Battery size and charging speed both matter when you're buying an EV that do a one day trip. We calculate which electric vehicles can do the one day trip from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Only a few can and the ones that can barely make the cut.
Brian sees his first post-covid movie, "A Quiet Place 2" and at home, "Space Balls" to get ready for the Tesla Model S Plaid reveal.
Autonomous water taxies on Amsterdam canals.
The hacker group Anonymous attacks Elon Musk and Tesla in a video which Electrek says could have been made by an oil company. See the Tesla Daily Podcast for more.
Elon Musk is one of the world's richest people but he doesn't pay taxes.
We check if Brian is following the latest from the Seattle Kraken after having bought a Kraken hat last fall.
The pandemic has accelerated the progress of robotaxies. We predict when autonomous robotaxies will get here and it's sooner than you think.
A listener suggests Frontline's episode about Big Oil pushing plastics to find a market for oil.
Bloomberg New Energy's annual EV report. EVs need to come fast to meet our climate goals. Will the grid collapse with EVs? Not at all! But Brian wonders how the grid will handle the electrification of building heating in Northern climates.
Our predictions for the Tesla Model S Plaid.
47:43 - Special Report on What EVs Can Do the One Day Trip
CRITERIA USUAL ONE DAY TRIP THAT TAKES 8 HOURS , CALGARY 475 MILES /764 KM TWO STOPS FOR MEALS IN MY PRIUS 25 MININUM MINS EACH INSIST ON 2 STOPS FOR HALF HOUR MEALS PLUS ONE PEE OR 4-8 MINUTES BUT PREFER NOT IN FUTURE MY CRITERIA WILL BE TWO 18 MIN CHARGE SESSIONS
MODEL 3 STANDARD RANGE PLUS 3 CHARGES TAKING 57 MINS OR 30+30+9 same as me in ICE WITH HALF HOUR MEALS 100 KM/HR FIRST LEG IN 110KM ZONE NO SPEED RESTRICTIONS IF YOU CHARGE TO 100% AT DEPARTURE .RANGE IS 260 MILES/ 420 KM
MODEL 3 LONG RANGE 2 X 30 MIN STOPS IN THE CITIES I USUALLY STOP FOR 30 MINUTES IN ANYWAY FOR LUNCH AND SUPPER NO SPEED RESTRICTIONS .RANGE 353 MILES/ 568 KM
AUDI ETRON 30/27/4 ALMOST THE SAME AS TESLA
BYTON M BITE 95 BEST MODEL 30/30/8 BARELY PASS
CADALLAC LYRIC 30+30, VERY GOOD! 100 KWH BATTERY
CHEVY BOLT 5 CHARGES TAKING 1HR 51 MINUTES...FAIL
FORD F150 LOW RANGE ALMOST PASSES 2 EXTRA CHARGES FOR 21 MINUTES MORE, BUT MIGHT BE WORTH IT FOR A TRUCK'S GAS SAVINGS
F150 EXTENDED RANGE 30/30/8 ... 3 CHARGES
CYBERTRUCK REAR WHEEL DRIVE SAME AS F150 EXTENDED 30/30/8 ... 3 CHARGES
CYBERTRUCK TRI-MOTOR 30+30
FORD MUSTANG MACHE E .STANDARD RANGE RWD FAIL 5 CHARGES 134MINS .EXTENDED RANGE RWD 30/30/6 JUST PASSES
GMC HUMMER 3/30/31 PASS
HYUNDAI .KONA FAIL 4 CHARGES 1:18 .IONIQ 5 PASS 3 CHARGES 30/30/4
JAGUAR IPACE FAIL 5 CHARGES OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF
KIA .EV6 RWD STANDARD RANGE FAIL 4 STOPS .EV6 LONG RANGE RWD PASS 30/30 .E-NIRO FAIL ALL MODELS .E-SOUL FAIL ALL MODELS, BEST IT COULD DO 1:42 CHARGING OVER 4 STOPS
TOYOTA LEXUS THEY SELL IN EUROPE IS A WHOPPING 7 STOPS SO FAIL!
POLESTAR LONG RANGE BARELY PASSES 30/30/6
PORCHE 30/30/6 BEST TAYCAN BARELY PASS
RIVIAN, BEST MODEL OF THEIR PICKUP IS 30/30 SO GOOD!
VOLKSWAGON .ID.4 77KWH 30/30/6 pass .ID.4 54kwh battery, the one I can almost afford and it's a disaster!....6 charging stops taking up 2.5X the time as other cars: 2:35. with a large stretch at only 100km/hr bad! .ID.3 30/30 BEST MODEL = PASS, NOT AVAIL NORTH AMERICA
VOLVO XC40 PASS 30/30/7
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