Oops, should have said USING 90% of the fuel.
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You’re thinking about this the wrong way. Platooning means double the freight (or more) with half the drivers and saving 90% the fuel. The trucks won’t have to and may not even be allowed to pass - because productivity will double even if average speed is lower.
Just to be clear (and not that you implied this), not every piece of research or analysis tries to answer or address every possibility. Doing so is impossible. This is why it’s important that people read the full article or study to understand how they limited the analysis and what the results actually mean. The…
You’re responding to an argument that I didn’t make :)
Well that’s quite the hugely uniformed and stereotypical oversimplification.
I hate the Tesla hype train as much as the next person, but this is how EVERY automaker treats one-offs until it ends up in the news. The difference here is that Tesla is scrutinized way more than any major automaker.
I agree with you. The Nav/audio system in my ‘16 4Runner was trash (maybe more so than most new cars). I would have preferred to receive the truck with an empty hole in the dash and a $1k discount.
Lol, no truck or SUV will get rated fuel economy at 75 mph.
The sales mix has gone quickly and heavily towards light trucks (the regulatory classification). Perhaps it’s better than SUVs, but crossovers are replacing far more sedans than oldschool SUVs.
No, the world would (literally) be a better place if people buying crossovers bought properly sized vehicles like they used to. At least from an environmental, energy, and road safety standpoint.
Once this thing is on the road, it will blend in with every other awful generic crossover on the road. The only way to tell who made it and what model it is is by looking for badges, and nobody will actually care enough to be bothered to look. If it weren’t for the name recognition, most of us would never know this…
True. I mean it’s GM - who really needs an excuse?
So you mean like machine learning
That’s literally the best possible outcome!
The idea is that the barrier to entry is still very high, even without subsidies. Even median income families probably can’t afford to do a heavy-up to 200A service, can’t afford to install a charger (and probably don’t own a home), and likely can’t afford a new car anyways.
Lol beta testers? Are you conflating Autopilot and Tesla’s strange design and OTA UI updates with electric powertrains? Because the long term reliability of batteries is pretty much settled, as is the durability of EV control systems, motors, chargers, etc.
Five years ago, I would totally say that I would buy one when they’re a few years old going for $25k. But I just can’t picture buying another gasoline car at this point.
I’m so sorry.
Bullshit. CAFE standards are based on footprint. Larger cars and trucks have a much lower required fuel economy, and there’s no requirement that each vehicle sold HAS to meet its target because it’s a fleet average. If CAFE isn’t killing pickups, it sure isn’t killing big cars. People aren’t buying land yachts because…