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G. David Felt

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  1. ? So ya stay at a Hotel to work out?
  2. Thank you for the notification. I am almost done with my opinion piece on "EV Home Charging: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly" Will not rush it giving you time to get everything figured out. Thank you again Drew.
  3. WOW, bummer for that happening, thank you for all you do for us.
  4. Some interesting reading: Scientists make breakthrough in EV battery technology with self-extinguishing capabilities — here's how it could revolutionize auto industry (thecooldown.com) Scientists make discovery that could act as 'energy drink' for aging vehicle batteries: 'Very exciting news' (thecooldown.com)
  5. WOW, that is a weird little car, but for those that cannot afford much, guess it does its job.
  6. 30 Day update on the EV9 Miles Driven = 2,238 Electrify America charging = 517 kW, zero cost due to 1,000 kW given free upon leasing, would have cost @.48 per kW - $248.16 Home Charging = 232.52 kW, $23.85 charging cost Auto continues to drive great and all is working except for a small, weird issue. Easy exit is turned on for both drivers and yet it does not always work. This feature is where the steering wheel is pulled into the dash and out of the way and the seat goes all the way back giving maximum room to exit the auto for the driver. Reached out to support via the auto and they initially had me delete both the wife's and my profiles and reset the auto. This did not fix the issue and upon further remote testing it has been determined that the memory module for the seat settings / easy exit seems to be defective. Will be scheduling up the first service visit for this. Interesting note, upon the deletion of the user profiles, I forgot to turn off the LKA or lane keeping assist as I know my wife does not like the nanny devices. She drove it and came home to have me turn it off after running her grocery errand before leaving again. Says it is the weirdest experience when it kicks in at 40 mph and above having the auto self-correct to stay in what it sees as the middle of the road. I will say that having the cameras and Lidar telling you where the auto should be on the road is a very weird feeling and one, I do not like as it truly moves the steering wheel in your hand, and you initially want to grab it but the auto wins in moving itself. Have not tested the hands-free cruise yet, but I imagine that the wheel would move the same based on the system self-driving for you on the highway.
  7. What Mountain is that?
  8. This guy nails it on all the politicians who are attaching renewable energy and EVs. Ph.D. student debunks common misinformation about renewable energy transition: 'So many people don't understand' (thecooldown.com) Candles did out sell at their peak when light bulbs first came out, but technology and adding electrical lines to homes replaced the need for candles and how they are now a luxury thing to light and enjoy the sent while soaking in the bathtub or having a romantic dinner with someone. EVs are progressing faster than ICE autos ever did and for now, leasing IMHO is the best way to go with EVs. Want an EV? Here's how to decide whether you should lease or buy (usatoday.com) They nail it when they say that in 36 months, EVs will have leap frogged what traditional ICE have accomplished in the past and especially today. Mach e owners are loving their small gift in the mail for the added charging network. Tesla's DC fast chargers now work for Ford electric vehicles too (usatoday.com)
  9. Saw my first Honda Prologue GM Ultium based tweener SUV in the wild this morning. Have to say that Honda did a nice job as it is a good-looking SUV.
  10. @Drew Dowdell Thank you for the status update and notification.
  11. Are you going on the assumption that everyone will be public charging when the truth is the bulk of charging is at home? Current leasing deals / discounts have EVs cheaper than ICE right now so for those that lease and get 3 years free charging like Hyundai / Kia / Genesis is doing, then pretty much a 3-year lease is very cheap compared to ICE even when you look at the price per mile. Lucky Washington state is a regulated state on electricity, so yes, we have the cheapest rates in the nation and none of the BS free market system power where everyone charges the end user crazy higher prices, and you have to deal with off peak power demand. I am so glad I do not have to deal with the stupidity of Texas and their unreliable grid. Best part is pretty much we are also the greenest Hydro / Solar / Wind Power supply too. So very clean and cheap way to go.
  12. Kia Telluride that my son bought to replace his Jeep GC has an 18.8-gallon gas tank, on average he fills 16 gallons @ $4.55 a gallon = $72.80 with an Average MPG of 20 gives you 320 miles of range. My EV9 100kW battery pack has been averaging 322 miles on a full charge @ .48 per kW = $48.00 per fill up. How is the gas a better deal? On top of this, now that I have a level 2 charger at home, I can fill up the full battery pack @ .10 per kW which equal $10. Electric is a big savings over gas costs. Plus, lower Maintenance, no emissions or noise, just a very enjoyable driving experience listening to my tunes and getting from Point A to B in comfort and peace. Using the national average of $3.65 per gallon you still have a cost of $58.40 per fill up compared to $48 dollars with pretty much the same range, so how is gas a better deal? Last night the wife came home, has lots of running around to do tomorrow, so plugged into our functional ChargePoint+ L2 charger and this morning she had a 100% battery pack ready to go. Cost was $6.81 for the fill up for what has become an average of 322 miles per fill up.
  13. FYI, Been a very successful holiday weekend as I now have a 240V 70amp Level 2 home charger installed. Look for a complete writeup on this coming soon.
