800mi EV Route Planner Battle! Charging Exactly As The Car Suggests. Tesla v Mercedes v Rivian v Kia

[@OutofSpecMotoring]

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[@wylieecoyote]

Dishonesty to say the Mercedes won. Model X was there MUCH faster. There is no spirit about it. They were there long before you Kyle. Turning off FSD on the model X already violates the rules. It has gotten almost perfect. I only have to plug into chargers.

[@omsi-fanmark]

I'll send the LPL (LockPickingLawyer) to your home and he'll demonstrate how bad your electronic locks are. The fancier the new high-tech electronic locks, the worse the mechanical backup cylinders are! Often, a simple magnet can unlick the electronic locking component, too. Don't use it, don't buy it.

[@benfriedman5916]

Video starts: “hello, it’s well over 100 degrees in Vegas and I’m still wearing a hoodie”

[@Bonjurro]

Fun fact Kyle doesn’t wear a hoodie. That is actually body paint

[@Reittihw]

*the same green hoodie

[@ondago2]

Back in where I grew up and a child places I loved after, wearing a hoodie or especially a winter coat on a > 85 degree day was a sure sign you were looking at a crackhead. New data;, I'll adjust my conclusions

[@SpottedSharks]

1:54:00 Max - no, you're NOT in a race situation. The whole point of the return trip is to drive as a normal person. A normal person would not unplug another's car.

[@DblOSmith]

Also, you wouldn't use the wet rag trick for the Rivian. I think they got caught up and forgot the purpose of this video.

[@SpottedSharks]

@@DblOSmith Good point.

[@adamucf]

​@@DblOSmithehhh I've done the wet rag trick at a Supercharger with my Rivian when I was on a road trip with my wife and daughter

[@yournumberonepal]

Nah, some people unplug other people's cars. On the trip to Vegas this happened to one of the Rivian's.

[@TerjeL]

⁠that person unplugged the wrong car.

[@evkx]

3 hours. You are gonna make my girlfriend move out. Buying popcorn.

[@jayem8981]

Love your site by the way. Best EV database around.

[@KiRiTO72987]

I love listening to their videos while driving great for roadtrips

[@AndrewStilin]

😂

[@evkx]

@@jayem8981 thanks. I do all my programming while watching these videoes so lots of hours to do programming. Soon 4 weeks vacation from my day job and hope to have lots of new features in september

[@maskarade9320]

I use it as a threat to my kiddo when he acts up. “If you don't calm don't daddy is gonna turn off Paw patrol and put on the charging videos"

[@brandenflasch]

This is an absolute must-watch for any EV decision maker at an OEM or charging network

[@dRadddd]

Maybe if they had let the R1S navigate to RAN chargers they would have faired better. Yes, it was theoretically faster without RAN in perfect conditions, but they proved that perfect rarely happens.

[@IronmanV5]

They should be made to do a road trip without pre-planning.

[@JayWozz]

​@@dRadddd That's literally what screwed them when traveling on the way there, which is why they let it choose among all stations for the way back.

[@anthonyc8499]

@@IronmanV5that’s literally what they did. No pre-planning, just let the car’s nav system do the work.

[@IronmanV5]

@@anthonyc8499 No pre planning such as their people making sure all the chargers are functional along their likely travel routes, figuring out the best route to travel ahead of time, etc.

[@newscoulomb3705]

1:53:52 I usually don't plug my Chevy Bolt EV into a 350 kW charger, but when I do, I charge to 100%. 😎

[@badbasic]

Hahaha 🤣

[@anthonyc8499]

What even was that Bolt EV thinking? I can sorta understand when a 400v car that can take 400A pulls in and wants it all, but not a Bolt or Niro or something like that.

[@kens97sto171]

@@anthonyc8499 Could be a LOT of things.. I have a Bolt too.. and at my local EA.. lots of WEIRD things happen.. I usually try the 150kw chargers first.. but one of them is listed as derated to 50kw.. no problem does not effect me.. but that charger ALSO tends to go for a few min.. and then have a session error.. Some of them dot like to actually connect.. the bolt has a little safety catch thing.. that engages.. or tries too. if it doesn't sometimes it will fault the charger.. for some reason the 350 chargers usually work better. Also found on a road trip that NON EA chargers work better.. EV Go.. connects every time.. the latch just works.. Francis Energy same thing.

[@Crazypostman]

So you're supposed to follow your navigation, but when you get back to Denver, you use Google to get around an accident. That's cheating. If the truck doesn't reroute you, you should have to sit and wait.

[@Dangerspeed862]

Agreed

[@keijuhl]

Totally

[@lukecanride]

And taking off the Rivian network from the options also doesn't make sense

[@TeddyBearGaming999]

If the goal is consumer representative testing, I think most users would check other map software to find the way around as well. Seems fair enough to me

[@dianewallace6064]

@@lukecanride Agreed. Would a real Rivian Owner skip every Rivian (RAN) charger? No. The only ones hat followed the Route Planners were Max (EV9) and Ryan (Tesla).

