Only one EV charger at home?!

On Wednesday, 19 April 2023 at 12:25:13 UTC-7, Ed Lee wrote: ...

Those chargers already exist.

To got from the south bay to Reno and back would charge at Loomis in one direction and Fairfield in the other for about 15-20 minutes.

kw

Of course you can drive without a trip plan.

But the car still shoots video of where you've been. And this video is added to the database at Tesla, to be used for mapping (allowing car to navigate, with an expectation of "what comes next").

The cars do enough storage activity, a previous problem was that the NAND flash in the car computer was wearing out. (Car design has changed from 8GB NAND to 64GB NAND.) Since it is eMMC, it is soldered in place.

And what has capitalism done for you, exactly?

That EE degree you got 30-40 years ago, if earned today, would mean that you are paying for it for the rest of your life.

It seems like it is the capitalists who are always running out of somebody else's money.

And they're really good liars, drilling holes in our part of the boat and convincing us we need to buy the water.

Oh, but the video stops before it explodes! X'-D

Oh... ok. :-)

must be complex.

Really, here in the 21st century, manual transmissions make as much sense as dial phones.

Which the kids can't use either.

Always drive downhill.

Are there real modern cars (except Russian) that are not "by wire"? Non-powered brakes?

On-board BMS estimates how much power can be pumped back to the battery. Beyond that, use friction brakes.

On Wednesday, 19 April 2023 at 13:52:26 UTC-7, John Larkin wrote: ...

Helps if the rear wheels are larger than the front ones...

kw

On Wednesday, 19 April 2023 at 13:55:27 UTC-7, Ed Lee wrote: ...

Varies with car - Tesla is unusual in not using blended brakes. The brake pedal does not control regeneration. It is completely controlled by the throttle pedal.

Getting good brake feel is difficult with blended brakes - Toyota struggled for years to do it.

kevin

The website where I got those statistics thinks it's young people.

I can see "tree" regen on my Leaf when braking.

On Wednesday, 19 April 2023 at 14:30:53 UTC-7, Ed Lee wrote: ...

Teslas also show regeneration when braking because your foot would be off the throttle.

But in the case of Tesla the regeneration does not increase when braking is applied. That way they can separate the braking and regeneration controls to get a braking feel more like a conventional vehicle - there are no discontinuities in braking force relative to brake pedal pressure when friction braking is added to regeneration.

kw

Sure, but that has always been the case and doesnt explain why there has been a recent increase in the percentage bought.

Are you saying you don't get tested in your own car or the one from the driving school you learnt to drive in ?

That would make it harder to pass the test, in an unfamiliar car.

Yeah, we have the same system in Australia, but you get to supply the car you get tested in.

torsdag den 20. april 2023 kl. 00.24.04 UTC+2 skrev Rod Speed:

But not the best cruise control. Honda works fine in traffic jams as well as on the highway and thats not going to work as well in a manual as an automatic because you would need to change gears manually.

I also want a cruise control that tracks the speed limit so that I dont have to do anything except keep steering when I have to slow down in towns on a long trip and slow down automatically in the speed restricted areas like our school zones where you have to change down to a lower than overdrive gear which you use on highways.

There are plenty of videos online of failing to release and pouring petrol all over the forecourt or drivers driving off with the nozzle still left in the filler, snapping hoses off or even pulling pumps over.

The latch mechanism is present on UK pumps (it is a standard design), but the pin is removed to prevent it locking.

I haven't seen a petrol station in the UK with attendant service for many years - although I have seen one within the last 10 years right on the Northern Ireland border. Even there, it is only attendant service at very busy times.

So, it's not regening fully. I want to add a hand brake to regen my expansion battery via a booster. Normally, my expansion battery is tied to the main with a lag (M->E when full and E->M when empty). A booster (10% more voltage) should be able to charge it better.