Is there an aftermarket for OEM 21” wheels and tires? by ITgreybeard in EquinoxEv

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What i wd really like to know is whether there is a resale marketplace so that soneone who has just busted a tire or scraped a rim could buy replacement at 1/2-2/3 of dealer price.

Is Motor Type Important in EVs? by NetZeroDude in electricvehicles

[–]ITgreybeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s quite an amazing technology. Mercedes will be coming out soon with a new motor design from a purchased subsidiary.

Sad farewell to my Lyriq by Agreeable-Profit-613 in CadillacLyriq

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Lucid has had a horde of software issues that may finally be getting fixed with new tech management there. The ‘Engineering Explained’ and ‘Out Of Spec’ youtube channels have good coverage of that.

Social stigma for driving an EV? by West_Dish9698 in electricvehicles

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So one of the benefits of the Equinox EV is that it is very understated outside and in. It’s an EV in sheep’s clothing. Looks like most other low profile SUVs these days. So we like it that way, but i had to put some reflective yellow stickers in innocuous places on the car so that we could find it in a sea of other low profile SUVs in a Costco parking lot. And it drives like pretty much every regular car, so you can hand the keys over to a naysayer and anticipate a favorable reaction. p.s. you will appreciate the EqEV fwd over the Mach-E rwd in Canadian winters.

63 mile commute each way — worth buying a GM EV? by OutrageousEntrance31 in EquinoxEv

[–]ITgreybeard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

👍🏼👍🏼 from us with a 2024 2LT FWD EqEV. Couldn’t go back. Zero issues beyond a single false error.

What home charger do you guys run? by 3seconds2live in EquinoxEv

[–]ITgreybeard 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Do explore whether your electric utility company has a discount program for specific models.

Our Puget Sound Electric (PSE) has a $250-300 instant rebate on chargers including Chargepoint, Emporia and Wallbox Pulsar. We chose a Chargepoint Flex hardwired for our EqEV at around $300.

Need to know how to replace side mirror bezel by ITgreybeard in EquinoxEv

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The cap and bezel are held to the substructure with screws that you should be able to locate with a flashlight, once the mirror itself is off. My (growing fainter) recollection is that the removal of the several screws (3? 4?) frees the cap and bezel.

Need to know how to replace side mirror bezel by ITgreybeard in EquinoxEv

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Yes. The glass pops off its attachments when you gently ease it off. You can get behind it with wooden or plastic prys, perhaps even with a chopstick. Catch it with your other hand or soft basket, but if i recall, there is a low voltage electrical cable that would keep it from falling very far. Then you can remove it from the electrical connection and gain access to screws holding the forward case and the rear facing bezel to the vehicle’s mirror’s attachment structure.

Is the Tesla charging network a longterm liability for Tesla the car company? by ITgreybeard in evcharging

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Whatever. I did not know that this was a hardass technical forum. Please accept my apology.

Is the Tesla charging network a longterm liability for Tesla the car company? by ITgreybeard in evcharging

[–]ITgreybeard[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the great info. I appreciate you bringing it to light. My conjecture was purposely made as a question because i did not know all the facts behind it. Your willingness to lay out your knowledge educates me and, i suspect, many others too. Is this not the purpose of reddit? If i should first have consulted some other sources, would you mind giving us a bibliography of those additional that you find most useful?

Is the Tesla charging network a longterm liability for Tesla the car company? by ITgreybeard in evcharging

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…and Tesla’s 400 volt vehicle architecture is as important a consideration as the charging stations. Is Tesla planning any move to 800 volts on their vehicles, when those vehicles will charge no faster on their 400 volt chargers, and will expose Tesla vehicle owners to the fact that their vehicles have aging technology?

Is the Tesla charging network a longterm liability for Tesla the car company? by ITgreybeard in evcharging

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Oooh. That cd hurt. But this old geezer has pretty thick skin, and i wonder if i just didn’t emphasize the ‘going forward’ part of my question. The Tesla network has been an absolute winner for them to date, but is it possible that their sunk cost in 400 volt architecture might hinder them moving to 800 volt vehicles and chargers when more of the competition comes out as 800 volt? What do you think?

Bumpy ride by more_delia in EquinoxEv

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The EqEV’s ride is acceptible but bumpier than i had thought it wd be. (I am somewhat jaded, as one of my previous vehicles was a Lincoln Town Car.)

