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I drove my green insanity shitbox pinto EV aka BigControlSystem today and tried the FSD for the first time. I let it take me to work. Did pretty well. I turned it off on a longer boring stretch because it was going a bit slower than the flow of traffic. I prefer to drive. I've a month to experiment with it though.
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Electric vehicle explodes inside Boulder garage: 'Sounded like an aircraft had crashed'
Everyone evacuated safely Saturday morning after an electric vehicle started smoking and exploded in a garage. Once on the scene, fire crews requested additional support after the vehicle exploded. “Firefighters remain on scene ventilating the home that filled with smoke during the incident and working to remove the vehicles safely from the garage,” said Boulder Fire-Rescue on social media. https://www.denver7.com/news/local-n...boulder-garage Not a April fools but fools are involved. |
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Why plug-in hybrids consume (much) more fuel than expected
A recent study published by the European Commission reports that plug-in hybrid cars are actually considerably more polluting than carmakers claim. On average, they produce around 3.5 times the emissions that they theoretically should, with drivers using more fuel than initially estimated. To explain this difference, the report points out that drivers don't typically use these hybrids in electric mode as often as they could, whereas in testing, the automakers use them in an optimized way. Owners of these vehicles make much more medium- to long-distance journeys on secondary or trunk roads, where the combustion engine is put to work, rather than at low speeds in town, where the electric motor takes over. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...9c1d365a&ei=19 Lugging around 800lbs of batteries increases fuel consumption. Who Knew? |
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The manufacturers can do a better job for sure to make these things known to the consumer and make their vehicles more user friendly to even the lowest common denominator as well. Not everyone is going to be a techno nerd willing to spend time diving through the menus. Yes I’m in the market for a PHEV to replace the family X5, because as I preached many times, use case works for me. And you can damn well know it I’d be spending maybe just 10-20 minutes to make best use of an expensive purchase
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It's interesting how this thread has just become more and more of a political bitch session by those that hate EVs and being upset about the "Green Grift" or whatever the F that means. This thread stinks more and more of politics and the anger of one particular politcal party based on the those I see starting to respond more and more. Sad that it always comes down to this crap. So much for debating, listening, and compromise.
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This thread is more and more political, to you? W T H do you think the problem for millions of people is? Political force bs, that's what. Geez. * Not one post have I bashed ev's. Not one post bashing ev owners. I don't give 2 pistachios as to what people want to drive. Go for it. Do what you want... WHILE YOU STILL CAN. Prescribing what I should/must drive is the thorn.
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My beliefs are on Hybrids and sustainable fuel using same old ICE's
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Would-be Tesla buyers snub company as Musk's reputation dips
Mon, Apr 1, 2024 Caliber's "consideration score" for Tesla, provided exclusively to Reuters, fell to 31% in February, less than half its high of 70% in November 2021 when it started tracking consumer interest in the brand. Tesla's consideration score fell 8 percentage points from January alone even as Caliber's scores for Mercedes, BMW and Audi, which produce gas as well as EV models, inched up during that same period, reaching 44-47%. Reuters spoke to five marketing, polling and car experts who said controversies surrounding Musk's increasingly right-wing politics and public statements are weighing on Tesla's brand and demand. "It is hard enough to win sales without getting into politics," said Tim Calkins, a marketing professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance found Tesla's reputation fell in 2023 in the United States, the Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, and Australia. Tesla's reputation did not suffer in China, where access to news on the company and its CEO may have been limited, and Germany. Kat Beyer, a climate activist in Wisconsin, said she wanted to avoid Tesla because of Musk's support for Republicans, but wound up buying a Model Y last year because of a lack of EVs with reliable charging infrastructure. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla...100751111.html So it really is about politics when it comes to one particular group. I guess since Musk is now a right-wing zellot I should run right out and buy a Tesla. When Pigs fly. |
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I consider most "Hybrids" the worst of both worlds. We can do so much better. When battery technology gets away from dangerous and environmentally damaging batteries and systems are developed that run the ICE in conjunction with the EV power we may be getting somewhere. When this combination allows small displacement turbos combined with EV's to have the range of a ICE and the horse power and torque of a far greater displacement ICE I might be a buyer. As long as the company shares my political views.
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On top of the sun setting of the ICE by California legislation beginning in 2026 and finishing to 100% in 2035, with possibly 17 other "CARB" states following along. So why would the discussion not be political. Last edited by Efthreeoh; 04-02-2024 at 04:11 AM.. |
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Nope, not political at all |
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