A local Funeral Home in NZ has used a vintage style EV hearse for a number of years now. I think it's a lovely way for people to "Quietly" slip away their mortal toil.
Yeah I think that just comes from them all being recalled for the battery, but go hqndled that well, and most of them for brand new (and slightly bigger) batteries. I was wanting one until I found an id4 for a steal of a deal ($21k pro s awd with only 13k miles and likely 4k back on my next tax return
Something tells me Fisker owners would struggle to get after-sales support even if the company didn't tank, much like the early days of Tesla or any number of other EV start ups. If any of the people who bought these cars expected any differently, they must have not thought at all prior to purchasing.
I worry that that Fisker owners group could face litigation if an investment company was to buy the Fisker IP and decide that is all thier proprietary. It wouldn't make sense as an investment, but that has never stopped investor groups in the past.
The pushback is common. It slows adoption for sure, but EVs have gotten strong enough that it won't go away, and is big enough that development continues at a brisk pace. The number of EVs on the road continues to rise, almost certainly even in New Zealand, incentivizing the buildout of EV charging infrastructure. Hopefully, they work on their generation mix in the mean time. I can't imagine renewables can't outcompete oil.
@ImLivinSD First off, I don't believe you have put in the effort it would take to demonstrate that it's true where you live. The only way it would make sense is if demand was increasing faster than generation, and even then, you would have to show it wasn't a datacenter doing AI, or your local grid sucks like mine. We don't have meters that can measure when I use electricity, so I have a flat rate, which is dumb. I should be encouraged to charge when prices are low, because then it would LOWER prices, due to higher utilization.
Top notch work as always, NIkki. I really have to take a step back and let it sink in that I've religiously kept up to date with all 491 of TEN's uploads. And of course, Happy Pride! ♥️🏳️🌈💪
Airless tires: - more consmption due much more rotating mass - more road noise due to turbine blade design - mostly rubber vs. mostly air -> a lot of waste to the landfill?
Mostly true, minus the tires going to the landfill; these days, most are recycled. And to be clear, all the other points you brought up would be huge drawbacks if they were being used for passenger cars driving on roads; I suspect they’ll be targeted at off-road users, like grain farmers.
One problem I’ve yet to see any airless tire design solve is debris, ice, snow, etc. getting caught or packed in the open spaces. For low-speed applications on rough surfaces, this might be acceptable, but on paved roads, just a little amount will result in enough imbalance to yield very noticeable wobbling and vibration. I had really bad shimmy one winter, and all it took was a bit of snow and ice caught behind a wheel cover.
My 2019 Hyundai Kona EV is going strong. The only problem is the brakes which I have replaced twice. Once after I was teaching online during covid so not driving and this spring after 150 000 km. Otherwise, no problems.
@transportevolved I'd say, with everything. You're doing a great job! 👍 It was regarding my previous comment. This time, there was less apathy and irony.
@@transportevolved I understand that you're frustrated and I'm sorry about that. It wasn't my intention. What I don't understand is - Why? I expressed appreciation for your work and didn't offend you in any way. I wanted to see you treat others the same way you want them to treat you. That's all.
Electrify America should just charge idle fees after 5 minutes of grace once you reach 80% especially for congested areas. Writing letters don't work. I'm still baffled that EA hasn't done anything on this front.
I hope that double dipping protection is based on charge level and not just time plugged in or number of times plugged in per day. The former wouldn't have many false-positives, could screw up a road trip or two but nothing too bad. The latter two could stop a lot of people who just had a bit of trouble with the charger or something from completing their charge. 666th like >:) State of Charge is in Denver July 12th and 13th, it's an "Educational Conference for Performance EV Conversions". Tickets are 170-300 dollars, and the projects are all well out of my price range though. But some of you may be interested.
Not sure how i feel about military ev’s, especially for combat vehicles. It’s one thing to be able to store and fuel vehicles with gasoline and diesel, but the storage requirements and power requirements to charge thousands of combat vehicles is going to be impractical logistically. Maybe for noncombat vehicles it could work or if a combustion engine is kept onboard and a battery back added for faster acceleration or quiet operation when needed.
