I almost bought a Lightning after seeing that massive Frunk. I even showed my wife how between the Frunk and the truck bed, it could easily replace our Sienna

 

Imagine @swajames if you had to put Premium in your F-150. The Chevron near my house yesterday:

 

Indeed! Very happy to have solar!

 

I'm actually trying to see if I can add more panels, charging three EV's has eaten almost 50 percent of my output. A rep from Sunrun (my panel provider) says they may be able to do it without breaking my NEM 2 contract. Fingers crossed 🙏

 

As I understand it you should be able to add the greater of 10% or 1kW to your current production without breaking NEM2, or you can add as many non-export panels as you want (ideally along with battery storage etc) but you will need to ensure the zero-export part is appropriately segregated.

 

Lol, this discussion started because of the FSD modes. So if his is a Hardware 2 and FSD 12 - I know his has Standard mode and am aggressive mode. No idea what it's called.

You had mentioned that only Hardware 4 and FSD 14 had drive modes.

 

No, I think we are misunderstanding each other. HW v4 supports FSD v13, which has "Standard" mode, but adds "Chill" and "Hurry" modes. HW v3 and below only supports up to FSD v12, which as I understand it, doesn't have "Chill" and "Hurry" modes. I believe it does have "Standard" mode, but because I don't currently have an FSD subscription on my Y (which has HW v3), I can't confirm this

 

So that was why you bought EVs. Speaking of this... I saw a post the other day where it was almost $8/gal in downtown LA.

 

Speaking for only myself, it was more for the Performance aspect as well as convenience of charging at home, and less maintenance. Remove EV's from the equation, and my wife would be driving a hybrid and I would be driving something like an M2 Comp.

Southern Cal has the most expensive gas, probably in all of California

 

My brother in law's car which is probably Hardware 2.5 definitely has more than just Standard mode 👍

 

Legacy seems to be finding inroads with commonality, would not say its a 100% solution but better then egglands finest designs.

Having said that, few years ago legacy and engineering consultants were yelling at anyone who would listen, that you need to have separate platforms to ensure range and profitability. Now that didnt work out, and legacy is yelling the opp,

 

I honestly don't think sharing platforms saves money, but I don't have the data to back that up. That said, maintaining two different lines is probably not the answer either

 

Looks like Rivian is not immune to vandals and copper thieves

 

Sounds like mama will get rid of you if you try to get rid of her van. 🤣

 

Pretty much