[@MrAngryrooster]

Huge props to Ryan for making back to back 800 mile trips while holding in his farts.

[@laloajuria4678]

bwuahaha

[@Al-Misanthropic-Bundy]

What's this referring to? Lmfaoooo

[@iamnid]

​@@Al-Misanthropic-Bundyit's referring to him being in the car with a lady the whole time as opposed to with the dudes where he could let them rip.

[@Al-Misanthropic-Bundy]

@@iamnid lmfao, thanks

[@SparkySho]

One day I got up to 6 miles w/out rip pin one HA

[@PhillipStewartYYZ]

Disabling routing to Rivian chargers in the Rivian is definitely not consumer representative!

[@EnriqueAThieleSolivan]

It is just more practical. If in doubt test it yourself.

[@mattsoutherden]

Whilst I would agree that there was a *lot* of dubious stuff going on in this one, I think anyone who actually owned a Rivian would pretty quickly work out they needed to turn that option off.

[@dugintexas7908]

I love that Kyle keeps pushing the others to no do anything but what the car says... do not monkey with it... this is what normal people will do, get in , put in a destination and follow it............ then he immediately talks about how he is going to use some tricks to monkey with the Mercedes to make it better. I appreciate he wants to win at all costs but I was kinda hoping for a fair, no mess with it...regular guy view of the race lol

[@mariusvanc]

What about the Rivian guys not following Rivian charger plan?

[@tazeat]

Not to mention he screwed himself by setting the minimum charge targets xD

[@SuperKimjong]

I think this goes for unplugging and replugging in when chargers de-rate, wet rag tricks etc... I was hoping this test was of the typical network experience that each car relies on too, which for me includes plugging your car in and walking away while you get food etc

[@DerFettePandaLP]

@@SuperKimjong I completely agree that the tests should've been closer to actual consumer behaviour, yet i dont really think it would have changed the outcome much. Kia routeplanner is just telling the car to stop every chance it gets, so they would have finished last every day. The Tesla software is without surprises the best, they would've always come first. The Rivian would've normally charged even worse (no wet rag) + would've preffered the rivian chargers, so it would still be worse than the merc.

[@joshcrd7925]

Maybe I'm not the normal person, but I would tweak and monkey with it so that it does as close to what I want it to do as possible. Also before going to the dealer to purchase my ev I would be researching and in turn learning all the tips and hacks to make ev life more enjoyable. This is the fun part for me, but again, I'm probably not the average person. I also believe that the average person should learn more about there vehicles, would save them a lot of headache. Especially on long road trips.

[@csf1757]

Kyle you just can't help yourself. You cheated at least twice. You went 55 in a 40 zone, and you ignored your Nav and made the cut off.

[@the_ikiru]

They said at the start that 55 was their minimum speed regardless of the speed limit.

[@dillonh321]

55 was the minimum speed rules.

[@SpottedSharks]

2:35:00 Are Kyle & Drew not following the route planner? Did I mishear that? Immediate DQ if they did.

[@mflboys]

Personally I’m okay with it. I consider “route planner” in this context to mean the planning of charging stops/times, rather than the full route navigation. None of the charging stops were affected.

[@ThinkingAhead2]

I caught this too, they didn’t do what the route planner told them to do.

[@Caspar0s]

They ended up having to go past their exit and turn around so not exactly saving time. The Kia also switched route to get around the accident although theirs was an alternative suggestion.

[@grantlouw3182]

“800 mile is a typical day trip in the US” - hilarious Kyle!

[@KiRiTO72987]

Hell I drove /rode motorcycle 80 miles one way to work for two months while looking for an apartment closer to my work and hated it.

[@daveduncan2748]

For a cross country roadtrip? Yeah, I'm gonna drive as far as I can. 800 miles is pretty much a full day of driving.

[@tjs114]

800 miles is about 11 hours of driving. Not uncommon when driving long distances West of the Mississippi. When I used to have to make trips to Iowa to deal with family situations, I always went about 800 miles the first day- always stopped in Evanston, Wyoming after leaving the San Francisco east bay. Second day stop was Lincoln, Nebraska and the final day was only a 4 hour trip into my destination in Iowa.

[@deansmits006]

​@@daveduncan2748that kind of day is for people in their 20s, and 2 shifts. I went 555 miles with breaks, and that was a rough day. Just being in a car for 10 hours, driving or not, is hard

[@dpb22]

This is not unusual at all for US drivers. I've done plenty of days over 12 hours driving.

[@Alexdiaz727]

Rivian team is still treating it like the last race still. Turning off Rivian chargers stops, wet rag on the handle trick. The average person is not going to do that. Thought the whole point of the return trip was to be more of the average user experience. Also "The model X left. Lets unplug early." Right after saying you're going to wait for it to say 0 mins. Route planner said to charge for another minute.

