The Current : Weekly EV News Ep#8 April 27, 2024
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- Опубликовано: 13 май 2024
- Join Miss GoElectric for the latest episode of her weekly EV and electrification news series called "The Current". In this episode she will summarize developments in the EV space including:
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Tesla Model 3 Performance
01:36 Mini Aceman
03:06 Mercedes G580
05:48 Mercedes Fake Noise
06:05 Electric Range Rover
06:43 EV Financial Reporting Insights
08:53 Honda EV Manufacturing in Canada
09:48 Toyota EV Manufacturing in Indiana
10:52 Washington State EV Rebate
11:40 Conclusion and How to Help Our Channel
RELEVANT LINKS:
Tesla Model 3 Performance
www.tesla.com/model3-performance
Mini Aceman
www.press.bmwgroup.com/global...
Tesla Earnings Information
digitalassets.tesla.com/tesla...
Ford Model E Losses
www.electrive.com/2024/04/25/...
General Motors Earnings Insights
media.gm.com/content/dam/Medi...
Honda Canadian EV Hub
www.cnbc.com/2024/04/25/honda...
Toyota Indiana Plant
pressroom.toyota.com/facility...
Washington State EV Incentive
www.commerce.wa.gov/news/read...
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It's refreshing to see an EV. Show that's not totally Tesla 😊 it's refreshing and I used to live in Nunica ,Michigan, by the way.
Thank you for watching and commenting fellow former Michigander! 😄✋🏼
We are absolutely in love with our Tesla but family members drive different varieties and really like theirs too. This should not be a battle. Drive what works for you.
If I hadn't mentioned it before I consider myself an economic refugee living in the state of Ohio Oh, the shame of it all.🤣😂😅
Good show ! Food for thought: there are several Automotive magazines that have a policy stating that no PR publishing unless Price and Availability are provided. It would certainly add to credibility and loyal followers.
Thanks for commenting. -Producer Tim
I live in WA state and didn’t even hear about the ev lease rebates. thanks for the deep dives each week!
So glad it is helpful to you and your fellow Washingtonians 🤓 It's such a great deal I had to share.
Thanks for watching this week and commenting 😄
EV ( excellent video) Miss Ge✔️🖖🌎
Thank you! We appreciate you commenting and watching 🤓
Absolutely excellent video. Best ever.
Thank you 😄 We appreciate that you watched and commented! 🤓
Gm & Ty miss GoElectric. Ty for the nice video.
Good morning 🌞 Thanks for watching and commenting this week Gucci 🤓
Another great episode. Thanks.
Thanks Terrence 🤓 We greatly appreciate that you watched and commented! 🙌🏼
Great discussion. It should be noted that Model 3 Performance vehicles produced and sold outside of the US will have 50 less hp and slightly slower sprint times due to a different battery pack. I'm not sure whether Canada will have the US built packs, as Tesla is prioritizing Panasonic packs for US vehicles to benefit from the tax credits for domestically built batteries. The Long Range Model 3 does not qualify for the $7,500 tax credit currently, so the Performance model is actually cheaper for US buyers that qualify for the credit.
All great points. Thanks for sharing! Appreciate that you took the time to watch and comment 🤓
Great place to come and get my weekly Electric updates. Great show.😃
Thank you Maureen. We appreciate your having joined us and commenting. If you are willing to share a link to this on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn, that could be very helpful to our network. We'll need at least 20k views weekly to break even on this production. -Producer Tim
Awesome Video thank you.
Thank you for tuning in and commenting this week 🤓
I appreciate the positive attitude about the new stories, looks like you’ve been doing videos in the space for a while but just started doing news. Personally, I would appreciate more stories about legislation, underlying technology like batteries, and analysis of both the effectiveness of current and upcoming vehicles, as well as information about what consumers are reacting to regarding electric vehicles.
Personally, I would greatly appreciate any stories about electric vehicles that are a lot simpler, that is have minimal infotainment systems.
You also might do well to include stories about anything regarding right to repair electric vehicles, Electric charging infrastructure, home charging, vehicle to load systems, and data about PHEVs.