For running around on an air base, the savings are large. Out in the field, they can unroll solar farms and not have to drive tankers around in war zones.
you've mentioned not just 1 or 2 but FOUR examples of how politicians screw up everything they touch: one in new zealand, one here in the UK, one in florida and one in germany.
You missed my country (Canada) where the pro-"Green" Trudeau government, after years of relentless disinformation and outright fabricated attacks by US-Republican owned Canadian media (think about THAT for a second) has started to back down. Media like the National Post (founded by Lord Black, a turncoat and convicted US felon pardoned by Donald Trump) and the "Sun" media group (with their rabid "attack dog" Brian Lilley) continue to hammer away at the fabric of Canadian society on behalf of their right-wing US owners.
@@jamesvandamme7786 I've said it before and I'll say it again: putting the klump in the white house was a big mistake, putting him there again would be INEXCUSABLY STUPID. But hey, we all know humans are surprisingly good at stupid, so who knows?
I'm sure you're aware that Norway's economy relies heavily on the sale of oil and gas. Oil and gas industry contribution to GDP Norway 2000-2024In the period of consideration, figures oscillated between 10 and 35 percent. The industry is one of the most important in the country, making up a staggering 73 percent of Norway's export value in 2022.
@@jamesvandamme7786 doesn't change the fact that they are exporting pollution turning their EVs into RCVs or remote combustion vehicles. It's greenwashing. And no, I'm not opposed to EVs. In fact, I like them though they are still overpriced and too heavy. Both of which will likely improve as competition increases. We do, however, need to be more honest.
@@macbuff81 It's a matter of degree. Someone did the math and an EV run off a coal plant pollutes less than a gas ICE because of the improved efficiency. It only gets netter if the mix is more renewable.
There's just one thing that bugs me... You never covered the "Toyota scandal"? And I've watched almost every TEN episode. Toyota, Subaru, Honda, Mazda, Suzuki and almost every other Japanese automaker was found to have been falsifying documentation about emissions. fuel consumption and safety of their vehicles... for over a decade! Japan's transport ministry probed Toyota for submitting incorrect or manipulated test data when they applied for certification of the vehicles. - Providing modified vehicles for crash tests. Some filled with expanding foam and welded brackets. Akio said... "Sorry." Yea... "You're most likely to die in our vehicles, but who cares!". Also added "Customers did not need to stop using their cars." ... - Even after being sued and fines, they continued to submit falsifying documentation about emissions, fuel consumption and noise. - Installing modified engine control software. Same as the ones in VW and Mercedes. - Using timers to set off airbags during crash tests, instead of sensors. Previous lawsuits and atrocities. - Hiding emissions documentations for over a decade about their filthy hybrids. - Sued, found guilty but payed to cover the story. - Falsely advertising 6 times lower foul consumption than real world data. - Sued, found guilty but payed to cover the story. - Using misleading and fake advertising. - Sued, found guilty but payed to cover the story.
@transportevolved That did not answer my question. You covered their joke of an EV that is BS4zX. You talked a bit about hydrogen. You talked a few seconds about a Prius in a survey. You talked for 20 seconds about Toyota's (nonexistant) investment in EV. Compared to almost an hour (colectively) about a stock options compensation package (...that can't be executed for the next 5 years). Do you actually support the ones who are trying to destroy the EV industry while throwing rocks at the ones who created it? Is that journalism?
We covered it in TEN. Episode 471 - 05:33 - Toyota confirms its Diesel engines cheated in certification tests. We almost certainly covered it again later, but I'm not devoting a ton of time to identifying things that you claim that we haven't done, that we have. ^Kate
@transportevolved Thank you, I stand corrected. But also... It's a 4 month old video. That is just a small part of the whole scandal that was revealed recently. Most of it is missing and I couldn't find it in later videos. It being an important piece of information affecting millions of people's safety and contributes to the world's pollution... It was only briefly mentioned. There was no bold headline, no sensational thumbnail, no important announcement... What was more important to you, was Elon's drama with Delaware.
