KC Maxwell

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*checks charger pricing* nope, still gonna be the same (cheaper) because electric rates can't jump that fast + all major DC networks in US buy 100% renewable energy which is price stable. 👍

You've gotta be UK/outside US. So you have the removable cables for AC charging (assuming this wasn't a DC charger).

In the US with our fixed cables I use a 20ft extension and block these arseholes in their space till I am done.

No tow company will touch a plugged in car here. Worth a try?

I've been wondering at what point do we try and figure out the CO2 damage of blowing up oil tankers caused, and, who is responsible for that remediation?

A Frozen Blue Fisker Ocean One.

My Chiropractor has one in the frozen blue color. The delivery was a nightmare but he calls it a modern Delorean & loves it. Became a member of the Fisker Owners Association to get connected with someone who could update the software. He did get window switches replaced before Fisker bankrupted!

IIRC Lucid wanted to license and supply their tech to other companies for use in their products. How's that going? What's the roadmap? Companies invested in their tech? Anything along those lines.

My solar panels are 10 years old this July. Been driving electric 10 years this April (lost first EV in a wreck last April). Average 25-30k miles annually. Have driven 3/4 of the US with non-Tesla EV cars & electric motorcycles (Energica). Have towed from Key West to NC with an EV.

Ask me anything.

1. Screen shot reflects charging of 4 EVs
2. My car has driven 1100mi/month since Jan 1
3. The HVAC (have 2, this data reflects 1) consumes 2x what the cars do
4. That $12k solar roof (4.3kW) covers 50-60% of annual EV energy consumption

You will never regret switching. Never. Do it today.

Hi, Comma AI user in an EV6 (and previously a Kona EV).

Can't go back. I'm putting a hitch on it so I can more sanely tow the motorcycle trailer.

Comma AI also watches you like a hawk & gets cranky if you're not paying attention. I do not have full control enabled so no "self driving," just L2.5.

Preserve your loved ones brain and harness it for bitcoin, the next big thing!

I've heard rumor of high profile customers emailing the old job CEO inquiring about me & complaining about service quality in my absence.

A local transit customer just called & asked permission to refer me to their new installer who is seeking a warranty services supervisor.

Truly Humbled by this.

I am asthmatic and at heart a Captain Planet kid, but let me tell you I switched for costs not air quality.

The fact that ~60% of my fuel is produced right on the roof of my house with fixed costs was the selling point, zero emissions was icing on the cake.

Thanks to you a Goodwill in Minnesota just made a $7.72 sale for a used copy of the CD/DVD combo and Bezos was starved 9.49+tax for the digital audio only album.

My Subsonic music server will delight in the added music tracks once the USPS delivers the discs and my Raspberry Pi rips them to mp3.

Collage of two phone screen shots. Left: WRAL 5 on Your Side report about gas prices likely to climb another 50¢ this week Right: screen shot of Home Assistant page showing HVAC and EV Costs for day, week, month, and year. HVAC has cost $58.55 more Year to Date than the 4 EVs actively charging at my house, one of which has logged over 3400 miles since 1/1/26.

I'm not gonna be smug.

I'm just saying gas price have meant nothing to me for a decade & I welcome you to join the party.

Yeah, it'll impact the cost of the ingredients I use to make lasagna for my food security volunteer group as logistics is still largely diesel (for now).

In a sure sign that the rodent was wrong and spring came early, the (Canadian) geese are getting feisty out there.

Where are you? If you're US based you are demonstrably incorrect and I have over 350,000 EV miles to prove it.

This is my 110k mile Audi EV sitting on pikes peak. Its also towed a motorcycle from key west to central nc 5 years ago without issues using public charging networks. All electric.

To everyone sweating gas prices, a reminder: we could have electrified the grid, gotten off fossil fuels, and replaced all vehicles with EVs for the same cost as the Iraq war.

Court rules feds cannot interfere with disbursement of EV charger funds (Upd.) A federal judge permanently blocked DoT from interfering with EV charger funds, calling DoT's actions "arbitrary and capricious."

The current president lost in court, NEVI is back to being fully funded. But its scope was largely rapid charging for travel more than multifamily dwelling.

electrek.co/2026/01/23/c...

I think you would embrace the tech if you better understood it. I'd be willing to share knowledge about it if you're open to it.

And you need only a common household 120v outlet to make our oldest EV work, dead to full in at most 12 hours on that. Something like the Volt plug in hybrid with 35-40 mikes electric range would charge in 8 on said outlet.

I'm from Memphis. I know old homes with poor power. EV still works there.

FIND "Electric car drivers"
REPLACE "Folks who saw this coming and took preventative action"

a bit more accurate, no?

That is why I'm asking. Having lived 10 years of hurricanes and extreme weather events with an EV the longest trip needed to take was 65mi one way to fetch a cat left unattended at a friends home. Generally we don't go *anywhere.*

Fuel prices impact my food costs, yes.

Many of us end up becoming taxis for our friends who struggle to make ends meet. Fuel pipeline crisis (east coast) 2021 comes to mind... We have been here before.

And during wide spread power failures, where exactly do you plan to be driving anyway?

Will drive 40mi to a rapid charger with power, top vehicle off, being it home to power my house of the car's big battery.

Yes we have done this with a kia.

Can also be charged from a generator of any fuel source. Gas vehicles are no where near as flexible on fueling options.

3 of the 5 EVs my household depends on cost $10k or less (used). One of those cheaper ones has been in use nearly 10 years now (paid $7600 for it).

Plague of insects swarms Spanish holiday hotspot A locust swarm likened to a “biblical plague” has hit Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, prompting official warnings across the Canary Islands.

Locust invasions have absolutely brrn a global thing since at least 2019. Here's one from thw past cpuple of weeks: euroweeklynews.com/2026/02/26/p...

You'd think with fuel prices skyrocketing folks would slow the hell down, but this was the third such high speed **very late** red light runner I'd witnessed yesterday.

Never been a problem with a real, established, brand. Only EV startups.

Tale of two bumpers. Hyundai Ioniq EV Base (rare bumper as most had radar bumper) part arrived in 2 days, cracked, replacement in 24 hours no damage. Tesla 3? 4 month wait.

I have a hard rule. Minimum two competing franchises/service centers within 20mi or no sale.

I have *9* dealers to source parts and service from within 40mi of my house for my current primary car.

I have owned 2 startup brands and I'll never do that again.