[@Cyrribrae]

To be fair, the average rivian owner is probably more likely to do those things than most Mercedes or even tesla owners. And Kyle even said that it was more acceptable for the rivian team to do something like the wet rag whereas you wouldn't expect to see a Mercedes doing it. But these are all impressions anyway. Do we really know the "demographic" for the Ev9 road tripper?

[@herbys68]

They might not turn off Rivian chargers, but most drivers, upon seeing a slow charger being picked would just remove that charger and pick another one. Since the result is the same, I think it's a valid substitution.

[@DrinkWhiskeyRaiseHell]

There were also scenes where they were doing 90mph in the rivian.

[@Jester4kicks]

43:15 Hey that’s me in the iX! I thought I recognized Max and Dom when we stopped! I would have chatted a bit more but it was friggin HOT in Mesquite!

[@iMaxPatten]

Next time 😊

[@SpottedSharks]

Great series!

[@davidkirkpatrick8343]

For the Rivian, to get to the option where you select arrival charge percent and miles, when you search up an address, don't hit go. If you touch the address instead of go, you get that option available to you.

[@comiken205]

The Model X won. Kyle is way too competitive to be subjective. They didn’t know how to get in the garage and he’s been there quite a million times. In spirit and technically X won.

[@callmecue]

Model X won the first race. Give it up Kyle. 😉

[@cbrock66]

Maybe if Kyle had told the two people who had never been there before where they needed to go….

[@dank_fx]

That's the biggest thing that annoys me so much about him.. He can never lose, there is always something that he has to come up with to be the winner.. At first I thought it was a joke, but then I look at everyone else's reactions and he just constantly goes on and on for multiple videos about it .

[@zguy95135]

@@dank_fxhe always picks the car he thinks is gonna win and then is the sweatiest driver (no pun intended for the last race).

[@Stephen_B_63]

For sure, started as a joke and now just comes off as a whiny baby

[@jeffbransky7966]

He always picks the car that he thinks will give him the edge. Also, he usually does not share his knowledge until after the event. This test was a little different because of the agreed upon criteria that all cars would follow.

[@SpottedSharks]

Give it up, Kyle. You lost the race to Vegas in both spirit and technically.

[@kng128]

YES! Ryan and Lacey were driving the garage around looking for the chargers for a while before Kyle pulled in.

[@RedvinezYGO]

ikr, I've gotten confused in that same area cause there are a several different parking lots for the same hotel that are all next to each other.

[@SparkySho]

Go play video games

[@Dangerspeed862]

@@SparkyShowho tf asked you?? Their right!

[@dillonh321]

@@Dangerspeed862 *they’re

[@BremboT]

The way my bladder is set up, EV9 route planner is gold! As for the target customers with large families, I suspect more short stops would be valued.

[@christophersiano969]

I'm stuck here with COVID. Thank you for a long and fun video. Couple penalties should be assessed. 1) unplugging another car 2) resetting route planning with no reason 3) switching chargers - most people trip few times and would have no idea what is normal 4) towel on charge handle 5) making assumptions on terrain An interesting "race" would be to have 5-6 average vehicles (model y, model 3, Kia, etc) and recruit people who are EV curious, but don't really know them. Put two in each vehicle with 1 OOS camera/expert in the back. The expert is only to help with basic car things like setting the route, operating the controls, etc. Basically nothing more than your average manual type help and to prevent any serious errors. Then, see how the teams do from like LA to Phoenix or Houston to Memphis - a route the OOS people don't really know. Then, let the hilarity begin. I suspect that you will discover a bunch of assumptions you all make that a new driver would not. Heck, I'd even go as far as not telling the team's how various chargers work, get paid, etc. What truly is the learning curve?

[@lowfuel6089]

Great vid. I actually find it kind of interesting and amusing that the result wasn't too far off the time it took to get to Vegas, and was probably more comfortable, too.

[@Caspar0s]

That was quite eye opening. Just following the plan and optimizing everything only had 15 min difference? A full time for both races/all cars with charging times etc would be great.

[@OffgridApartment]

It’s not that I wouldn’t draft a truck, but I wouldn’t turn the AC off. Also, it’s clear that Tesla won with the use of AC so why not mandate it for everyone in the race? Race authorities implement arbitrary rules all the time.

[@astewart1900]

I drive a 2018 Tesla Model 3 LR. I do road trips, often with a kayak on the car roof or pulling a Sylvan Sport Go tent camper behind. Often the camper also has a kayak or two on top. Obviously the navigation system has no way of knowing any of this when the trip is begun, but I’ve found that it adapts and delivers fairly accurate range and charge level predictions in all cases. I’ve also learned that configuration makes a big range difference. Never put a boat on the roof of the car while pulling the trailer! Huge energy consumption. But a boat on top of this low profile trailer adds little to energy consumption... I slow down to 65 mph when pulling or car topping and get close to the same range as an unladen car at 75 mph.

[@gwennbezard7396]

Good to hear about the trailer. What types of kayaks are you referring to, though? Rec kayak, sea kayaks or whitewater? And what’s the hit on your range when towing the kayak vs no towing/no car topping

[@dennisschlieckau8723]

Model X won getting to Vegas period! Going to the wrong parking garage was driver error due to unfamiliarity with the actual finish location.

