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I thought this was a good video about a home charging set up. Technology Connections set up a 30 amp circuit for his parents to charge their Bolt. He went with a 30 amp 240 v circuit and a Grizzl-E evse for practical reasons. He makes the point that 24 v charging is fine for routine home use.

I bought a charger capable of 48 V charging and wanted to be able to charge at that speed so I paid more, lol.

 
Sooo, just did a long trip with our plug in hybrid... got 37 mpg... which lowered my (small total) lifetime avg to 66 mpg...

We did stop at a national park and when we were coming back to the car I saw a EV charger... which was FREE!! I wish I knew about it as I could have gotten 38 free miles...

What is a good app to use to find free chargers? If I can fill up for free... why not? BTW, DW said that there is one near Macy's where she goes...
 
I don't know if I'm the only one who watches the bloggers on YouTube but it seems like all the tesla folks were in Austin over the weekend for the rollout of the autonomous ride service
it looks like it went well
 
^^^ I’ve watched two actual robotaxi rides on YT. Both seemed to go well, but the safety driver was pushing buttons on the touchscreen from time to time?
 
RetMD21 said:
I don't know if I'm the only one who watches the bloggers on YouTube but it seems like all the tesla folks were in Austin over the weekend for the rollout of the autonomous ride service
it looks like it went well
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One of my financial utubers went over some of it. There was a person in passenger seat in case things went "real bad", but it was apparently mostly a success.

One car did pull into a left turn lane, immediately dart back to the right (into the left lane), but a car was already there, so it proceeded in the oncoming lane for about 50 feet into the next left turn lane. Probably not fatal but would have been a ticket (or two) if an officer had seen it.
 
So, was driving my ICE car today and was getting up to speed a bit more quickly than I normally do. It showed on my MPG. So my thought was does this happen with EVs?

IOW, can you extend the range by 10%? maybe 20%? I know that I can do much better in an ICE than my DW so wonder if I could with EV...
 
Speed has a major impact on EV range. Also weather conditions like a headwind. Yes, you can extend your range by slowing down and people do that when things get tight. Our car will recommend slowing down to under X mph if conditions warrant, sometimes it’s weather related.
 
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As audrey1 says, speed is one of the main factors impacting range in an EV.

Example: The advertised range of the Chevy Bolt EUV is 247 miles on a full charge. In 2023 an unmodified Bolt EUV participating in an efficiency test managed a range of 560 miles - while traveling at an average speed of 22 MPH.
 
I’ve noticed on mountain driving where you generally have to slow way down due to hairpin turns etc., speed low you can get great mileage even while climbing.
 
Texas Proud said:
So, was driving my ICE car today and was getting up to speed a bit more quickly than I normally do. It showed on my MPG. So my thought was does this happen with EVs?

IOW, can you extend the range by 10%? maybe 20%? I know that I can do much better in an ICE than my DW so wonder if I could with EV...
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Where ICE drivers can watch their MPG, EV drivers can watch their Wh/mi (Watt-hours per mile) which shows mow much energy the car is using.
 
Right, that’s what I monitor, our Wh/mi. For a big heavy Model X it’s quite good, better than expected. I don’t blast down the highway like a bat out of he**, but I’m not driving slow either.
 
In my car, an id.3, and in my previous Leaf the consumption is shown as miles per kWh. My sister's Tesla shows Wh/mi.

I wish manufacturers would be consistent.

My son said he was concerned that when he gets an EV that his heavy foot will make the very fast acceleration a problem for him. I then showed and demo'ed how easy it is to switch driving modes between Eco, Normal, Power and Custom (where you can set up your personal rates of acceleration). The default rate of acceleration is markedly different between the different modes and when in Power mode there is a permanent indicator to remind you that you are in Power mode and therefore lower mi/kWh. His car is 7 years old (Yaris hybrid) and he plans on changing it next year

Regardless of mode you can always push the pedal hard to get maximum acceleration when wanted.
 
My lifetime average is 248.3 Wh/mi on my MYLR. That's 4.03 mi/kWh. As I understand it anything under 4 mi/kWh is good for a MY. I'm in Chill mode 99% of the time. :)
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It did not quite answer my curiosity... I was not thinking about driving slower... just less acceleration and more coasting to the light... keeping everything else the same... with ICE it make a noticeable difference...

Our PHEV is showing about 2.7 miles per KWH... it is similar between her and me... sometimes when driving to the store etc. I can get 3.0, but I think that is due to slow speed not my driving style..
 
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My lifetime average is 248.3 Wh/mi on my MYLR. That's 4.03 mi/kWh. As I understand it anything under 4 mi/kWh is good for a MY. I'm in Chill mode 99% of the time. :)View attachment 56601
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Our lifetime average is 298 Wh/mi which translates to 3.36 mi/kWh. The EPA estimate for a 2022 Model X long range is 330 Wh/mi and that’s around what many people seem to report, so I’m pleased with our efficiency.

I used to drive in Chill mode all the time. Now I use FSD most of the time and it’s in standard mode at higher speeds, chill otherwise. We haven’t really noticed any worse energy use. But haven’t done much longer distance driving since last year. I snapped this earlier this year when we drove to Brownsville, Harlingen and back. “Trip A” is mostly local driving since our big road trip of April-May of 2024.
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Teslas don’t “coast”. They slow using regenerative breaking which returns some energy to the battery. The current FSD does very nice smooth starts and stops, even better than me. It gets ahead of other cars quickly after a stop light (no gear shifting) but it’s not blasting away, the other cars often catch up. Our first long (3000+ mile, 4 weeks) road trip with FSD a year ago came through with good efficiency and FSD is much smoother now.
 
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Texas Proud said:
It did not quite answer my curiosity... I was not thinking about driving slower... just less acceleration and more coasting to the light... keeping everything else the same... with ICE it make a noticeable difference...

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It is exactly the same with an EV.
 
Midpack said:
My lifetime average is 248.3 Wh/mi on my MYLR. That's 4.03 mi/kWh. As I understand it anything under 4 mi/kWh is good for a MY. I'm in Chill mode 99% of the time. :)
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I'm also at 248 wh/m in a MYLR despite a lot of >70 mph and winter driving
 
I only have 700 miles on my 2026 MYLR but it seems to show 242 wh/m average.
 
Tesla did a driver-less delivery of a Model Y in Austin. Of course it's just a one-off. I think it's cool.
 
RetMD21 said:
Tesla did a driver-less delivery of a Model Y in Austin. Of course it's just a one-off. I think it's cool.
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It would be really cool to arrange your car to go to the grocery store on it's own and pick up your online order you set up that they bring out to your car. Never have to step out the door again when it's 110 outside.
 
That would be great. What if your car could take a child to the dentist while you were at work. Full disclosure i don't have any young children and I don't work :)
 
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