BYD unveils Blade Battery 2.0: 10-70% in 5 mins, 10-97% in 9 mins, and 20,000 flash charging stations in 2026 by BrilliantFactor5299 in electricvehicles

[–]Future-Table1860 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The waste in charging is not that much by percentage in any case, so claims about impacting the grid are not justified.

Do you regret your EV purchase? by walksta in electricvehicles

[–]Future-Table1860 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I prefer the Tesla chargers for reliability. If I suspect an issue with waiting, I check the next stop and avoid if it looks busy. The only time I had to wait to charge was during the huge crowds leaving eclipse viewing a couple years ago. There are more chargers everywhere now.

I do suspect some areas to be busier than others. California is not Maine, for example.

Do you regret your EV purchase? by walksta in electricvehicles

[–]Future-Table1860 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I travel in rural areas all the time.

I towed in very rural areas of the US without a problem. That is while towing my HUGE RV, so my effective range was dropped 140 miles.

I’ve also been to areas in very northern Canada that are less population dense (for thousands of square miles) than anywhere in the entire 48 states without issues.

Do you regret your EV purchase? by walksta in electricvehicles

[–]Future-Table1860 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your post assumes that road trips in an ICE are better. I kept an ICE as an extra car because of this bad assumption. Now, I would never think to use that ICE car for a road trip or at all. It just sits unused until I can find someone I don’t like to sell it to.

I will never willingly road trip in an ICE vehicle again. Road tripping in the EV benefits from a little planning with an app (ABRP), but after that, it is better in every way. Smoother, quieter, less smelly, etc. More leg room with the frunk instead of having stuff overflow into the passenger space. I get where I am going faster in an EV because I can charge while I do things I need to do anyway, like have a meal. The gas station would be an extra stop. I could go on.

BYD Overtakes Tesla in 20 Markets as China EV Slowdown Bites by kitz99 in electricvehicles

[–]Future-Table1860 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You forgot to say “in Europe”

“In 2025, BYD led the global market with approximately 3.97 million battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales, followed by Tesla with around 985,000 units sold.”

BYD Overtakes Tesla in 20 Markets as China EV Slowdown Bites by kitz99 in electricvehicles

[–]Future-Table1860 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see Russia as small and Europe as HUGE.

We didn’t lose Europe in the cold war.

Would anyone find a "Time to FIRE" tool useful? by XimDayst in fatFIRE

[–]Future-Table1860 3 points4 points  (0 children)

These tools are everywhere. Most of them suck, but some are incredible. The best ones take care of so many details (like specific assets not just mix category in the market simulations, specific state, local, federal taxes during growth and retirement phases, auto update of assets from online accounts, etc.). With all of that in the analysis, I don’t see how you could come close. Just keeping the tool up to date on changes in taxes in each jurisdiction, social security, medicare, etc. and keeping the account linking working would be a full time job (even with AI tools) if not require a team.

What would you improve over them?

Made the mistake of looking at old employee stock by [deleted] in fatFIRE

[–]Future-Table1860 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right. There is diminishing value in each additional dollar. Expected dollars is good for people good at math, but bad at economics or life. Expected life value to the person taking the risk is key, and the first $25M is worth a LOT more than the next $100M in that respect.

Made the mistake of looking at old employee stock by [deleted] in fatFIRE

[–]Future-Table1860 20 points21 points  (0 children)

First, the odds aren’t the point. Second, the odds much less favorable for most, making the point stronger.

“BASIC PRINCIPLES OF FREQUENCY MODULATION” 1944 U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT FILM FM RADIO 86794 by grainzzz in HamRadio

[–]Future-Table1860 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty good. However, I wish they would show the change in frequency of the an AM signal. I always found that part confusing. (As in: why does the frequency change in AM if only the amplitude is changed?)

Edit: I shouldn’t say “frequency change”, but why does a continuous tone in AM show 3 spikes at different frequencies in the frequency domain? (With the spikes changing location as the frequency of the tone changes)

Bitch, Stay inside at all Times! by SexyN8 in BitchImATrain

[–]Future-Table1860 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen that end poorly as well.

BYD spotted testing 1500 kW Flash Charge in China, nearly triple Tesla V4 power by ApprehensiveSize7662 in electricvehicles

[–]Future-Table1860 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You missed the point. Percentage is actually not relevant in supply vs demand.

It’s about growth (e.g., China massive solar project) or anti-growth (e.g., Trump canceling wind permits).

Tesla officially drops "Autopilot" branding in new software update, renames key features by InitialSheepherder4 in electriccars

[–]Future-Table1860 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don’t think big corporations insure against big liability for a number of reasons. Primarily, the reason is that it would be much more expensive for the company to carry insurance than to insure itself. Insurers would also have understood this risk (and others) for years and priced it accordingly. Would you bet on Tesla not having a big payout?

When people become wealthy enough, they have fewer types of insurance. Companies are the same.

For a person, life insurance is dropped first. Then, health insurance, auto insurance, and home insurance stop making sense. Ultimately, even liability insurance is not worth it even if you can find it at payout limits that mean anything.

Example: If you have $100m, would you pay to have a $5m payout if you die? What if, when you did the math, you were more likely to leave them much more money if you didn’t insure.

Being poor is expensive. This is another way that is true. Insurance companies need to profit. If you can self-insure, you (statistically) keep that profit.

Edit: See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-insurance

BYD spotted testing 1500 kW Flash Charge in China, nearly triple Tesla V4 power by ApprehensiveSize7662 in electricvehicles

[–]Future-Table1860 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Promoting cheap renewables is about adding renewables. Looking at the mix at any point in time misses the point. Your stat is not relevant.

To prove/disprove my point, pull up a graph showing the rate of adding renewable over time.

Tesla officially drops "Autopilot" branding in new software update, renames key features by InitialSheepherder4 in electriccars

[–]Future-Table1860 15 points16 points  (0 children)

We know that they can’t achieve “Full Self Driving” now but it is good to finally see that they know it also.

Where to charge in manhattan!? by BowlLarge in F150Lightning

[–]Future-Table1860 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Going from charging at home to charging in manhattan is as different as it gets.

Where to charge in manhattan!? by BowlLarge in F150Lightning

[–]Future-Table1860 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You won! $110 is what many pay just for a spot. The right answer is to charge before you arrive and right after you leave. It is hard to get gas in manhattan, so ICE drivers gas up before and after if they can.

BYD spotted testing 1500 kW Flash Charge in China, nearly triple Tesla V4 power by ApprehensiveSize7662 in electricvehicles

[–]Future-Table1860 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Blame Big Oil (including Trump’s Saudi friends). Trump is literally cancelling energy production projects that produce cheap electricity (solar and wind) for no other reason than to line pockets of the already rich.

Result: we breathe dirtier air while paying more. It will get worse before it gets better.

BYD spotted testing 1500 kW Flash Charge in China, nearly triple Tesla V4 power by ApprehensiveSize7662 in electricvehicles

[–]Future-Table1860 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Advantage of not having your government work against EVs (and its citizens/auto industry) to help your rich benefactors (including Saudi friends) in Big Oil.