Host of Directly Current podcast. Law student. Amateur triathlete. Full time EV nerd.
Boulder, CO
Joined January 2018
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Friendly reminder GM’s battery team is led by ex-Tesla talent and they’ve invested a lot into this.
Cost and energy density = great. Will it charge well? Because it can’t be worse than current gen Ultium NMC 400V configurations 💀
GM's Gen 4 EV platform will use the world's first production lithium-manganese-rich battery. (via GM)
• Prismatic LMR cells via Ultium Cells (GM
+ LG Energy Solution) in Spring Hill, TN
• 33% more energy density than best LFP, at comparable cost
• About 30-40% nickel vs about 85% in today's high-nickel cells
• Gen 4: about 20% more range per kWh;
400+ mile target for an electric truck
• Pre-production late 2027; US commercial production 2028
Aimed at highest-volume EV segments, starting with full-size trucks and SUVs
Wow, A6 e-trons are depreciating fast! This is a RWD lemon-lawed model—but she's still got 100kWh battery with 800 V charging, full leather interior, electric dimming moonroof, Bang & Olufsen, etc....
Remember when Elon said he made a mistake being so visibly involved in politics? Money donated to Paxton campaign aside— what the hell is this?
Max Patten retweeted
Churchill could have shortened WW2 by years if he had just “done a deal” with Hitler. George Washington could have done a deal to end the American Revolution. Zelenskyy is in good company.
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This is awesome news for 12 people
Say goodbye to those aux cables. Spotify’s new in-car app is here, and it’s rolling out to Audi vehicles today. theverge.com/entertainment/1…
Vibes are bad for Starlink and Musk with this. He can try to finger-point or spend hundreds of millions in midterms to distract from this but jeez.
nytimes.com/2026/10/21/world…
Always dig Rich Rebuilds and seeing my old car! One shock repair, 12V battery change, and coolant leak resolve later; he turned a $3k Hertz lot “salvage” rental car back into a dual motor 500 horsepower daily. 80k miles; drives fine!
youtu.be/Jdm8qnlnzqc?is=ljRp…
Confessions: when I leased my Polestar 3 I was strongly considering purchasing a CPO gen1 R1T. I still think about it sometimes! Still wasn’t right numbers wise and no promotional financing + big repair bill scaries but every time I see one 👀🦛
Grateful to Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim for reminding the public that unlikeable tech people can be girlbosses, and not just bros. What a movie!
