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  1. ccap41
    How many miles did the SS have on it when you traded it in? Gotta get the Mustang out more!
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    I'm glad you found this because I had never heard charging to 100% didn't negatively affect a battery's lifespan.
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    No, I meant what state of charge are you charging to at home? Do you charge overnight to 100% battery? Or do you have it set to like 80% as to maintain the life of the battery?
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    Great writeup, David! It's much appreciated. On your screenshot of "Charging Activity" Is that the miles driven between those dates? So, you drove 265 miles from the 5th to 10th and it cost you $9.22? Am I reading that correctly? And at 0.10/kw that's about 92.2kw used from the two dates? What percentage do you charge to at home? Are you charging to 100%? 90%? 80%?
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    It seems to me working great for me.
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    I don't travel anywhere near what you do, but the few I've been so have been horrible. I've never seen even a decent hotel gym.
  7. ccap41
    What’re the yearly mileage of those leases? 10k? 12k? 15k?
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    I'm saying this, still. What EV is cheaper than an equivalent ICE vehicle? I thought you said you got 1000kW free? Without plugging in at home, that's nowhere near 3 years' worth of charging. What are your rates? Mine varies between $0.11-0.13/kW. We're definitely stuck with an additional charge, which sucks. I was looking into solar quotes the other week and I was talking to an installer and because our town has their own additional charge on top of the $0.081 the electric company charges, the town adds their own $0.03-0.05, depending on the demand. They said the solar production could eliminate the electric company's rate, but I'll still have the town's charge, which seems a little odd, but he said most places they can eliminate or nearly eliminate an electric bill but not so much in my town.
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    ONLY charging at home is there legitimate savings. Public charging is not significantly cheaper and would never pay off the 20k purchase premium. You're looking at things all wrong. Price per mile is what you should be looking at. At 0.48/kW and 3.65/gal this is the difference. Change those numbers to a more realistic home charging price of 0.12/kW and your current WA average fuel prices and you get the below. REAL savings.
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    $0.48 per kWh if that wasn't included in your purchase?!? That's insane. It's cheaper to drive an AWD Telluride than that, around me. I see WA fuel prices are way higher, around $4.55/gal/87 octane, but at the national average of $3.65/gal, it's cheaper to drive ICE. That's just mind bogglingly expensive.
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    As they should. Companies without CarPlay/Android Auto should be adding it, not companies with it, removing it.
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    GM or Motor Trend? I assume GM? If so, deservingly so. I just cannot comprehend WHY they would get rid of such a feature that everybody loves. I know it's all about the dollar, but this seems like the wrong direction by a long shot.
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    This is what Motor Trend wrote today on this. It sounds atrocious and that sucks. Soooo many aspects of this truck seem perfect, but the actual infotainment seems like shet. "The one thing missing from the equipment list will be a deal-breaker for some shoppers. GM’s latest infotainment system doesn’t support Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. Instead, the 17.7-inch screen runs Google Maps, Google Assistant, and your favorite music streaming app natively. It all works well enough that we’d embrace the change if it didn't mean you'll eventually need to pay a second monthly payment on top of the monthly payment for the truck itself. After a three-year trial, you'll need to a subscription (currently $15 a month) to stream music on downloaded apps like Spotify and after eight years basic Google services such as navigation and voice commands will stop working unless you pony up for an OnStar plan (the exact cost is unclear right now). Apparently the only thing built in to Chevy's Google Built-In features is a method for processing credit card payments. As a workaround, you can stream music from your phone over Bluetooth like it's 2009 again—or buy a different truck." https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2024-chevrolet-silverado-ev-rst-first-drive-review-2/ Ford/Lincoln have not said this, unless there is newer news. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are both on the Lightning and Mach-e.
