Electric Vehicles?

[highfigh]

Saw my first cyber truck up close the other day. It’s even more horrific. Seen them on the road, but standing next to one made me appreciate true automotive design more than ever. To call it Fugly would be generous.

I recently saw one with the tailgate lowered, and inside was, well, it looked like LUMBER!

 

[j_garcia]

On EV side - I find myself significantly more comfortable driving my EV9 than my old Accord. Even in Accord's 2.0T engine in sports mode - the torque and instant acceleration aren't nearly as good as EV9's

As much as I love driving my STI and it is just as quick, it doesn't have that instant plateau of torque. It also doesn't have the technology and connectivity of a modern car.

Cybertrucks are pretty common here. The very first one I saw in a parking lot, just a quick glance and you could see the uneven panel gaps. There are a few here in my subdivision, presumably because Tesla workers live here since I am close to the factory. Now that it has started to rain, you instantly see the issue with SST. Basically, good luck trying to keep that thing clean. About 50% of them get the wrap, which I think is a better idea, appearance wise. We see matte black, blue, white, and red. It seems only the first gen received the option of a factory wrap and it is no longer available.

 

[Mikado463]

I read that GM has just scuttled an EV support plant (batteries ?) in Michigan, more and more smaller EV entities are heading towards financial skid row..........

 

[j_garcia]

That battery plant closure was announced mid 2023, so it isn't new. They sold it off to LG, their partner in development for batteries.

There is also a Canadian plant that is being converted to produce an EV delivery van.

 

[Mikado463]

That battery plant closure was announced mid 2023, so it isn't new. They sold it off to LG, their partner in development for batteries.

yep, just found the article, apparently it was conceived on the belief GM would be producing 1 million EV's by 2025, LMAO !

 

[j_garcia]

yep, just found the article, apparently it was conceived on the belief GM would be producing 1 million EV's by 2025, LMAO !

Then they better start building power plants and chargers

I was in another town recently on Thanksgiving and went to the one near-by Chargepoint charger. It was badly damaged, clearly vandalism. First time I've seen that, but there are a lot of homeless in that area. We've used that one before, so it was disappointing.