[@theMotherofPandas]

Yes and the Tesla team had time to drive to another parking garage before the Mercedes arrived. Not to mention it sounded like the girl didn't use any form of cruise control when she drove the Tesla, if that's true who knows how much time and power that wasted.

[@jarrodf_]

As Kyle says from the outset. If there's a group more snowflak-ish than Tesla fanboys, I've not met them.

[@zguy95135]

@@jarrodf_idc if one of the other cars won, Kyle is just such a sore loser and always needs to win. I get it, I’m hyper competitive too but he’s just so annoying about it sometimes.

[@CountVonC4]

Spoilers dude!

[@jarrodf_]

@@zguy95135 You proved my point

[@JustinKelly]

OOS - "Always be charging" Kia - "ok" 😂

[@BillyONeal]

1:30:00 the EV9 folks might have problematic route planning but they’re clearly enjoying this trip much more than barely making it places on the way *to* Vegas

[@yournumberonepal]

They were definitely unfamiliar with the car on the trip to Vegas. The Kia route planner seems to be AGGRESSIVELY conservative.

[@BillyONeal]

@@yournumberonepal Yeah, clearly should be better. But I’d still take this over arriving below zero :)

[@KingOfKYA]

with that ea anoncment of 80% they need to also install some level 2 chargers for the 100% people i think.

[@michaelrichter2528]

from one extreme to the other

[@danmobile]

@@michaelrichter2528 Yep The Kia is fine if you know something about charging and EV road trips and especially if you know your main/favorite chargers. But for someone to just press the button and follow the instructions it would be slow. I guess if you over-rely on it, it's always a problem, and no matter what would be more frustrating/slower than a Tesla planned trip. Can't blame them on the first race, it was an actual race. This is more like a test.

[@davemayo70]

I leased a ‘24 EQS SUV in late April and I’ve done a few road trips so far. Thank you for this incredibly informative video. I learned so much about my car from watching you guys drive it in this video.

[@eagleflight06]

I have a 24 EV9 GT-Line with the 99.8 kWh battery. It is such an absolutely great road tripping vehicle for the family, the monster charging cannot be understated. The team is right here though, the onboard route planning is way too overly conservative, and that combined with the inability to adjust any parameters is frustrating. Most of the time i’ll throw the destination in there see what it spits out, and then just use a little bit of logic and brain power to figure out where I really need to stop. I should say, though I’ve never seen it have me stop at 40 or 50% like you guys had. The highest I’ve ever had it tell me to stop was 30%. I wonder if the mountains played into it being insanely conservative, I live in a pretty flat part of the country

[@luisPcordeiro]

I did a trip to Portugal to the Netherlands in my EV9 and I was a bit confused with the prompts the navigation did. I think there's space to improve it. It recalculated the stops often and sometimes the planning vanished. The problem was probably me, but I was a bit confused and I have used EV before. I also had EV6 before, so I guess I was comparing the system and the navigation behavior was a bit different (the preconditioning was great)

[@patrickhornacek8593]

Model Xtrodinary continues to dominate. 💪 Love it guys, keep up the good work.

[@SpottedSharks]

Jordan - another awesome editing job!

[@MoppelMat]

AC off again??? You tinkered with it!

[@KiRiTO72987]

I mean the route planner literally asked them to turn their AC off

[@jessechasman2477]

EV9 Land owner here. Can confirm the dismal route planning. Ominous warnings the car would not have enough power from SAV to CHS destination several weeks ago..ignored and arrived at 9%. Overall, love the car except software, including route planning, which is probably beyond OTA fixes and just needs a complete overhaul. Great vid.

[@GenieFarms]

How is the car otherwise? Do you recommend it? I love the sounds of nature tracks but really considering this car.

[@SparkySho]

Ty for sharing

[@jessechasman2477]

@@GenieFarms I really really love it despite the really, really bad software. Build quality is outstanding, its business class comfort across all three rows, the range and charging are impressive. It’s just the software that’s a nuisance.

[@luisPcordeiro]

​@GenieFarms I have one since March. I drove already 15,000 Km with it. Drove from Portugal to the Netherlands. It's an amazing car! About the navigation, I need to read the manual better, some behaviors or maybe the prompts translation makes me think twice. I usually just pick my charging spots. I know how the car behaves and the way it consumes according to road condition. I would say that the navigation software is not probably for the casual user, but I admit that maybe I'm overthinking a bit.

