Oh, FWIW, the thermistor that makes the engine run is trivial to hack. Add resistance in series to make it think the temp is lower. Put some in parallel to make it think the temp is higher. That's...

wait4m3,

as a guy who made his million$ doing embedded code and the hardware for it as well, please allow me to apologize for the uptight, arrogant-due-to-unwilling-to-admit-ignorance comments...

Regen works for me right at top of charge just fine thanks - I drive in sport+L all the time and I don't notice a change in how the regen works vs SOC, or at least not anything large. It does seem...

Yeah, whatchagonna do. When more oil comes here from Canada (about 40%) - and people here don't even know that things have changed since Mexico started going down in production?

Non sporty? ...

Bro1999, I have exactly one data point on that - and erdtt (or whatever you want to call it, it was below 20f, 2012 MY car), and it got better gasoline mileage (my best ever by a large factor) that...

Guys - tboult hammered it with all the info an engineer would need right here:
http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?11164-Hold-button-hack/page6

He shows where it is, how to get to it, the...

Funny. Yep, there's no direct thermal connection, but that doesn't mean there's no connection. The battery loop heater can really suck some power - and it's kind of a self limiting process to use a...

They obviously broke up the software team into too many little ones, too far apart for anyone much to see the bigger picture and potential things they could have done that no one else could. I say...

Tesla, especially initially, had a very different customer base. A lot of the first ones were bought by "collectors" as their Nth vehicle, and if I recall correctly, the ones that bricked had been...

A heated wheel would draw even less power than heated seats - and with both, I don't need the heater at all, which is FAR less wasteful net, bottom line.

Gloves don't work well when you have a...

A: we are talking comfort, not survival. This is not an econobox or a model T, and doesn't cost like one.
B: not that many people my age drove in bad weather back then - and there weren't that many...

When the engine is running, it's also generating electricity - which can heat the battery pack loop. Heating the battery using its own energy is kind of a self-limiting game...

I live in a...

Gloves make me clumsy if they're thick enough to be warm, and I have lousy circulation to my extremities when my core temperature drops - the body's self defense against losing too much heat. So...

It's also a bit risky. Once someone learns how, then any black hat could "upgrade" your car. Yeah, I know about crypto and signing. It doesn't always work out as planned - the devil is in the...

Killed a deer with mine the other day - front plastic fascia separated from the metal fender - put tab back in slot, done, didn't even take strong fingers. Still have a deer fur "eyelash" on my left...

Use-cases. I live in a rural farm land kind of place. Not only trash has to be moved, but animal manure, firewood, big stuff from the hardware store.

That's why I kept my paid-off truck, which...

All 12v auto batteries have been designed to not outgas (or reduced gassing) since the "maintenance proof" types, which weren't even AGM, just lead-calcium alloy plates, FWIW. There is always some,...

I think it depends on the "jiffy lube" involved. Here in redneck country, some pretty talented real mechanics work at the local one. I chat them up as another car guy, and they go the extra mile to...

You guys are mean, but very funny!

+10 Funny!