Nikki, tell me how I can point my smartphone at the QR code while I’m watching the video on said smartphone… 😂😂😂😂 I suggest you put the link into the description… Great video as usual otherwise!
Most people don't charge at peak times, air conditioners do that. They charge at night when loads are small. If anything they stabilize the grid and provide a market for unused base load generation.
Ugh!!! If I hear one more manufacturer calling their R&D outfit a "Skunk Works"... The original Skunk Works was from Lockheed, which developed a variety of revolutionary high performance aircraft including the U2 and SR-71 surveillance aircraft, the F-117 Nighthawk and the F-22 Raptor. I hate seeing the name diluted to be just another term for a company's R&D outfit.
Is there a rhyme or reason in the order in which you organize your stories? I see you placed two recall stories contiguously, but Tesla stories are far from each other, the EV conversion Ford EV to hearse, DeLorean EV (and the Hummer EV from Canada North American), also it would be nice to group your "tariffs" related stories together, you even had two EV delayed stories Dodge Daytona Charger EV & the Volvo. I'm not trying to nitpick, I just want to have some hope of remembering & differentiating one of your TEN show from another. I know you package this up for your New Zealand stuff as well, so perhaps that side have some editorial organization rules. I'm not sure if the two videos are the same every time.
Electrify America - surely they have the software to do something about those double dippers on the spot? Or as it's a VW backed company do they have the same software skill shortfall that forced the car making side go to Rivian?
Volkswagen has been building cars since before WWII and is the world's biggest carmaker with Toyota; for now. It's pretty humiliating for them having to buy software competence from some random American EV-startup because they were asleep at the wheel for years while things were evolving fast...
Every DC fast charging installation should come with a Level Two 240VAC EVSE, so people can top off for long trips and not hog the DC unit getting that last 20%. And, of course, since DC fast chargers are known to fail, that EVSE could serve as a lifeboat.
A woman was hit on a sidewalk by a scooter, the person said sorry and took off, her injury resulted in her getting neck surgery. Never would have thought I would consider a Volvo, EVs are the best!
Rivian is burning through almost 1 billion dollars per quarter, so this lifeline from VW doesn’t give Rivian a lot more time to start making a profit before they run out of cash.
Remember, Tesla had a very high cash burn in its early days too (this is common for all startups) - and Rivian has ramped up far more quickly than Tesla did.
@@transportevolved I'm pretty sure that by the time Tesla had shipped as many vehicles as Rivian has, they were still losing money, but had positive margins on each vehicle. Rivian is spending about $125K to build vehicles they sell for about $85K. They are still in the mode where increased production results in increased cash burn. They have a roadmap in place to cut production costs, but that's a large percentage reduction to achieve.
@@jimmurphy5355They just refreshed the R1 line, and have said that the refreshed vehicles are profitable to build. Rivian should be net-positive by the end of the year, according to their latest investor letter.
You are just wrong about charging to 100% at a DCFC in some instances. We traveled from Bozeman, MT to Durango, CO via Yellowstone NP and Venal, UT and we couldn't have made some legs of the journey without charging to 100%. This judgemental nonsense without context is just stupid.
You chose an edge case, and there are always edge cases. There’s a Sunday musing coming expressing JUST that. I’m at a loss as to how to not offend people while reporting the news… - Nikki
As someone who regularly road trips through “less DC dense” areas while towing a trailer; yes, it is occasionally _necessary_ to charge above 80%. But it is rare. And this isn’t about those rare edge cases, this is about people abusing the free charging that comes with their vehicles.
@@Aerostealth Then don’t take offense, because the description of what is being complained about doesn’t apply to you! Just like complaints about over-large EVs don’t apply to people who actually make use of them. People who use the capability of EV pickups aren’t who that complaint is against. People who fill all 7 seats of 7-seat EVs aren’t who the complaint against large EVs is about.