[@BroncoPH]

General thoughts after finishing. The Tesla isn’t the greatest at anything just the most consistent across all aspects. This is why people will continue to choose Tesla over the arguably better equipped competition. Kyle was way too nice to the Mercedes. This is an amazing car with some absolutely gigantic software flaws. The demographic of the average Mercedes new car buyer would never accept screens shutting down while driving. That to me was the single most ridiculous measure to save energy I’ve ever seen an EV resort to. If my Dad were driving that car he would assume the car was in catastrophic electrical failure and immediately pull over. If your family is in the car, range anxiety skyrockets. I’ll give the Kia EV9 credit. It’s clearly tuned to ensure that anyone driving it will never feel the stress of range anxiety and regardless of what people who drive EVs all the time know to be true, range anxiety is absolutely a real thing for the rest of the early adopter EV population. Given the fact that you will likely have kids in the car as well, I don’t have a problem with the EV9 being so conservative that they nearly guarantee a family driving in their car won’t feel the stress. The Rivian disappointed me the most. Even when allowing a driver to set a very uncomfortable arrival percentage for the average driver it still couldn’t deliver. No need to beat a dead horse since Jordan did a great job articulating its challenges but it’s really hard to justify spending the money for the biggest battery pack that is limited by some of the strangest charging and weird navigation. The R1S feels just a little bit lost at the moment but if it just matched the charging performance of really any of the other vehicles could change its future entirely. R1S is my choice of vehicle of all of these, just not right now. Great video. Love where big EV is going.

[@adamsinger4657]

As a current EV9 owner, you give the nav way too much credit. It is likely just a derivative of one from their ICE vehicles and is near worthless for road trips. The high frequency of stops is just because the logic is light years behind the other vehicles. With that being said, the EV9 is an incredible car despite those limitations.

[@uludak8468]

this is truely a point considering how often DC chargers are broken and you might need enough buffer to make it to the next station

[@captain8792]

Tesla hater

[@GenieFarms]

What do you love about your EV9? I'm considering one​@@adamsinger4657

[@tbell7196]

Google maps now has a vehicle type option, love to see a rode trip with using this function to see if it is as good as the built in map planners.

[@UnnDunn]

Google Maps on your phone will not add charging stops automatically. It will only do that if it’s built in to the car.

[@fleecystheking]

Max : the Koreans have a simple system as far as turning the car on/off/putting it in P. Push the Start button while holding the brake. Twist to D. Drive. The parking brake is automatic, no need to deal with it. To stop : push the Start button. It puts the car in P automatically and applies the parking brake on its own. Done. The only reason to push P is to unlock the doors, or keep the car running while stopped. You’re overthinking this!

[@vegajf51]

I think his complaint is why do you need to turn it on or off at all? Should be just put in drive to go, put in park to stop.

[@fleecystheking]

@@vegajf51 I like knowing the status of my car. I turned it off manually so I know it’s off. I’ll turn it on when I want to. Would I like a bit more logic in there, so it turns off if I forget to do it when I exit and lock it with the key outside the car? Of course. But the presence of a Start/Stop button is good, in my opinion.

[@robertvass4015]

Yep😊

[@vegajf51]

@@fleecysthekingnot saying your opinion is wrong but it isn’t how Tesla and other EV’s do it which is why he complained.

[@fleecystheking]

@@vegajf51 He complained because he has more experience driving EVs without Start buttons, of which there are some, but not that many (Teslas, Rivians, GM Ultium and a few others). I’m weird like that : I like to have control over my stuff. I’ve been able to start and stop my cars myself for over 20 years. No need to change what works.

[@cydeweyz]

EV9 after charging, you don’t have to turn the car off. Just put your foot on the brake, press the start button, then you can put it into drive.

[@luisPcordeiro]

I confirm this. And it makes sense.

[@Kee_Didnt]

Doing the lords work. Can't overstate how important this data is for developing the EV industry. Really important from an accountability perspective!

[@katherinesilens2994]

Unfortunately, there is too much cheating and optimization in this run. Used Google nav at one point, unplugged other cars, used charger tricks, speeding, utterly not represemtative of the real differences in inbuilt nav quality and the experience of the layman consumer. It's an important dataset, and they just about trashed it out of a desire to win over a desire to report accurate results.

[@medvedwanders9627]

I gotta say I was skeptical watching a 3 hour video, but I can truly appreciate what you do now. As someone who is considering to buy an electric one day this shows real world in a way that no other car review can. Keep up the good work!

[@Reos1]

Mercedes driver isn't going to turn of the AC. Car gave you a prompt, you chose the out of spec setting for a few minutes. 1:20:54

[@reatilekoketsomolatlhegi1068]

I kid you not. I watched every minute of this but in 2 parts through the day 😂

[@dadams5040]

At work day before thanksgiving… best use of time these long videos to and back from Vegas and training videos win win

[@vhol93]

Great summary at the end Jordan

[@bavariancarenthusiast2722]

Still watching over - not speeding forward which I normally do with not so interesting posts - this is a great format and I am learning a lot compared. Amazing how close all those car already - in normal life the difference wouldn't matter that much. I remember well that Tesla was the only game in town. Awesome "race to Vegas" and back, thank you guys I really enjoyed it.

