When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

[Jer]

The 100% non practical grocery getter called the Cybertruck is already rusting... after a month or a single drive in rain. Another example of Tesla using form over function or adequately testing their products.

Cybertruck Owners Say Their Stainless Steel Trucks Are Rusting

Owners say they are noticing orange stains on the stainless steel panels of their new Cybertrucks.

gizmodo.com

 

[mramseyISU]

So I handed the keys back to the Lightning after lunch today. I don't think I'm quite ready to go all in with the BEV but I did like it. The truck was a Lightning XLT Pro with the 250 mile range battery. That advertised range and what I was seeing on the dash didn't come close to lining up. I picked up yesterday with about 55% SOC and my range was showing 90miles. I drove it around last night and this morning to work and plugged it in at work this morning at about 40% SOC. The pubic charger we have at work is slower than the second coming. It was estimating the truck would be fully charged at 5 pm tonight. That's more of a knock against the charger than the truck though. I tried running around a while with the one pedal drive mode turned on and I didn't really like it. It was just too different. Maybe if I used it for a couple weeks I'd change my mind but I'm not there yet. I'm buying a new truck in the next few months and I don't think a lightning will be that next truck but it might be the next one after that. Now if my side of the family didn't live 3 hours away in the middle of nowhere maybe I'd lean more towards the Lightning but I can't quite convince myself.

 

[dmclone]

So I handed the keys back to the Lightning after lunch today. I don't think I'm quite ready to go all in with the BEV but I did like it. The truck was a Lightning XLT Pro with the 250 mile range battery. That advertised range and what I was seeing on the dash didn't come close to lining up. I picked up yesterday with about 55% SOC and my range was showing 90miles. I drove it around last night and this morning to work and plugged it in at work this morning at about 40% SOC. The pubic charger we have at work is slower than the second coming. It was estimating the truck would be fully charged at 5 pm tonight. That's more of a knock against the charger than the truck though. I tried running around a while with the one pedal drive mode turned on and I didn't really like it. It was just too different. Maybe if I used it for a couple weeks I'd change my mind but I'm not there yet. I'm buying a new truck in the next few months and I don't think a lightning will be that next truck but it might be the next one after that. Now if my side of the family didn't live 3 hours away in the middle of nowhere maybe I'd lean more towards the Lightning but I can't quite convince myself.

Did you get a chance to test the performance? It has to be weird to drive a pickup that's as fast as a 700 horsepower TRX but at the same time be quiet.

I agree, if you do a ton of really long drives(especially rural), it doesn't currently make sense. Even more so with the non tesla charging network.

 

[mramseyISU]

Did you get a chance to test the performance? It has to be weird to drive a pickup that's as fast as a 700 horsepower TRX but at the same time be quiet.

I agree, if you do a ton of really long drives(especially rural), it doesn't currently make sense. Even more so with the non tesla charging network.

I stood on it a couple times and it's stupid fast. It legit scared my wife when I did it the first time.

 

[IcSyU]

I stood on it a couple times and it's stupid fast. It legit scared my wife when I did it the first time.

Nothing that big should accelerate like it does. I test drove one while our Mach E was being serviced and the salesman told me to stand on it on an on ramp. It sucks you into your seat like any sports car would.

 

[1100011CS]

So I handed the keys back to the Lightning after lunch today. I don't think I'm quite ready to go all in with the BEV but I did like it. The truck was a Lightning XLT Pro with the 250 mile range battery. That advertised range and what I was seeing on the dash didn't come close to lining up. I picked up yesterday with about 55% SOC and my range was showing 90miles. I drove it around last night and this morning to work and plugged it in at work this morning at about 40% SOC. The pubic charger we have at work is slower than the second coming. It was estimating the truck would be fully charged at 5 pm tonight. That's more of a knock against the charger than the truck though. I tried running around a while with the one pedal drive mode turned on and I didn't really like it. It was just too different. Maybe if I used it for a couple weeks I'd change my mind but I'm not there yet. I'm buying a new truck in the next few months and I don't think a lightning will be that next truck but it might be the next one after that. Now if my side of the family didn't live 3 hours away in the middle of nowhere maybe I'd lean more towards the Lightning but I can't quite convince myself.

Does it retain a charge while parked without charging? i.e. - if I go out hunting early in the morning and come back after dark will it still have the charge when I left it?

 

[nfrine]

Nothing that big should accelerate like it does. I test drove one while our Mach E was being serviced and the salesman told me to stand on it on an on ramp. It sucks you into your seat like any sports car would.

Would be a great kid vehicle....right? Back and forth to school....

 

[dmclone]

Does it retain a charge while parked without charging? i.e. - if I go out hunting early in the morning and come back after dark will it still have the charge when I left it?

