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MikeDeTiger

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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1148 on: December 06, 2023, 12:34:56 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on December 06, 2023, 11:27:50 AM
Pretty sure it was Elon who wanted it to look like this.

Then you are correct, he doesn't need to be anywhere near the auto industry.  That's a Crime Against Aesthetics. 
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« Reply #1149 on: December 06, 2023, 12:35:17 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on December 06, 2023, 11:15:21 AM
I figured they were going for "unique" and maybe it appeals to folks who want to signal they are just that, and have no real interest in having a truck.

I can't even tell it was supposed to be a truck.  
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« Reply #1150 on: December 06, 2023, 12:54:25 PM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on December 06, 2023, 12:34:56 PM
Then you are correct, he doesn't need to be anywhere near the auto industry.  That's a Crime Against Aesthetics. 
Let him make the batteries and leave the rest to people who build cars for real.
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« Reply #1151 on: December 06, 2023, 12:58:27 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on December 06, 2023, 12:54:25 PM
Let him make the batteries and leave the rest to people who build cars for real.
He doesn't even have the battery tech. That's pretty much all Panasonic. He has a factory that assembles the batteries. 
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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1152 on: December 06, 2023, 01:09:27 PM »
I'm still impressed that any new car maker can master all of the details of building a reasonably competent car.  You have so many different aspects to master.

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« Reply #1153 on: December 07, 2023, 10:54:03 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on December 06, 2023, 01:09:27 PM
I'm still impressed that any new car maker can master all of the details of building a reasonably competent car.  You have so many different aspects to master.


When I worked for Ford, my team managed over 16,000 parts per model on the Ford Explorer alone.  It is pretty amazing.
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« Reply #1154 on: December 07, 2023, 11:00:52 AM »
Managing existing parts is hard enough.  Devising a new car from a clean sheet?  Just the suspension alone would be serious work.  Then you have crash worthiness and all the other Fed requirements to me.  Seats?  Go design a decent car seat.

I'm sure they hire folks from the Big Three, but still.
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« Reply #1155 on: December 08, 2023, 01:38:38 PM »
Historic: US EVs skyrocket past 1 million sales, up 50.7% YOY🔥 | Electrek
Historic: US EVs skyrocket past 1 million sales, up 50.7% YOY🔥 | Electrek

Supply has exceeded demand however.
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« Reply #1156 on: December 08, 2023, 03:30:30 PM »
sales means sold, correct?

or just sitting on dealer lots
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« Reply #1157 on: December 08, 2023, 04:03:59 PM »
Sold. 
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« Reply #1158 on: December 08, 2023, 04:27:33 PM »
well then, demand was obviously past 1 million, up 50.7%
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« Reply #1159 on: December 08, 2023, 04:39:12 PM »
Sales are up, just not as much as makers expected.  I'm seeing a lot of ads showing discounts on EVs now.

And a million a year is not a large percentage.
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« Reply #1160 on: December 08, 2023, 05:02:54 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on December 08, 2023, 04:39:12 PM
And a million a year is not a large percentage.
Admittedly it's still <10%, but it's getting within sight of that number. 
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« Reply #1161 on: December 08, 2023, 05:08:51 PM »
Sure, and no doubt the figure will rise in time, probably looking fairly exponential for a period.  We also may well hit a "lull", we may already have, where it has to get past the first adopters and cool people and to folks who are more practical.

Gas around here is well under $3 in most places, an EV just doesn't make much fiscal sense here.
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