I know that last one is controversial among some electric vehicle advocates, but I have a personal perspective that is that if vehicles are being sold, they all should be plug-in hybrids but at least 40 miles of battery only range, and the ability for the driver to choose to run electric only. The Chevy volt was the perfect plug-in hybrid electric vehicle in my view, as it allowed for these, and you only had to run the engine I think six months or so.
In any case, it’s useful for those of us who want to tell our friends who Don’t trust electric vehicles which plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are available for them that will allow them to get used to electric vehicles while still feeling comfortable they can drive the way they currently do. Every gas car sold was a PHEV, that would put hundreds of thousands if not millions of electric vehicles that happened to also be able to run on gas on the roads. This would allow a lot of different things, including the opportunity for cities to require electric mode only vehicles within their borders. It is still going to take at least 10 years to transition the vehicle fleet of new cars to electric only, and gas cars are still gonna be out there for probably 25 years.
Every new car should be a plug-in hybrid so I encourage you to look into stories that discuss that. there’s also a claim that plug-in hybrid owners don’t know their cars can plug-in, so the more information about that, the better we’re going to be.
Thank you for joining and tuning in to this week's episode!
We have a sub channel we launched recently which dives deeper into Industry topics: RUclips.com/@Miss GoElectricIndustry
We will be launching an EV education series soon - the writing is complete, just need to film and edit 🙂
We personally don't like the complexity and costs associated with owning a PHEV in comparison to a BEV and leave that up to other channels to cover.
I have been working in the auto business for about 15 years and during my time launching new products for car companies, I have done my fair share of PHEV launches. Plus the interactions I have had over the years with this channel has led to witnessing and hearing about thousands of use cases where it was revealed to me that PHEV owners don't plug in and don't get all the benefits of driving electric (but they can claim a tax credit).
This is one reason why we don't cover PHEVs here and do the tough work of BEV education. But I do appreciate your thoughts and sharing your perspective on the topic.
Regardless, we hope you stay tuned because there is a lot more content coming this year 🤓
@@MissGoElectric Thanks for your thoughtful response
I will simple respond that abandoning PHEV education is simply going to make things worse since we are at least a decade away from the end of ICE sales. Abandoning PHEV coverage is just going to mean more pure ICE vehicles on the road.
We aren't abandoning hybrids because we have never covered PHEV. If a vehicle has a gas tank and a muffler, we aren't interested.
There are audiences for all kinds of things, most of which we would not consider pivoting towards.
We know that staying close to our expertise and values will continue to yield the best outcome for our business and our conscience. -Producer Tim
Awesome job!!!!
Thank you! We appreciate that you tuned in and commented 🤓
Excellent. You have more serious ev news items.
We appreciate your encouragement. Please join us again next week. -Producer Tim
I'm most interested in the Tesla Model 3 Performance. Thank you for putting together such an informative and efficient presentation. I'm curious if there has been any serious discussion about making a range of synthetic sounds available for EV consumers. You know, for the kids.
Hi Doug,
Hyundai's Ioniq5 N offers a variety of synthetic motor sounds. ruclips.net/video/DSIguemKIbQ/видео.html
Tesla used to have many sounds available while driving, even allowing users to upload any music or sound file. US government agencies prohibited that, forcing an update to remove the feature. Thank you for watching and commenting. - Producer Tim
Model 3 Performance
🏎️💨⚡ It looks great, I don't blame you for picking it 🤓 Thanks for watching & commenting!
Another great episode! I'm looking forward to the Model 3 performance the most out of those. Also, still a no-go for me on the fake noises in EVs. 😀
M3P is quite tempting. Thank you for commenting. -Producer Tim
New to this channel and subscribing. The audio pacifier/binky on the Mercedes shouldn't even be brought up. imo. None of them should. I remember using a playing card and a clothes pin on my bicycle when I was 8. Probably for a day or two.
Many EV brands and models now offer artificial sounds. The Ioniq5 N is a powerful example. It's interesting to hear how different demographics feel about it. Thank you for commenting, and join us again next week. -Producer Tim
Another great episode!
