So...it’s slower, much more expensive, and over 1000lbs heavier...

They do but my question is “how the fuck do you screw up holding the car still with permanent magnet motors when you aren’t touching anything?”  For instance, in my Hummer EV, you aren’t going ANYWHERE unless you press the accelerator with regen on (coast off).  And when you do, it’s ONLY forward motion.    I just…

Local dealer wanted $10k over a month ago.  Offering $5k off now.  Hold the line.

Tesla cut ultrasonic sensors and radar to increase margins then said they could achieve similar results with what are basically turn of the century web cams and “AI”...and guess what? They can’t. Bright flashing lights, fog, rain, etc. all obscure a view of the world unaugmented by redundant data from radar and…

...Or Tesla could undo the cost-cutting that led them to attempt ADAS systems with nothing but webcam circa 2000 resolution cameras. Others uses short and long range ultrasonic, radar, lidar, high-res (modern) cameras, etc.

And the Hummer recall was because of improperly applied sealer on a batch of packs, which only really effected you if you forded a river.  I think the grand total of effected packs was 60-70ish.  

...the last time an airline “lost” my luggage was over 30 years ago when I was a kid. I always check.  Nearly 100 flights without a luggage mishap.  You’ll find me sitting with a backpack just big enough for an iPad and Steamdeck.

I’ve also never had a CCS handle get hot enough to cause 2nd degree burns, even when pulling 360kW with the Hummer. For comparison, a CT or Model S pulling 700amps on a Supercharger gets the NACS handle over 130F.  NACS is too thin for the cooling needed for cars that charge faster than a Tesla.

NACS is too small for proper heat dissipation as it is and will only get worse. I’m almost certain the main reason for the delay in V4 is safety/heat and being unable to engineer around a plug that’s too small and a cable that’s too thin for proper cooling...and since their WHOLE thing is a thin cable and small plug,…

Get Back - Ludacris putting it reverse

If the plan is to just make EVs and hope they sell to EV skeptical people, then yes, it’s going to fail. Once you’ve satiated the EV curious, the early adopters, etc. you have to start courting the skeptical and that’s a WHOLE different thing. Almost like deprogramming a cult member. Also, the ramp up in EV sales they…

...I only bought my truck BECAUSE it was an EV, first pickup I’ve ever personally owned. Family owned a LOT while I was growing up, every model of Sierra Denali since they started making them. Guess I’m the sliver of overlap. I wanted an EV, I have a family that hauls a lot of stuff, an open bed is nice to have when…

We’d have normally heard about an E63 at this point of the new E-Class lifecycle...but it feels like AMG was caught off guard with the reaction to the C63 E Performance. I’d almost bet money this WAS the E63 E Performance before the reaction to the C63. Before that release I would have said the chance the next E63 was…

Counterpoint: They were grossly too expensive to being with, so I just see it as $50k of depreciation and $20-30k margin grab taken off. I can’t imagine the margins on just upping the output of an electric motor through software. You could get an almost mechanically identical Audi RS etron GT for $150k (which was also…

But he’s focusing on damage. And they don’t sprinkle the money they pay in registration, tax, and fuel over the damaged road like road salt and it’s magically repaired. That requires years of road closures, construction, etc. that wouldn’t be necessary if there weren’t trucks that weigh orders of magnitude more than…

Just to point out, Kyle from Out of Spec got 318 miles out a Hummer EV in the same temps...on REAL off road MT tires (not the all-seasons cut to look like all-terrain Goodyear made for Telsa). And I’ve made a couple 305 mile round-trips to see family the past couple weeks in the high 30s, low 40s where I end up with…

...whew boy, imagine if we had vehicles with 18 wheels that weighed 35,000-80,000lbs...what a nightmare for road damage...the horror if such a vehicle existed.

Good thing my kid acts like their skin is on fire if you try and buckle them in with a jacket on.

Just popping in to say Supercruise is awesome and anyone that doesn’t think so hasn’t tried it.

...we’re talking way less than 1kW in a state where the majority of electricity is nuclear. As opposed to the DC fast chargers these people were lined up for that use 50-350kW. ICE vehicles waste more energy via losses than EVs use in total warming up on a cold morning.