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After the excellent conversation in this thread, and looking at future ICE repair bills, our family's driving needs, and a few other factors, we made the leap to become a 100% EV household a few weeks ago. We still have the 2021 MME but replaced my wife's ICE vehicle with a 2025 Audi Q4 e-Tron...

Already a happy owner of a '21 Job 1 and will drive it until the wheels fall off. The other car in the household is ICE, getting close to 100k in mileage, and will be a PITA to repair as it ages. It's been nice to have the ICE as an option for the 1-2 odd destinations where the charging...

Looks like ABRP might be getting some competition: https://insideevs.com/news/791556/google-maps-ev-route-planning-android-auto/

Very interesting read on Hyundai's approach to its EV platform. Being an "IT guy" it reads like they are treating their platform as an actual platform and architecture, and approaching as one would develop an IT application - which just happens to have four wheels. Love to see the innovation...

I think I am haunted by a software bug and curious if anyone else has seen similar behavior. (2021, Job 1) TLDR; version: Departure times locally and via FordPass are not working, but they sometimes start but never finish, and the car charges or attempts to charge instead, and not sure which...

For my '21 Job 1, I've learned more about how Paak, BT, and Sync and its backend potentially works, through sheer stumbling my way through an issue I was having. The experience: I got a new phone, followed all instructions for removing PaaK, and then for setting up the new phone. All good -...

I received an email and snail mail notice from ComEd (the power company here in the great Chicago area) that offers a $100 if I connect my car to Optiwatt for an EV charging pilot they (ComEd) are running. The threads I found related to Optiwatt specifically are from a couple of years ago, but...

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Someone was pulling into a spot last week next to my MME while I was in it and getting ready to leave and smacked it while they were pulling in. There are no cracks, dents, the sensor is fine, and somehow the side light marker is undamaged. There is one gash that cuts pretty deeply, but...

It made me want to upgrade to the Rally: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/big-reads/road-ford-mustang-mach-e-rally-can-we-beat-google-maps-pikes-peak

TLDR; the A/C compressor can fail, and the way it's configured can prevent the battery from being cooled with repair costs being $10k+. Interesting read: https://www.theautopian.com/how-the-black-death-can-destroy-a-bmw-i3-instantly-and-with-no-warning/

Not a new model per se, but spotted in Montreal.

Getting ready to make a trip to Canada, sticking to major metros, and it looks like DCFC is pretty darn good. With a quick glance through Plugshare, it looks like there are a lot of decent choices and the hardest part might be getting through the US. I don't yet have a Tesla adapter, and I've...

This is interesting, especially since the NHTSA is investigating the two fatal crashes where BC was potentially enabled. I'm not an engineer by trade, but meeting the requirements outlined by the article below seem like they would be challenging...

Ford just called and sent me an email about the $600 Bluecruise offer for my Job 1, 21. Given the recent stoppage of updates, and the long-awaited release of a newer version of BC, there is definitely no one looking at the "customer experience" holistically. I am sure they are using CRM...

Looks like those APIs are starting to shake loose... EV charging update in Google Maps includes “AI-powered” station info | Ars Technica

Interesting take on driving fast: Driving Faster Takes Longer – Algorithm Soup (wordpress.com) There's also a link that talks about inefficiency of ICE the faster you go: Mpg For Speed - Fuel Efficiency Vs. Speed No purpose/opinion, other than it's an interesting read that I thought the...

I have an extended warranty, but am at 33k on my Job 1, and noticed this mis-alignment a few months back (had the car, used for a little over a year.) I've adjusted the pegs under the hood/frunk on both sides to try to make things better, but no luck. It does not appear that the hood/frunk...

Will be soon taking a trip from the Chicago area to a portion of the country where temps will be in the upper 90s, even crossing 100F. I will probably end up needing 4-6 DCFC sessions depending on how many L2s I can squeeze in where possible. Some additional context behind the question -...

My kWh is running between 3.5 to a touch over 4. This is a big increase from 2.5-2.8. Do I have the wrong battery? Sorry...could not resist a lighthearted jacka** post. :cool: The weather has been phenomenal in the Chicago area the past few days, and it's been a joy seeing the efficiency of...