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Since when has the party that is ramming EV's and all things Green down our throats EVER done any debating, listening or compromise? The people in the D party vote as a monolithic block for the PARTY, not the people they represent. And you're shocked at the pushback,
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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04-02-2024, 06:22 AM | #7483 |
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Interesting article stating used EV values are experiencing such rapid devaluation from new because people view them the same as a used laptop.
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Police caught up with a stolen Tesla after it ran out of battery during a car chase
The Tesla belonged to Fox 11 anchor and reporter Susan Hirasuna, who told the outlet the car disappeared after she parked it near the United Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Hirasuna said she discovered the Tesla had been stolen after she left a nearby concert on Thursday evening. The stolen car was fortunately low on charge when it was taken, with Hirasuna's Tesla app estimating that the EV's battery was down to just 15 miles of range, the report said. The Los Angeles Police Department had already attempted to stop the car after it was reported for reckless driving before she had even had a chance to file a report. Despite considering halting the vehicle with a Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT) maneuver, where officers try and force a vehicle to turn 180 degrees, causing it to stall and stop, police instead decided to follow it until it ran out of power, the report said. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...4e2ec2a17&ei=6 So when all the police cars switch to EV's you just have to run around until they run out of juice. |
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04-02-2024, 08:36 AM | #7487 |
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On a related observation, If people buying SUV's who will never see a dirt road would switch to the 2wd estate/wagon with same engine and load capacity they would save about 20% on fuel consumption but it's really not about the environment is it.
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04-02-2024, 09:44 AM | #7488 |
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Tesla sitting on serious new inventory. Dealers taking Tesla on trade better beware.
Electric vehicle stocks slide after Tesla deliveries stunner Apr. 02, 2024 9:56 AM ETTesla, Inc. (TSLA) StockF, GM, TM, WKHS, MVST, NKLA, NIO, HYLN, GOEV, RIVN, XPEV, LAZR, QS, HYZN, LCID, PSNY, VFS, ALLGBy: Clark Schultz, SA News Editor 5 Share Save Comments (23) Stock Market Crash Chart solarseven Electric vehicle stocks went into reverse in early trading on Tuesday after Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) missed already beaten-down estimates with its Q1 production and deliveries report. The electric vehicle giant announced on Tuesday that it delivered 386,810 vehicles in Q1 and produced 433,371 vehicles. The deliveries tally missed the consensus estimate that had already been slashed significantly over the last three weeks. Model 3/Y production was 412,376 units vs. 439,194 consensus. By comparison, Tesla delivered a total of 484,507 vehicles in Q4 and delivered 422,875 a year ago in Q1. On Wall Street, Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives did not pull any punches in characterizing the quarter. "While we were anticipating a bad 1Q, this was an unmitigated disaster 1Q that is hard to explain away," he noted. Ives unleashed: "We view this as a seminal moment in the Tesla story for Musk to either turn this around and reverse the black eye 1Q performance. Otherwise, some darker days could clearly be ahead that could disrupt the long-term Tesla narrative. While we remain bullish on the long term story given the prospects for growth and EV/FSD over the coming quarters, this was a train wreck into a brick wall quarter for Musk & Co. with our estimate that China was down at least 3% YoY." Barclays also created some ripples in the EV sector after downgrading Nio (NIO) to an Underweight rating due to weak sales trends. "With limited new product launches in the pipeline planned for the rest of 2024, we see significant risks for NIO's ability to meet consensus estimates for the reminder of the year," warned analyst Jiong Shao. Barclays cut revenue estimates on Nio (NIO) for Q1, 2024, and 2025. |
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Assessment of Run-Off Waters Resulting from Lithium-Ion Battery Fire-Fighting Operations
31 March 2024 As the use of Li-ion batteries is spreading, incidents in large energy storage systems (stationary storage containers, etc.) or in large-scale cell and battery storages (warehouses, recyclers, etc.), often leading to fire, are occurring on a regular basis. Water remains one of the most efficient fire extinguishing agents for tackling such battery incidents, and large quantities are usually necessary. Since batteries contain various potentially harmful components (metals and their oxides or salts, solvents, etc.) and thermal-runaway-induced battery incidents are accompanied by complex and potentially multistage fume emissions (containing both gas and particles), the potential impact of fire run-off waters on the environment should be considered and assessed carefully. The tests presented in this paper focus on analyzing the composition of run-off waters used to spray NMC Li-ion modules under thermal runaway. It highlights that waters used for firefighting are susceptible to containing many metals, including Ni, Mn, Co, Li and Al, mixed with other carbonaceous species (soot, tarballs) and sometimes undecomposed solvents used in the electrolyte. Extrapolation of pollutant concentrations compared with PNEC values showed that, for large-scale incidents, run-off water could be potentially hazardous to the environment. The tests presented in this paper highlight that waters used for firefighting on NMC Li-ion batteries are susceptible to containing many metals, including Ni, Mn, Co, Li and Al. Those metals are mixed with other carbonaceous species (soots, tarballs). It is also important to note that particles present in the water can be nanometric or in the form of nanostructured clusters. In addition to the solid contaminants, liquid compounds can be present, especially organic carbonates coming from the electrolyte (EC and EMC in this case) and also gaseous species such as PAH. A comparison with PNEC values showed that this water could be potentially hazardous to the environment, depending on the actual situation encountered in the case of thermal runaway propagation with a Li-ion battery-based system. These tests also make it possible to identify some trends concerning the reaction scenario. By comparing the two extinguishing operations on the prismatic cells, one can see that when the fire is developed, the water is much more concentrated in PAH and cathode metals (Ni, Mn, Co). On the other hand, the concentrations of elements coming from the liquid electrolyte (typically Li, P, F), more easily accessible, are present in equivalent quantities. https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/10/4/118# Makes you want to get back to the good old fashion car fire. |
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My guess is that the runoff from EV fires will become a leading cause of death in industrialized societies. Since most EVs will catch fire we are talking about millions of cars immolating and only large amounts of water will be used to quench though conflagrations. You could also see droughts occurring from this as well.
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This proves it is not a freak occurrence, Pres Bozo turns away.
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Cold one in Canada, husband afraid for wife, follows and stays with her while she charges. That was efficient. Is there a dumber car to own than an EV where it gets life threatening cold?
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It's Musk's own damn fault for going off the deep end in the last 5 years. Tesla's were largely purchased by more liberal and environmentally conscious individuals. Prior to around 2015, Musk was generally mum about political stuff. Then Musk got upset with California on many issues which I think he had some valid arguments. After that though, something snapped in him. He became very vocal, politicial, spewing conspiracy theories, Twitter, etc. I think he's also a product of all the fame and thinks that given his fame, he has the right answer and solution for everything. It's a common issue with wealthy and famous people. Bezos, Gates, and the like are similar. Now Musk has aligned himself with the Right, who largely oppose much in the way EVs and environmental matters and he's now alienated a large portion of his buyers/followers. He certainly doesn't help given that EV sales are tanking for other reasons. Sometimes it's just better to keep your mouth shut when it comes to politics, especially when you're famous and are running a business. So many CEOs and the like have been destroyed in the last 5 years because they became way too vocal politically. Michael Lindell (My Pillow CEO) may take the win though
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