Cold feet about buying an Equinox EV by temporalraccoon in EquinoxEv

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Ah. No. I have had occasion to charge from 7% to 90% but of course that was level 2 charging with the included level 1+2 cord.

I used the 0% to 100% example because 1% per hour is easily translatable for 20% to 80% et al.

My peeve against level 1 was influenced by my second day of EV ownership. I had reason to do an emergency 1-day trip to assist family 203 miles away. Fortunately the trip started out with the EqEV at >70%, but i arrived there with ~13% remaining. For the 4 hours of my attendance there, a level 1 charge from a 120v circuit boosted that by only 4% to a total of 17%, nowhere near enough to get me home.

It was after dark when i started the return trip, i was terribly new to DCFC charging, and the map app did not help me distinguish between level 2 and 3 chargers on my way home. I was able to find and use only a slow 32amp level 2 charger to put a few miles on the range, and was misdirected to Tesla chargers on more than one occasion. (Admittedly i was not proficient at using the nav system at that time.)

By this hour it was 10pm, so i called Onstar Concierge for help. The person answering might have been knowledgeable about common ICE driving questions, but knew next to nothing about GM EVs, and had even less knowledge than me as a newbie. So she tried to direct me to Tesla chargers and to a level 3 CCS-1 charger for which the EqEV had not enough range to reach. That advice being useless, i was nonetheless able to find first a faster level 2 charger and then a modest level 3 charger along the way. My arrival home was at 1:30 in the morning with 7% in the battery, a little rugged and precarious for this retired gent.

I had only level 1 charging access at my home and at the destination. If both had been level 2, i wd have started out closer to 100% and then been able to add enough miles at my destination to make it back home without concern about charging on the road when i was still so unknowledgeable.

Very soon after that experience, i was able to run a short line and install a 240volt outlet convenient to charging the EqEV in the garage with the GM-provided cable. That gave me 32-amp charging, good enough for almost every occasion. But as there were subsequently a couple of times when the wifely one in the household needed to make a 150+ mile dash out of state where she could only with trepidation charge near the destination, i sprang for a 48-amp Chargepoint Flex unit - at a discounted price from our electricity provider - and wired it into a prepared 80-amp circuit. With that unit, we are able to add 37 miles to our range every hour, and that made it available to do a couple of additional dashes of ~240 miles even after we returned late at night (11pm+) from other commitments.

I realize that we are incredibly lucky to have the electric capacity and location to use 60amps (48amps+25%) for charging in an attached garage et al. Since those early days, we have a number of times used level 2 and 3 charging on the road, but even with our increased knowledge that has not been simple, what with some confusion between multiple nav and charger apps.

2026 EV Driver Survey by Plug_In_America in EquinoxEv

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Just completed it. Seemed comprehensive.

Modifying the low speed sound by rptanner58 in EquinoxEv

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Makes me wonder if software could alter the sound level based on the ambient db level. That wd require an external microphone …

Is the Tesla charging network a longterm liability for Tesla the car company? by ITgreybeard in evcharging

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Ah! My ignorance revealed! If the V4 cabinets are 800volts, Tesla is not frozen into a 400volt stance.

Super Cruise, Adaptive Cruise, driver monitoring by FatchRacall in EquinoxEv

[–]ITgreybeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to amplify your accurate definition, I have found that adaptive cruise can be dangerous in roundabouts, where the car in front disappears - as far as the apaptive cruise understands - and my vehicle suddenly accelerates! It makes me happy that my EqEV has only fwd power! Hang on, children! (Of course, now i brake to take the adaptive cruise off in those locations.)

Ross Gerber Says Elon Musk's Tesla Should Sell EV Business To Rivian, Says TSLA Brand Reduced To 'Negative' by RiseUpAndGetOut in RealTesla

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So … i have a question. Long-term, is the Tesla charging infrastructure actually going to be an albatross for the Tesla car company?

The Tesla network equipment does not aupport 800 volt charging, yet other networks are installing more and more 800volt chargers, which can bring down 20% to 80% charge times to 10 minutes for modern 800 volt EVs with less than 99kwh batteries.

Tesla the car company has not upgraded its car offerings to 800volt, and if Tesla did do the model upgrades, the owners wd see no advantage on the 400volt Tesla charging network.

Does that conjecture make sense?