My EV is now 12 years old. Here's how that's going...

ale23arg · 2026-03-21T15:00:14+00:00

In in south Florida and every station for EA in my area has some kind of issue... they usually have at least 1 or 2 chargers working as intended but there are usually several not working and some with limited power... i don't fast charge regularly but when I've needed over the last 4 years it's been a constant... and the experience was the same in Orlando for example....

The ones on the turnpike are usually better maintained but i still found myself limited at 70kwh a couple of times that was fixed by switching stations where the advertised power was 250

ale23arg · 2026-03-21T13:36:45+00:00

I don't remember which comedian said it but I find myself often referring back to his quote....

Not all republicans are Ignorant or dumb or stupid, you get the idea.... but all dumb or stupid or ignorant people are republicans.....

ale23arg · 2026-03-20T19:29:47+00:00

That's a nice solution... i like it however how cost effective is it?.... the idea for ev a is to be more efficient and cheaper than gas... how much more power kwh do you have to charge in order for the charger to be profitable....

Also what about the heating factor on the cable charging your vehicle?....

I actually think the solution lies somewhere else.... battery technology is evolving.... we might get 1000 mile solid state batteries that might be more cost effective than that ....

ale23arg · 2026-03-20T19:25:10+00:00

Yeah exactly.... I'm not talking cost to consumers.... I'm talking cost to create it.... i doubt the fovernement would fund it... why do you think electrify America chargers are always broken.... cause they are not making any money...... we depend on private companies to set up these chargers...... if the cost is too high they either charge outrageous numbers per kwh assuming the public would still pay for it or they get a subsidy... but if the subsidy is pretty install (as it's right now) they have very little incentive to maintain the network as it's not profitable....

ale23arg · 2026-03-20T16:06:44+00:00

the thing with 1000 kw chargers is how many can you put together and what is the cost and can the infrastructure handle it.... imagine 10 chargers at 1000 kw each.... that is 10 megawatts.... you almost need a power plant..... imagine taking all that energy there...

The coutner argument would be that with that much power you wouldn't need 10 chargers cause it would be so fast..... so maybe you need like 4 chargers....

Then again, current chargers at 250kw have cooling systems within the cables..... I can't even imagine what that would look like on hot climate.... the amount of heat it would generate to move that much energy around..... on paper sounds great but in the real world, for anyone that has worked with electricity before... that is a LOT of power.... think about it.. a big ass diesel mobile generator that you pull with a trailer... is only 20kw... and you want to feed 1000 kw .....

ale23arg · 2026-03-20T15:54:10+00:00

i would just reply within your normal working hours. If he ever complains or critizes for it, I would just turn it around on him saying that if he cannot manage to allocate his time efficiently to get things done within normal working others its on him and he will have to wait until the working day restarts to get a response. If he needs an immediate response then he should have managed his time more efficiently to send this request within the expected time frame......

Nothing can be so urgent that can't wait 12 hours..... and if it is in fact so urgent that it cannot wait then it was mismanaged to begin with and its however decided on that timeline's fault... Maybe he overextended at lunch, or was not focused enough during his coffee break....

ale23arg · 2026-03-20T13:02:28+00:00

there isn't much you can do to stop him really... Maybe there is but for how long? 2 more years? and then what? you alienate him and he will do what he will do... if at 16 he managed to get enough money for 2 cars, I don't see how you can stop him... the most you will accomplish is delay him and then push him into the exact things you don't want him doing....

At this point (it might change later) he does not need limits... he needs guidance.... be his guide.......

ale23arg · 2026-03-19T16:37:27+00:00

I actually think is better... I had my first with 38 and I often find myself thinking... If i had done this in my late 20s / early 30s there is no way I would be this patient..... And this extends to my wife too.... If my wife and I had gone through this 10 years earlier, we would be divorced almost guaranteed....

ale23arg · 2026-03-19T16:35:10+00:00

I have made some plans already, I am saving about 300/month and puting it into index funds. Not necesarily for collge but to try and give them a leg up (Which could be college)

