Posted on 05/03/2021 10:35:03 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Mercedes EQS takes the electric car to another level.
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Turbos huh?
Not you of course, but people like you used to post all the time about them dang hybrids.
How they are useless, worthless and won’t last 2-3 years without needing a $5,000 battery.
20 years later, we see how silly they were. And these same people today have the same silly mindset against EV’s.
Oh well.
And as far as turbo engines? Yes please. Give me a turbo 4 cylinder that gets better mileage and more horsepower than a six cylinder.
When they started putting 4cylinder turbos engines in large cars and pickup trucks I got no end of flack from people who crowed about their great high horsepower turbo engines and refused to believe that such engines would be lucky to live half as long as a V8 with similar power. Now I hear them crying.
How do you spell “Turbo”? T-R-O-U-B-L-E.
The company is already ordering the equipment for production of those cells in Berlin, and also for Austin, reported Musk, adding that the company is “quite optimistic” about achieving volume production next year.
The team is “not quite yet to the point where we think the cells are reliable enough to be shipping cars,” he summed. “It appears as though we’re about 12, probably not more than 18, months away from volume production of 4680,” said Musk.
Musk went on to clarify that as it’s aiming to ramp up production of the new cells, it’s also trying to ramp up supply from its cell suppliers as much as possible. “So this is not something that is to the exclusion of suppliers; it is in conjunction with suppliers,” he said.
The jigsaw piece in the middle of this all-hands approach is the long-delayed Semi. Tesla’s quarterly update noted that Semi deliveries will start this year. And Musk had previously said—in January—that Tesla wouldn’t have enough cells for the Semi, which uses about five times as many cells as a passenger vehicle, until it’s producing the 4680 cells in volume.
Tesla has suggested that it would use those new cells in more energy-dense applications such as the Semi and Cybertruck—allowing it to maximize production of its other vehicles, such as the Model Y that Tesla anticipates taking a top global sales position in 2022. The company has been subbing in somewhat less energy-dense LFP cells into its Model 3 in China, and that could potentially extend to the Model Y or to have enough cells for other models, such as the entry-level Tesla reportedly being developed in China.
[Tesla may be banking a lot on its new battery cell format: Semi, Cybertruck, Model S Plaid+
Bengt Halvorson
April 28, 2021
Green Car Reports]
The perfect white liberal 'elite' delusional democrat car...
Hee Hee....you said “nippy”.
I went to an old factory in Frankfurt that was turned into a winter storage area for luxury cars. It was an awesome place. They also had a Lamborghhini dealership, a McLaren dealership, a vintage Mercedes dealership. If you liked cars it was heaven, and there were similar storage areas in every major city.
Mmmmmmm. McLaren F1. Shoulda bought one when they were only $250K.
“I live 50 miles away from work. I drive 100 miles round trip. And my office has recharging stations.
I’d buy a Tesla today if only to use their electricity.
But I’m retiring in three years. Not worth the investment.”
This and impressing your liberal friends are the only reasons to own an EV.
“How do you spell “Turbo”? T-R-O-U-B-L-E.”
I have built several engines along with some turbo motors. When building an engine that’s going to be supercharged, it has to be built bulletproof from the ground up. Otherwise, all a supercharger does for an engine is make it a lot easier to hand grenade.
This and impressing your liberal friends are the only reasons to own an EV.
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Don’t forget that a Tesla will outperform a Mustang GT 500.
If that don’t impress you, I don’t know what will.
Company issued departmental cars to several of us. Cool - less wear n tear on our own equipment. Then they realized that we were getting unearned benefits and started charging us a fee to use their cars. My buddy responded by turning in his vehicle and buying a Nissan Leaf.
We were claiming mileage @ 51 cents per mile. Of course I had to buy gas for my vehicle and he didn’t. Our company put in charging stations at all their facilities so he got free recharges. He got away with that for two years when the company started metering the chargers. It was a heck of a deal - while it lasted.
Well, yes. You need forged pistons, billet rods and other top-notch components set to exacting tolerances. Even then a supercharged engine is going to have a shorter life-span. Mass produced engines aren’t going to have that attention to detail.
No more 200-300K miles out of a V-8 engine. More like 100K max out of a four. Welcome to the new world of “efficient” vehicles.
“Don’t forget that a Tesla will outperform a Mustang GT 500.”
That’s fine, I can get along just fine without an EV.
“I live 50 miles away from work. I drive 100 miles round trip. And my office has recharging stations.
I’d buy a Tesla today if only to use their electricity.
But I’m retiring in three years. Not worth the investment.”
Consider a Ford Mach E, which you can get with a financing plan (not a lease, but it looks like one) where you can turn the car after 3 years or choose to keep it. Or sell it. Or use it for a trade in.
Your mileage may come into play, but the tax credit (Ford has it as they haven’t sold so many cars they’ve run out), lower cost of electricity and maintenance may outweigh the mileage issues. Plus, you can get one between $50K and $60K.
Because I didn’t see it mentioned elsewhere in the comments: “The automaker did not release pricing for the EQS, however industry experts expect it to easily top $100,000”.
You can buy a pre-2000 Saab that will give you another 100K miles of mileage and zippy performance. But the prices are going North these days. 5 years ago you could get fairly good ones for a grand.
The EV train won't be going anywhere if they crash my power grid.
Even the man with the "vision" can see that.
Heh, I knew that if I had to ask... ;^)
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