Electric Vehicles etc
- Thread starter Cardy George
- Start date
Wow, was the other guy on leave?
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
I think they both were by the looks of things.
I could live with that exterior. If the M3 or M2 had that nose there would be one in my garage.I think they both were by the looks of things.
Subaru has dropped EV prices yet again after Toyota undercut it
Subaru electric-car prices have been reduced by up to $4000 after the brand's Model Y rivals were undercut by Toyota.
Calvin27
Eats Squid
trailseeker seems good value but the second row seats are a real disaster.Subaru has dropped EV prices yet again after Toyota undercut it
Subaru electric-car prices have been reduced by up to $4000 after the brand's Model Y rivals were undercut by Toyota.www.drive.com.au
How so?
droenn
Fat Man's XC President
Partner and I took the Solterra for a spin yesterday and had a look inside the Trailseeker (a customer's one had arrived early, couldn't drive it but could check it out at least).
Really loved that all the safety tech is non-obtrusive. It only really gave a ding when a speed camera was approaching, but nudging over speed limit just changes the heads up speed indicator to red. Other ones were just a small visual notification (e.g. lane keeping) rather than sound.
Tech is uncluttered and responsive, and still has buttons and dials for aircon / volume / calls.
Other than that, was really impressed how it drove - was fairly quiet cabin and pretty comfortable.
Checked out the backseats @Calvin27 - they seemed fine, what did you not like about them?
Really loved that all the safety tech is non-obtrusive. It only really gave a ding when a speed camera was approaching, but nudging over speed limit just changes the heads up speed indicator to red. Other ones were just a small visual notification (e.g. lane keeping) rather than sound.
Tech is uncluttered and responsive, and still has buttons and dials for aircon / volume / calls.
Other than that, was really impressed how it drove - was fairly quiet cabin and pretty comfortable.
Checked out the backseats @Calvin27 - they seemed fine, what did you not like about them?
Calvin27
Eats Squid
Full disclosure - I haven't actually sat in one. But one of the problems with the solterra is the raised height that reduces the passenger compartment space. In order to make your head not hit the roof they make the rear seats super low and so it's ridiculously uncomfortable for anyone 175cm or above. From what I've seen the trailseeker is just the same car with slightly more leg room in the horizontal direction but the seat height problem is still there.
TLDR Knees to the sky sort of seating in the rear.
nzhumpy
Googlemeister who likes bikes and scandal
We were going to look at one of these next month, (EoFY best time to turn the screws on dealers)... If that is indeed the case Master 15 (186cms) might be coming to the dealership with us - or he just gets shotgun every road trip.
Gotcha. The bloke in this review is 6ft and his while he seems happy with the rear head and leg room you can see quite the knees up posture you refer to -
Calvin27
Eats Squid
Does it not have AA/carplay?
It has wireless AA and Carplay so presumably you can use a third party route planner that way. I have no experience with any of this as I have not had an EV yet. The reviewer is used to the Tesla software which he is comparing it to I guess.
Stredda
Runs naked through virgin scrub
I never use the Toyota navigation on my RAV4. Always use Google maps from my phone.
Thinks it's more about planning routes requiring charging stops. My mates Tesla will calculate and inform him how many charging stops he will need between destinations based on his current battery state of charge. It will advise him what charging stations are available enroute and how long he will need to charge for. It's pretty impressive.
Our Mini is quite good with this as well. It'll recommend the best place to charge and how much to charge so you get home with a bit to spare. The ETA is calculated with charging time included so that's quite handy/
Only use it when road tripping though, otherwise it's google maps.
Stredda
Runs naked through virgin scrub
Ah yes, that is a bit different. From what I have seen, this is the one last place where Tesla is a long way ahead. My brother has had a couple of Teslas and I too was impressed with this.
silentbutdeadly
has some good things to say
Which should make for much cheaper stationary batteries for energy storage but, from what I understand, the energy density and size precludes them from EVs at the moment... unless our taste for small, short range cars changes.