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Frequent navigation prompts to "follow the road" and "now join the highway" can become annoying on long road trips. "Follow the road" is the least-useful navigation prompt I've ever experienced, especially when not following the road would mean driving off a cliff or through someone's front...

https://www.motor1.com/news/713765/genesis-neolun-luxury-suv-concept/

After having trouble with planning a trip on my desktop PC using Google maps, and trying to replicate the trip plan in HERE maps on the car, I thought I'd try planning the trip using HERE maps on my PC to reduce translation errors. I was surprised to find that there is no HERE maps app for...

Polestar 3 now has a couple pretty appealing lower-priced variants available for order. I've seen it in person - IMO a very attractive vehicle. US versions will be built in South Carolina. I'll be considering a version of this with Lidar in 2025, shopping it against the Gravity...

Today I worked on planning a road trip to a somewhat remote area in the Eastern Sierras, and am wondering how many of you do it. After 13 years driving EVs, here is my strategy. 1) Use a combination of Google Maps and ABRP to arrange an initial list of destinations and the charging stations...

A "simple" software fix: make the steering wheel climate display icon red when steering wheel heat is on, rather than just increasing the linewidth. I have a hard time telling whether steering wheel heating is off or on by looking at the display. The seat icons change to red or blue when heating...

https://uk.motor1.com/reviews/706096/real-range-electric-cars-2024-comparison-test

It turns out that a BTC firmware bug took EA chargers offline in cold weather; not a hardware design defect. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/btcpower_a-message-from-our-ceo-good-afternoon-activity-7153861104941649920-OTmi

"It's taken a while, but I did finally get to spend a day in the EV9. This is the least expensive EV in America with a solidly usable 3rd row. How big is the 3rd row? Well, you get 2.5 inches more headroom than a Model X, 2 inches more than a Grand Highlander, and more than an Odyssey or...

An interesting analysis of what happened to create the recent EV charging disaster new clips in Chicago: https://insideevs.com/news/705057/chicago-tesla-stranded-ev-charging/

I read about Joby's new charging interface for electric air taxis, and thought: why reinvent the wheel. But on further exploration, it's really pretty cool. Up to 600kW (two channels of 300kW each) and designed to minimize weight and bulk in the aircraft it services...

Some more info on EV-specific functionality coming to Google Maps through Android Auto. Cars running AAOS with GAS instead of Android Auto already have this capability (Volvo, Polestar, soon others). It's very accurate at trip planning, including charging stops...

Great sensor package too: https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/7/24028300/verge-electric-motorcylce-ts-ultra-price-photo-ces

EA's California Cycle 4 investment plan contains some interesting info. Just under half of this $200M investment cycle is allocated for maintenance and upgrades of existing locations, a marked change from allocations for Cycles 1-3.

It would be useful to have observed mi/kWh figures for our Airs in inclement weather. Could those with experience please post: Your observed mi/kWh in inclement weather Conditions - temperature, rain/snow, notable headwinds, average speed Your car - GT, Touring, Pure, wheel size and tire type

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-cybertrucks-stiff-structure-sharp-design-raise-safety-concerns-experts-2023-12-08/

https://theweeklydriver.com/2023/10/2023-lucid-air-pure-fledgling-worthy-luxury-sedan/

I was happy to see Tesla's refresh of the Model 3 with a revised suspension, better sound dampening, and better interior materials. Possibly a tolerable car now for road trips. But it's still missing at least two features we use daily in our EVs: ultrasonic sensors and 360-degree parking...

Interesting study from Recurring Auto of 12500 Tesla cars showing no significant difference in battery degradation with time for mostly DC fast charging vs mostly Level 2 AC charging. https://insideevs.com/news/683961/fast-charging-vs-slow-charging-study-ev-range-degradation/