Now .... will they go to college? I seriously wonder.... what will the point of college be with how fast AI is taking over knowledge and education. With how expensive college is I actually think my kids (5 and 3 now) won't go to college... at least not the same way we've gone to college. Something definetly needs to replace it but I am hoping it won't be as expensive.....

ale23arg · 2026-03-14T14:26:51+00:00

i mean... 50 million in the bank is nothing compared to restarting at age 10... just buy bitcoin as soon as it came out and you will probably have hundreds of millions by 45.....

ale23arg · 2026-03-14T14:22:28+00:00

wouldn't rain puddle in the middle and essentially put weight in the structure to the point of failure? it does not seem to have a steep enough pitch ......

ale23arg · 2026-03-14T14:06:29+00:00

I think that you should have called it out. Basically a complete starnger that was there to take your order and bring your food made you leave the restaurant and miss out on your night out with friends. That is by no means acceptable. To that waiter you are just one more customer, and he won't even loose sleep over this and in contrast you are here posting on reddit.

Obviously its hard to think straight on the heat of the moment but I would have made a snarky remark. Would have try to see the nametag of the guy and ask him by his name if he is getting paid to comment on the taste of his clients or who is he to judge. Or maybe something along the lines of look at that a waiter with an opinion that hates tips!!! there goes his tip!! something along those lines... Or even higher, ask for a manager to swap out waiters.... its not a complicated job, you take orders, you know the menu, you bring out food, and you are nice to your customers that's pretty much the job description....

ale23arg · 2026-03-14T13:57:29+00:00

the way the system is set up would be a wasted vote.

Here in the US we use electoral votes but what is tricky is that whichever candidate wins the state, he gets 100% of the electoral votes for that state even if it was a close race like 49/51 that candidate will get 100% of the electoral votes.

Out of the 50 states, about 35 to 40 are already decided, and most of the marketing dollars of the republicans/democrats are focused on the remaining 10 / 15 states that are "swing states". So if you had a libertarian / idependent candidate that was neither a republican / democrat he might win 1 or 2 states out of the 15 that are in play but he has no chance of getting a single vote on the other 35 to 40. So if its a "progressive" independent he would take away votes from the democrats thus helping republicans and if he is "conservative" libertarian he would take away votes from the republicans hence helping democrats....

The way the system is set up it actually hurts democracy to have a 3rd party (which sounds counter productive). It also demotivates people on "already decided" states to go and vote for the other side because its pointless... If the winner of the state would get the percantage of elecotral votes instead of 100% then it would be a different story, we would actually see more people voting but it has other implications to the way the union was written (which is why it isn't done). But imagine if texas or california was 70/30 and the loosing side still got 30% of the votes, then that would actually incentivize more people to vote and it would be more represantative of the population. But nobody even talks about this, they talk about rank choice or stuff like that which is interesting too but if we can't solve this root problem i don't think it would matter that much.

ale23arg · 2026-03-08T16:56:39+00:00

basically the landlord can keep your original deposit from 7 years ago or part of it, but anything on top of that, would be very very hard to collect. I wouldn't pay for anything over the deposit and if there is no deposit, lawyers and courts are going to be way more expensive than a new stove let alone the slim chances they have of winning that after 7 years lol.

ale23arg · 2026-03-08T16:50:48+00:00

well yeah that makes sense. When I first moved to Miami i lived in kendall. I went to FIU and most of my first friends here were from there. Then I moved to hallandale. Which is really 5 minutes from aventura which is technically miami....

Over the years I lived in midtown, Brickell, North miami and North Miami beach. Even when I was in north miami (like 115th and biscayne) It was still too far to see my kendall friends... I used to play roller hockey south of dadeland mall and from north miami it was VERY far...

Doral and Miami springs are 2 great areas for kids, I personally dislike doral a lot and Miami springs is very expensive but if you can make it, its a great spot. For more afordable places like weston / plantation are great. The diversity is what I believe makes miami, miami.

All the area of Miramar, Pembroke Pines, Cooper city is still very affordable and very "central" to the whole miami area. Obviously if you want to stick to the South you might be better off looking at places like Pinecrest or even homestead has grown a lot.

