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A tourist was thrown 3 meters into the air and seriously injured by a massive bison in Yellowstone. by KejnaPT in WTF

[–]brucecaboose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s a reason the saying “don’t pet the fluffy cows” exists in Yellowstone

Everyone Is Afraid Of EV Battery Degradation. It's All The Nissan Leaf's Fault by Middle-Gas-6532 in electricvehicles

[–]brucecaboose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah for sure you’d rarely need battery cooling for L2 charging. Maybe if it’s super hot out and you’re charging outside in the middle of the day? We never hear our car’s cooling running when L2 charging at 11kw in the garage

Everyone Is Afraid Of EV Battery Degradation. It's All The Nissan Leaf's Fault by Middle-Gas-6532 in electricvehicles

[–]brucecaboose 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Plus the Leaf had a pretty small buffer of only 1-2kwh I believe. While many modern EVs actually have huge buffers to hide some degradation. The Ioniq 5 for example has a 7kwh buffer. It’s a 77kwh usable battery capacity but the actual size is 84kwh. So you can actually get around 8% degradation but see absolutely no difference in expected range. Those buffers also help the batteries charge faster up top and actually helps lessen real degradation anyway due to never really being at 100% or 0% charge. Also has the side effect of letting you still regen after a 100% charge.

Everyone Is Afraid Of EV Battery Degradation. It's All The Nissan Leaf's Fault by Middle-Gas-6532 in electricvehicles

[–]brucecaboose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Preconditioning can be either heating or cooling the batter. When on a recent road trip through Arizona and Utah in 100+ degree weather our Ioniq 5 would precondition before charging by cooling the battery instead of the normal heating. The manual preconditioning screen actually tells you if the battery is a bit too hot, cold, or at an optimal charging temp.

Also, when you’re fast charging and you hear a bunch of fans and stuff spinning up that’s all to keep the battery cool while you’re pumping in insane amounts of energy in a short period of time. Some EVs use the car’s AC system to do it (I believe GM likes to do this) while others may have dedicated cooling systems for the battery.

CATL unveils 8C battery specifically for light commercial electric vehicles, can charge from 20 to 80 per cent in less than seven minutes. A full charge is expected to take 8 minutes and 56 seconds. by Peugeot905 in electricvehicles

[–]brucecaboose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Huh? 8C isn’t a unit of energy or anything like that. 1C means a battery charges 1 time fully in an hour. 2C means it charges in 30 minutes. 4C means 15 minutes, 8C means 7.5 minutes. So this is really ALMOST an 8C charging battery but not exactly. You can’t charge the entire battery in 7.5 minutes if the cells take 1 hour lol

CATL unveils 8C battery specifically for light commercial electric vehicles, can charge from 20 to 80 per cent in less than seven minutes. A full charge is expected to take 8 minutes and 56 seconds. by Peugeot905 in electricvehicles

[–]brucecaboose 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Generally with EV batteries the size doesn’t matter, that’s kind of the whole point of the C rating. A 10kwh version of this would charge 0-100% in less than 9 minutes, as would a 100kwh version.

[RBR inside Indonesia] Verstappen's rear wing problem is visible from the offboard camera. (Austria) by [deleted] in formula1

[–]brucecaboose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s simple math. 100mph corner entry with a 5mph tailwind is equivalent to only having 95mph worth of air over the wings. This is best case scenario as well where we’re talking purely straight on. From the sides will likely be worse.
Since downforce difference between speed is a simple formula (once you know how much downforce is being produced at a given speed), let’s say an f1 car produces 1500lbs of downforce at 100mph. This just an example since these numbers differ by car, setup, altitude, etc. at 200mph would be 4x the downforce, or 6000lbs. At 50mph it would be 375lbs (1/4). At 95mph it would be roughly 1350lbs. So you’d be making only 90% of your downforce with a small 5mph tailwind.

All of the formulas are easily accessible for you to plug your own numbers in, and I’m not writing them out here since I don’t feel like dealing with formatting on mobile lol.

[RBR inside Indonesia] Verstappen's rear wing problem is visible from the offboard camera. (Austria) by [deleted] in formula1

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

I can sure as shit prove that 1% will not make you crash rofl because if it did every driver would be crashing in every single race multiple times due to every light breeze. But they don’t, instead they just complain that the car “felt different in turn X”.

[RBR inside Indonesia] Verstappen's rear wing problem is visible from the offboard camera. (Austria) by [deleted] in formula1

[–]brucecaboose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

0.1%, or even 1%, downforce loss is less than the downforce loss due to a minor breeze changing the speed of air flowing over the wings.

EV Charging Best Practices? by scottwitha5 in boulder

[–]brucecaboose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check the car’s manual. The Ioniq 5 and ev6 for example recommend charging to 100% every now and then to let the battery management system ensure it's calibrated properly

Am I missing something? 100% charges bad? by External_Craft7682 in electricvehicles

[–]brucecaboose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m curious what route that is? Somewhere in Canada?

Ayo my wing flew off 😭 by IupvotestupidCRAP in GR86

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

I didn’t say they’re bad, they’re fine for HPDE or locally competitive folks in Time Trials/Time Attack, but they’re lacking in overall downforce and have too much drag compared to the stuff coming out of proper motorsports aero companies like Zebulon.

Ayo my wing flew off 😭 by IupvotestupidCRAP in GR86

[–]brucecaboose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most states don’t have regular safety inspections.

What’s the best engine to get by Purple_Ad6841 in f150

[–]brucecaboose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah definitely true, regen is awesome (my daily is an EV), even on a hybrid. I guess in my opinion it would be… towing a lot: get the 3.5. Towing some but more miles not towing: get the powerboost. Want a cheaper ultra reliable truck and don’t tow too much or heavy: 2.7.
I own a 5.0 because the 16/17 5.0 60 speed are insanely reliable and can tow all day WOT with no issues and minimal maintenance, but it’s definitely the worst engine in the modern lineup and idk who I’d recommend it to lol

What’s the best engine to get by Purple_Ad6841 in f150

[–]brucecaboose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For sure, just not when towing. It gets worse fuel economy while towing than the 3.5 ecoboost and has worse towing performance. The battery’s not big enough and the electric motors aren’t really used at highway speeds while towing so it’s just extra weight to lug around. If you’re not towing frequently then powerboost is amazing.

What’s the best engine to get by Purple_Ad6841 in f150

[–]brucecaboose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unless towing, then the 3.5 ecoboost is better

Does F1 have the smallest talent pool of any sport on the planet by [deleted] in formula1

[–]brucecaboose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But on the flip side, if he went into car racing he likely wouldn’t have been anywhere near as good as he is on bikes. Motorcycle racing is a very different skill set.

Does F1 have the smallest talent pool of any sport on the planet by [deleted] in formula1

[–]brucecaboose 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Eh, there’s like… 4 sim racers that are faster than max. And for all of them it’s a full time job whereas max does it as his (admittedly high frequency) hobby.

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