DogWhisperer
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I don't really know anything about electric cars but the guys who said he had 200.000 miles in 6 years is averaging about 33,000 per year. That's a crap ton of driving and maybe a longer time charging.
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glhs837
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I was speaking specifically about the Lightning. Ford decided to do a rush conversion job to be first EV pickup to market. To make that work, they made a horribly inefficient truck. But yeah, getting the first wave from any maker not the best idea.
Clem72
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It's only just over 100 miles a day, 5 days a week. That wouldn't be hard to do even with a level 1 charger.
And it's not that much driving. I used to have a 90 mile 1-way commute to work (for about 5 years). Though it was almost entirely 4-5 lane per side highway with everyone driving 80+mph so it wasn't as bad as a 5 mile commute in LA.
Democrats' favorite green mode of transportation is causing explosions, death
In 2022, e-bikes were responsible for an estimated 220 fires, up more than 100% year-over-year, and six deaths, according to the New York Fire Department (FDNY). Already this year, there have been 59 fires, more than three dozen injuries and five deaths in New York City as a result of e-bike battery fires.
"These are incredibly dangerous devices if they are unregulated or used improperly," New York City Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said during a public safety in February. "They show an enormous amount of fire when they catch fire — they often present an immediate inability to exit one's room or one's apartment or one's home."
"We're going to come at this from every angle of enforcement, but also want to do community outreach and will be in every community working with every stakeholder," she continued.
In the most recent example of a catastrophic fire from an e-bike battery, two children were killed Monday in Queens, New York. FDNY Chief of Department John Hodgens said that, while firefighters arrived to the scene quickly, the violent nature of lithium-ion battery-triggered fires makes it harder to quell.
glhs837
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Yep, shitty batteries will cause problems.
The $25,000 electric vehicle is coming, with big implications for the auto market and car buyers
From the headlines, car buyers might think the most important force driving down the cost of electric vehicles is the $7,500 tax credit that was expanded last summer, followed by Tesla’s recent aggressive cost-cutting to gain more market share.
Look closer, and the work auto companies are doing themselves to refine EV technology — and, crucially, new manufacturing processes — loom as an even bigger deal. And that’s resulting in a series of newly-announced and coming-soon models that will make EVs much cheaper, and more mainstream, highlighted by Tesla’s first detailed public explanation of how its next-generation car due next year will come at a lower price tag, expected to start between $25,000 and $30,000.
The rise of the mass-market EV will be a milestone — environmentally, economically, financially and even politically. And as the Biden administration pushes changes that seek to aggressively remake the car market in favor of EVs more quickly than previously anticipated.
glhs837
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I'm really curious about the Equinox. Given GMs been selling the Bolt for a loss forever, I'm not sure how they can pull off the Equinox at that price point. Tesla has three things going for it in the "25K Car"
1. Purportedly, this vehicle will be the one to feature an entirely cast subframe. Nobody else is close with the large castings.
2, The structural battery pack. The first gen in the Model Y not super impressive from a capacity standpoint, but what Tesla does so well is iterate rapidly. Expect more capacity and quicker charge times.
3. This new body assembly method. IT sounds super dry and dull, but so does lining your factory with 100 loading docks down the side so that parts and material go right from the wall closest to where they are needed directly to the point of need. "Big deal, you reduced the size of the Receiving department." But no, what you've done is reduced the time and effort expended on movement and finding of parts and stuff down to almost nothing.
Bonus round. I suspect perhaps that there will be a 30K conventional version of the 25K car, and a 25K version made like the Cybertruck. Losing the need for all those body panels and paint would be where your 5K lower price comes from.
glhs837
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EV's are junk, but there will always be a group of moron's who will buy them! I mean HELL some people still buy Fords.
glhs837
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I love how everyone who doesn't agree with you are morons
Clem72
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The Blazer, followed by the Equinox are the first vehicles to use the ultium platform. That's supposed to be a big cost reduction with their own designed and vertically aligned batteries and motors on a generic skid. Basically the first non-tesla to be made in a tesla fasion rather than a partnership of 30 different companies that each need to make a profit in-between.
But you'll know the first real success when GM or other companies start selling in every state and not just the low-emissions legislated states.
When you have to replace them every 50,000 miles you are bound to sell more.
Liar ...
Watching the folks next door proves my point! I call'em as I see'em.I love how everyone who doesn't agree with you are morons
Not sure what you are seeing but I dont' know anyone that ever replaced an F150 for mechanical reasons below the 250k mark and most never were. But good luck to you and your neighbors.
Might want to tell them to change that oil every year or so.
My 96 Bronco has 280k miles ... my expedition 320k
but then my 95 Saturn was still running strong at 250k when I sent her off the the scrapper