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Add to that the life of the battery. Every time it has to be replaced, that’s another couple of years of equivalent CO2 emission.
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Fun Fact: always carry wheenies and marsh mellows when traveling in EV's for that spontaneous camp fire.
complete tear down of cybertruck, wouldnt mind having 48Volt electrical system over 12v we have been stuck on.
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I saw the same post somewhere and it came straight from Volvo.
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Read the article for details of a bad loaner EV
"My weeklong test of the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV lasted 28 hours. That's when it broke down during an Electrify America charging session that left me stranded in rural Western Virginia.
A drive that should have taken about seven hours, not including two hour-long stops in Gallipolis, Ohio, and Wytheville, Virginia, turned into a 14-hour ordeal. It saw me abandoning a car that seems quite pivotal to the future of General Motors on the side of the road in small-town America."
"I’m not quite sure what to say here. The Blazer EV at least didn't catch fire and burn to the ground, but it did not pass the real-world test we had planned."
"My weeklong test of the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV lasted 28 hours. That's when it broke down during an Electrify America charging session that left me stranded in rural Western Virginia.
A drive that should have taken about seven hours, not including two hour-long stops in Gallipolis, Ohio, and Wytheville, Virginia, turned into a 14-hour ordeal. It saw me abandoning a car that seems quite pivotal to the future of General Motors on the side of the road in small-town America."
"I’m not quite sure what to say here. The Blazer EV at least didn't catch fire and burn to the ground, but it did not pass the real-world test we had planned."
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https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/2024-chevy-blazer-ev-long-term-faults.html
But then the window switches refused to work. And then the infotainment display completely melted down, stuck in an infinite loop of shutting off, turning on, displaying a map centered in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and turning back off again. It did this until we pulled off the freeway and restarted the car. All was well after the reset, but an hour later, it happened again.
Then things got worse. Closer to home, numerous errors messages popped up: "service vehicle soon," "service high-voltage system" and "service 12-volt system." Cool. Later that day, after shutting off the Blazer EV and letting it chill out for a while, we started the Chevy and were greeted with a blank infotainment screen (again), and yet another error that read, "unable to charge service charging system." This, despite the fact that the car wasn't plugged in. At that point, the Blazer displayed a little turtle icon and showed, "reduced acceleration drive with care." Then one-pedal driving stopped working, and auto hold was no longer available.
Considering this all occurred over the span of about 24 hours, we knew we had to get the Blazer into service. But the next day, none of the error messages displayed. A bit flummoxed, we took our Blazer EV to the dealership to see if all of this was a red herring or if something really was wrong. What we got back from the dealer was alarming: the single longest list of major faults we at Edmunds have ever seen on a new car.
As of this writing, our Blazer EV has 23 different issues that need fixing, more than a few of which we consider serious. The car has been at the dealer for two weeks so far, and we still don't know when or how the fixes, repairs or updates will be implemented. The dealership has told us that an engineer from GM and a technician from a different dealership have been working on the Blazer, but we haven't heard specifics on what it is they're working on and still don't have an estimate of how long it will take until everything is resolved...
But then the window switches refused to work. And then the infotainment display completely melted down, stuck in an infinite loop of shutting off, turning on, displaying a map centered in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and turning back off again. It did this until we pulled off the freeway and restarted the car. All was well after the reset, but an hour later, it happened again.
Then things got worse. Closer to home, numerous errors messages popped up: "service vehicle soon," "service high-voltage system" and "service 12-volt system." Cool. Later that day, after shutting off the Blazer EV and letting it chill out for a while, we started the Chevy and were greeted with a blank infotainment screen (again), and yet another error that read, "unable to charge service charging system." This, despite the fact that the car wasn't plugged in. At that point, the Blazer displayed a little turtle icon and showed, "reduced acceleration drive with care." Then one-pedal driving stopped working, and auto hold was no longer available.
Considering this all occurred over the span of about 24 hours, we knew we had to get the Blazer into service. But the next day, none of the error messages displayed. A bit flummoxed, we took our Blazer EV to the dealership to see if all of this was a red herring or if something really was wrong. What we got back from the dealer was alarming: the single longest list of major faults we at Edmunds have ever seen on a new car.
As of this writing, our Blazer EV has 23 different issues that need fixing, more than a few of which we consider serious. The car has been at the dealer for two weeks so far, and we still don't know when or how the fixes, repairs or updates will be implemented. The dealership has told us that an engineer from GM and a technician from a different dealership have been working on the Blazer, but we haven't heard specifics on what it is they're working on and still don't have an estimate of how long it will take until everything is resolved...
Something tells me I could drive this 69 Blazer anywhere for two weeks straight , Though a foot of snow the whole time , and get by with adding a qt. of oil
during the many fuel stops. This new gm is trying to address a problem that is all of their making . Give me a leaky valve cover 350 , with a CH 465 4 spd. and a NP 205 transfercase ! Even 54 years later it is far superior to the new "Blazer".
Someone remind me again what "problem" all this bullshit "technology" is supposed to solve? All that's needed is a good PWM controller, a battery, a motor, and an "e-meter" - but the king of cheapness and fuckups can't get that right.
