EV thread

[speeding_infraction]

I'll just buy a 12 valve and run that sucker on vegetable oil

 

[speeding_infraction]

Yet

They will never build it. Elon is smart, he's just talking it up to make Tesla stock look good.

 

[Westtown Willy]

Once they outlaw gas cars it will be interesting to see what they force us to buy.

perhaps buying won't even be an option, remember you'll own nothing... the future may consist of nothing more than fleets of autonomous 'cabs' that can only be accessed by your phoooooone, poor @Zorba will be stranded at home or forced to resort to push power, if our overlords allow them that is

 

[InOmaha]

BYD sold 2.26 million EVs to Teslas 1.64 million. They have 11 EV models and 7 hybrid models. Significantly cheaper too.

They offer a range calculator that takes ambient temperature and auxiliary users into account. More realistic use cases. Like it being 0-50 F here from November to March, 90-100 from June-August. So heater or AC use most of the year.

https://www.byd.com/eu/range-calculator/dolphin-surf

If I buy a BYD with the largest battery and longest range, and drive in 0F temps common around Christmas time, with the heater going, the range is ~173 miles. I doubt I make it on my trip. I know my daughter wouldn't on the 455 mile one way trip she did yesterday.

It would be interesting to see some options in the $15-25,000 range. Tesla might be able to hit that mark stripping out some tech and simplifying the base model.

 

[Apparition]

They will never build it. Elon is smart, he's just talking it up to make Tesla stock look good.

That works for me.

 

[srimes]

View: https://x.com/KiwiEV/status/2099407207393612249?s=20

 

[Zorba]

BYD sold 2.26 million EVs to Teslas 1.64 million. They have 11 EV models and 7 hybrid models. Significantly cheaper too.

They offer a range calculator that takes ambient temperature and auxiliary users into account. More realistic use cases. Like it being 0-50 F here from November to March, 90-100 from June-August. So heater or AC use most of the year.

https://www.byd.com/eu/range-calculator/dolphin-surf

If I buy a BYD with the largest battery and longest range, and drive in 0F temps common around Christmas time, with the heater going, the range is ~173 miles. I doubt I make it on my trip. I know my daughter wouldn't on the 455 mile one way trip she did yesterday.

It would be interesting to see some options in the $15-25,000 range. Tesla might be able to hit that mark stripping out some tech and simplifying the base model.

I'd never heard of these guys before, so I went for a look. As friggin' ALWAYS, screens and other gratuitous technology everywhere.

 

[InOmaha]

I'd never heard of these guys before, so I went for a look. As friggin' ALWAYS, screens and other gratuitous technology everywhere.

The screens are required by the government for backup cameras, so they will never go away. Maybe some of the cheap models will be nothing more than a backup camera and bluetooth radio like my car's screen is now.

 

[Zorba]

The screens are required by the government for backup cameras, so they will never go away. Maybe some of the cheap models will be nothing more than a backup camera and bluetooth radio like my car's screen is now.

When they first started the backup camera bullshit, many models had the backup display in the rear view mirror. I'm so very SICK of the womb-to-tomb Nanny State crap.

 

[InOmaha]

When I drive the Jeep, it's turn your head.

I have mirrors on my mirrors to show along side.

I turn my head in my car with a backup camera out of habit.

I want an EV with no mechanical power train and a small turbo diesel engine with no DEF to drive and charge it. Probably get 1000 mile range. Then screw the middle east clerics

Seems like politics messes it all up.

 

[RangerTJ]

I don't think grandma's ready...


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