I don't know about the lightning but our tesla will sit in the garage for a week and lose less than 2%. If you have the security cameras on, it tends to suck more energy

 

[ricochet]

The pubic charger we have at work is slower than the second coming.

I think I want to work where you work.

 

[do4CY]

So I handed the keys back to the Lightning after lunch today. I don't think I'm quite ready to go all in with the BEV but I did like it. The truck was a Lightning XLT Pro with the 250 mile range battery. That advertised range and what I was seeing on the dash didn't come close to lining up. I picked up yesterday with about 55% SOC and my range was showing 90miles. I drove it around last night and this morning to work and plugged it in at work this morning at about 40% SOC. The pubic charger we have at work is slower than the second coming. It was estimating the truck would be fully charged at 5 pm tonight. That's more of a knock against the charger than the truck though. I tried running around a while with the one pedal drive mode turned on and I didn't really like it. It was just too different. Maybe if I used it for a couple weeks I'd change my mind but I'm not there yet. I'm buying a new truck in the next few months and I don't think a lightning will be that next truck but it might be the next one after that. Now if my side of the family didn't live 3 hours away in the middle of nowhere maybe I'd lean more towards the Lightning but I can't quite convince myself.

The range on our bolt can really jump around depending on so many variables. Going interstate speeds and if it's cold out will make it drop the most. One day driving in ames my wife said it barely moved the battery level. The one pedal driving took a little getting used to but now when I drive my truck I wish all cars could have that. I would seriously consider a silverado ev when they come out but it sounds like they are going to price them higher than they originally planned

 

[RedlineSi]

The R2 announcement is coming March 7th if anyone is interested. Will be $100 to reserve one. https://rivian.com/r2

 

[dmclone]

The R2 announcement is coming March 7th if anyone is interested. Will be $100 to reserve one. https://rivian.com/r2

If they price this under $50k, this should sell like crazy.

 

[nfrine]

The R2 announcement is coming March 7th if anyone is interested. Will be $100 to reserve one. https://rivian.com/r2

Still looks weird.

 

[dmclone]

Also, you can now buy a Lucid for $70k, which it's a lot of car for the $$

Lucid Motors drops the price of its cheapest EV by more than $8,000

Lucid Motors is lopping thousands of dollars off the price of its most affordable electric sedans as it looks to boost demand after a disappointing year of sales. The rear-wheel drive version of the base model Lucid Air Pure will now start a $69,900, down from the previous price of $77,400...

www.yahoo.com

 

[nfrine]

Only $70K? But that’s "after a year of disappointing sales".

Lucid Motors sold just 6,001 cars in 2023 | TechCrunch

Lucid Motors delivered only 6,001 of the 8,428 cars it built last year, as it continues to struggle to generate demand for its luxury electric sedans. The

techcrunch.com

 

[dmclone]

Only $70K?

Yes, about the same price as mid level BMW 5 series, a mid level Ford Expedition, an Audi A6, A Ford F150 Lariat, etc

 

[mramseyISU]

Still looks weird.
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I can't get over having two giant USB-C ports on the front end of those things.

 

[mramseyISU]

Does it retain a charge while parked without charging? i.e. - if I go out hunting early in the morning and come back after dark will it still have the charge when I left it?

The one I had lost 2ish% of SOC sitting in my garage overnight.

 

[dmclone]

Does it retain a charge while parked without charging? i.e. - if I go out hunting early in the morning and come back after dark will it still have the charge when I left it?

I wanted to get more data on this so I looked up some numbers.

I was on vacation form 1/18-1/26, so we didn't drive the car during this time, but it was left plugged in. On 1/18 it was at 80%, which is the maximum I set. 3 times in those 8 days it charged back up to 80%. To accomplish this, it used 1.95 KWh (63 cents). If I wouldn't have left it plugged in, the worst case scenario my battery would have went from 80% to 78% in those 8 days. Keep in mind that those temperatures are outside temperatures, not the temperature inside the garage. I'm assuming that even with it being in the garage, it probably had to warm up to charge, so those charging stats include getting the battery up to temp(pre conditioning).



Also, sentry mode (Security camera) doesn't run while I'm at home but would everywhere else. If the battery falls below 20%, sentry mode automatically shuts off. You can also manually turn off sentry mode from the app.

 

[mramseyISU]

The range on our bolt can really jump around depending on so many variables. Going interstate speeds and if it's cold out will make it drop the most. One day driving in ames my wife said it barely moved the battery level. The one pedal driving took a little getting used to but now when I drive my truck I wish all cars could have that. I would seriously consider a silverado ev when they come out but it sounds like they are going to price them higher than they originally planned

So my boss had the lightning today and took it down to Marshalltown from Waterloo. Not sure what the SOC was when he left but he's currently stranded and sitting at a 6kW charger waiting to get enough range to get back to Waterloo with it.