I'm aware of how they handle the recall. My 2 year anniversary with my Ioniq 6 was last Friday. (No more free EA DCFC for me.)

My point was the total number of cars that were repaired after an ICCU failure is very small. Lots of manufacturers have recalls, including for parts that can cause a vehicle to stop running. Ford is the worst. Every vehicle lineup has their issues, so just putting it in perspective.

2 years for me, no ICCU issues. No charging issues. They did replace my interior door panels under warranty for peeling clear coat.

A tiny number of cars, but with very vocal responses because gotta drive them clicks!

Statistically, just 1% of the roughly 200,000 vehicles involved in the recall can have their ICCUs fail, which is 2,000 cars. Out of all the cars that are part of the latest recall for the failing ICCU, 41,137 Hyundai and Genesis EVs have already been fixed by Jan. 22, while another 14,828 Kia EV6s have had the remedy applied. Motor Trend concurred in a recent look at the issue: "Itâ(TM)s a big deal, but not one that individual E-GMP owners are statistically likely to face."

This could have been even funnier if, instead of French for "Viva la revolution", you used the Esperanto "Vivu la revolucio!".

Nobody. They're replacing them with universal chargers that have BOTH. And support credit-card readers, which the Tesla ones didn't. And upgrading them from the v3 400V 175kW Tesla chargers to Applegreen's 800V 350kW.

Tesla's contract ended. It was rebid. Tesla lost. Elon whines and throws a tantrum.

Yeah, I have a Windows 10 VM for a couple pieces of software, along with some security testing. Garmin Express is installed on that.

I had this happen this morning to a Forerunner 165. Plug the device in via USB to your computer, then do a hard reset -- select/back/light, push and hold until it beeps then the triangle fades. The watch will reboot.

Not sure what triggered it, but I then used Garmin Express to ensure the watch firmware was up to date. Seems to still be working.

No, it is definitely not "all". There are a lot that don't come with them because they flat out don't need them.

Three nights ago we hit a low of 7.6F (-13.5C). I have two Mr. Cool DIY 4th Gen units, one a single zone 18K ceiling cassette, the other a 3-zone configured 12K ceiling, 9K wall, 9K wall. No issues and everything is warm, but the system has to work. I say that because I live in a 120 year old house and the insulation is terrible to non-existent and the windows are the originals. Always another project...

Take a look over at DIY Solar forums, where people are trying to minimize electricity usage. While some people do have gas/oil, there are many that are 100% electric, including several in Canada and Alaska, and they're all reporting everything is working fine in temps colder than I had. It really depends on the units you buy, but the Mr. Cool DIY 4th Gen mini-splits are rated down to -13F (-25C) for heating. They do make cold weather units that go even lower.

What a steaming pile of made up bullshit.

https://www.monitordaily.com/news-posts/california-dmv-likely-to-deny-thousands-of-commercial-trucks-registration/

You're a bleating sheep. From 1990, pretending to be 1955:

Doc Brown: [looking at a tiny circuit under a magnifying glass] Unbelievable that this little piece of junk could be such a big problem. No wonder this circuit failed. It says "Made in Japan".
Marty McFly: What do you mean, Doc? All the best stuff is made in Japan.
Young Doc: Unbelievable.

In 2025, just substitute "China" for "Japan". Wake up or get left behind.

EV sales have increased in every major market. Growth rate may have decreased in some countries, but total sales has increased both in unit volume and as a percentage of all auto sales. In the US, EV sales once again set a record at 1.3 million vehicles. For one example, Ford sold more Mustang Mach-E EVs than ICE Mustang models.

In Brazil, despite being at an early stage of transport electrification, Brazil has seen a rapid uptake of passenger EVs. Sales reached nearly 55,000 units in the first half of 2024, or 5.3% of all new car sales during the semester. Thatâ(TM)s more than the number of EVs sold in 2023 in its entirety, and 2023 had already posted a whopping 178% year-on-year growth rate.

In the UK, EV sales set a record again. And, while gas and diesel remain more popular, their 2024 registrations were down -4.4% and -13.6% respectively, while EV registrations were up 9.6%.

