When you live in the Kootenays, having an EV truck like the Rivian R1T is about balancing rugged capability with electric efficiency. But once the snow flies, we have to tackle the inevitable question: Where is the best place to put the ski box?
Read More »R1T Efficiency Tests: Ski box on the roof or over the bed?
This is the first post in a series of efficiency tests for our Rivian R1T. Up first: bikes and ski boxes. (Coming: ride height/drive modes, AT/winter tires, SUP… let me know in the comments what else I should test!) Stick around to the end of the post to find out why I may not have even needed to do this testing…
Read More »R1T Efficiency Tests: Bikes and Ski Boxes
I spent a fair amount of time deliberating over many questions on the way to buying a Rivian R1T. Below, I have pulled a few… Read More »Why an EV truck? Why the R1T?
After happily being all-electric for almost four years, we sold our Leaf and, until early September ’23, have been driving a gas truck for the… Read More »18 Months of Petrol Burning
A few years ago, I reported on my experience installing the Tesla roof rack on my Model 3 (apparently the bolts are a bit longer now and easier to install), and shortly afterwards I tested the impact on consumption/efficiency (i.e. how much did the Wh/km change?)
A few months after that last post/video, in the spring of 2019, I received and installed a Stealth Hitch on my Model 3 (post coming “soon”). I decided to re-run the consumption test, but this time including a bike rack, a Northshore rack that I’ve been using for several years on a few different cars. Read on to find the values I use when planning out my longer road trips – because the car cannot recalibrate it’s range estimate enough to compensate for the added consumption (it tries, but it is always wrong), it is important to have these values. You can adapt these values for use with the Model Y as well – see the bottom for more.
Read More »Tesla Model 3 Consumption with Roof Rack and Bike Rack
Last week we received and installed the new Tesla Model 3 Roof Rack on our car – go check out the install if you are curious. One of the comments I have been receiving and seeing online in the forums is “how does the roof rack affect your efficiency?” I decided to do a controlled test to find out!
Read More »Model 3 Roof Rack Consumption Test So what are we getting?
If you haven’t heard already from our recent 4.5 year cost update post, we are selling our fossil car, retiring the 2014 Nissan Leaf to be a city commuter, and purchasing a new long range EV.
Edit: and no, I’m not telling you which vehicle yet 🙂 Look for another blog post soon(ish). Feel free to guess by leaving a comment below!