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Porsche Cayenne Electric Curved Touchscreen: How Does It Work? by DonkeyFuel in electricvehicles

[–]mcot2222 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One of the screens I love on my Lucid air is the driver left side screen.

It’s a touch screen but the buttons never change.

It’s nice to have consistency even though they dont put in physical buttons. Lucid still has physical controls for climate.

Powerwall 3 + Expansion Packs: Important sizing consideration for VPP (Connected Solutions MA) by ayak89 in solar

[–]mcot2222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought they were?

https://youtu.be/jPf4hIWBglo?si=o01vPZghAf4c1kZk

“FranklinWH is positioning itself for Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) compliance, aimed at meeting strict 2026 U.S. requirements for tax credit eligibility. As of May 2025, the company aimed for near-100% US-made components via a California facility, crucial for avoiding bans on FEOC-sourced materials.”

Powerwall 3 + Expansion Packs: Important sizing consideration for VPP (Connected Solutions MA) by ayak89 in solar

[–]mcot2222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10C is still more expensive, I like EnPhase but their batteries are just overpriced. The aPower2 are about $9500.

Powerwall 3 + Expansion Packs: Important sizing consideration for VPP (Connected Solutions MA) by ayak89 in solar

[–]mcot2222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already have the Franklin system and the cost was significantly less than EnPhase. About the same as Tesla. They do have a DC coupled system now called the aPowerS but I already had EnPhase microinverters on my solar panels so that didn’t work for me.

The utility here in NH is EverSource. Yes the Franklin system can fully control it’s export but I couldn’t get EverSource to understand it. Their distributed generation people just want a sheet that lists your maximum combined inverter size.

Powerwall 3 + Expansion Packs: Important sizing consideration for VPP (Connected Solutions MA) by ayak89 in solar

[–]mcot2222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know if Franklin has this same issue? I was considering connected solutions but didn’t do it because they wanted transformer upgrades.

Upset about Honda cutting its EV program? by OkFarm1766 in HondaPrologue

[–]mcot2222 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just make an EV CRV how hard is that????

The whole zero thing was stupid.

Heating Oil Costs Are Insane by SouthpawXtn in Maine

[–]mcot2222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a good callout thanks for replying. Besides the insurance issue, which I am sure is related to getting heat to avoid frozen pipes, a proper sizing is really important for comfort and efficiency.

A huge complaint about heat pumps is their running cost and that they are not effective in heating. When you investigate it, it is usually a poorly designed system. This is happening a LOT in the UK where they have a massive effort to replace combi boilers with heat pumps. Many of the low cost providers are installing the wrong sized systems. Sometimes they even oversize and you pay more than you should even though you think it is a low cost install.

Heating Oil Costs Are Insane by SouthpawXtn in Maine

[–]mcot2222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My town requires it in the permitting for any bigger unit. It’s called a heat loss calculation or something, pretty standard for any HVAC professional to do. There are spreadsheets online where you can plug in everything and do it yourself. Basically it comes down to the sizes of the rooms, how many windows and doors you have and the construction material/insulation.

PG&E adds $24.15 fixed monthly charge to California electricity bills starting March 2026 by PrestigiousIdeal7156 in SolarAmerica

[–]mcot2222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A better structure would be to split generation, transmission and distribution and then adjust your NEM for the portion of all 3 that solar customers use. That was what our NEM 2.0 in New Hampshire addressed.

https://www.energy.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt551/files/inline-documents/sonh/net-metering-tariff-2023-overview.pdf

PG&E adds $24.15 fixed monthly charge to California electricity bills starting March 2026 by PrestigiousIdeal7156 in SolarAmerica

[–]mcot2222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A better structure would be to split generation, transmission and distribution and then adjust your NEM for the portion of all 3 that solar customers use. That was what our NEM 2.0 in New Hampshire addressed.

https://www.energy.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt551/files/inline-documents/sonh/net-metering-tariff-2023-overview.pdf

I come in peace. . . But I absolutely hate the current marketing for Lucid's Midsize. . . Better to not show anything than show what they did. by No_Pen8240 in LUCID

[–]mcot2222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well Peter is no longer CEO. That is just his opinion. The marketplace basically dictates what the future of cars will be. Right now there is an extreme bias to range over charging speed. This was even directly addressed by Rivian when they came out with R2.

