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Hi Scotty.
People in UK trying to complete their Christmas journeys. The infrastructure is just not ready.
Queues stretching for hours show what it's really like owning a Tesla at Christmas (msn.com)
someone needs to put those photos on a billboard above the Tesla dealerships
It seems more like an april fool joke
This German farmer is trying to force Volkswagen to stop selling petrol and diesel cars
he's just really mad because he's a bad farmer
I think they should rename themselves to GreenWar
Greenpeace-led case against Volkswagen admissible, unlikely to succeed, German court says
“surveillance footage of the self-driving Tesla that abruptly stopped on the Bay Bridge, resulting in an eight-vehicle crash that injured 9 people including a 2 yr old child just hours after Musk announced the self-driving feature”
https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1612848872061128704?s=46&t=7khFgY4Ja58IUQp_pnzVFQ
https://theintercept.com/2023/01/10/tesla-crash-footage-autopilot/
Scotty,
Hope you saw this ... https://www.pcmag.com/news/wyoming-wants-to-ban-electric-vehicles-by-2035
Don't forget to watch the totally convincing video at the bottom of the page re: Everything I Learned Driving a Tesla 1,000 Miles in a Week (Bwah-ha-ha-ha! {black}:laugh: )
Regards
STELLANTIS began it's plan to stop production of all "Chrysler", "Dodge" and "Fiat" platforms,
(and move to PSA, Italian and RAM platforms)
The first new Jeep under STELLANTIS, the Jeep Avenger, is out on sale on euro markets - and it carries out this philosophy.
The notable thing about it is that this JEEP uses PSA technology, PSA powertrain and a PSA platform.
Small-Medium cars will be based on STELA SMALL (A development of PSA's CMP),
Medium-Large cars will be based on STELA MEDIUM (A development of PSA's EMP2),
while luxury offerings will be based on STELA LARGE (A development of Maserati/Alpha Romeo Giorgio)
And trucks are to be based on STELA FRAME (A development of RAM DT platform)
The basis for small-medium STELLANTIS cars:
The basis for medium-large STELLANTIS cars:
The basis for large-luxury STELLANTIS cars:
Trucks will still be based on the latest generation RAM.
Of course ... What else did we expect would happen?
https://twitter.com/TheNationNews/status/1622935050353356801
Beats me. I'm not sure what's so "super" about this so-called "bowl" or what all the hoopla is about, and I don't pay any attention to ads in general anyway. However anyone who's been paying attention knows that Tesla's automated driving system isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Just about anything having to do with Tesla is more like the mother of all scams more than anything else.
https://impakter.com/tesla-autopilot-crashes-with-at-least-a-dozen-dead-whos-fault-man-or-machine/
https://impakter.com/tesla-autopilot-crashes-with-at-least-a-dozen-dead-whos-fault-man-or-machine/
Y'all heard of the Toyota son of co-founder passed away yesterday 😢. I wonder what Scotty thinks of how Toyota will evolve after that?
A few days ago the European Parliament approved the ban of ICE in Europe (2035). This law concerns the sales of new ICE cars and vans. Electric vehicles only will be allowed to register.
How is this even possible when everybody I know is against this? Here in Czechia the parliament openly disagrees with such measures to be enacted.
Why are members of Parliament deciding this without the people in mind? What will people drive? How can they ban ICEs when we don´t have an alternative yet? What is going on?
European viewers of Scotty Kilmer, if you are here, tell me, do you think this law will be annulled later? Anyone can reply, of course.
It just surprises me a lot that every European country is voting in favour for this law to be passed. Do you all have the money to purchase electric cars? Do your relatives?
Diana
P.S. Where is the electricity going to come from? How about people living in high-rise buildings?
>"How is this even possible when everybody I know is against this?"
Because they have not asked anyone you know.
>"Why are members of Parliament deciding this without the people in mind?"
Because they're sure that no matter what they do, they won't get held responsible electorally.
I couldn't even find what member/party voted what way on this bill/package.
So why would they care?
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> "European viewers"
Well I'm not, but I live pretty close to Europe.
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>"Do you all have the money to purchase electric cars? Do your relatives?"
