benboy12
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I wonder how tall the guy on the right is. Trying to get an idea of interior space.
I like how the range indicator is described; by putting key landmarks on it, you know if you can always get home.
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I wonder how tall the guy on the right is. Trying to get an idea of interior space.
I like how the range indicator is described; by putting key landmarks on it, you know if you can always get home.
There's another interview with that guy on the right and he says he's 6' 6" or 6' 8", I can't remember which. Plenty of room inside for the average joeI wonder how tall the guy on the right is. Trying to get an idea of interior space.
The problem with the door openers is imho just a software bug too. There was no mechanical problem with it, the car just didn't quite unterstand when to retract the opener correctly.Well that's certainly disconcerting. I know it's just an early preproduction model and there's going to be bugs to be worked out. But if there's a lot of apparent ones already, there's probably a lot more unapparent ones. I'm not concerned about the software - that's easily updated. But physical design things like door latches and releases aren't so quickly perfected. Last thing we want is to spend $55k on a vehicle with nagging issues.
yes the car has an Euro Type 2 CSS Combo plug like nearly all new EVs in Europe, even Tesla Model 3, see pic attachedI assume that the euro charging is different then an American charging as the hookup on the car looked radically different. I know for a fact that on the American version your phone is your key.
I have the same impression. I also do not really understand why they added this "hook" to the front doors, but not to the rear doors, while the mechanism to open them (button plus bar down in the door that pushes it outward) is exactly the same. They could have simply left the hook off in the front as well since they designed the opening mechanism to not crush your fingers when opening the door anyway.But the door tiny door handles worry me a bit. It really felt like a thing that idiots could break for fun on your car, just as people destroyed standalone car emblems or antennas on older cars.
Might be a sort of fail safe if something goes wrong with the "push out" mechanism (or a door frame freezes up). If that fails, gonna be really hard to pry that door open without damaging the paint with a screwdriver or something.I have the same impression. I also do not really understand why they added this "hook" to the front doors, but not to the rear doors, while the mechanism to open them (button plus bar down in the door that pushes it outward) is exactly the same. They could have simply left the hook off in the front as well since they designed the opening mechanism to not crush your fingers when opening the door anyway.
If I understand it correctly, this is the Mach-e plug in the US, right? (with the same DC fast-charge below it, just covered in this pic by the flap)yes the car has an Euro Type 2 CSS Combo plug like nearly all new EVs in Europe, even Tesla Model 3, see pic attached
absolutely correct.If I understand it correctly, this is the Mach-e plug in the US, right? (with the same DC fast-charge below it, just covered in this pic by the flap)
Only european Tesla Model X and S (not 3) are using Type 2 for DC charging and only at superchargers of course. For all other EV including Model 3, the type 2 plug is only used for AC.(used for AC, slow DC, and communications)
I don’t understand either, and I wish they hadn’t used such a ”just tacked on” solution. If the aftermarket offers a delete kit, I will be one of the first to purchase it.I have the same impression. I also do not really understand why they added this "hook" to the front doors, but not to the rear doors, while the mechanism to open them (button plus bar down in the door that pushes it outward) is exactly the same. They could have simply left the hook off in the front as well since they designed the opening mechanism to not crush your fingers when opening the door anyway.
I know someone that did import a Fiat 500 electric from the US (it is not sold as an electric in Europe). It was hell to fit a type 2 plug on it, so you can charge it here. Also a lot of EVs from Asia only support single phase AC charging, because in the US and Asia private residences only have a single phase. in europe every house has 3 phases (except in the UK I think). so I can for example charge my Ioniq only with a single phase even my charger has 3 phases.Thanks for the clarification, @micstriit. I hadn't realized that Tesla had their own modification of the European Type 2 connector to allow faster (up to 120 kW) DC charging from that connector for MS and MX.
All of these regional differences must make it more expensive/difficult to export an electric car if someone wanted to keep it while relocating.
BTW, for those that don't speak German. If you open the video in YouTube. In the bottom right corner you can click on Closed Captions. Then click the gear icon (settings) next to it, and choose subtitles, and then auto translate into whatever language is best for you.new video from germany
there is no new info I was not aware of in the video. the reviewer likes the car specifically for that price. he thinks the quality is better than his Kona electric. he has a reservation for an VW ID.3 and he thinks that he can get a bigger and better car for the same price with the MachE, so he is tempted.