Audio note: There's some kind of distortion riding under the voice. Might be the electronics in the wireless mic, or the mic input. I would experiment with alternative equipment to see if it clears up.
Hi David,
Each week we record in a different environment and city. While we always use the same equipment and try to stick with the consistent settings. While there was no audio clipping this week, we did do some post processing to remove some undesirable background noise. This processing introduced a slight degradation in vocal clarity compared to the previous seven episodes, but it is the lesser of available evils on this run-and-gun shoot. We hope Miss GoElectric is easy to understand in this video and we'll continue to deliver the highest quality product we can given the production and time constraints associated with filming and publishing in the same day each week. Thank you for watching and commenting.
-Producer Tim
Good information for the American EV market. Should also include more info on the Chinese EV market as it is the largest in the world and impacts Western markets.
We know that China is years ahead of the USA regarding EV adoption. We have covered many Chinese companies in episode 2 which you can view here: ruclips.net/video/59FHO1NTdts/видео.html
We will stick to coverage of news which affects the North American market. That is our area of expertise. Thank you for commenting. -Producer Tim
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Thank you for watching and commenting :) -Producer Tim
Lets see a Cybertruck versus Mercedes climbing event!
Great suggestion 🤓 I will see what I can do 👀
Then do it again when the CT gets diff locker software. Recently learned that the CT needs its own FSD training data due to the rear wheel steering. The only reasonable way to do that was to get lots on trucks on the road. So more to come.
We are eager for our CT to have functional FSD and we have contributed about 4,000 miles of training data during our first three weeks of ownership. The summer software update will be huge, including locking differential, reduction in phantom drain, and much more. -Producer Tim
@@MissGoElectric Additional thinking. What I said is reasonable but I am not sure if they will gather data prior to the full 10 degree rear steering update. The problem with logic and too little information. Either way it will be worth the wait. Thanks for the reply.
Great channel but you need to also cover Aptera, arguably the most exciting and innovative EV ever
Aptera is interesting. We had an order in the first one a decade ago before the company went belly up. We hope they are able to keep investors interested long enough to become profitable with sales. Thank you for commenting. -Producer Tim
More on Range Rover when you have it, please.
You got it! 🫡
GM increase sales of EV by 74% from 2 to 5 EV.
They were on the struggle bus with Ultium for a while but hopefully this indicates they have fixed all the issues and can ramp. We shall see how next quarter plays out 👀
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@@MissGoElectric We are told the 3 pickups lose too much money to ever ramp to profitability. The big batteries are a good feature but costly for GM.
@@danharold3087Maybe after battery costs go down and battery tech goes up, things will pencil out better. In the meantime, it's a nice engineering exercise.
Battery developments are moving quickly, and mining is catching up with demand, so it shouldn't be too long before they get their EV business in gear.
The big question is whether they can get the siloed departments working closely enough together to get the efficiency they will need to stay competitive.
You are right to point out that GM has not yet produced an efficient electric powertrain for their trucks. If they had the efficiency of the Tesla Cybertruck, they'd be making a mint at that MSRP. We are averaging about 430Wh/mi on our Cybertruck at highways speeds averaging 80MPH with about 4,000 miles driven so far. -Producer Tim
Absolutely love the new electric g wagon but sure hope they make that “roar” optional!😨
It is an option as with several other makes and models. -Producer Tim
MB suv is nice bet you pricey. Sienna ev would be nice. Currently no minivan ev being sold.
You are right. Mercedes Benz is not the right fit for a value oriented buyer.
We would love to see an all electric minivan!
ID.Buzz might be the closest near term option.
Thanks for commenting. -Producer Tim
As an EQS 580 owner, I feel the G-series noise is dumb and foolish. Sadly, MB tries to hold onto their gas vehicles attributes like non-functional front grill, unnecessary Start/Stop button, and no walk-away locking. Its rear wheel steering is better than Porsche. When will MB engineers learn how to add a highly desired frunk?
Thank you for sharing all your thoughts!