[@777Outrigger]

I would do it, but my wife won't let me. I had to struggle to get her to believe that arriving at the Trinidad, Co Supercharger with 14% battery was ok. Even the Tesla Navigation was trying to get me to stop at Pueblo, Co for a charge. ...And being hot or cold to increase range is right out. 😄

[@darwking8188]

Why am I so upset that Team Rivian got screwed at Greenriver. The sequel "Escape from Greenriver" always delivers

[@TheReal_JG]

Yea, both Tesla and EA need to update their chargers in Green River, both for the sake of OOS trips and that this town is a crucial point between the next biggest cities of Grand Junction, CO to the east and Salina, UT to the west.

[@lowfuel6089]

If you watch closely, when the Rivian was trying to plug in to 03, Kyle accidentally activated 03 from the Mercedes. It throws both cars off a bit, so not the end of the world, but it costs the Rivian a few minutes.

[@SpottedSharks]

@@TheReal_JG Great point. If I were EA or Tesla, I would prioritize upgrading the whole Denver-to-Vegas route just so their networks would shine in the OOS races.

[@ByTesla237]

Enjoyed it as always. Jordan did whatever he wanted and did not follow the route planner. He removed rivian chargers which most people wouldn’t do that. He was the only one who cancelled re ran the router software on multiple occasions. Guess I’m saying Jordan was a charger.

[@fiehlsport]

I think you’re saying he’s a cheater, not a charger 😂

[@ByTesla237]

@@fiehlsport haha - exactly :)

[@davidlabelle3904]

Model X win the first race big time. They drive with A/C all the time super chill while you were cooking hardcore with no A/C in the Mercedes and being drag behind a big truck. Th 5th floor endline is BS big time.

[@michaelsmithers4900]

I like how the Rivian guys cheat right off the bat 😂😂😂

[@schmeltz]

I got excited when this video was announced.. but this is not the video I was hoping for. Their competitive egos skewed the results here. The wet rags, squeeling tires, panicking plugging in/unplugging, blocking each other, turning AC off while charging, unplugging other people cars. Also I’d suggest staggering the start times by an hour so you guys aren’t getting at chargers at the some time, more time trial style.

[@Thatguy-yv3co]

And I'll watch every second! Love the longer content on this channel

[@supergeek02468]

18:40 “800 miles is a pretty normal day drive here in America” Makes it sound like a daily commute 🤣 For our European friends, it’s a normal *road tripping* day.

[@badbasic]

I can assure you, 800 miles in a day is not a normal road trip here. The most I ever did is around 700 miles in a single day, everything over that I would strongly consider breaking it up into 2 days. Most people I know are of a similar mindset. Maybe a special case, like Zagreb to Legoland Bilund, because it's mostly Autobahn with no speed limit.

[@daviidfm923]

lol most Americans fly anything over like 300

[@marcusrose5943]

No the F it's not

[@supergeek02468]

lol, seems more controversial! I’m up in the PNW, so stuff is spread apart. I consider 800 miles about the upper limit for a comfortable day driving. I’ve done 1000 mile days in an EV and it’s a lot. 600 and below give you time to make stops and really enjoy the trip. I’ve done Seattle to SF and back a few times and that’s a nice day. I usually have time for a nice hour hike along the way :D It’s 70mph limits through those wide open roads and everyone’s going 85, so 800 miles is 10 hours of moving time.

[@Cyrribrae]

It's an acceptable road tripping day. Not standard by any means. When driving multiple days, it depends how good the cruise control is to determine how much energy I have to make long drives

[@MarcoPon]

Fantastic work! No other channel, website, magazine, tv program, etc. would dare do anything remotely like this! Thx!

[@SparkySho]

Lack of big balls

[@Skeppyberry]

Whole damn movie. Happy I sat through it. Fantastic video.

[@adjust.clinic]

The NPC Chevy Bolt taking up the 350kW space is hilarious.

[@PJWey]

Perfect example of my Kempower have the best strategy. Lots of plugs all balanced

[@kens97sto171]

I find EA does weird things with my bolt.. sometimes session errors, the safety latch doesn't latch always.. you end up swapping chargers.. No idea why. don't have that issues with EV Go, and Francis Energy or others. the charger handles are different.

[@KiRiTO72987]

​@@kens97sto171 I honestly believe that EA just doesn't care, they only exist as a punishment for VW being caught cheating on emissions requirements and it shows in how poorly and lazily EA handles maintenance and deployment

[@kng128]

YES!! I've been waiting for this to post! My wife and kids are visiting family out of state today. Guess what I'm up to - you guessed it - Out of Spec Motoring!

[@joelmontoy9735]

Thanks for this. Been looking forward to seeing how each car route planner works for us non out of spec people.

[@darinbrazil5496]

The most interesting spec here is that the route planning in the Mercedes was only 13 minuets slower than the "Out of spec way" of charging. Not saving much time and less comfortable and more stressful with the "Out of spec way" and definitely more comfortable and less stressful with the "Mercedes rout planning way" or any route planning way other than the Kia which needs some work obviously.

[@stevenichols4639]

I’ve been waiting for this video for several years. I think most people who buy an EV are going to use their route planner and I think it’s important to know if it works.

