This is such a minefield that you practically won’t be able to get a definitive answer without talking to the people who designed & developed/tested your engine. There are so many nuances to this discussion that it is a real pain to properly understand.

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Our '37 Riley has the same. Push a button and the fuel gauge becomes an oil level gauge. Seems to work fairly well.

Renault 19 & 21s have this feature as well. Not just the 16v / Turbo but all of them. It's a nice idea.

Not the dumbest per-se but certainly interesting. A friend of ours has a genuine Bugatti Type 50 that competed at Le Mans and he tows his Type 35B to race circuits with it (not my photo).

And the Model 3 is actually closer to 80kWh rather than 75kWh if you look at the manufacturer submitted information to the EPA.

Whilst I have no problem with thinking that the test is a slightly odd thing the Tesla pack is actually around 80kWh not 75.  I know Tesla state 75kWh but that just doesn’t stack up when you look at Tesla’s submissions to EPA.

I accidentally clicked on the this article after vowing never to read any more of your tripe after one of your NASCAR articles.

Well that’s a close one!!

Nope. Ford 2.0 EcoBoost is 370/380Nm, 2.0 EcoBlue is 360-420Nm so the only diesel engine with slightly less torque than the 250PS petrol engine has 105PS.

And you trust what VW say about diesels...? ;)

I know it’s the turbo that delivers the torque but diesels generally have more torque - some of which is down to generally having a longer rod length but also because of the amount of boost they can run as you mentioned.

Nope. TDI on its own has never stood for turbocharged direct injection. I’ve been around cars my whole life and been in engine/vehicle development for OEMs for 12 years and TDI has never stood for that whereever I’ve been.

For TDI - yes, it’s diesel as a rule. For GDI or GTDI the DI is direct injection.  Gasoline TDI is just an odd way of saying GTDI.

Gasoline DI engines also spit out particulates as well which is why they are required to have GPF (gasoline particulate filter) in Europe but not yet in the US so in the US they’re spewing out particulates the same as diesels. Well - probably worse than diesels now because diesels have DPF & SCR to reduce particulates…

Yeah - like thousands of man hours to make sure the whole system is as safe as possible and is isolated from the car even in the event of an accident. Having worked for 2 OEMs on PHEV & BEV development the amount of safety systems is unreal - and I’m still a bit wary of them.

How do you think that any EV motor is connected to a drive axle? Be it Telsa, Jaguar, Mercedes, Porsche, Audi... They all run a reduction gearbox so they all have gears sliding against each other.

It’s just a grease gun for lubricating the grease nipples (no reason for putting that other than it’s fun to say!).  The clamps will probably be mounted to the running board support.

People who buy a Rolls-Royce do not care...how far it’ll go on a tank.

Thanks Mack - I’ll now make sure to never click on one of your articles again.