Electric and Hybrid Car Thread

[roastpuff]

Huh TIL, that's neat! I must have skipped it on the spec sheet that I browsed through.

[EvoSpider]

Originally Posted by Traum

Thru the instant messaging apps grapevine, apparently BYD will start setting up shop at the old Dodge/Chrysler dealership between No. 3 and Minoru in March, with a target opening time by April / May.

I'd still stand by what I've said in the past about Chinese branded EVs -- they'll need to prove themselves in terms of medium term reliability as well as service and parts support. Until then, I would not consider them as potential purchases at all.

This reddit post is saying the same thing, unless they saw it from you too!

[Badhobz]

Originally Posted by roastpuff

Pretty sure it doesn’t…

It does.

[6793026]

Originally Posted by GLOW

you got me thinking if i should add a 2nd subie to my garage now.

what's the interest rate you paying? is the interest rate the same if you finance?

Thoguth I posted this. BZ4x i got zero down 3 yrs 600 biweekly 0.99%
Subaru was 0.5%

I just picked mine up. I got the car and it's not bad; i'm dealing with cold weather and I gotta install my level 2 soon.

Originally Posted by Badhobz

Handling : good! Little to no body roll, very stiff chassis. You can feel the quality of the chassis. Not a wet noodle like an EV based on a more economy chassis. You can feel that solid TNGA platform.

Performance: insane. Fast car in my fleet right now. Grips and rips. Braking is strong too.

Interior: very very nice materials for a 58k car. Glad I got the Subaru as the BZ equivalent mid trim had those cloth seats that were quite ugly. My only complain about the interior so far is the seat button cushion isn’t very long. For a guy with long legs, my thigh is only supported in the middle. German seats are much better for my body style. Wife has no complaints.

Infotainment: good. Toyota stuff. Easy to use. Integration is easy. Modern Toyota crap. I live in Apple car play so not a big deal.

Charging is piss on level 1. I bought a nacs charger from Amazon and it says from 85% to 100% it would take 20h to accomplish. Hahaha fuck you.

I ain't going to post pic cause it's the same freaking car. I do hate that I don't got memory seats now i gotta midget my way inside each time after my wife.

I spent 20 mins installing the OBD camera for front and back.

Nacs charger came with the car so I don't know why you didn't get yours. I was so worried I didn't get floor mats, but i'm going to get the cargo mat on marketplace for $50 bucks.

Info system has a delay but meh, i go straight to carplay.

Subaru is 338 HP versus BZ is 375 horsepower but i ain't hammering it yet so we'll see.

BTW -
it would take me a bit to get used to this shape if i had a solterra. again, not a killer but yeah

[Badhobz]

Subaru doesn’t come with a charger. Not sure why. I’ve asked a few different dealers and they all said it doesn’t come with a charger. Very strange. So I bought this level 1 charger from Amazon to try it out.

Apparently it also doesn’t come with a tonneau cover until you hit the top trim. I could have sworn I saw the tonneau cover on the Bz base model.

The in dash navigation (connect drive) is subscription based 19.99 per month. They didn’t even give out a free trial. I ain’t gonna bother with this shit.

The weird steering wheel is okay. Feels strange when you make a turn.

[underscore]

I was about to say holy steering wheel buttons Batman, but at least they used real buttons.

Does the gauge screen not get a bunch of glare sitting so far forward with no shroud?