kootenay andrew
When you live in the Kootenays, having an EV truck like the Rivian R1T is about balancing rugged capability with electric efficiency. But once the snow flies, we have to tackle the inevitable question: Where is the best place to put the ski box? Is it better for range to mount the box low, over...
kootenay andrew
This post discusses a series of efficiency tests conducted on a Rivian R1T electric truck, focusing on the changes in energy consumption when hauling bikes and a ski box. Utilizing a consistent testing method, the author reveals that, compared to a Tesla, the R1T exhibits less impacted efficiency...
kootenay andrew
After happily being all-electric for almost four years, we sold our Leaf and, until early September ’23, have been driving a gas truck for the last 18 months! What possessed us to do such a thing? After all, we sold a perfectly functional Subaru Forester (when we bought the Tesla Model 3 in 2018)...
kootenay andrew
A few years ago, I reported on my experience installing the Tesla roof rack on my Model 3 (apparently the bolts are a bit longer now and easier to install), and shortly afterwards I tested the impact on consumption/efficiency (i.e. how much did the Wh/km change?) A few months after that last...
Adam
Again, picking up in the vicinity of where I left off: I own a GoRuck GR1 (21L, black). I bought it in 2014, just as it was beginning to garner the internet’s ubiquitous cult of approval as Greatest Backpack of All Time (GBOAT). I can’t tell you if it’s the best backpack ever. It’s the only...
Adam
I left off touching on digital bookmarks. I read books. Actual, physical books. Not the digital ones—the old technology. I am tempted by e-readers, though, starry-eyed with notion that they’ll get me reading more—because they are novel, and somehow, someway. This is misguided bunkum, I’m aware, so...
Adam
I want to forget—selectively. That’s why I stick with Google Chrome, even though Safari outclasses it in almost every way. Safari is zippy and mindful of system resources; it doesn’t slurp battery, or ever kick on a laptop’s fan. It’s prompt and polite. I think I’d call it courteous. Even Safari’s...
Adam
I jot notes, physically, on paper, by hand, often, though I produce work predominantly through the abstraction of a computer screen. I’m notably less productive when I don’t scribble—even just a few words or fragmented incoherencies—over the course of a day. I tend to make sense of whatever faster...
kootenay andrew
Last week we received and installed the new Tesla Model 3 Roof Rack on our car – go check out the install if you are curious. One of the comments I have been receiving and seeing online in the forums is “how does the roof rack affect your efficiency?” I decided to do a controlled… Read More...
Adam Lynch