Personally I have considered an Citroen E-C4, MG ZS EV, or ORA Funky Cat- but went with an ICE instead, these EVs are pricy but not too expensive, they're all about $30k-$40k (pre-tax, about as much as a nice SUV) but the highway range with A/C is not satisfactory.
I ended up going with a cheap and simple ICE without complex emissions and with a good old conventional auto (which is becoming rare nowadays) - I think the best possible course of action is buying an efficient car that could last 10+ years and waiting for all of this insanity to pass…
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Also, in 2036 or 2037 expect them to pass a law that will tax your EV based of millage!
(If they aren't getting taxes from petrol, they will just take that money from you directly - where I live I saw a proposal for a $0.03 tax per each KM of driving in an EV)
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> "How about people living in high-rise buildings?"
Where I live, in my city there are parkings on the street and near shopping centers that are only for charging EVs.
You use an app that shows what charging stations are not occupied, if they're not you can reserve that station on the app, come, plug it in, and after your car stops charging, you must pick it up in 30 minutes or they may charge a fine.
It's actually quite efficient, people charge their EVs and go - but it does require your municipality to be reasonably competent and enforce that no ICEs take up EV charging stations and that EV owners do not leave their cars there after they're done charging.
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>"What is going on?"
I believe their plan is to phase out all cars, to make you use public transport, instead of having the "luxury" of freedom of movement (Since in Europe, freedom of movement, is not a human right, also neither is "Right of owning property" so they can simple force you to get rid of your ICE car when ever you want)
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>"Where is the electricity going to come from?"
The only way is nuclear, but I really don't think they're planing on many people owning EVs...
This kind of thing has been discussed to death by Scotty in his videos and here as well which you will find if you do a search.
This isn't the place to get into politics, but moving forward this kind of thing does obviously affect our cars. Briefly as far as how they can do it when so many are against it, the fight against ManBearPig is a religious fatwa and the purveyors of it really don't care what the facts are or what the smallfolk think or want.
They will not let mere details such as where the electricity is going to come from or how the grid will handle it stand in their way, nor will they listen to evidence that electric cars have little or no environmental benefit overall. They certainly have no concern about whether you or I can afford an electric car or whether we even have a place to charge it - in that case you just take the electric bus.
Some say there is a more sinister agenda behind all this but once again this forum is not the place to delve into that. See the plans for "sustainability" put forth by the U.N. and Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum, and look up the "longtermism" movement - decide for yourself. (It's hard to call something a "conspiracy theory" when it's all out in the open.)
I almost fell off my chair reading the sales numbers from the California New Car Dealers Association about how Tesla’s vehicles like the Model Y is the top selling “light truck” in California in 2022 with 87,257 registrations. Second place was the Toyota RAV4 with 59,794 units. Third place was the Ford F-series at 40,232 registrations. These latter numbers are not even close.
The top-selling passenger car in the same period is the Model 3 with 78,934 registrations. Second place went to the Toyota Camry with 55,967 registrations, followed by the Toyota Corolla in third place with 39,865 registrations. These latter numbers are not even close.
What the heck is going on in my state?!! I am in the market for a new passenger car and would never consider a Tesla!
This is worth sharing for the laugh-factor alone:
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/bmw-tops-consumer-reports-2023-150000134.html
Consumer Reports rates BMW 1st. And by a decent margin. And Mini is in a tie for 2nd. Hahaha!!!!
Makes a little more sense if you read it from the bottom (Land Rover) up. CR has taken a lot of flack over the years for just recommending the most boring cars. In this case, reliability is only one factor in their ratings.
But, yeah, if you are used to thinking of CR as a source for info about quality and reliability, this one will have you doing a spit take.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCsQMpaNmw8
I still wouldn't leave the oil in for 10-20,000 miles, but it could be better oil.
Accidents hit even experienced profesionals
WRC star Craig Breen dies in Rally Croatia testing crash
VW unveils new planned 2026 budget EV - "as spacious as a Golf, as affordable as a Polo"
The new VW ID.2all is an electric car that's planned to start from under 25,000 euros when launched.
The base model will feature a somewhat small battery - but are planning to compensate for it with fast charging.
