Steve in Ventura
Powering our electric car & home heating with renewable energy since 2017. Also interested in paleontology, archeology & birds. Married over 40 years. Retired aerospace engineer. Avatar is ambassador Londo Mollari on Babylon 5.
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Steve in Ventura@lemmy.todayto
Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net•The Lucid Air is crushing the competition as the best-selling luxury EV sedan in the US
2·1 year agoNot everyone agrees. According to this article Cadillac is in the lead. https://insideevs.com/news/765467/cadillac-bets-on-evs/
Steve in Ventura@lemmy.todayto
Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net•[Technology Connections | 32:26 ] The "standard" car charger is usually overkill—but your electrician might not know that
3·1 year agoWe’ve been charging our EV on 110 volts for 8 years now. We tend to charge it over the weekends at only 6 amps since it’s not a dedicated line and a longer charging time isn’t a problem for us. We’ve thought about rewiring our garage, but we’d have to replace our circuit breaker panel and even install the new one at another location. It just doesn’t seem worth it since we’re retired and don’t drive a lot.

“The pure EV market in the U.S. seems to us very clear: small vehicles used for commuting and around town,” Farley told analysts on an earnings call last month.