Sohan MurthyAmericans: please give us an affordable, practical, small EV with decent range
American car companies: here’s a $70,000 EV truck that weighs 6 tons lol
<zero EV trucks are sold>
American car companies: wow americans aren’t ready for EVs
tuban_muzuruuh... we just got a brand new Chrysler Pacifica hybrid. We love it. All-electric isn't for us, but hybrid is. Hybrid EV will be where things are going for a decade I guess, until the charging infrastructure is in place.
deutrino@tuban_muzuru I've heard there's a DIY / hacker kinda scene around the Chrysler Pacifica hybrid?? or maybe it was an EV model? @sohan
This is our second Pacifica. The first one had issues with some predicate logic: if you turned it off somewhere the connectivity was dodgy, the entertainment/map system wouldn't reset - and we had to pull and reset the appropriate fuse to get it working again.
Chrysler's side worked great. Whoever engineered that entertainment interface should be beaten with a big stick.
The current Pacifica is a joy.
@tuban_muzuru good to know! I'm highly interested in vehicles that contain a large battery and are big enough to chill out and work remotely in. wish I could remember the details but hearing there's an online DIY community around a vehicle like the Pacifica makes it interesting.
We work remotely quite a bit - I go here and there, flying my drone and taking pictures - taking meetings, checking email. Bigbig luggage capacity.
The Pacifica has 12 USB ports and 120 volts at about 150 watts. We use our phone hotspots, though you can get it through the vehicle...
But for coding, I'd get a hotel room.
@tuban_muzuru this is practical info delivered in a far denser form than anything I've read about the Pacifica, thank you!