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    That WAS my initial point. There's no time or money savings when stuck publicly charging. The real time and money savings are charging overnight at home. And the only time somebody is pumping gasoline for 20+ minutes is if there's something wrong with a pump. It's the same BS anti-EV people push but from an anti-ICE person, just completely made-up bullsht. How often are you waiting for a pump? I can't remember the last time I pulled into a station and had to wait for an open pump.
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    I've literally timed myself AND posted it here at one time. I don't know if your PNW nozzles are the size of a drinking straw, but it never takes more than 5 minutes at a pump. You have lost your mind if you think you'll convince any human that you've stood at a pump for TWENTY-TWO MINUTES just filling up an Escalade. There a 100% chance you're lying if you're saying it took you 22 minutes to fill-up an Escalade from E every time. Damn. 14 minutes. That's a good 9-10 minutes longer than it would take to fill-up most anything with a gasoline engine. @Drew Dowdell, your Avalanche probably has the same or very similar size gas tank of an Escalade, right? Do you stand there for 20 minutes or more regularly?
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    You just said you still had to wait a few minutes after you were done shopping. That few minutes is all it takes to go from E -> F in an internal combustion vehicle. Until you're charging at home, overnight, there is no real savings or convenience involved. Once your free trial period of public charging has expired, it costs about the same to charge publicly at those fast chargers. At home charging is really the only way to save money and time with an EV, when it comes to fuel costs.
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    How much money did you save because of the interior size? I'm confused by that statement. You're publicly charging right now. You're actually spending more time at a charger than you would with any ICE vehicle at a pump. Until you have a home charger, you're spending more time "filling up" than you were before. I'm sure your app or the infotainment screen(s) has charging details. Do you have the number of times it's been plugged in and how long each charge has been?
  18. ccap41
    I thought this was pretty common knowledge amongst the EV community..? This is why you'll read the 10-80% or 20-80% charge times, because beyond 80% they slow down a lot, regardless of brand.
  19. ccap41
    "Tired of the Voom, Voom, Voom of a performance Borla exhaust, ... " Nope.
  20. ccap41
    I stumbled upon a small meetup this weekend. There's a new custom/restoration shop about two blocks from my home and I was walking to a Casey's to grab a cake donut for my wife (hahaha) and this is right next to the Casey's. This grey Chevelle was perfect, absolutely perfect. The plate is the name of the shop, Xtreme (restoration, bodywork, modification). I'm sure this is their show piece, and what a piece of work/art it is! I believe the van is theirs as well. Later that day we ran to Aldi and came across the International Scout. it was far from mint condition, but it was "pretty good" but even cooler to see it just out and about.
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    Personally, I wouldn't even care about the size when it comes to public chargers, because I'd almost never use them. My goal would be to never use them, unless it's free AND convenient. They're not a value proposition. They're like any other vehicle priced over 100k, they're a "want" and never a "need". They're a "because I can". Nobody is buying an S Class thinking they got a good value over a Camry or a G Wagen buyer thinking they got a better value than an X5 or Highlander buyer. It's more, more, more of things because the buyer can. It's basically the same as comparing an EV9 to an R1S. There isn't value in an R1S but it has a bigger battery, waaaaay more power from more motors and has fancy off road features. There's no value proposition for an R1S but it does have a bigger battery, four motors optional, a ton more power, air suspension. If you want more things, you can get more things for more money. That's how luxury brands have operated forever. A GMC Hummer EV is just that, a luxury purchase.
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    Yeah, those things are massive when up close to them. They really are cool vehicles to be around and look at. I wouldn't hate to own one, but I cannot see myself ever actually buying one.
  23. ccap41
    That's actually a horrible comparison. Any auto review by MSN is crap. "here's the spec sheet" is about all they give you.
  24. ccap41
    Congrats! I can't wait to only hear the good things about this vehicle! Hahaha
  25. ccap41
    These are attractive little vehicles *for their class*. I'm slowly seeing more and more of them. Then again, I have no clue if I'm seeing the new Trax or Trailblazers...hahaha.
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