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Originally Posted by john70t
First, congrats to the new ride.
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(And now, I'll ante up and serve as the debby-downer/party-pooper to our most-esteemed-and-glorious-mod's new uplifting thread.)
Batteries don't usually like to be fast charged.
Especially at different heat scenarios.
Chemicals are specific to their nature.
Danger. Danger Will Robinson.
Please research charging station networks.
Transportation should be reliable.
No.
There is hardware.
'Errant codex' should never affect a fully purchased product contractually-stated to deliver "X".
Everything else .is negligence/sabotage
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The Rex kicks in when it gets down to 6% SOC so it doesn't get that low. That actually is a sticking point though as in the EU the driver can set when the Rex kicks in. In the US it is tied to legislative nonsense. Still, the batteries have a warranty (6 year iirc). There also is a DC fast charge option (which we didn't get) that does a full charge in 20-30min. The latest software update actually slowed down the fast AC charge as there have been some issues with the 12V. There is a separate small 12V that essentially "boots" the car.
We certainly are somewhat beta testers, but that's part of the fun. I don't understand your last comment though. The app is a remote control for certain capabilities. All cars have plenty of software these days - in this case there is a phone app that will communicate with the car. In fact I got an email tonight from the connected drive portal telling me the car should be charged soon.
Different world...but thanks for the chemistry lesson. That science stuff just confuses me