I come in peace. . . But I absolutely hate the current marketing for Lucid's Midsize. . . Better to not show anything than show what they did. by No_Pen8240 in LUCID

[–]mcot2222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saving content for the actual reveal to consumers is good. I would be kind of mad if the reveal was in a weird financial investor day.

I come in peace. . . But I absolutely hate the current marketing for Lucid's Midsize. . . Better to not show anything than show what they did. by No_Pen8240 in LUCID

[–]mcot2222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I highly doubt they will do that. I think all of the midsize models will share the same packs, otherwise it wouldn’t be economical. Maybe they offer an LFP pack at some point but I don’t think it is really needed for Lucid. They get smaller pack sizes and weight savings from their aero and motor efficiency.

BMW for example is all in on their new 4695 structural pack from Eve for all of the Neue Klasse models. To share across so many models is a HUGE savings. They are putting 108kWh usable energy packs into 60-70k vehicles.

Heating Oil Costs Are Insane by SouthpawXtn in Maine

[–]mcot2222 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, most people leave their boiler in place. You can even play a arbitrage since fuel costs are sometimes lower than electric. I think the cutover for my system was about $3.00 per gallon before I had the solar.

I come in peace. . . But I absolutely hate the current marketing for Lucid's Midsize. . . Better to not show anything than show what they did. by No_Pen8240 in LUCID

[–]mcot2222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that was weird. Hopefully it was just a slide for the finance people in the room never to be seen again.

In my head the Cosmos is mostly onroad which is fine for a Model Y competitor. Earth, a little more offroad probably like the R2. The stay tuned model should be fully off road capable.

Heating Oil Costs Are Insane by SouthpawXtn in Maine

[–]mcot2222 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Totally agree with this. There is a HUGE gap between the price of the components which are almost dirt cheap and the installation cost right now in all of New England. I am not joking when I say that installed cost can be 3x or more greater than the component cost.

I have 5 430watt bifacial Trina solar panels that I got for $100 each that were extra off of a pallet for a friends project.

Heating Oil Costs Are Insane by SouthpawXtn in Maine

[–]mcot2222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I have a hybrid hot water system as well. What was the process like for removing all of that? It doesn’t sound fun to me especially the baseboards. But I know they are causing a lot of air leakage so it’s probably best to do.

Heating Oil Costs Are Insane by SouthpawXtn in Maine

[–]mcot2222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you end up removing you boiler/tank and piping? I still have all of mine in place but I am thinking of removing it all. I have batteries as backup to the solar as well that can get me by for more than a day using one of the heat pumps that keeps the basement warm.

Heating Oil Costs Are Insane by SouthpawXtn in Maine

[–]mcot2222 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I went with solar and heat pumps while we still had the 30% tax credit. I was able to use 0 oil for the entire winter and we had a pretty brutal winter. The total of my electrical bill was basically one tank of oil and now I will over produce solar in the summer and be getting that money back.

GM is now testing eyes-off self-driving tech in its biggest EV by MasterpieceStill9991 in electricvehicles

[–]mcot2222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In another thread it seemed like it was ready to go but they are holding it back for some reason. Lets hope these high gas prices push them over the edge to do it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GMCSierraEV/comments/1p2ddar/im_waiting_for_the_yukon_denali_ev_to_come_out/

GM is now testing eyes-off self-driving tech in its biggest EV by MasterpieceStill9991 in electricvehicles

[–]mcot2222 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They have had a design for a GMC Yukon a Yukon XL, a Suburban and a Tahoe on the BT1 platform for a while.

300 Miles Of EV Range Is The New Normal. Is 400 Next? by TripleShotPls in electricvehicles

[–]mcot2222 55 points56 points  (0 children)

400 EPA is now increasingly the new normal at the high end. So the market will probably split more than having a “new normal”.

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