From the specs I have seen about the CLA Concept (that will have a production version make it to market), it sounds like Mercedes has some compelling next gen EVs coming. Hopefully more frunks will follow 🤓 Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hope it is not to late for Honda.
Same for all the Japanese automakers 🫤
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Thanks for commenting and watching this week! 🤓
Really interested in a Mini-SE. new specs for 25. Would like info.
You'll find that coverage in last week's episode.
ruclips.net/video/FQp1l0gjkcs/видео.html
Thank you for watching and commenting. -Producer Tim
A good leasing deal is by far the best way to own an EV even if you use more miles than allowed.
The EV leases are incredible right now. Thank you for commenting. -Producer Tim
Great show but curious what happened to the inside ev podcast ?
It was suspended on March 1st. We started this series immediately to avoid skipping a beat and improve on information density.
The official Motor1 Network explanation for cancellation is in the final, 200th episode.
ruclips.net/user/live5hsoOly1mtg?si=OP_0DcPxhfA4HgXi
-Producer Tim
@@MissGoElectric thanks so much well you’re doing great love hearing the news from you keep up the great work 😎
Are you sure that it will have rear wheel steering? There are some sites (C&D) stating that it has a solid rear axle, but that makes no sense since it has four motors, what is going on there in the rear of this EV G?
I understood it not to have rear wheel steering because of Tread Lightly concerns.
@@Dive-Bar-Casanova Rear wheel steering don't impact TL, contrary to the differential locking shown in the video, that drags the inner wheel around the curve.
Thank you for questioning this. We will look closely to verify. I'll remove that mention from the clip during the interim. -Producer Tim
making fake ICE sounds and promoting it as an option is dumb. does your refrigerator make blizzard sounds when it cools. how about a washing machine with the sound of the ocean? hilarious that this is a thing
Follows a few other German car companies, and of course the Ram eTruck. At least a several decades ago when Subaru had a young boy make "vroom, vroom" sounds in their WRX commercials, it was a cute joke. Seems like those little playful boys are now part of the target market of 30 somethings, though it's doubtful any of them can afford it.
No pricing on the G850 yet, how much over $100 grand will it be, whenever it is actually available?
When I was a little kid, we used to clothespin playing cards or balloons to our bike wheels to get the same effect for a few cents. Based on the phantasmagorical wheel designs nowadays on cars, it would be an extremely economical accessory add-on; certainly less than the thousands of $ for the cars announced with this "feature"😁
Good ideas for fake noises on appliances
Some like that stuff. It’s not all about me.
Blizzard Fridge. That sounds like a cool band name.
If a feature like this coaxes a few buyers into EVs who might not have switched...do you think its worth the effort? -Producer Tim
@@MissGoElectric Or it might increase the immature, entitled drivers with poor attitudes of responsibility... Although if they let the car drive itself, that might be a moot point.
thanks Lacy but i heard the EV podcast with your other people where cancelled?
Hello Tom,
The InsideEVs podcast was suspended nine weeks ago and we started this podcast the following week. We recognized an opportunity to significantly increase the information density compared to those weekly podcasts. The personalities can be fun, but sometimes the proportion of speculation, self-promotion, and inaccurate information is excessive. We hope you like this format and will subscribe to be notified each week when we publish. - Producer Tim
@@MissGoElectric thanks for the information cause i was watching your ev podcast show unlike the other one Batteries included pocast which dont do usually updates like you do so thanks so much for the information
Fun fact: I gave Kyle the "Batteries Included" name when sitting with he and his father at an event in San Diego. I came up with it for our show, but we decided on this name instead. -Producer Tim
Could we hear more about Tesla please. Most of these other cars will not even be mass produced.
There are two Tesla stories in this segment...twice that of any other automaker. We understand that Tesla is a major player, but it is very important to us that we cover every interesting development from all players. Thank you for tuning in and commenting. We hope you'll join us weekly. -Producer Tim
I think the fake engine sounds should be optional. I would love it most times but sometimes silence is good. Easy to turn off and on.
