Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

[DarkBlack]

The story seems far fetched to me. As soon as you realize you are in the wrong gear you step on the brake...so how does the car "zip" in the wrong direction. And no one mashes the accelerator doing a three point turn.

Tesla owners will chime in.

I see this as a "hit piece" on Tesla or a cover up for the lady being either drunk or on drugs and not in control. If the touch screen had given her problems in the past, either get it fixed or buy a car that is not controlled via a touch screen. She was unable to drive it safely. The good news is she did not kill anyone else.

“Unfortunately, it can’t explain the details of how to figure out Tesla’s dumb touchscreen shifter.”

Yeah, that’s obviously not unbiased “journalism “

 

[Gale Hawkins]

A Tesla Touchscreen Mix-Up May Have Killed Angela Chao: Report [Update]

Chao had previously had issues with the touchscreen shifter in her Model X

jalopnik.com

That's a sad story for a young child to deal with for sure.

Yesterday I when over using the manual door releases again with the wife on our 2023 Model Y.

 

[Grumpycat]

I’m sick of yall bad mouthing “the grid”. Yall wouldn’t say it to its face!

Dear grid. Please know I respect you and have your back.

Its a talking point their masters have ordered.

Is throwing mud on the barn to see what sticks. Badmouthing The Grid seems to stick largely because utilities are not allowed to contribute to political campaigns so no politician sticks up for them.

We still have a generating surplus at night. Regressive areas still have T.O.U. billing to try to get consumers to move consumption to night. And NEM 3.0 which mandates storage on PV systems so as to buffer during high demand.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Stellantis CEO's Firm Stand: No More Buying Credits, Goodbye HEMI V8s

In a bold move reflecting a significant shift in strategy, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has declared an end to the era of purchasing emissions credits, a decision with far-reaching implications for the company's iconic HEMI V8 engines.

moparinsiders.com

According to sources close to MoparInsiders.com, the HEMI engine won’t be totally gone from the Stellantis portfolio. The current 6.4-liter HEMI® V8 in the Ram Heavy Duty trucks will remain as the lone HEMI option.

Maybe this will help other sleepwalking CEOs wake up and quit pumping up Tesla.

 

[Grumpycat]

It's called worse case scenario not guessing. I But if I knew how many apartment dwellers use a charging station and how many charging stations are available then it would be fact.

12 Supercharger bays for 491,000 residents here.

Yet Teslas are pretty common on the streets. Must be charging at home.

Renters in this engineering town are either finding apartments with EV charging or know not to bother.

 

[Grumpycat]

You read it wrong, or worded it wrong here:
It says looking at only those with an EV, only 10% were single vehicle.

Total Households owning only EV’s would be a significantly lower percentage

It says 10% of those with only a single vehicle have an EV.

It says 60% of those with an EV also have an ICE.

 

[DarkBlack]

It says 10% of those with only a single vehicle have an EV.

It says 60% of those with an EV also have an ICE.

Nope.

“Figure 1 describes the number of vehicles per
household. Only 10% of U.S. households with an
EV are single-vehicle households”

 

[Grumpycat]

The story seems far fetched to me. As soon as you realize you are in the wrong gear you step on the brake...so how does the car "zip" in the wrong direction. And no one mashes the accelerator doing a three point turn.

Tesla owners will chime in.

I see this as a "hit piece" on Tesla or a cover up for the lady being either drunk or on drugs and not in control. If the touch screen had given her problems in the past, either get it fixed or buy a car that is not controlled via a touch screen. She was unable to drive it safely. The good news is she did not kill anyone else.

I don't know about the latest update of the X but the Y has both electric and fully manual door releases.

My old S had an electrically assisted manual release.

In both Y and S the electric part lowers the window an inch to get it out of the weather seal.

 

[NoTrespassing]

Finally, some of the experts are getting on board with my prediction

MSN

Sell Tesla Stock. Analyst Slashes Target 38% Saying the EV Maker Isn’t So ‘Magnificent.’​

Tesla stock is falling, adding to recent investor pain, after one analyst on Wall Street slashed his sales and earnings estimates—and his price target. He sees too many headwinds to stay neutral on the stock.

Wells Fargo analyst Colin Langan downgraded Tesla stock to the equivalent of Sell from Hold Wednesday. His price target went to $125 a share from $200, down almost 38%.

 

[txdon]

It says 10% of those with only a single vehicle have an EV.

It says 60% of those with an EV also have an ICE.

It is talking about a specific ICE. If you look at the chart it says 89%.

"Table 1. Other vehicles.
Among U.S. households with an EV, what percentage also have?
Another vehicle of any type 90%
A non-electric vehicle of any type 89%"
(etc . . .% of other specific ICE vehicles)
"A non-electric SUV, truck, or minivan 60%"

https://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/ldavis/Davis%20AEL%202023.pdf#:~:text=Only%2010%25%20of%20U.S.%20households%20with%20an%20EV,likely%20to%20have%202-%2C%203-%2C%20and%204%2B%20vehicles%2C