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[quote]You keep acting like these are widespread installations on the system. They aren’t.[/quote]Natural gas generators are far more common than you think they are. I have access to at least 3 of them just in my local family. The poster above you is aware of plenty of them in his neighborhood. ...

[quote]While at the same time acting like gasoline is impossible to find if the pumps aren’t working. [/quote]Gas/diesel are hard to find before/during/after storms. At bare minimum demand spikes way up, and supplies are restricted, so shortages of some severity happen. That's kind of a given. I nev...

[quote]you appear to be giving EV owners all sorts of credit for owning working generators, solar panels, etc.[/quote]I'm saying these things are not hard to find, not that they all own them. I've made that pretty clear with numerous references to neighbors and businesses having generators, and I ev...

Despite the claim "yes it's a real tweet" at the top, that is not a real tweet. It's not on Twitter, nor is it on Politwoops, the site that saves deleted tweets by politicians. The unlikeliest of contrived scenarios, disbelief of verifiable facts, belief of easily disprovable fake tweets, this ...

[quote]honestly though, without "breaking" or the engine running in reverse to induce the charge there is no regen charge. So a truck would have to tow you 10 miles while you exert force in the opposite direction of the tow?[/quote] The car must be in gear but you do not apply the brakes. The brakin...

[quote]I laughed out loud at this as I know he was serious when typing it.[/quote] Read the last couple pages of this thread and then add yourself to the list of dumbasses. ...

[quote]Your original assertion is that one can simply tow it for 10 minutes and get 40-50 miles of charge when the truth is that it's not that simple at all[/quote]Except it is quite literally that simple. [quote]and when considering the power requirements of the towing vehicle it's also not very ...

[quote]Charging while standing in 2 feet of water will be fun.[/quote]The gas pumps ain't working in 2 feet of water either. Love the outlandish scenarios you guys are concocting, keep it up. ...

[quote]Been through many myself. Never have I ever had difficulty finding gasoline after a hurricane.[/quote]Huh, lucky you I guess. Similarly never have I ever had difficulty finding someone running a generator when the power is out. Besides my own, there are several more within earshot when I s...

[quote]so regen charging is better than Level 2? really?[/quote]The car tells you how fast it's charging and discharging while driving. You can peg out the charge rate at 60+ kw when you let off the accelerator at something like 45 or 50 mph. ...

[quote]According to this you can damage your Tesla and void the warranty by doing that. [/quote]This is a far cry from your original assertion "not even close to the truth". :lol: [quote]And if you read here it says that those YouTube videos that you linked are misleading[/quote]And if [b]you[/b] w...

[quote]So, wait. To adapt to this lifestyle I have to invest in: •A $100k+ EV truck (I’ve already stated why I need towing capabilities) •A $10k+ home charging system •$10k+ on a home generator or solar panels or both.[/quote]Nope. You can just pay a neighbor or a local business for use of thei...

[quote]Never been through a hurricane?[/quote]Been through many. It is often a challenge to find gas, but there are always more than a dozen homes in my neighborhood with natgas generators running. We've been over this many times ITT. Unless you are parked right next to a working gas pump, you a...

[quote]well....I'm not the one who's trusting youtube videos[/quote]Now you're getting dumber....

[quote]Explain the issue here.[/quote]Some folks think it's hi-fricking-larious that an EV can be powered by the same fuel as an ICE vehicle if necessary. That's a real knee-slapper, right? ...

[quote][quote]You can even just tow the damned thing for 10 miles then it can drive itself for another 40-50 miles from the regen braking charge.[/quote]wow, this statement is just dumb.[/quote]See above, reality says you're dumb....

[quote][quote]just tow the damned thing for 10 miles then it can drive itself for another 40-50 miles from the regen braking charge[/quote]Not even close to the truth[/quote][link=(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nILM_DEdBqM)]That[/link] is [link=(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaGVoB4Zn-Y)]very cl...

[quote][quote]Either the grid or a backup generator. Why do you ask?[/quote]And where does that electricity come from?[/quote]If from the grid, coal, natgas, nuclear, solar, wind, etc. If from a generator, usually diesel or natgas, or possibly gasoline or propane. Why do you ask? These are very ...

[quote]There's going to be good money in these as VPPs.[/quote]Definitely. Folks act like old packs will just go to the dump, but many of them can be repurposed as-is or after a refurb, or a pile of them makes an extremely resource-rich "mine" that happens to have all the shite you need to make ne...

[quote]Regarding EV, is the main battery running out after 10 years truly a concern?[/quote]It's less about the age and more about the miles and battery charge cycles associated with that. Real-world data (for Teslas at least) shows that the batteries tend to retain 90% of their capacity after ~...