This is the way. 🙌🏼
If my making a single comment will help support a fellow mitten. Well it only takes a minute, but I think every comment helps on RUclips's.😊 The Highlander.😊
Michiganders are the best! Thank you the Highlander, it surely helps 🤓 appreciate you tuning in this week 😄
The "performance" Model 3 will boost the egos of speed demons. The G580 will boost the egos of off roaders. I'd like to see one tackle Hells Gate in Moab. Not gonna hold my breath on those robotaxis. The CEO claimed in 2019 that there would be a million of them on the roads by "next year." Pfffft.
I would not be too hard on the people at Tesla for thinking they were close. Self driving has been a learn as you go project from the start. Until it is finished nobody can say what tools and efforts are required to finish it. It is working better than ever. Let's hope Tesla now has what it needs to make it Level 4.
Elon repeatedly promises the impossible. The thing is, so far, he has delivered on most of those impossibilities. He is usually late, but he tends to make it happen.
Since FSD moved to an entirely neural (AI) software stack, the rate of progress has improved by many orders of magnitude. Now that artificial intelligence is at work making improvements, instead of a room full of coders writing algorithms, the rate of progress will continue to accelerate. The fleet of millions of vehicles is sending about a billion miles of real world driving data to the learning centers every two months. What used to take years is taking days or hours.
www.teslarati.com/tesla-fsd-users-pass-1-3-billion-cumulative-miles/
Thank you for watching and commenting.
-Producer Tim
I would be looking forward to the least expensive, more commuter orientated vehicle in that group.
Low cost EVs with decent range are right around the corner. Thank you for commenting. -Producer Tim
Any plans to bring this out as a podcast? The format would be great for audio 😀
I upload each episode on Spotify as well! 🤓
open.spotify.com/show/2mlnkLlJoJ9cEJrIca1B6h?si=8h2EEYm6Q5qHtep8NXBMYg
@@MissGoElectric brilliant, I'll have a listen. Any chance of Apple Podcasts? 🙏
I'll look into it but I believe it's on the RSS feed so it should be on others. I'll check!
Toyota Vapourware.
We hope they can embrace EVs and come out with some compelling products 🙏🏼
BYoyota
@@MissGoElectric Toyota are an environmental criminals on the planet by dragging there feet with electrification & the persuit of the Hydrogen holly grail deception there after!
GM 75% up - 🤡🤡🤡🤡 from 1,000 to 7,500 per year 🤮🤮🤮
Percentages are a friendly metric when volume is very low. -Producer Tim
W/eq technology - dumb.
If they're going to do fake noises, don't use engine noises, you pay more for an EV and then make it sound like the cheaper crappy gasser.
It seems that some people like annoying engine noises from dinosaur gas 😂
It's the G-Roar.. ROAR like a dino I Guess 🫠
I agree but what sound do you think they should make? Quietude is one of the major benefits of an EV in my opinion. A custom sound seems cool to me so the owner can choose whatever they want 🤷🏼♀️
G-SNORE.
Better noises: Jetsons sound effect, sample from Rage Against The Machine's Bulls on Parade guitar riff, Jimi Hendrix Foxy Lady guitar riff, Kraftwerk numbers, record scratch, vocal sample from Led Zeppelin Immigrant Song, dog growl, lion growl, modified actual Electric motor sound, arcing / sparking, torch & much much more
@@rp9674 Kraftwerk seem more appropriate.. This is such a nice idea, maybe they could even make a sampler sw on the MFD, so the user could create his/her own "noises", but I suspect that some of those examples don't work because of DRM/copyrights.
Is she AI?
She is not AI. You may learn more at www.MissGoElectric.com and in this podcast
ruclips.net/video/3OmgsP1V1aU/видео.htmlsi=3KVO-Gur1BH4wYz6
-Producer Tim
Fake Sound is unecessary in this day of age, only for kids!
It's a strange thing to make something nearly silent then make it make a bunch of noise... 🤣 Thanks for watching and commenting!
Maybe but for all ICE care too
@@MissGoElectricJust in case you decide to wake up your neighbors after all.