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  1. Is A Toyota SUV "Greener" Than A Tesla? Engineering Explained guy says Yes. I think in real world answer is NO.

    Report: Plug-in hybrids are polluting more than claimed By Stephen Edelstein December 9, 2020 https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1130586_report-plug-in-hybrids-are-polluting-more-than-claimed Real-world usage of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles: Fuel consumption, electric driving, and CO2...
  2. Is A Toyota SUV "Greener" Than A Tesla? Engineering Explained guy says Yes. I think in real world answer is NO.

    -------------------------- Is A Toyota SUV "Greener" Than A Tesla? Mar 10, 2021 Engineering Explained Engineering Explained guy is using max theoretical numbers CO2 & pollution numbers when PHEV varies widely based on owner/driver charging behavior (like many almost never charge so use gas...
  3. Morgan Stanley: Tesla losing market share to Ford Mustang Mach-E

    Ford has a unfair financial advantage. Both Tesla & GM/Chevy are being penalized for being successful early adopter of EVs. Tesla & GM/Chevy vehicle buyers no longer get the $7,500 federal credit. The $7,500 Federal Credit for Ford Mach E is a big factor in choosing it over a Model 3 and Model...
  4. Lessons learned from the Texas grid failure

    It is good that this promotes home solar but first thing he does is perpetuates false info. Storm was not once in lifetime. There were similar storms in 1989, 2011 with the same failures. The Texas government, energy grid operation, natural gas pipelines, and thermal power plants (coal, gas...
  5. Oil Major Total Buys Texas Solar Projects

    And sometimes they buy company to kill a technology/product/version of product or slow adoption of a technology/product/version of product. Microsoft did this several times. General Motors & fossil fuel companies controlled large format NiMH battery patents & prevented NiMH use for making...
  6. Isetta Is (Still) Coming Back as an Electric Car

    How does this car pass crash test? The door is in the front. How do you escape after a front crash or any crash that keeps the door from opening?
  7. Hmm: United Airlines Orders 200 Electric Air Taxis

    The air force guy said "rotors" Autorotate requires the rotors to be mostly intact and rotating fast enough to provide lift. If a part of the rotor is gone or the transmissions gearbox, rotor hub, and linkages are damaged such that the rotor can not rotate at all or not fast enough, the...
  8. Electric Vehicles Were a Nonstarter—Until Tesla Came Along

    The 1960 Henney Killowat seated 4 people and was highway capable. ---------------------------------------- Henney Kilowatt was an electric car introduced in the United States of America for the 1959 model year. An improved model was introduced in 1960 with a top speed of 60 miles/hour...
  9. The curse of 'white oil': electric vehicles' dirty secret

    Elon Musk & the engineers at Tesla estimate that all new cars/trucks sold in 2030 could be full electric. By 2050 the entire population of cars/trucks would be full electric. Using technology existing today, if started now by 2040, it is theoretically & economically feasible to power the...
  10. The curse of 'white oil': electric vehicles' dirty secret

    Energy subsidy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_subsidy ... The International Energy Agency estimates that governments subsidized fossil fuels by US $548 billion in 2013. Those subsidies were over four-times the value of subsidies to renewable energy and more than four times the amount...
  11. The curse of 'white oil': electric vehicles' dirty secret

    All the subsidies to oil industry including military expenditures including direct wars. Iran vs Iraq (supported by U.S. military aid when U.S. consider Saddam as the good guy). Iraq vs U.S. #1 Iraq vs U.S. #2 Yemen Lebanon - U.S. Marines killed by huge bomb Sept 11 would not have happened *...
  12. Elon vs IG Metall Union - Who will win?

    "New" GM (General Motors Company) is not a successful 100 year capitalist endeavor. General Motors filed for a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization on June 8, 2009 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors#Chapter_11_bankruptcy ..... "General Motors Corporation" filed for a...
  13. Elon vs IG Metall Union - Who will win?

    Can you give name of this company & factory? What decade did this happen?
  14. Tesla is like In-N-Out

    I know them from living in East LA. They have only been in Dallas several years. I would love one right now.
  15. Ram electric pickup truck coming

    Sure, PHEV will probably have less range then full BEV but with today's tech a PHEV with only 25 range is a joke. A first gen 2011-2015 Chevy Volt PHEV had 35 miles and 2nd gen 2016-2019 had 53 miles. So a $42,000 2021 Jeep X4e will have significantly less range than vehicle from 10 years ago...
  16. Ram electric pickup truck coming

    Another joke by a legacy. Barely a plugin at all. Only 25 miles of all-electric range.
  17. GMC Hummer EV

    Running around? Yes. Some think there are at least two prototypes because people have seen trucks with slightly different stainless steel finishes. validation testing? Do not know
  18. GMC Hummer EV

    Maybe this is where GM Hummer rear steering comes from Nexteer (Delphi Steering original maker of GM Quadsteer) now has Active rear wheel steering in video, skip to 09:40 Nexteer's New High-Output Electric Steering + Quadrasteer Still Alive! Pickup Truck Plus SUV Talk 2020 July Quadrasteer...
  19. GMC Hummer EV

    Ford patents rear-wheel steering for F-Series pickup trucks By Joel Feder January 7, 2020 https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1126623_ford-patents-rear-wheel-steering-for-f-series-pickup-trucks ** video has info on how in early 2000s GM mishandled rollout of Quadrasteer feature ** Will...
  20. GMC Hummer EV

    ------------------------------ 4 wheel steering on trucks helps with 1. turning into parking slot in parking lots with narrow lanes 2. turning right on intersections with tight corners and narrow lanes 3. towing at high-speed and lane change 4. low speed towing forward and turns 5. low...
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