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at the start he says "the unthinkable happened" and he shows a pic of a blown tire (what does that have to do with running out of charge?).
he says at the charger he found he would have to wait "3 hours" to have enough charge to get home. really?
he says "all he needed" was to be towed for 15 minutes at 70mph to add 100mi. range to his battery because regen is 65kW.
so 65kW charging for 15 minutes would add at most 1/4 x 65kw or about 16kw to the battery. at a fantastic 4mi./kwh usage, that's only 64 mi. range, not 100, proving the guy in the video is a cretin.
"i'm going to do this in the name of science" - yeah right, lol
he says he's going to tow with an e55 mercedes, yet the video thumbnail shows an s-class.
and about that s-class thumbnail pic... wtf is the tow strap doing connected to the SIDE of the s-class?
probably an AI generated thumbnail.
to show what an imbecile this guy is, he's now using a GIANT DIESEL engine in that tesla model s for clicks...
so if you found it cool, great, but it has ZERO credibility, more like a prank video.
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I have to totally agree with Bit on this, this video was as idiotic as it gets. He gave so much misleading information at the beginning, a non EV owner or someone looking for that gotcha EV moment would come out with complete misinformation or a misunderstanding at the very least. Yes, if try to charge at an L2 charger (which he quickly showed) it will take hours. And no, you don't want to try and tow an EV and use regen to charge it, you can overheat and damage the motors. As an owner of three EV'S, it provided zero useful information. It just made me ask, why?
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i guess this is 'cool' too. from the same soprano's dude.
https://youtu.be/6SYT0upjNac?si=ijX1QnWw-EgiIWv0
https://youtu.be/6SYT0upjNac?si=ijX1QnWw-EgiIWv0
the closed captions on this video silently explain he worked for mr beast in the past but suffered a traumatic brain injury (not sure how). and now he's trying to build back engagement on his channel with stunts.
i mean who doesn't want to set off 100,000 fireworks on an audi?
(no idea why it's age restricted, there's nothing riské in it. i guess they don't want to give kids ideas.)
i mean who doesn't want to set off 100,000 fireworks on an audi?
(no idea why it's age restricted, there's nothing riské in it. i guess they don't want to give kids ideas.)
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Got an email from San Jose Clean Energy telling me they are adding a new super off peak rate for those on the PG&E E-ELEC plan from 9am to 2pm because there's more energy produced during that time because the renewables are at their peak. It means that 9am to 2pm is now cheaper than overnight. Basically now 33% cheaper from 9am to 2pm than overnight, and 60% cheaper than the peak rate. So for all the talk about the grid can't handle it, here's a case where it obviously can and where providers are incentivizing daytime charging. We still have expensive rates here in general, and the PG&E part of our bill (distribution) isn't getting discounted, but everything helps.
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Got an email from San Jose Clean Energy telling me they are adding a new super off peak rate for those on the PG&E E-ELEC plan from 9am to 2pm because there's more energy produced during that time because the renewables are at their peak. It means that 9am to 2pm is now cheaper than overnight. Basically now 33% cheaper from 9am to 2pm than overnight, and 60% cheaper than the peak rate. So for all the talk about the grid can't handle it, here's a case where it obviously can and where providers are incentivizing daytime charging. We still have expensive rates here in general, and the PG&E part of our bill (distribution) isn't getting discounted, but everything helps.
I am getting 70 percent of my energy from my Solar panels, but because I am now charging 4 EV's and we've had a pretty hot summer with a lot of AC usage, I've had to pull from the grid, where I get my electricity from San Jose Clean Energy. As you can see, "Generation charges" are $138 from SJCE, but PG&E's portion, which they call "Delivery charges" is almost double. So unless I can over-generate to cover that thieving company PG&E's "Delivery" charges, I'm still paying a high electricity bill. My last True-Up bill from PG&E in June was around $2585, which is roughly about $215 a month to PG&E in delivery charges. I'm currently working with a friend who does solar to possibly add another 6kW system on my garage to cover this PG&E BS.
On a more positive note, we drive a lot, and had we been fueling our cars, the gasoline bill would have been more like $280 a week, so even with the higher electricity bills, we are saving money. Plus my son is moving to Berkeley tomorrow, and he won't be taking a car. He drives more than all of us, and this will cut our electricity usage by at least one quarter, as we will only be charging three cars regularly instead of 4
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That is true my friend, there is still a very substantial savings, which I'm thankful for. It still pisses me off that they charge me double for electricity I don't buy them. It reminds of the $300 hammer defense contractors were famous for in the 90's. But yes, it is what it is
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The thing I found most interesting wasn’t really the rate reduction, more that they are offering it as an incentive to shift charging from overnight to daytime hours. That there is extra daytime capacity is not only a good thing, it’s good evidence that the transition and transformation of the grid and way energy is generated is underway.
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The thing I found most interesting wasn’t really the rate reduction, more that they are offering it as an incentive to shift charging from overnight to daytime hours. That there is extra daytime capacity is not only a good thing, it’s good evidence that the transition and transformation of the grid and way energy is generated is underway.
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Looks like Louisiana is getting it right 👍
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/08/17...g-competitive/
Louisiana Utility Regulators Pass Rule to Keep Electric Vehicle Charging Competitive
"The commission voted unanimously to create the rule, which aligns with a bipartisan bill the Louisiana Legislature approved in 2022 encouraging the commission to enact policies that would create an EV charging market based on competition and free market principles"https://cleantechnica.com/2024/08/17...g-competitive/