[@joel89039]

After having owned 5 EVs I can confidently say Tesla is the only one I just trust. Chevy and Hyundai/Kia are awful. Ford sorta works. Tesla is pretty good. Tesla seems to be the only one to take speed, wind, and elevation into account properly.

[@305dreamhonda]

Nice! Great summary at the end, good job! Good stuff!

[@tb0ne315]

Kyle, why do you wear a hoodie in the desert in the summer?

[@dudefjdfkhllkj]

he has a persona to maintain

[@Hunterisadumb]

why not is the true question

[@therealbettyswollocks]

Kyle is Mr. Hoodie.

[@halopartiska2]

That is, sir, a million kWh question I am also wondering about.

[@dennisschlieckau8723]

@@dudefjdfkhllkj It’s like Jay Leno and his classic Blue Denim shirts from the 90’s.

[@slickjolly]

Love your channel! Thanks for all of this awesome work!

[@SpottedSharks]

The area around St. George has fascinating geology. It's an intersection of the Colorado Plateau, the Nevada Basin, and the Mojave Desert and has elements of each.

[@BroncoPH]

Love this area. Some of the most beautiful canyons in the whole country. Hot AF though.

[@allanmurphy7474]

I-70 through the San Rafael in the middle of Utah is in my opinion one of the most beautiful stretches of highway in the USA. Thanks for sharing it with us. Cheers

[@lowfuel6089]

I think Kyle accidentally activated 03 instead of 02 at green river, and thats what caused both cars to hiccup

[@ElectricAdventurer]

I had a Tesla 3, and now own a Y and did many road trips. In sections where there's low or no reception the Tesla's GPS does glitch out, where it makes zero cents and makes you very anxious and could get you lost. It's the multiple destinations that confuses the GPS. What you need to do when it glitches is just pick one reachable destination, like if the destination is very long and it tells you to stop multiple times to charge, cancel the trip and just only put in that first destination it wants you to charge at. If you leave it as is and you run into an area with no signal, it will freak out/glitch and change routes and could get you lost/stranded.

[@newscoulomb3705]

I definitely pushback on the idea that road tripping in an EV is hard. For the last 7 years, all I've done is enter the destination in Google Maps, and I either choose a specific waypoint along the way or enter the final destination. From there, I simply use voice commands to locate chargers along the way and add them to my navigation. Outside of few minutes to pre-check the route on PlugShare to make sure there are no surprises along the route, I literally don't do any other planning. I've only had to turn off AC twice in those 7 years, and both times were because the primary charging location was full and I needed to stretch to the secondary location.

[@joergfrese8146]

Me 2

[@yournumberonepal]

I've turned off the AC and drove 50 mph in a gas car to make it to a gas station before. 😂

[@loriallen67]

Epic. Great video highlighting the differences of the strategies of route planning. Also, fun to watch. 🎉 Team Tesla (Ryan/Lacey)

[@parkermaupin2930]

Looks like Kyle sabotaged the rivians charging session in green river 😂

[@kmuller192]

Came to say this too! The Mercedes should snap to the chargers better to prevent the accidental scroll to the wrong one

[@mattbell87]

Ryans waving during the Mercedes route planner scene 😂

[@bryceweber8875]

Great work you guys! Just did some of that route on our road trip, MYLR. STG through Denver and points east and then back. The view points in San Rafael swell are all amazing, glad to see the Kia enjoying the views!

[@amigajoe]

Love the Mercedes lighting - both inside the cabin, and the extra led headlight features.

[@thedr2024]

Love these videos! One suggestion is to calculate the cost of such roadtrips in $ value. I imagine this would be valuable to potential buyers.

[@gravelngravity]

The EV9 route plans are as you say a little odd. I have noticed that it always wants to charge to the max settings you have chosen so I have lowered mine to 70% on roadtrips, but still it wants to stop way to early. Also mine charges the fastest if you stop at 15%, under 10% and it will take forever to get those 210kW and when you reach the peak it will start to go back again, as soon as at 65% on some occasions. Mine is a euro GT line and it’s an absolute fantastic car.

[@GenieFarms]

How else do you love the EV9? I'm considering it highly.

[@austin2planks]

That was my guess that the charge limit must have been set to 80% so it will always want to charge to that.

[@austin2planks]

Which can't be optimal, it's going to force some odd decisions

[@Infantry4Life.WarFighters]

Love road trips. So cool to see the wonderful roads

[@foys777]

Wow! Just finished watching this nearly 3 hours video in one sitting. Thank you Out Of Spec for educating and entertaining. By the way I’m with team Food.😂

[@West_Anderson]

This is the real kind of test we want! Perfect to see what real world representations are.

[@bfvader]

On the Kia choosing "fastest" sets the route planning to the equivalent of "short but many" on ABRP - which is likely what you'd want with two rows of screaming kids behind you. "Most Economical" would set the route planning to ABRP's "Few but long" equivalent.

[@iMaxPatten]

Yeah it's a language/display issue! Cool that there are options at least.

