My wife’s hybrid won’t run the electric motor until the gas engine is warm. Her commute is about two miles.
I think windchill only affects skin.
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My wife’s hybrid won’t run the electric motor until the gas engine is warm. Her commute is about two miles.
I think windchill only affects skin.
A car being in motion can cool off faster than if it is still. However, the windchill rating given in weather reports typically assumes the wind moving over a stationary human.
My Volt will start the gas engine if it’s cold… I forget how cold, below freezing for sure. It tells you on the dash that it’s starting the engine on purpose, I think it runs for maybe 3-4 minutes. I don’t know why or how the damn thing works.
Magnets!
Dang! I was pretty close. I was going to say Magic.
I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Plastics.
All wrong. It’s all ball bearings nowadays.
So is Elon a Nazi or what
Yes.
Next question with an obvious answer?
I ninja’d you four days ago!
Dangit!
That’s what I get for only skimming the thread.
I am happy to see someone know the reference, it only got two likes. Le sad.
1985, dude. I saw it in the theater when it first came out. And to this day, any time I see someone with a towel, I ask to borrow it because my car hit a water buffalo.
I am happy to see someone know the reference, it only got two likes. Le sad.
I am proud to be one of the two and I’ve used that line myself. Also “I rent them. I lease with an option to buy.” And occasionally “Oldsmobuick”.
As long as there’s no manure spreader jackknifed on the Santa Ana.
Kelley blue book estimates for US 2024 EV sales are out. Overall EV sales were up 7.3% from 2023. Tesla sales were slightly down, so that their EV market share dropped from 55.4% to 48.7%. I believe it’s the first year in a long time that Tesla sales shrank. Perhaps 2023 was their high point?
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The novelty has worn off now that you see them everywhere and they are all the same 4 colors, and all the models look about the same just slightly different shapes.
Also, lots of complaints about build quality and customer service.
I do wonder if that’s hurting them. You don’t get many options with, say, the Model Y. Five or so colors, black or white interior, 7 seats is an option in the Long Range.
What is also hurting them is other manufacturers are catching up. Kia/Hyundai has some really compelling cars for sure. And while the legacy manufacturers are making pretty big strides, Tesla isn’t innovating as much. The new Model Y is out. Styling was tweaked a bit, ventilated seats added, they added a screen in the back, revised the suspension and I think it’s supposed to have less road noise. The Y has been on sale since 2020, five years on we get a refresh… historically a new car launches, after ~3 years they refresh it, and after ~6 years they start from scratch.
But instead of working more on this, or building a more economical car, they built the truck.