Recent content by kylinblue

From what I read so far it seems like lack of awareness/preparedness for heavy range loss proceed to caused a knock on effect: People wasn't prepared for heavy range losses Arrive at charger with low charge Somehow unable to charge and get stuck at the stall (mystery here, idk why yet) (could be...

Ford logo lurking in the bottom right

Currently powerboost F150 suffer from low 5th wheel/gooseneck capacity on the 4x4. Hope Ford address it in the coming years, while putting a larger battery pack in there. (Current model year F150 5.0 and 3.5Ecoboost are maxed out at around 13k for both conventional tow and 5th/Goose...

First time hearing VIA. Hyliion sounds like they lost steam or something I haven't followed them in a while. I'm really rooting for CNG/LNG semis during the transition to full EV, like Cummins' natural gas conversion (or reused design) of current diesel engines. Those would be great engines...

Is there any series hybrid out there? The only good hybrid I know are tundra iforce max and f150 powerboost, and they are both parallel hybrid, with batteries not much bigger than a golf cart.

Imo for heavier than half ton truck application, a bidirectional HV connection should be available on the back of the heavy duty vehicle, and allow energy flow while the vehicle is in motion. This should be done as soon as possible by the vehicle manufacturer. This would open up for all kinds of...

Assuming 800v, 900A you’d be looking at 0.72MW… for now https://tesla-cdn.thron.com/static/HXVNIC_North_American_Charging_Standard_Technical_Specification_TS-0023666_HFTPKZ.pdf

Does anyone have an idea how this guy wired the generator up to the battery?

I am doing some preliminary research on starting a freight service business that has the eventual electrification of the fleet in mind. If all goes well I will procure 3/4 ton trucks and I promise you they are for doing work😂.

It appears I cannot edit my first post in this thread? Anyways I would like to clarify this thread is slightly different from the similarly named Towing with Cybertruck. Our intention here is to "make it work" with current or near future technologies.

Pickup is sensitive with payload, but not as bad with towing capacity. F-150 Lightning (currently) has 10,000 lbs of conventional towing capacity. If a high power bidirectional port exists in the bed of F-150L, this would already be game changing. To make this "extreme" example, we sacrifice...

Evident from the real world towing experience of Model X/F150L/R1T owners, the range penalty from towing with (light-duty) EV is near or exceed 50%. I am pondering the possibilities of reducing this penalty in preparation of the launch of CB. Besides charging faster, more often, and increase...

No. I think it was just sticky rubber. I adjusted the four rubber bumpers very slightly today to see if that will help. Things are smooth so far and I’ll see after I leave it sit for 24 hours if it will get stuck again.

😅Excellent summary of what I'm asking. Don't know what I was thinking when I typed all that extra info.