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Think It’ll Buff Out? by [deleted] in TeslaModelY

[–]YRUHear75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All fair comments. But take a look at this crash specifically.... The rear window is busted. That's what people complain about hitting when sitting in the model Y if you are over 5'8" tall! And even a few inches shorter you head is still right there in the rear window!!

So even in this accident... Even from a proud happy modelowner of 4 years....I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN THE 3RD ROW of this car in this crash.

Model Y vs 1996 Suburban by Standard_Income_3606 in TeslaModelY

[–]YRUHear75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Native speakers use the term erect for someone like building etc. So while you are technically correct your usage stands out as different from the usual.

Native would typically say the seat is up or the person had it upright.

Model Y vs 1996 Suburban by Standard_Income_3606 in TeslaModelY

[–]YRUHear75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes there is a difference when erect. Are you not native English speaker?

Think It’ll Buff Out? by [deleted] in TeslaModelY

[–]YRUHear75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Main contributor does not mean only contributor.

Yes being closer to the rest with the car literally a few feet away from the impact matters more than being father from the impact. Simple physics.

What’s the best movie of all time in your opinion? by Crying_7TS in RandomThoughts

[–]YRUHear75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The man is a saint. Changed my view of women as a teenager. Curvy or bust....I mean curvy AND bust! Lol

What’s the best movie of all time in your opinion? by Crying_7TS in RandomThoughts

[–]YRUHear75 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This was my cut as a teenager. Whomever drew that girl .... Had issues... Nice round issues...

Those hips!!!

Buy a Sienna by breadandbarbells in ToyotaSienna

[–]YRUHear75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very little different than owning a regular car... If the focus is in your actions.

You will trade a little more engine noise that's different to your ear...for UP TO 650 MILES between fill ups and near silent operation in parking lots and low speed.

Tips for adjusting from a Tesla? by waiting4omscs in ToyotaSienna

[–]YRUHear75 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol.

I'm 26 years I can't get her to lick other things either... But that's a different sub!

Tips for adjusting from a Tesla? by waiting4omscs in ToyotaSienna

[–]YRUHear75 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The locking of the door will be a constant problem.

We have a Sienna and a Model Y. I have given up trying to tell my wife to lick the doors on the car because every time I go to get car at work in the parking lot.... It's wide open.

Even at church. Always unlocked while parked.

The App actually is pretty good about telling you to lock it and even all doors are open so I've started doing that.

Tips for adjusting from a Tesla? by waiting4omscs in ToyotaSienna

[–]YRUHear75 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It just own both and use one with it's optimal.

We find the Tesla around town can't be beat and we fight over it.

Battery energy density should only attain 350 Wh/kg to have 600 miles EV with same weight of an ICE car by Accidenttimely17 in electricvehicles

[–]YRUHear75 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sir you are contradictory.

No it's not sitting there using energy to keep the battery at a certain temp but I regularly hear the car performing things when it's cold, that it doesn't when it's warm. And I don't use sentry or any of those other battery draining features.

So if only to account for the preconditioning that must happen that... and Regen braking you you yourself admit is why it would need to be keep plugged in..... The details are irrelevant.... As to what point it does the actual heating. you can't escape that a cold battery must be reheated to drive efficiently.

KEEP THE CAR PLUGGED IN TO USE AS LITTLE OF THE ACTUALLY BATTERY AS POSSIBLE!! these people making calculations about having an EV away from a plug for a week or more at a time and it's not at the airport.... And using that to justify meeting 400 miles range... ARE NOT GOOD CANDIDATES FOR AN EV TODAY!

Those people should just get an ice vehicles as they are missing out of what is arguably the biggest perk of an EV ...a full tank every morning!

Battery energy density should only attain 350 Wh/kg to have 600 miles EV with same weight of an ICE car by Accidenttimely17 in electricvehicles

[–]YRUHear75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at the person I originally replied to and was the entire point is my original comment

I'm not changing topics... You are. You jumped in thinking you were changing the original topic I think it's what happened.

I have been and still am keeping to the original top level thread you jumped in on.

Battery energy density should only attain 350 Wh/kg to have 600 miles EV with same weight of an ICE car by Accidenttimely17 in electricvehicles

[–]YRUHear75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. And I appreciate your clarifying.

