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YES, this! Please, Stellantis - listen to our plea.

Beauty! Too right, mate - so many features.

We use these to traverse the Cascades and the Rockies in winter: https://www.toyotires.com/product/observe-gsi-6 No slippage, no worries. Highly recommended.

Excellently sorted. Thanks for the riveting video. Near the end of last winter (it was like Feb of this year), we got about 4" of snow and it froze over here (about -15°C). By "here" I mean, Seattle. Unlike most of the parts of the country where they have "real winter" (plains states and the...

Yes, very true. It's difficult to get to the facts through the noise. Add to that the general fog and hype surrounding EV-adjacent technology and you've got not... not much. Our 2021 Outie PHEV GT was only purchased after they brought the 3rd generation North American version up to the same...

Ah, no worries mate. If your wife is anything like mine, she'll want to know the real answer and won't care whether your first take was right or wrong. G*d knows I've made bad estimates a few times. My life-partner forgives me for that. 😏🤓

There is no 2008 model PHEV. The first year the PHEV model was released was 2013 in Japan only. The PHEV does not have a transmission - there is a dual electric-switched torque vector system (ETV) that's labelled with Mitsubishi's trademark (S-AWC), which is driven by two electric motors. The...

Oversizing the charger is OK if you're trying to 'future-proof' your garage. We built our garage in 2019-2020 (yes - right in the middle of COVID). Decided to put 2 x Level Two chargers in, 40A each @ 230V, single-phase input. They're both plug-in chargers, so we have the bonus of a 230VAC...

I see from your profile that you are in Colorado. If this is still the case, whatever you do - don't buy a charger from Enel X. There may be some unscrupulous people still trying to sell you a JuiceBox charger. Enel X has ceased operating in North America and they will soon be shutting down...

We believe so; plus it was fun learning all the cool features that EVs and PHEVs have, like high-regen, one-pedal driving. But yeah - we love this car it is perfect for our needs. Three years in, now, and we still think it's the best passenger car we've ever owned. The only one that comes close...

Right you are, good sir. AWD is useful everywhere. In our state, we like it for times when it's pouring buckets and we need to stop at the crest of a hill with 60-70% grade (e.g. most of the East-West streets in downtown Seattle or San Francisco). Enable the "Auto-Hold" on the transfer case, in...

Both @Woon Chung and @maby have very good points; thank you for your respective perspectives. 😁 We bought our 2021 GT model because my wife was tired of using her car (a Dodge Avenger 2.4L base model) to carry people everywhere and wanted more room; especially for everyone's luggage. She's the...

Cheers mate. 💯 Oh, and uphill without a trailer is fun too. Whenever you have more than 500lb.-ft. to play with, life is more satisfying.

Ditto (WA State resident). Charging at home is dirt-cheap (our rate is 0.15US/KW-h). A full charge costs us about $0.45US. We rarely use public chargers for the very reason you've mentioned - it's daylight robbery.

I have a similar situation with a wifi-based audio device in my truck (2005 Ford Excursion Diesel). The phone is smart enough that it won't allow the audio device to start the BT handshake that grabs the phone away from the default WiFi unless the default building network is too weak to...

Puget Sound/Salish Sea area, West Washington State. We have a 2021 GT in (afaik, it's only a US designation). We get anywhere from 22mi (about 35.4km) pure-motorway driving, down to 16mi (about 26km) up and down the numerous hills (Seattle) and mountains (Everett to Wenatchee, US Highway 2...

CE/EE guy here. The folks above who've said, you have a ground fault are correct. I had this at the initial outlet I used (US 117VAC 8A single ~). The ground has to be clean. If it isn't, a charger providing large amounts of current might cause a fire. The safety features of the charger Mits...

Only used the ChaDeMo system twice (public chargers, while waiting in line and the grocery store); both times it only charged up to about 75% before shutting off. I was wondering why also; my level-2 charger at home can give me a 90-99% charge in 3-4 hours.

Our local Public Utility District (PUD) offered their customers Enel JuiceBox level-2 chargers at a steep discount (about $300US off the regular price), plus, if you got them, they'd put you on a special rate-plan that did not penalize you for the extra drain. All this was part of a state-wide...

All Outies, and, in fact, most Mitsubishi gas-powered vehicles have pressurized fuel tanks. Cheers, mellobob et al.