This is what Sandy goes on and on about! Tesla engineering is 10 years ahead of every one else, and they have no signs of slowing down. Even she has to finally admit it
@@transportevolved No I am saying you have a selective memory. You consider Telsa evil while praising GM, a company that changed a part without changing the part number as it was cheaper to simply payout the lawsuit rather than issue a recall.
@@transportevolved beside the destruction of ev one, The GM recall scandal of 2014 (ignition switch issue), the bail out loan write off or the Chinese connection. Why do you still feature their cars in a biased positive light? Is it because they are a Union shop? Can they kill people / damage the environment as long as they have union labour in US???
I've been hearing about airless tires for at least 35 years and I don't expect it to happen in my lifetime.
that town in Florida banning scooters and ebikes after 1 accident just says it all.
Let's see if they ban cars should those ever cause a pedestrian death...
Not about to ban guns, though, are they :-(
I don’t know why but the idea of electric hearses cracks me up. Maybe it’s the combination of it being a hearse built on a Mustang Mach E. 🤣😂
A local Funeral Home in NZ has used a vintage style EV hearse for a number of years now. I think it's a lovely way for people to "Quietly" slip away their mortal toil.
@@peterlittlejohn8933 I love the idea of converting a vintage hearse into an EV. That sounds quite lovely!
An unexpected benefit of electric hearses is that EVs have no difficulty going at walking pace.
Thanks!
I saw the video thumbnail and was like, “Volkswagen is partnering with Corridor Digital?!”
Logo confusion for the win!! 🤣😂
Fewer raging robots ;)
Volvo intended to produce the ex30 in Belgium from the beginning, long before the tariffs.
Nikki n Team, great research and presentation- thanks for your great service to the EV community, Eamon
I would disagree on Chevy Bolt being a bad choice for a used EV. For under $15k one can get an EV with a brand new 66kwh battery and warranty.
We enjoy ours! Remember, there are two on staff. As we noted, that CR report comes from data from their reader surveys.
I've lost some trust in CR since they trashed EVs on maintainance, I think unfairly
Yeah I think that just comes from them all being recalled for the battery, but go hqndled that well, and most of them for brand new (and slightly bigger) batteries. I was wanting one until I found an id4 for a steal of a deal ($21k pro s awd with only 13k miles and likely 4k back on my next tax return
I love the size of the Chevy Bolt. I’d buy a used one in a heartbeat, but the charging time makes me not want it.
GREAT CONTENT!! Thank you for all you do!
Something tells me Fisker owners would struggle to get after-sales support even if the company didn't tank, much like the early days of Tesla or any number of other EV start ups. If any of the people who bought these cars expected any differently, they must have not thought at all prior to purchasing.
Thanks for another great show.
I worry that that Fisker owners group could face litigation if an investment company was to buy the Fisker IP and decide that is all thier proprietary. It wouldn't make sense as an investment, but that has never stopped investor groups in the past.
thanks again for a great show, I hope the winner of the cars are one of your viewers!
Great show, thanks!
Californians‘s new DCAP program should be adopted by all 50 states.
Great show, pity the Kiwis are going backwards with their EV's but in Australia 7 more Chinese car copies are planning to sell EV's in 2025.
Thank Facebook, Google and Xhitter for rotting everyone's brains
The pushback is common. It slows adoption for sure, but EVs have gotten strong enough that it won't go away, and is big enough that development continues at a brisk pace. The number of EVs on the road continues to rise, almost certainly even in New Zealand, incentivizing the buildout of EV charging infrastructure. Hopefully, they work on their generation mix in the mean time. I can't imagine renewables can't outcompete oil.
It's up to the EV to compete on their own.
@fjalics Maybe the push back is because EV's are making Cars, Insurance and Electricity more expensive for those of us that don't even drive an EV.
