Why do MOPAR people talk about MOPAR? Because all the actual marketplace brands represented by “mopar” have been so badly managed that whatever fans they have have reverted to their parts company in desperation to find something that doesn’t immediately provoke laughter.

They don’t need 2/3 of current batteries. 

The #1 design goal of a chinese compact tesla will be a usable range from LFP chemistry. Most durable, best temperature ranges, good recharge rates, extremely cheap. Jeff Dahn has basically said a modern LFP battery will never degrade when discussing the “million mile…

Rational numbers, basic economic theories, and performance specifications are just in the way of irrational hate.

Actually they’ll just remind everyone of how much their current ICE dirtburning shitbox is obsolete and add more fuel to the fire

Their stock price isn’t BMW of EVs.

Their stock price is GM + Toyota, plus solar roofs, grid utility storage, HVAC systems, power tools (anywhere you can slap a better cheaper battery), ebikes, powerwalls, and self-driving.

They don’t care about brand, they care about volume.

You care about the brand when you can’t…

Yet people love apples and their now-soldered-on-board flash drives.

EVs are the opportunity for Chinese car companies to enter the US market. Once LFP hits the magic density numbers they claim they are rolling out, an EV will be half the cost of an equivalent ICE new car within 4-6 years.

The rocket equation for EVs means the smaller the car, the battery gets even cheaper and better…

You drive cars fueled by oilmen, among the most depraved and destructive people in the history of the world. And the carmen walked hand in hand with them.

But... tweets.

Dodge is for aggro smalldicks, and has been for too many decades with those grills. MAGNUM POWER!!! No way the execs that slurp up that marketing will let in minivans.

America needs a good EV minivan. Hummer Rivian Tesla, etc have trucks and SUVs, and everyone will have a crossover.

America needs a good EV minivan.

He has honoraries. With all the attendant rights and privileges.

It would normally be ludicrous to ascribe idiocy to caucausian skin tones, except we just saw, well, THAT 11 days ago.

The voting exit polls are a stunning indictment of the collective intelligence of white people.

Typical, petrol companies being so far up people’s asses they blame the other guy.

In other news in toadyland: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/17/live-politics-updates-joe-biden-inauguration-donald-trump-impeachment/4196264001/

Even the bearest bear in investing doesn’t extrapolate Tesla’s current earnings, shipments, profits on a flat linear model.

While the, uh, enthusiasm, is a bit, uh, robust, Tesla does seem poised for geometric growth for the next ten years.

128x becomes 48x the next year
Which becomes 24x the next year
Which become 12x…

Alberta Tar Sands.

Fracking.

Waaaaaaayyyyy worse.

Oh yeah, global warming. Forgot about that.

This is FUD, and small potatoes relative to the rest of humanity’s resource extraction scars on the planet.

Typical for this fossil fuel forgiveness blog. Fuck you all.

A full-on admission that the dealers are in near-open revolt against EVs. I had suspected it, but that Cadillac dealer is openly admitting it. 

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And yet the Miata is an unquestioned GREAT CAR. Do not defy the groupthink.

The biggest tragedy of BMW’s failures in EV are EV Minis.

LFP isn’t competitive with energy density.

It’s good for low-end short-range uses (which is why Tesla will use it for short range cars). It’s cheaper, more reliable, safer, and doesn’t degrade.

It will be interesting to see how much cancer rates drop when BEVs take over. It’s not just air pollution post-combustion, gasoline itself is thought to be a carcinogen.

What are these economies of scale? It’s my impression these companies are well behind the pack in all aspects of PHEV and BEV development.

It’s not like they have complementary pieces that would combine to a usable next-gen platform.