Europe as a whole looks to be a mixed bag, with sales being about flat. Germany is desperately trying to protect their auto manufacturing market and Stellantis is...well, no one is really sure what Stellantis is doing. There are EV standouts, like Norway, where 89% of all new cars sales were electric in 2024; and Denmark, where EVs outsold gas an diesel for the first time, reaching 51.5% of sales. And Down Under, Australia is also seeing record increases in EV sales.

The rest of the world is seeing a similar trend, except possibly Japan, because Japan buys Japanese and Toyota is sniffing hydrogen. There is hope with Honda setting records with their Prologue EV. Even Nissan's EV sales are up, YoY. We'll see if being taken over by Honda can keep them more than just a nameplate.

Last year was 2024, not 2023. They're moving in the right direction, but huge and things don't turn on a dime. For example, "China's power firms are on track to cut coal's share of annual electricity generation to below 60% for the first time in 2024, which would mark a major milestone in the country's efforts to transition energy production away from fossil fuels.
Reduced coal reliance by the world's second-largest economy is a rare bright spot this year for climate trackers, who were disappointed by the recent COP29 meetings and are bracing for the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Accord next year."

They're moving to clean energy, leaving the rest of the world behind. From CNN:

It is time to stop making excuses and playing whataboutism with EVs, solar, and overall electrification.

He didn't, but I'll take a shot at it.

According to the most recent (April 2024) data by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, there were 1,346,002,877 trips taken by Americans in that month. Of that, 1,540,204 were longer than 500 miles. That means 0.114% were longer than 500 miles, which describes your trip. So, literally 99.886% of all trips were shorter than your example.

In 2021, 99.2% of all trips were less than 100 miles long, with 99.9% less than 500 miles. Hell, 93.4% were less than 25 miles.

So take the AC comment of you being 0.0002% as it is meant -- a hyperbolic statement meant to convey the obvious fact that you are a statistical outlier to such an extent your needs for vehicle range are not relevant to any discussion other than YOUR needs. They can't be reliably used as an example of what the industry needs to get to for EV adoption to dramatically increase.

There is more of a mental shift needed that is very hard to make without experiencing it. People are conditioned to go to a gas station to fuel up and get in and out as fast as possible. Why not? There's no other reason to be there. But that isn't the EV model or experience.

Ignoring those that can charge at home, I charged my EV up tonight from 17% to 80% in 21 minutes in 35 degree (F) weather. Horrible, right? Who in their right mind would want to wait that long? I certainly don't. Except I didn't, really. The charger was at a Walmart and I needed to do some grocery shopping. I plugged in and did that shopping. It took me 21 minutes to get in, get my stuff, get out, load the groceries in my trunk, unplug and leave.

With a gas car, fueling up is at a dedicated fueling station. That's why you're there. With an EV, fueling up is NOT why you are there, it is an extra -- if you change your mindset. I was there because I had a grocery list. If I finished sooner, I would have left sooner with a slightly lower charge. (Note: I wasn't on the faster charger, either. Normally I can go 20-90% in 15 minutes or less.)

The way EV infrastructure is evolving, charging stations are being placed where people would otherwise go. They're a bonus to what you're doing already -- movie theater, shopping center, etc. Yes, there are big gas-station-like charging centers off of highways for those who need to do it that way. But even then...your claim of an F-150 Lightning turning your one, long 550 towing trip into a 3-day trip sounds like a math error. The long range Lightning gets 320 miles to a charge -- cut than in half for a big tow. Say 160. That would be 3.5 charge cycles, and on a fast DC charger those would be in the neighborhood of 30-minutes each, 10-100%. How does adding 1.5-2.0 total hours to your trip for charging turn it into 3 days?

Also, it isn't infrastructure. If you lay wires or fiber, it lives for a very long time with very little maintenance. LEO satellites, on the other hand, burn up as their orbits degrade after about 5 years and they fall out of the sky.

The companies vetted the hardware and made their decisions based on the information at the time and the costs involved. It was the US gov't that later said "get rid of it" after the fact, hence the US gov't that needs to pay for it if they want it done without the companies just folding.

Nokia, Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent are the main competitors in that market.

I haven't read the latest, but as of a couple of days ago Renault was looking to sell their shares and Foxconn, of all companies, was trying to buy them.