility for fixturing, but they're a pain to clean.

T slots are a huge pain to clean. It would be a disaster if you ever hauled gravel or sand in your truck.

LOL maybe. Presently I tow with an F350 diesel. It will keep up with traffic while towing, and I still get 500 miles of range. The 50mph self imposed speed limit is in hopes of at least 200 miles of range from the CT. My camper is 13 feet tall, so it pulls a lot of wind.

Nope. I want it to be my tow vehicle. My plan is to (hopefully) get up and going at 8am, tow at 50 mph till noon, charge during lunch, then tow to a campground to recharge for the next morning. We won't be traveling fast, but we're not in a hurry. If it won't do it, and my bitcoin does well...

I live full time in a very large 5th wheel. My wife is not interested in downsizing, so if the CT won't pull it, and it probably won't, I may have to upgrade to the semi.

I wanna plug my 50 amp camper into the truck for power. I'd also like to be able to plug the solar on my camper into the truck and have it charge while driving. (yes, I'm aware my camper will not keep up with the electrical needs of the CT) I need a brake controller for my trailer I want a...

Sorry, I wasn't clear. The Semi's plug is different. It looks like 4 normal super charger terminals in one plug. I'm assuming the CT's plug will be just like a normal supercharger.

I custom built mine from individual cells. It's much cheaper that way. I'm using twin Victron 3000 watt inverters so I can run everything in my camper, including both ACs. They already take care of all the load sharing and routing, so it makes it pretty easy. I'm not an engineer, but I play...

The Semi's plug is different than the CT's. It won't fit.

If your camper is just 30 amps, you might be able to plug it into the CT, and plug the CT into the 50 amp pedestal. Some campgrounds aren't wired properly and may take one leg from the 50 amp plug to run the 30 amp. Their thinking is nobody would try to use both of them at the same time. I...