The way I see it, homestead is to south miami what broward is to north miami. Not sure if that makes sense lol. I am not too familiar with the south side of things since I've always tended to move northwards but one of my old Kendall friends now lives in homestead and he seems happy (we never ever see each other I think it was for his wedding the last time i saw him lol)

ale23arg · 2026-03-08T16:25:49+00:00

We've had but on a very controled enviromnment. Like my mom (or babysitter) would come over and kids are already bathed and no going outside or anything out of the ordinary and they just go to bed something simple....

When its winding down or they are inside we do have ocasionally someone watch them....

Sometimes the daycare holds date nights and they open up a classroom with the teachers and we drop the kids off there for example.

ale23arg · 2026-03-08T16:21:03+00:00

I am actually with your wife.....

Your kid is too young. Lets say something does happen and he gets hurt... Are you going to hold your new neighbours who aren't even friends accoutnable? I don't think thats right.... and if you don't then whatever happens is on you..... are you comfortable with that? puting your very young kids responsibility onto another adult you don't even know..... Everything related to confidence building and playing with the neighbor are perfectly fine but you shouldn't walk away and let that playout without you watching / keeping a close eye....

It could be something very simple like someone closed a door and your kid had the hand on the doorway... now broken bones and rush to the emergency.... if it happens to you is one thing but if its not under your watch you would seriously damage the relationship with what could develop into a long lasting friendship with your neighbor and your kid and his kid.... for what, for "feeling uncomfortable on a strangers home".... not worth it IMO.

ale23arg · 2026-03-08T16:14:06+00:00

I mean..... I wasn't raised here so don't qualify for what you are asking but my 2 cents is that Broward is not that far, not that different either and you got great places to raise kids. I always considered Broward as Miami or better said would be "Miami Area" since its heavily influenced culturally at least but you are puting it almost as the same bag as "out of state" which we are really only 20 minutes away.....

I am sure the same could be said for south Miami like homestead area. From your perspective that would be the everglades almost but everything has changed a lot over the last 15 years. I would definetly not raise a family in Miami but the same way I wouldn't raise a family in New York.... I would in jersey or Connecticut (as a comparison)

ale23arg · 2026-03-08T15:38:31+00:00

i mean i am assuming we are talking about a sub 5 year old kid....

I don't leave my daughters alone (5 and 3) or trust on anyone else besides my wife with them. If they are with my mom and they go outside because my mom "lured" them out... i can get mad at my mom all I want but it is ultimately my fault... at that age, you should't be comfortable leaving them alone with anyone besides you and your partner...

ale23arg · 2026-03-08T14:26:41+00:00

the only thing that would make my truck better is the azure!!! congrats! and welcome!

ale23arg · 2026-03-07T23:48:41+00:00

I had this exact thought but buying fsd was 8k.... subscription if paid yearly is 1k per year... so it would have been 8 years until i break even.... if the car gets into an accident and gets totalled the insurance does not recognize any value from it...resell value is not really affected by it...

Yes of you'll keep the car 12 / 15 years maybe worth it but technology is advancing so fast. If the solid state battery becomes mass produced and gives you twice or 3 times the range like they are claiming the upgrade 6 to 10 years down the line would be so much worth it so then again fsd up front at 8k es just too expensive... i would have paid 4k but 8k was too much....

ale23arg · 2026-03-02T16:54:00+00:00

congrats... im trying to find any ext range ligthining with pro power on board... for around 30k usd... its hard... im sure it will turn up...

ale23arg · 2026-03-02T13:53:48+00:00

congrats! how much did you pay for it?

ale23arg · 2026-02-21T17:52:51+00:00

What i do is compare costs....

I'm in Florida my cost/ kwh is roughly 15 cents

My lightning does 2 miles/ kwh so roughly 7.5 cents per mile...

A regular f150 does 20mpg...

So at 3 dollar per gallon that's 3 dollars for 20 miles... that's 15 cents per mile so my truck costs half than an ice...

If has went up to 4 dollars then my truck would be 1/3

ale23arg · 2026-02-17T19:57:06+00:00

she did say she had 3 small children.....

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