  14. This is an interesting read. If the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST Doesn't Have Enough Range, You Might Be the Problem (motortrend.com) They have now gotten wireless charging up to 120 kW which is great, I can see them eventually getting this to the 350 kW level and then payday for selling it to a variety of businesses on top of this new release being perfect for home charging. Fast Wireless EV Charging? It’s Coming (motortrend.com)
  15. WOW sounds like a rough bare bone auto that most folks should just pass on.
  16. Agree, my 2006 Escalade ESV has a 31 gallon tank plus 3 gallons in reserve for a 34 gallon tank. Wait time at Costco plus as busy as they are always takes a good 20 plus minutes.
  17. That is awesome as the reason we did not go with a Rivian is the lack of Android Auto / Apple Carplay. If they truly do this on the refresh, then a R1T is in my future as the wife wants a truck to compliment the EV9. Heck, I might even go and replace the EV9 at the end of the lease with an R1S. With the proper addition of Android Auto / Apple Carplay which GM is stupid enough to remove.
  18. Have to say while at the tradeshow standing for 14hrs a day, the wife went and charged the EV9 and Electrify America delivers way above what they say. 174kW on a 150kW charge system. She spent 20 minutes, got her 80% and was off.
  19. FUD - Unless your driving a subcompact, 5 minute fueling is not true. Compacts to Midsize to Full size can take from 8 to 22 minutes to fuel. If the filters of the gas station are dirty, it can take longer. Yes I realize not everyone drives an Escalade ESV, but that is 22 minutes of standing and fueling at Costco, longer at other stations it seem to be. Yes, I spent a few minutes waiting, but over all I got all my shopping done, so a few minutes was no different than at a gas station. I charged this morning for the wife, was 52 degrees outside and the 350kW Electrify America charger did the 80% charge from 14% in 15 minutes and then I left to go get the grandkids and drop them off at school, so the 10 to 80% charge is fast as my Escalade.
  20. So with the price we agreed on for the EV, IRA Rebate and my SS trade in, I dropped the amount that would go in for Leasing by $15,500 from the agreed upon price giving me a reasonable lease rate. Yes, charging takes longer when you out, but other than the one day that I went and got my walking in so did not go to the gym to work out or jump on the treadmill at home, the other few times I have chartged was all when I needed to do family shopping such as groceries, Amazon returns, new cloth shopping so the time spent charging was nothing as I got other things done I needed to get anyway. You cannot gas up an auto and shop at the same time. The change in habits is time saving over all as while the auto charges, I was doing other needed things, so I did not loose any time at the pump.
  21. Temps here have been in the mid 50's both times I charged. While the Charger did not show anything, if your sitting in the EV9 you can monitor it on the screen and it shows you in real time the charging speed as well as in the Kia Connect App and the Electrify America app. I did notice that the two apps were off by a couple kW but over all were close enough. Kia app was Identical to the EV9 screen monitoring the speed of charging.
  22. Both chargers were 350 kWh and the battery system in both cases responded that no conditioning was needed as I was heading to the charger. So very interesting observation and will continue to watch the charging. Yes, this is pretty common knowledge, but the difference is that depending on what the level of charge affects how it charges up. Starting lower is faster overall than having the battery higher. I get that the last 20% will charge much slower but was surprised how slow charging was from 69% compared to 18% and how the last 20% finished. Will be interesting to see how it goes, and I will report back on the updates as I learn.
  23. So have looked all over the EV9 interface and have not found it there nor have I found it in the Kia Connect App or Electrify America App. UPDATE: Ugly, if you are wanting to top off the battery pack, it can take way longer than if you drive it to say 20% battery left. Example of this is that my wife was wanting to go down south last week and was going to run around for the whole day so I went to top off the battery as it was at 69%, this took 44 minutes of charging, lucky for me I was at the mall so got my steps in walking around. This compared to last, the wife had the EV9 at 18% battery, stopped by a Walmart where Electrify America has 350 kW chargers also and it only took 33 minutes to charge back to 100%. Lesson Learned is that it is faster to run the battery down low than to try and top off. Having had the EV9 now for 20 days, we have put on 1,000 miles and it is very clear, the EV9 is more comfy and has way more interior room for 6 passengers than our Escalade. Yes the Escalade has almost triple the storage behind the 3rd row of seats, but everything else is way better in the EV9 for comfort and space. Kia really packaged the interior well. UPDATE 2: Kia Connect has reached out to us to setup a day to answer any questions we may have and to help with features/functions we may have not figured out yet. Weird issue, my wife's cell phone seems to keep getting unpaired with the system, not sure why. Seating is funky, I suspect you have to set Seat position 1 and 2 for each profile. I have not had a chance to test this yet as my wife is busy helping our son and daughter in-law with our new grandson. So by the time she gets home at night, we are both tired and just crash to get sleep. Have my companies tradeshow in Vegas next week so will be away and will find out more from Kia the week after.
  24. Have to say that they hit it pretty good as the EV9 continues to impress me daily. The EV World Will No Longer Be The Same Thanks To The 2024 Kia EV9 (msn.com)
  25. Magical night be it in the city or away for the Solar storm that hit. Coworker said we would wake up to killer plants. ?
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