@ImLivinSD First off, I don't believe you have put in the effort it would take to demonstrate that it's true where you live. The only way it would make sense is if demand was increasing faster than generation, and even then, you would have to show it wasn't a datacenter doing AI, or your local grid sucks like mine. We don't have meters that can measure when I use electricity, so I have a flat rate, which is dumb. I should be encouraged to charge when prices are low, because then it would LOWER prices, due to higher utilization.
Great info 👍
Top notch work as always, NIkki. I really have to take a step back and let it sink in that I've religiously kept up to date with all 491 of TEN's uploads. And of course, Happy Pride! ♥️🏳️🌈💪
Thanks for another fantastic episode.
Airless tires:
- more consmption due much more rotating mass
- more road noise due to turbine blade design
- mostly rubber vs. mostly air -> a lot of waste to the landfill?
- Profit!
Mostly true, minus the tires going to the landfill; these days, most are recycled. And to be clear, all the other points you brought up would be huge drawbacks if they were being used for passenger cars driving on roads; I suspect they’ll be targeted at off-road users, like grain farmers.
One problem I’ve yet to see any airless tire design solve is debris, ice, snow, etc. getting caught or packed in the open spaces. For low-speed applications on rough surfaces, this might be acceptable, but on paved roads, just a little amount will result in enough imbalance to yield very noticeable wobbling and vibration. I had really bad shimmy one winter, and all it took was a bit of snow and ice caught behind a wheel cover.
Thank you.
Great show, TEN!
Nicely done.
My 2019 Hyundai Kona EV is going strong. The only problem is the brakes which I have replaced twice. Once after I was teaching online during covid so not driving and this spring after 150 000 km. Otherwise, no problems.
I can see a bit of improvement. ;)
Have an awesome day!
Improvement in what?
@transportevolved I'd say, with everything. You're doing a great job! 👍
It was regarding my previous comment. This time, there was less apathy and irony.
Do you understand how… frustrating these kind of comments are?
@@transportevolved I understand that you're frustrated and I'm sorry about that. It wasn't my intention.
What I don't understand is - Why? I expressed appreciation for your work and didn't offend you in any way.
I wanted to see you treat others the same way you want them to treat you. That's all.
It is tiresome hearing about the numerous branded models that will not be available in the continental USA
We are a global show. We’d love to make one tailored to each market but we can’t afford that.
Electric conversion of DeLoreon is a great idea, as the engine is the worst feature of the car.
Good for it day, but that was then.
Thanks
Electrify America should just charge idle fees after 5 minutes of grace once you reach 80% especially for congested areas. Writing letters don't work. I'm still baffled that EA hasn't done anything on this front.
Keep Evolving Nikki!!! (And don't let M find that plug...)
I hope that double dipping protection is based on charge level and not just time plugged in or number of times plugged in per day.
The former wouldn't have many false-positives, could screw up a road trip or two but nothing too bad. The latter two could stop a lot of people who just had a bit of trouble with the charger or something from completing their charge.
666th like >:)
State of Charge is in Denver July 12th and 13th, it's an "Educational Conference for Performance EV Conversions". Tickets are 170-300 dollars, and the projects are all well out of my price range though. But some of you may be interested.
It is based on time!
That last story about the Hummer conversion, leaves me highly skeptical. 300 miles on 75 kWh is 4 mi/kWh ... I find that wishful thinking.
Nice one!
Man wait til Florida hears about cars!
Not sure how i feel about military ev’s, especially for combat vehicles. It’s one thing to be able to store and fuel vehicles with gasoline and diesel, but the storage requirements and power requirements to charge thousands of combat vehicles is going to be impractical logistically. Maybe for noncombat vehicles it could work or if a combustion engine is kept onboard and a battery back added for faster acceleration or quiet operation when needed.
For running around on an air base, the savings are large. Out in the field, they can unroll solar farms and not have to drive tankers around in war zones.
you've mentioned not just 1 or 2 but FOUR examples of how politicians screw up everything they touch: one in new zealand, one here in the UK, one in florida and one in germany.
