Posted on 03/30/2021 10:18:18 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Toyota Just Challenged Tesla With This New EV SUV Unveiled at Shanghai
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 15 2021 - 9:48pm
https://www.torquenews.com/video/toyota-just-challenged-tesla-new-ev-suv-unveiled-shanghai
Ok.
When it functions like a gas car in range and fueling let me know.
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Didn’t Apple and KIA partner up last month also?
Sounds like a great idea for the small SUV people but,
with these two I expect the price will be way more than I am willing to pay.
Yes, according to news I read.
Maybe Tesla can finally sell something with a decent fit and finish.
I thought I read that here somewhere.
Thanks!
Didn't work out. Apple's subsequently (maybe simultaneously) in talks with BMW. Apple's already got iPhone 12 production in India for the Indian market, and Tesla moves quickly and has been getting a toe in in India as well. I'd guess that Apple's eventual partner(s) will be building the Apple car in India, sometime by 2030.
The technology just isn’t there yet to make electric cars practical as your only vehicle. Someday we will have better batteries and perhaps charging stations with faster charging times, perhaps by using supercapacitors. Question is how will we generate enough electricity?
Surprised Apple trusts India to build cars.
We won’t
That’s why this pipe dream won’t fly.
some other Engineering Explained vid titles:
Everything That’s Wrong With My Tesla Model 3 - Quality Problems
Why Electric Cars Are So Cheap To Drive - My Tesla Model 3 Electric Bill
How Does The Tesla Model 3 Handle Snow?
I Traded My Tesla For The Model 3 Performance - Regret Buying Mid-Range
Living With An Electric Car Changed My Mind
Are Electric Cars Worse For The Environment? Myth Busted
https://www.youtube.com/user/EngineeringExplained/videos
Nothing about: Where is all the electricity coming from?
Unicorn farts.
Besides, why should proles like you need transportation? $3 trillion in "infrastructure" will be used to build housing complexes next to the People's Factory #17. That way, you can walk to work.
The electricity will come from the usual places.
I’m sure that India can build world class quality if the right management and systems are put in place. I do know on the component level they are taking business away from China, so no reason to think they can’t move up the chain.
“The electricity will come from the usual places.”
More nuclear power plants?
More dams?
Burning more coal?
Burning more oil?
“When it functions like a gas car in range and fueling let me know”
Fascist Democrats will tell you when you will buy your EV.
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