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It will be interesting when there are side by side tests. Aero is much more important than weight for constant high speed driving. Out of Spec just did a range test of off-road SUV EVs. G-class: 230mi Hummer: 291mi Rivian R1S: 376mi, very impressive for a brick!

What temperature is it outside? 78 sounds very warm!

Pirelli says you should switch out summer tires at 45F. Arizonans have a unique definition of cold. lol.

As you said, consequences can be both good and bad. In about half the country the consequences of delivering a car with summer tires in the winter are likely to be bad.

Pirelli says they're bad. https://www.pirelli.com/tyres/en-gb/car/driving-and-tyre-tips/seasons/summer-tyres-in-winter

0.7 is the most common but different manufacturers use different adjustment factors. WLTP also seems to way overestimate real world range. It's all very silly since I'm sure every manufacturer has an extremely accurate model of the vehicle. They could just use drive cycle that matches the...

Does the vampire drain occur only on the first few drive cycles? It's probably just the BMS (battery management system) misestimating the state of charge. If you were actually losing 5-6% in a few hours I think you'd hear the cooling fan running, that's a lot of energy.

Lucid Air goes ~500mi at 70mph. Gravity has 20% higher drag coefficient and 20% more frontal area. 500 * 1/1.2 * 1/1.2 = 347mi. Physics remains undefeated. No, he's on a flat road with cruise control on. A Model X does not achieve its EPA range at 70mph in the tests I see. It does look like...

Out of Spec drives the car until it no longer moves. The Air hit 0% at 482mi 113kwh but didn't stop moving until 523mi 118kwh. Not a good idea to count on that extra 5kwh though since the battery monitoring system can have significant error.

The G class electric has a De Dion rear suspension which is not independent. The upcoming Scout EV will use a solid rear axle with a motor mounted to it. I do wonder if EVs will ever be popular off-road vehicles.

Yeah, those aren't SUVs either. The craziest thing I saw was someone claiming that the Gravity isn't an SUV because it's too boxy. To me an SUV is a vehicle designed to go off road (forest service road != off road). The R1S, G-class, and Hummer are the only EV SUVs. The Gravity is a large lifted...

Wow, that's a lot of skis. The regular Gravity has a roof rack in some older press photos so I assume they'll make one at some point. Does seem like 8 pairs on the roof and 6 inside (in bags?) is the way to go.

That is correct. Each wheel size has only one tire available. The tire make and model is on the website. 20/21 Hankook ion evo A/S 21/22 Michelin A/S of some sort 22/23 Pirelli P-Zero 5 (summer tire)

Just crazy that they haven't fixed this yet and they decided to give the cars to reviewers anyway.

Porsche is the only competition but it doesn't look quite as good as Kyle's early testing. Looks like thermal issue either in charger or car at 400kW? Interesting that both curves have a dip near 20%. I do wonder what goes on at 50%. Why does it have a discontinuity? Lots of other EVs have...

How is it different? I thought a buyback is just the company admitting it's a lemon without having to fight them in court. The optimal lemon law strategy is to use the car for a couple years and then get it lemoned (I know a couple people who were able to do that with BMWs. Those high pressure...

Those are the jump start connections you use if the 12V batteries are dead. I guess that means there will always be an access panel there.

Yep, if you're going to have two sets you might as well get something with a little better snow/ice performance. Summer and all weather is the best combo for California. If you're going to have one set of tires then Pilot Sport A/S is a good choice.

Are we sure that's not a coyote?

Just because they're putting the wiring and access panel in now doesn't mean they don't plan to remove it in the future.