You missed my country (Canada) where the pro-"Green" Trudeau government, after years of relentless disinformation and outright fabricated attacks by US-Republican owned Canadian media (think about THAT for a second) has started to back down. Media like the National Post (founded by Lord Black, a turncoat and convicted US felon pardoned by Donald Trump) and the "Sun" media group (with their rabid "attack dog" Brian Lilley) continue to hammer away at the fabric of Canadian society on behalf of their right-wing US owners.
People vote in the wrong politicians...
Let's see if Trump can outdo them all.
On second thought, let's not.
@@jamesvandamme7786 I've said it before and I'll say it again: putting the klump in the white house was a big mistake, putting him there again would be INEXCUSABLY STUPID. But hey, we all know humans are surprisingly good at stupid, so who knows?
Huh. And we think the 2022 R1T is the best vehicle we're ever owned.
I also have a '22 R1T, and I never want to drive anything else.
I'm sure you're aware that Norway's economy relies heavily on the sale of oil and gas.
Oil and gas industry contribution to GDP Norway 2000-2024In the period of consideration, figures oscillated between 10 and 35 percent. The industry is one of the most important in the country, making up a staggering 73 percent of Norway's export value in 2022.
And they have loads of hydropower.
@@jamesvandamme7786 doesn't change the fact that they are exporting pollution turning their EVs into RCVs or remote combustion vehicles. It's greenwashing.
And no, I'm not opposed to EVs. In fact, I like them though they are still overpriced and too heavy. Both of which will likely improve as competition increases.
We do, however, need to be more honest.
@@macbuff81 It's a matter of degree. Someone did the math and an EV run off a coal plant pollutes less than a gas ICE because of the improved efficiency. It only gets netter if the mix is more renewable.
M looking for a plug to charge always makes me smile. 🙂
Good information as always.
Why are NEVI charging sites not being built? The money has been allocated.
We covered this a few weeks back in a show. it’s mainly because of hold ups in planning departments, often in anti EV states
There are some being built and going online. I personally helped in the field testing of one before it opened in June in Vermont.
Time flies! It was in April.
Hmm - no-one ever killed by a car in Key Biscayne then? Because they don't seem to have banned those... Motor-normatiivity at its finest.
The end of this video could not be more spot on
There's just one thing that bugs me... You never covered the "Toyota scandal"? And I've watched almost every TEN episode.
Toyota, Subaru, Honda, Mazda, Suzuki and almost every other Japanese automaker was found to have been falsifying documentation about emissions. fuel consumption and safety of their vehicles... for over a decade! Japan's transport ministry probed Toyota for submitting incorrect or manipulated test data when they applied for certification of the vehicles.
- Providing modified vehicles for crash tests. Some filled with expanding foam and welded brackets. Akio said... "Sorry." Yea... "You're most likely to die in our vehicles, but who cares!". Also added "Customers did not need to stop using their cars." ...
- Even after being sued and fines, they continued to submit falsifying documentation about emissions, fuel consumption and noise.
- Installing modified engine control software. Same as the ones in VW and Mercedes.
- Using timers to set off airbags during crash tests, instead of sensors.
Previous lawsuits and atrocities.
- Hiding emissions documentations for over a decade about their filthy hybrids. - Sued, found guilty but payed to cover the story.
- Falsely advertising 6 times lower foul consumption than real world data. - Sued, found guilty but payed to cover the story.
- Using misleading and fake advertising. - Sued, found guilty but payed to cover the story.
We’ve covered Toyota plenty….
@transportevolved That did not answer my question.
You covered their joke of an EV that is BS4zX. You talked a bit about hydrogen. You talked a few seconds about a Prius in a survey. You talked for 20 seconds about Toyota's (nonexistant) investment in EV.
Compared to almost an hour (colectively) about a stock options compensation package (...that can't be executed for the next 5 years).
Do you actually support the ones who are trying to destroy the EV industry while throwing rocks at the ones who created it? Is that journalism?