The main competition will come from Chinese manufacturers - namely Geely.
They're already selling now, have similar priced offering with almost double the range of the base ID.2
And next year they're launching its replacement, the Geometry M6 - featuring 363 miles of range for 22,000 euros.
No word on if the upcoming ID2 or Geometry will be "maitenance free" like new Teslas or the new Hyundai iONIQ.
Thankfully, I'm pretty sure my car isn't tracking me (just my cellphone when I'm on Waze). But LOT of cars are, apparently. Here's an article on a free tool to check:
Pep Boys blew a customer's engine doing a fuel system service.
Question...can someone explain to me why you should buy a Tesla...LOL
Another Chinese cheap EV landed on the European market - The MG4 manufactured by SAIC.
It's another small EV crossover that goes head to head with the Corolla HEV (same price, 3.2" shorter, 320 lbs heavier).
It's rated at 220 - 280 miles (depending on configuration) with pretty good efficiency (160 Wh/km)
But with cheap fuel it still does not make too much sense 100 miles would cost $2.4 on the MG, and around $7 on the Corolla Hybrid (at 50mpg) based on US average fuel and electricity prices as of april 2023 - so over a 150,000 mile lifespan that would be a $6,900 difference.
With good enough performance in crash tests (5 stars, but 'only' 83% adult occupant safety category, 2% less than a Corolla Cross, 6% less than a Civic [all tested under the 2022 crash test standards])
And it has been a best seller over the last few months since its release.
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/06/saics-mg4-ev-is-the-2nd-bestselling-ev-in-the-uk-in-q1/
Which is not suppressing considering MG has made quite a few EVs and they're generally associated with up-market PHEVs.
Electric car drivers frustrated over lack of charging stations in Nevada
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Finding an electric vehicle station is not something you want to wing here in southern Nevada. For visitors and locals alike, a trip in an electric car has to be planned and outlined in advance. Some EV drivers tell FOX5 what we’re missing in the state.
”It’s kind of a hassle, there are some stations around town but most of them are down,” said Jesse Barker who’s lived in Las Vegas for two years. He says he makes frequent trips to California, “I have to stop every 150 miles to charge,” said Barker.
For him, the pros outweigh the cons.
“I don’t mind spending extra time on the road if I’m going to save 600 bucks on a road trip for an hour to an hour and a half, I’m fine with the wait if they want to dart there and come back, I could see it being an inconvenience,” he said.
Electric charging stations are few and far between in Nevada.
“We came from Phoenix two days ago, we stopped in Kingman which is pretty much the only stop down from Phoenix to Vegas,” Caroline Clay.
“Sometimes the lines are difficult sometimes people aren’t so nice when vehicles are fully charged,” said Clay.
Tourists say that’s the theme they’ve noticed.
“When I went to my first electrical charging station, nothing was working and people were waiting, calling to see what happened,” said Stanley.
From San Francisco, Stanley says it’s been a pain trying to find one that works.
“Luckily I got this one out of the four and that one’s not working either,” said Stanley.
In 2015, the Nevada Electric Highway was born, making dozens of charging stations along U.S. 95.
Terry from Surprise, Arizona says he loves traveling to Vegas in his EV despite the stop in Kingman.
“I used to have a high-speed Camaro in my younger days and I sold it went to this electric car,” said Terry.
For him, it’s just a little bit of work but it’s all worth it.
“It’s softer and easier to drive the only difficulty is learning how to use these charging stations, you just have to be patient we’re in a learning curve,” he said.
Hello,
I recently saw a video (posted below) that might interest the community.
It is about car dealerships and EVs.
(I hope I am not breaking rules by posting it, sorry if I am)
-Toyotaholic
Transmission fluids tested on Project Farm.
Is your automatic slow to shift in the morning when cold? Maybe some Redline will help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF2jlNc9Tqw
Project Farm's testing methodology is first class, great channel!
The last ICE compact car (Fiesta) rolls off the Ford assembly line
VW patented assembly process
Do you know about the patented volts wagon assembly process that they have now?
VW should forget about assembly. They need to fix their design and manufacturing quality, cuz it aint pretty.