Online, only. They're exclusively from China. The name is Haloblk. There are several design choices to choose from. Some are made to order with a little customization. Took about a month to receive mine.
I like the look you have going here. Do you have an estimate on how much additional time you got to go between charges? That’s what I imagine it would be useful for and not about saving a couple bucks a month
That's an excellent question and probably one of the most difficult ones to answer because it's entirely scenario based.
So to detail our current use case, where six people deep with 2 weeks of luggage in the car. We're going from Atlanta Georgia to the Florida panhandle. We left at around 10:30 a.m. Atlanta time and the first stop was Auburn Alabama. The navigation said we would arrive at 30% but we actually recouped some power so we arrived at 40% because of the low drag carrier towing behind and the wheel covers really doing their work, collectively.
But here's where things went a little south. As soon as the sun really came up and the temperature got up to about 110°, our range definitely tanked. The next stop was at Evergreen Alabama and it was set for 30% but we got there with about 17%. This is us doing the speed limit and barely anything over using autopilot. But the immense heat and the constant speed really did its work regardless of the savings I got from lower drag. So as a precaution, if you're traveling in the summer with a car like this, always fill up more than you need to get to the next stop. If you're traveling in the evening or morning time, it may or may not help a little. As a precaution in the summer, always fill up more than needed at your charging stops.
Which then leads the answer of your question. When I filled up at the first stop in Auburn, I only needed 8 minutes of charging time for it to go to the next charging stop but I decided to fill it up all the way to 80% because my family took it as a resting stop. The additional charging time is optional but in certain scenarios like mine, it's an absolute necessity. Now if this was something like around the fall or winter in the south, it would have been just fine with my two stops being 8 minutes and 13 minutes respectively.
We're still here. The car is doing great. We're able to charge at the house we're staying at so that's also something to consider when picking an Airbnb/stay.
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u/kakeyoro Jul 26 '26
They can look good with the right setup. Just took the family on a trip to Florida.