Deloreans were recommended to be cleaned with gasoline.
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“ICE cars are generally more efficient when it’s colder, and heating the cabin just involves blowing air over the hot engine, so minimal change.”
They may have been in the “crossover” market before others, but they sure aren’t dominating it despite having a solid lead.
No doubt the battery and cabin heater need to run harder in single digit temps, but it’s still running even in the 30'sF.
That math isn’t mathing. Faster speeds mean more air resistance and more fuel consumption. A quick goole search of Prius at 80mph show people reporting 40mpg or less. The Prius is rated for 56mpg highway. That alone is a 30% reduction in overall range on a moderate day.
2021 says yes.
Investing in an inefficient design when the world is moving to EVs sounds like a waste of money at best, and disastrous leadership at worst.
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I don’t think any vehicle gets its rated range or advertised mpg when traveling in excess of 80mph on cold days.
Pretty sure manual releases are required in all vehicles.
The 12v battery died on my old S and it required a suction cup to remove the nose cone, and a jump battery. On the newer models it’s one extra step but I don’t need the suction cup.
Strong countries lead by setting tough goals. It’s how Kennedy got the U.S. to the moon, Japan got bullet trains to exceed 200kph back in the 60’s, etc.
They are too expensive for a reason, and the reason is often that it takes more energy to produce it, which means it isn’t a viable solution.
The bigger issue for Toyota is that the EU and China have EV mandates that are rapidly approaching, and Toyota does not have many vehicles to offer in that space. The question is what do they plan to do? Today Toyota has strong sales in the EU, but that could change. Meanwhile in China, where EV mandates and…
The issue is that Toyota is heading in one direction, while a huge part of the world, developed countries in particular, are headed in another. It’s great that they are making progress with solid state batteries, but so are the Chinese and other manufacturers. There will be other hurdles for Toyota to overcome as…
“in actuality they are heavily covered with bondo. the interiors all but gone. missing switches and knobs. the seats no longer sprung with foam. the lazy chevy engines pulled decades ago in favor for fuel efficient and readily available toyota diesels.”
If it’s anything like Venezuela, no one is buying anything at the official exchange rate, and it’s all at the parallel rate. The only one using the official exchange rate are gov officials buying USD for cheap.
At this point opening up dialog with Cuba would be a net win for the U.S. Having friendly and close neighbors is a good thing.
If they were doing something that went against EPA, they should be held accountable, but I don’t think that was the case. They were using a loophole in the EPA’s range calculations, and I’m glad the EPA has closed it.
C&D wrote an article on this several months ago and concluded it was because Tesla uses a much more simple formula to calculate range, while other manufacturers use current driving conditions to determine remaining range.