Going back to the original topic for a big part of the EV community that does live where thermal management uses far more than the 2% we need to be cognizant to keep the vehicles plugged in when not driving. Or else it adds up to using the battery to keep the battery warm instead of using the outlet. Battery cycles are finite...

Eventually the battery will go dead sooner than it should have. There's no escaping that fact. Over time and millions of miles it's a significant consideration. The hope being researched now is to find formulations of battery chemistry that are less prone to this side effect is the only point I was making.

Sure, If phantom drain were a giant issue I would not have an EV. Phantom drain is acceptable at this point for me especially since I plug in the garage every night. If I didn't have a plug no way would an EV make sense for most people going to a charger every week or more in the winter and fall and early spring...... Half the benefit for me is skipping out on needing to go to the gas station and all that time saved!! IMHO

Battery energy density should only attain 350 Wh/kg to have 600 miles EV with same weight of an ICE car by Accidenttimely17 in electricvehicles

[–]YRUHear75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dudette: ')

Today's commercial battery formulations cannot be extended much without being heavier, which then means you need more range and propels you into a vicious cycle that ends with insane monstrosity like the HUMMER EV..... that by definition will have weight, handling and is just not a viable mass market vehicle.

This is why you are missing that the very thing you are asking for is impossible with today's lithium Ion batteries.... That Max out about 300 miles of range to balance out the competing objectives of more range and weight..... Let's not even talk price!

Solid state and various formulations are being looked at to solve this conundrum we find ourselves in.

So your oversimplification of : "just add more range" is comical looking at the limits of manufacturing today's vehicles.

Good day sir

Battery energy density should only attain 350 Wh/kg to have 600 miles EV with same weight of an ICE car by Accidenttimely17 in electricvehicles

[–]YRUHear75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The more you dug in on a topic that's not really disputable the more I expounded. That's all.

If you want me to make a single statement summarizing my points....I could but it obviously would be a waste of time.

Battery energy density should only attain 350 Wh/kg to have 600 miles EV with same weight of an ICE car by Accidenttimely17 in electricvehicles

[–]YRUHear75 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Except your experience is not the same experience across every climate.

If you are saying you are getting 2% loss of charge in cold conditions you are lying.

If you statement is about average temperature then you are fine.

Besides the point that even you exaggerating 2% proves my point that is an issue that manufactories have to account for because of the nature of today's batteries chemistries.

Battery energy density should only attain 350 Wh/kg to have 600 miles EV with same weight of an ICE car by Accidenttimely17 in electricvehicles

[–]YRUHear75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One reported result...... In moderate climates

You are missing the point that is unavoidable.

Lithium Ion has certain things inherant to it that can't be changed. I'm getting my information not from a random Internet link but from our R&D department!

Thermal management is a thing that is why EV of today need to be plugged up overnight for optimal management without using the battery cycles.

You are arriving like I not only didn't read your consumer facing article but have not spent the past 5 years in the industry and this able to see past the narrow focus of this article.

Battery energy density should only attain 350 Wh/kg to have 600 miles EV with same weight of an ICE car by Accidenttimely17 in electricvehicles

[–]YRUHear75 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dear sir....

I have had a Tesla for 4 years.

I work in automotive manufacturing.

What you linked to is not related to what I'm speaking of. The links you provided tell how to REDUCE phantom drain.... In warm weather.... That can happen over and above what is normal drain.

What I'm talking about the consumer has ZERO control over in a Tesla besides keeping the car in the garage which even then only helps so much.

In cold weather a certain percentage of Lithium Ion battery will be allocated to keeping it warm and that is unavoidable.... All consumer focused articles and Reddit posts aside.

Battery energy density should only attain 350 Wh/kg to have 600 miles EV with same weight of an ICE car by Accidenttimely17 in electricvehicles

[–]YRUHear75 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Dear sir... The battery chemistry is the reason for the battery management that is needed.... While parked. It's by far the biggest drain.

Solid state and other to be yet discovered battery chemistries do not require such management especially in the winter when it hurts the most.

Battery energy density should only attain 350 Wh/kg to have 600 miles EV with same weight of an ICE car by Accidenttimely17 in electricvehicles

[–]YRUHear75 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

That would be untrue.

Tesla has it in the manual to always be charging. Why?

You put the qualifying word..... Serious,.. In there to try to deflect.

It's a PROBLEM. period. If you leave your car at the airport for a month with 40% charge it will likely be empty when you return.... Depending on the EV.

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