A geopolitical expert gives several reasons why we are not going to see an explosive growth in EV market in the future, and the best days might be already behind us.
* from environmental point of view most EVs are at best questionable
* EVs require order of magnitude more materials
* cost...
Ford said customers in North America are unwilling to pay a premium for an EV.
The company, in turn, is postponing about $12 billion in EV manufacturing investment.
Ford’s Model e EV unit lost about $3.1 billion through three quarters this year...
What if a new generation of gasoline cars came with high efficiency engine. Something like 40mpg and 20gal tank would allow driving all day on highway and refuel just 2 times a month.
If required maintenance interval becomes 3 years or more, it's not such a chore, you can change tires at the...
I was visiting relatives this weekend in LA. The charging on I-5 was quite uneventful, every EA charger worked without a hitch. Just one charger turned to be slow pumping at 50kW, so I stopped the session and connected to another charger and instantly got above 110kW.
There was also one EA...
I was driving on Central Expressway, where the speed limit was 45mph on IACC, and the car decided to go for a joy ride accelerating to 80mph before I turned it off.
IACC speed limit seems to be affected by bugs, perhaps in maps, or in software. I noticed it often shows 55mph in certain places...
The Iranians have stumbled upon what has been every greenie's wet dream for a decade -- a massive store of lithium ore.
If the numbers prove true, it would be the 2nd largest deposit ever discovered. But is it too good to be true?
Electric car manufacturers in Europe are slowing down production because battery cars have proven too expensive for the middle class and the supply of lithium for their batteries is too uncertain. Production in Europe this year is expected to be 12 million cars—a million less than previous...
Just like most people on this forum I love my Mach-E, it drives great, I like no need to drive to the gas station, no oil changes, etc.
But let's look at a bigger picture. What is the future for BEVs? Will California and other states be able to pull EV transition by 2035? And how clean is the...
Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda recently caused the climate lobby to blow a fuse by speaking a truth about battery electric vehicles that his fellow auto executives dare not. “Just like the fully autonomous cars that we were all supposed to be driving by now,” Mr. Toyoda said in Thailand, “I think BEVs...
Earlier this year, Musk said during a podcast interview with the Tesla Owners Silicon Valley Club that both Lucid and electric-truck startup Rivian were "tracking toward bankruptcy."
He warned that unless the companies "can cut their cost dramatically, they are in deep trouble and will end up...
After one of the recent OTA updates the blue lights that show the charging progress are no longer shining 😥 Though that doesn't effect charging in any way, I'm still missing them. The white lights are functioning properly. There were some other settings that were changed by the update, which I...
'Game-changing' new battery for electric cars charges in 3 minutes and lasts for 20 YEARS - more than twice as long as current EV batteries
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11214911/New-battery-electric-cars-charges-3-minutes-lasts-20-years.html
I don't expect EVs ever reaching 3...
The dealership did a recall work for panoramic roof and windshield glass over a month ago, but FordPass still shows "Recall" and lists these two recall messages. I though it was supposed to be cleared up automatically after the recall was completed? Does your FordPass still show the messages...
I took my car to the dealership earlier this week to work on all three recalls at once. They asked me whether I wanted a Blue Cruise update that takes 13 hours, I said yes. The service guy couldn't explain what it was because I already had functioning BC in my car.
The car I got back feels and...
In this old thread I described the walk away autolock issue that leaves the car unlocked. I just found out today that it works now as expected, perhaps that was fixed in some firmware update.
The situation is the same as before. I was unloading the car and left the key fob inside the house where...