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Probably already said, but there's a crapload of reasons any 3rd Party PHEV conversion kit will NOT include adding another 240VAC wall-mounted HV traction battery, only involve modifying some version of an EV battery charger to connect to the existing HV traction battery charging & monitoring...

Article on Nissan popped up on my feed, seems they're going a different way, planning on bringing the very barebones BOF single-cab Mexico market pickup to the US, & said they will sell $22k price. No center display or music, just AC & roll-down windows, leaf-springs so can haul alot of weight...

Nissan Maverick seems like a no-brainer, but Nissan is barely recovering from failed Honda merger talks it's on life support. A Nissan Maverick would be more Hyundai SC than Ford Mav, they both use the same JATCO CVT transmission maker. Nissan leadership goaded by the Japanese govt is more busy...

Seems the SC turbo performance model is having a number of failures with their performance DCT. Dual-clutch transmissions & budget cooling systems built to a price-point don't tend to go well together.

On Hyundai Santa Cruz not offering hybrid, agree its kinda dumb they didn't, Kia-Hyundai aren't known for the world's most efficient hybrids but have become acceptable mpg as the tech has matured. my guess is Hyundai wanted their equivalent of the Kia Stinger, RWD developed from ground up to...

Just FYI if you're using Mobil 1 for the best synthetic, watch Engineering Explained YouTube on the Penzoil Ultra Synthetic. I know it's kinda weird to think of Penzoil having anything good from back when veteran service techs would use "anything but Penzoil", but the Grey bottle Penzoil...

I grew up in Southeast Asia & just realized, I think Santa Cruz is styled for the Asian market. US is culturally acclimated to a luxury truck work on a jobsite & get in your leather wrapped luxury truck. Asians hire laborers they want the work vehicle separate from non-work vehicle. Santa Cruz...

Problem is when you're crawling & they're in a hurry you induce people to tailgate & risk rear ending you. Whether your fault or not, sucks to have your car damaged & taken in

Yes the beauty of electric drive power. Just 1 mechanical unit, the traction motor, but the electrical inverter can provide the one unit infinite combinations of frequency for wheel speed changes with ICE engine at constant rpm, & voltage changes to vary torque output, within its torque limit...

c Phone giving me problems, this is just a quick n dirty rust & moisture proofing DIY undercoating I did after watching some YouTube videos on DIY undercoating. Why do it? Look under your truck with a flashlight at those plastic electrical connectors to your brakes, taillights & rear...

Not comparing apples to apples. "Hybrid" difference from non-hybrid refers to the transaxle or transmission section of the powertrain. (mild hybrid is something else) 1) Engines: 2.0 Ecoboost is more complex than the hybrid 2.5L NA since no turbo or forced induction. 2) Transmission: A...

The new HF55 on 2025 Mav Hybrid AWD has been on the Lincoln Nautilus 2024 ironically with the Ecoboost 2.0, I guess verifying it could handle higher torque curve of EB before Mav towing 4k I haven't seen Lincoln Nautilus hybrid problems in forums, I haven't seen barely anything Lincoln Nautilus...

As far as "spending $40k & being worried about fuel cost do not belong in the same sentence" (ie you're buying a performance luxury vehicle at $40k) Have you seen 2025 new vehicle prices? base-model hybrids Honda CRV, Toyota RAV4, Ford Escape, Kia Sportage all start at $33-35k msrp base-model...

10-13 mpg diff is crazy!! Is this 22 hybrid FWD vs 25 hybrid AWD? There is going to be an mpg drop with the weight of AWD but that much is crazy! We are having uncharacteristically cold weather, lets see what happens apples to apples with warm temperature. I really can't wait for someone to do...

Dude, my overall mpg is also right at 30mpg because so far heavily skewed to the 200 miles highway drive home I took. And that is with the short city drives I'm getting 47mpg I also have a 25 hybrid AWD it is going to have 3-5mpg lower than FWD, we have a heavier rear-axle to handle a rear...

It's just city drives I don't really go far, Kentucky "cities" are glorified towns except for Louisville where 35% of the state population lives, & Lexington.

It's counting both electric & gas miles.

Define "lose". China Communist Party is subsidizing new EVs to where 00s of 00s of brand new barely used EVs sold to shadow companies are sitting in fields, if you want video on the Chinese EV scam I'll look it up. Suffice it to say lithium-ion batteries have been around awhile, cheap, light...

Maverick wheel well liners are soft felt designed to be quiet when rocks hit them. Absolute garbage for alot of trail driving they'll tear.

Very wrong post-covid on "vast majority" of anything, when it comes to the automotive Tier 1 supply chain, VERY much including electronics! Consumer electronics are predominantly assembled in China yes. Automotive-grade electronics & semiconductors had largely been legacy generations as far as...