This is from the company that thought a "Thermal Actuator" was a great way to engage the 4 wd starting in 1988.
This is from the company that thought a "Thermal Actuator" was a great way to engage the 4 wd starting in 1988.
I'm not even sure what the hell that is, but it doesn't sound right.
Basically it threads into the front differential and uses a heating element to expand a gas to move the shift collar that engages the differential.
A full blow Rube Goldberg way to make some move used 88 -98 in GM trucks.
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https://nypost.com/2023/12/26/busin...acked-by-robot-which-dug-claws-into-back-arm/
Tesla factory worker attacked by robot that dug its claws into back and arm:
A Tesla software engineer suffered serious injuries when he was attacked by a malfunctioning robot on the floor of the electric car maker’s factory in Austin, Texas.
Witnesses told the Information last month that the robot, which was designed to move aluminum car parts, pinned the engineer and sank its metal claws into his back and arm, leaving a trail of blood along the floor.
The engineer was programming software that controls robots whose job it is to cut car parts from freshly cast pieces of aluminum.
While two of the robots were disabled so that the engineer and his crew could work on the machines, a third was inadvertently left on — resulting in the attack two years ago, witnesses told the Information.
The news site said it obtained an injury report that was submitted to federal officials as well as to health authorities in Travis County.
The engineer suffered a “laceration, cut or open wound” on his left hand, according to the Information.
The injury was apparently not severe enough to require the employee to take time off from work.
Tesla declined to comment.
Injury reports submitted to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleged that nearly one out of every 21 workers at the Giga Texas factory got hurt last year.
In the automotive industry, the median injury rate last year was one in every 30 workers.
Several current and former Tesla workers employed at the factory told the Information that the company regularly cut corners on construction, maintenance and operations in a manner that placed them at risk
Sources told the Information that management’s demands for speedy production have led to safety lapses.
Witnesses reported that heavy machinery including a crane, a steel beam and an air conditioning duct have fallen near workers on car production lines.
Records reviewed by The Information found that workers at the factory fell ill after they were exposed to toxins such as ammonia.
In the summer of last year, an employee’s ankle was caught under a moving cart, forcing them to miss more than four months of work.
Days later, another worker was struck in the head by a metal object, forcing them to miss 85 days of work, according to The Information.
Tesla employees at the factory said they witnessed forklifts collide with workers on the assembly floor.
On or around the New Year 2023, water was accidentally submerged in molten aluminum used in the castings area that produces the underbody of Tesla’s Model Y — resulting in an explosion that witnesses reported sounded like a “sonic boom,” according to The Information.
The explosion sent a ball of fire and then smoke into the air and caused employees to run off in terror, according to the report.
However it is unknown how many people were injured since that information is not included in documents submitted to safety inspectors in Texas, The Information reported.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s company began construction on the factory in the summer of 2020 after the mogul was outraged by California regulators who limited business operations due to the spread of the coronavirus.
Tesla factory worker attacked by robot that dug its claws into back and arm:
A Tesla software engineer suffered serious injuries when he was attacked by a malfunctioning robot on the floor of the electric car maker’s factory in Austin, Texas.
Witnesses told the Information last month that the robot, which was designed to move aluminum car parts, pinned the engineer and sank its metal claws into his back and arm, leaving a trail of blood along the floor.
The engineer was programming software that controls robots whose job it is to cut car parts from freshly cast pieces of aluminum.
While two of the robots were disabled so that the engineer and his crew could work on the machines, a third was inadvertently left on — resulting in the attack two years ago, witnesses told the Information.
The news site said it obtained an injury report that was submitted to federal officials as well as to health authorities in Travis County.
The engineer suffered a “laceration, cut or open wound” on his left hand, according to the Information.
The injury was apparently not severe enough to require the employee to take time off from work.
Tesla declined to comment.
Injury reports submitted to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleged that nearly one out of every 21 workers at the Giga Texas factory got hurt last year.
In the automotive industry, the median injury rate last year was one in every 30 workers.
Several current and former Tesla workers employed at the factory told the Information that the company regularly cut corners on construction, maintenance and operations in a manner that placed them at risk
Sources told the Information that management’s demands for speedy production have led to safety lapses.
Witnesses reported that heavy machinery including a crane, a steel beam and an air conditioning duct have fallen near workers on car production lines.
Records reviewed by The Information found that workers at the factory fell ill after they were exposed to toxins such as ammonia.
In the summer of last year, an employee’s ankle was caught under a moving cart, forcing them to miss more than four months of work.
Days later, another worker was struck in the head by a metal object, forcing them to miss 85 days of work, according to The Information.
Tesla employees at the factory said they witnessed forklifts collide with workers on the assembly floor.
On or around the New Year 2023, water was accidentally submerged in molten aluminum used in the castings area that produces the underbody of Tesla’s Model Y — resulting in an explosion that witnesses reported sounded like a “sonic boom,” according to The Information.
The explosion sent a ball of fire and then smoke into the air and caused employees to run off in terror, according to the report.
However it is unknown how many people were injured since that information is not included in documents submitted to safety inspectors in Texas, The Information reported.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s company began construction on the factory in the summer of 2020 after the mogul was outraged by California regulators who limited business operations due to the spread of the coronavirus.
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