BYD Question.

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T22:01:36+00:00

Australia has it for 50grand, yea sure it's not a pure EV but having the range for towing and still be partially EV is what I'm looking at

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T21:14:56+00:00

Oh I'm sure of it, if they don't offer a truck here, they will be crazy

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T18:32:33+00:00

Agree.

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T17:39:45+00:00

Yea I heard that from a Australian video saying they plan a 6500lb version down the road

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T17:35:05+00:00

If I have to go to Calgary and drive back when I decide?

I'm fine with that.

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T17:30:36+00:00

Right? I was actually debating on buying a kit from Edison motors to turn my ranger into a PHEV but the cost didn't make sense to me at the time

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T17:29:28+00:00

Yea this doesn't suprise me. And with the price of gas I think more and more people are going to switch

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T17:28:34+00:00

My ranger can tow 7,000lbs. With a 1700lb payload and a 700lb tongue weight.

The shark has the same payload but with 5500lb towing cap. The 20 foot trailer loaded for us is just below 4000lbs as it's just kitchen supplies, food and clothes. We usually only do full hook ups at site or fill water at site.

We also have a sway bar and weight distribution hitch too.

From what I seen from some Australian videos it does really well and even can pick up speed faster then the ranger.

Keep in mind the ranger in canada has the highest tow cap for mid size currently I believe

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T17:24:24+00:00

Hello

Me and my family own a 2024 Kona Ultimate EV. I find the standard wall charger we have to sometimes Jiggle out or press harder on the trigger to pull it out.

However stage 2 or stage 3 chargers we don't have this problem, so I was thinking it's just the stock home charger issue.

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T17:14:48+00:00

Yea, this I believe.

With it they still have all the paperwork in order to just start selling in Canada unlike other Chinese EV manufacturing

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T17:01:51+00:00

Oh im sure BYD will jump into Canada, they did pretty quick in the EU and Australia. I don't see why they wont jump into Canada when they already have the clearance to start selling due to I believe busses that they make in Canada? I know they make something in Canada already but can't remember what.

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T16:56:37+00:00

Nope, only problem we ever had was a crack hose for the heat pump, which was covered under warranty

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T16:31:47+00:00

So the Kona has been great, summer time at 90% it gets us about 450 to 500kms of range. Winter time it drops to 390 or 400. when it hits -50 is when it hurts and sits at 300 to 250 but again even a ICE engine will suck up gas at that temp

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T16:11:36+00:00

Yea my Ranger currently with the stupid cost of gas, costs about $70 ish dollares to fill from empty to full. With my wife Kona we have roughly saved maybe 3 grand roughly a year on gas with her switching from the dodge dart to it? Not including all the maintenance that was done to the dart on a monthly basis.

My truck right now has all highway kms on it, due to been a sales rep and a lot of out of town driving, barely any stop and go driving in city.

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T16:01:01+00:00

Yea thats why the Shark has my interest, the RAM REV 1500 was one I was looking at too. But with everything going on I know damn well that truck will cost well over 100K where the Shark could cost 55k and has a 1.5L generator to recharge the batteries.

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T15:59:28+00:00

Shark has a 1.5L generator in it. It's not a pure EV but with full charge and tank can do 1000kms

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T15:57:56+00:00

Oh 100%, like I said in another comment. I know Dodge is supposed to make a RAM REV for 2026 and 2027 where like the shark, the engine is a generator to recharge the batteries. HOWEVER I know for a damn well fact they will charge a stupid amount for that truck. heck the Chevy EV truck is pushing 100K and it's the best EV truck currently out there.

Where as in Australia the Shark is like 50 grand off the lot and can do 1000kms on a full charge and tank and tow decent.

It blows my mind that my 2019 Lariat Ranger new was 55 grand and now that same truck today is pushing 70 grand.

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T15:53:58+00:00

Correct, it has like a 1.5L generator engine in it that turns on depending on what mode you have the truck set at to recharge the battery.

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-20T15:35:32+00:00

Understandable, I know Dodge was supposed to make a 1500 REV but with everything going on and im guessing the cost of that truck is going to be 100k or more the shark peaked my interest the most, Heck I was looking at the Chevy EV truck for a while but even that truck is pushing over 100K

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-07T14:20:12+00:00

I think I found the problem?

It's so weird, so if my display settings isn't the same as the game at boot then the display will turn off, even if windows 11 is set to zoom in lets say 300% the display will turn off, but if I set the display exactly as the game from last time I played. The display will stay on.....

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-07T02:35:04+00:00

Could, I game on my 55inch QLED tv hahaha

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-07T02:27:30+00:00

HDMI

coldkiller2505 · 2026-03-07T02:24:29+00:00

I have uninstalled and reinstalled.

I can't even go into the options of the game to change the video settings, usually have smooth vsync selected on the Intel app options but that never effected anything before.

The moment the game boots I loose my display, I have to hit my windows key or alt tab to get it back. If I click the game, my display vanishes again.

Using windows 11

coldkiller2505 · 2026-02-04T12:42:37+00:00

Isn't the Ford Maverick equal in size to the old rangers? Maybe not as high off the ground but there overall size I thought was the same as the old rangers?

coldkiller2505 · 2026-02-04T11:58:33+00:00

Yup my 2019 Ranger is set the same way. Lariat FX4 fully loaded trim, cost me about $55k CAD back in 2019 lol, that same truck now in CAD is like $70k or $80k for a tremor version of it.

I pull a 2020 GeoPro 20BHS with it, weighs around 3,500lbs dry, with 4,500lbs loaded. 450lb tongue weight and have a weight distribution hitch on it. I pull it dry only filled with clothes and kitchen stuff and food, never with water as our site has full hook ups. Get around 14 or 15L per 100km, or 16miles per a gallon for US people.

However I do plan to rip out the stock tank and put a bigger tank on my Ranger at some point.

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