I designed cooling systems for satellites and have studied pack EV cooling extensively, what do I know though.

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Their insurance is going to be no better than TURO, which we know is a disaster.

Something like this simply won’t work with how our insurance system is structured.

It’s heated and cooled. How do you passively heat something like a battery in automotive packaging?

Everyone is posting yachts, how about something svelte?

This top is a hydraulic nightmare with an analog computer to control it’s movement. Only a few specialists exist nationwide to work on them.

That’s one efficient/high capacity tractor.

The switch away from 750 = v12 still irks me.

It took Ford 2 years and 2 weeks to make 1 million Mustangs.

It took Porsche 53 years to make 1 million 911s

The how is it heated and cooled if not actively? Magic heat pixies come from Krewkerne to warm it for you?

It’s going to use an a/c compressor and resistive heating if only for the cells like what is standard on every modern EV save for the disaster of the first gen Leaf .

Did you read what I wrote?

Call it active thermal management, it’s a better description and more concise.

You have your financials mixed up. Auto nterest rates are cheap, you’re better off taking your 2-3% loan on the car and investing your other cash in the market. It’s very easy to make 6-7% right now.

The bad idea would be to pay off the car quickly, unless you need the available credit for something else.

You hit the nail on the head to prove my point and don’t realize it.

Enthusiasts are not the main buyers of cars, you need to understand that.

4 wheel (sno)drifts bro.

The modern 8+ speed transmissions get rid of the need for a transfer case in all but the most severe applications. They can cover 97%+ of owners without one it’s a reasonable savings.

They won’t spend the money where it’s needed, their engineering talent is very transient and even looking at the engineering specifications they produce you can see the lack of rigor compared to Ford or GM never mind Mercedes.

Sorry, but the the vast majority of people cars are image products. Enthusiasts and people looking for basic transportation are the only ones who don’t care.

Exactly this.

My good older friend always has a new Ferrari in the garage,a 911 Turbo as his DD and a big power SUV for the wife. X6M, Cayenne GTS, Cayenne Turbo, Rover SVR ect they’ve had all of them.

No way in hell would she ever drive a Jeep.

Honda Element did extremely well with them.

It’s user error they fade. If you apply some UV protectant every few months they’ll last a very long time. You can also dye them back after the fact.