[@chuckhursch5374]

Thanks for all the drama! Out of Spec is my go-to for learning charging tips and tricks…

[@Bo-electric]

As an ordinary person you don't run out for connecting the cable and you don't use any wet towel. It's not a race, it's a long drive only.

[@ronald4life1]

Mercedes integration with EA is impressive. VW group needs to step it up with their own cars!

[@godfreja]

I would love to see A Better Route Planner (and other app options) included in a video like this.

[@brianpletcher8055]

I feel like the wrapping the handle with wet rag isn't the spirit of this test.

[@LeesReviews69]

I can’t believe I’ve watched most of these the last 4 months, on regular speed,in their entirety

[@rengle3]

For those cars that have google maps or apple maps integration, any chance of testing how much better those do?

[@adamchalom3872]

the problem is they sometimes don’t connect to battery preconditioning, and not all cars allow you to manually precondition for faster charging before arriving at the charger. At least that’s the case in my MachE, where navigating to a charger with the in-car system DOES precondition.

[@cordkretzschmar5693]

If KIA Software in the Kia EV 6 and 9 are the same, you should adjust your minmum Charging in the Software. None, 50, 100 or 150+KW. You should do this. otherwise it sends you to the nearest, even if it is a 22kw Charger and a 300kw Charger is only 800 m (yards) "far" away. But you can set your EV information for consumption with all details. engine, clima, "light", battery etc. in a split screen. After nearly 2 years of owning a Kia EV 6 and three Software updates, still no good roadplaning yet but at least some kind of. I do not expect great improvements anymore. But if you do planing on your own. I guess can be a relative good car for long trips, because of fast charging. Nice to see what other brands offer.

[@GenieFarms]

What's your highest & average range that you've gotten on your EV6?

[@cordkretzschmar5693]

@@GenieFarms It really depends on speed. So from 150 miles to 300 miles. My average consum of energy was 20,6KWH pro 100km on the last 25.000km. 1mile=1.6 km Lowest was 12kwh/100km at City driving. But up to 30kwh speeding 160km/h (100miles/h) or more.

[@johndavis7257]

Giving Kyle the leg up doomed the Rivian, team was too nice. Needed more Max “I will take your charger” energy 😂

[@Breakdawalls]

really liked this real life test of using the car system to work out what to do

[@Mathingon]

The Mercedes does look super comfortable

[@pingumy]

Love the “side character” team. They have such interesting interactions 😊

[@justanotherguy7798]

Nice job Jordan!

[@TheEnVious17]

Love seeing the guys in the R1S listening to the carmudgen podcast

[@apferrando]

That Mercedes has beautiful ambient lighting inside. That was full on night club/gentlemen's club mode.

[@voldar70]

Not sure why the Tesla X team didn’t use the TACC only when the AP wasn’t available ? Just swap the one pull to two pulls and use the TACC only. You could have the speed in check. Oh well 😅

[@chengcao418]

Could be they turned on one pull AP activation or something lol or they could be just not that used to all the details in Teslas

[@matthewnelson5680]

My X has done this twice. TACC and regular CC are offline. I finally googled it, and I had to do a full shutdown of the car, lock it, and walk away for a few minutes. That brought it all back.

[@stephenmiller6690]

You can also do a camera calibration via the Service Menu I believe. It just deletes the current calibration and then starts over. Usually completes pretty fast though Tesla says it can take up to 100 miles.

[@KiRiTO72987]

​@@stephenmiller6690which is what the Tesla team did to fix it in this they went into service mode at a stop to reset it

[@TheMattdawg19]

Was waiting on this!!!!

[@soumilkadam9310]

Wondering how a race between Leaf, Bolt & Kona would be, the budget EVs! Doesn't have to be all the way to Vegas, but may be a closer destination!

[@marcwanagas1234]

The Leaf and bolt max out at 50kW… the Kona does 77. None are road trip cars, but the difference in charge rates would be decisive with the slower charging.

[@DblOSmith]

Yeah, don't unplug anyone else's car. That's not good. It doesn't matter if you hurt them. You don't determine if someone else is hurt. Let them rack up idle charges or whatever.

[@BadL_]

I don’t know why ryan still uses Autopilot instead of FSD because on the highway its is smoother, and you can turn off lane changes which means it does the same thing as Autopilot. Newest version is also hands free

[@JeffWusch]

GIVE FRANCIE THE EQS!!!!! Common commenters, lets bump this to the top!!!

[@Cyrribrae]

She wanted the rivian, I think, no?

[@JeffWusch]

@@Cyrribrae Truck ask, I say give her the Cyber truck Raffiki in the back cruising in the stainless steel, oh yeah

[@tomm5936]

Francie suggested the Rivian and I believe Kyle said OK. He cannot give her the Mercedes, it’s not his car, it’s a loaner and she needs it for a longer time.

[@fiehlsport]

She got his Model 3 to take back home

[@SparkySho]

Give th queen of oos podcast EXACTLY wtf she WANTS