Aaaand? Did you cover that story?
I could be wrong and just missed it. But a major scandal like this one would be hard to miss.
We covered it in TEN.
Episode 471 - 05:33 - Toyota confirms its Diesel engines cheated in certification tests.
We almost certainly covered it again later, but I'm not devoting a ton of time to identifying things that you claim that we haven't done, that we have.
^Kate
@transportevolved Thank you, I stand corrected.
But also... It's a 4 month old video. That is just a small part of the whole scandal that was revealed recently. Most of it is missing and I couldn't find it in later videos. It being an important piece of information affecting millions of people's safety and contributes to the world's pollution... It was only briefly mentioned. There was no bold headline, no sensational thumbnail, no important announcement... What was more important to you, was Elon's drama with Delaware.
Nikki, tell me how I can point my smartphone at the QR code while I’m watching the video on said smartphone… 😂😂😂😂 I suggest you put the link into the description… Great video as usual otherwise!
New Zealand was importing Indonesian Coal to provide marginal electricity generation needed at peak times. Electricity used to charge EV’s.
Most people don't charge at peak times, air conditioners do that. They charge at night when loads are small. If anything they stabilize the grid and provide a market for unused base load generation.
The troops deserve better than polaris and ultium 🤦♂️. Good video
Nikki, did you know that Zero in Star Trek Prodigy sounds like you?
Zero is a more northern accent….
Ugh!!! If I hear one more manufacturer calling their R&D outfit a "Skunk Works"... The original Skunk Works was from Lockheed, which developed a variety of revolutionary high performance aircraft including the U2 and SR-71 surveillance aircraft, the F-117 Nighthawk and the F-22 Raptor. I hate seeing the name diluted to be just another term for a company's R&D outfit.
Is there a rhyme or reason in the order in which you organize your stories? I see you placed two recall stories contiguously, but Tesla stories are far from each other, the EV conversion Ford EV to hearse, DeLorean EV (and the Hummer EV from Canada North American), also it would be nice to group your "tariffs" related stories together, you even had two EV delayed stories Dodge Daytona Charger EV & the Volvo. I'm not trying to nitpick, I just want to have some hope of remembering & differentiating one of your TEN show from another. I know you package this up for your New Zealand stuff as well, so perhaps that side have some editorial organization rules. I'm not sure if the two videos are the same every time.
We try to vary stories and provide interest. We can't cover every story in depth.
Minority spoiling it to the Majority, was that a Freudian slip??😂
Electrify America - surely they have the software to do something about those double dippers on the spot? Or as it's a VW backed company do they have the same software skill shortfall that forced the car making side go to Rivian?
Volkswagen has been building cars since before WWII and is the world's biggest carmaker with Toyota; for now. It's pretty humiliating for them having to buy software competence from some random American EV-startup because they were asleep at the wheel for years while things were evolving fast...
easy: just throw an error and refuse to charge when the battery is more than 70% full when plugging in. can't be that hard.
Every DC fast charging installation should come with a Level Two 240VAC EVSE, so people can top off for long trips and not hog the DC unit getting that last 20%. And, of course, since DC fast chargers are known to fail, that EVSE could serve as a lifeboat.
@@mrxmry3264 Or charge them 5 times as much, if they need it that bad.
Looking good, Nikki!
A woman was hit on a sidewalk by a scooter, the person said sorry and took off, her injury resulted in her getting neck surgery.
Never would have thought I would consider a Volvo, EVs are the best!
Rivian is burning through almost 1 billion dollars per quarter, so this lifeline from VW doesn’t give Rivian a lot more time to start making a profit before they run out of cash.
Remember, Tesla had a very high cash burn in its early days too (this is common for all startups) - and Rivian has ramped up far more quickly than Tesla did.
@@transportevolved I'm pretty sure that by the time Tesla had shipped as many vehicles as Rivian has, they were still losing money, but had positive margins on each vehicle. Rivian is spending about $125K to build vehicles they sell for about $85K. They are still in the mode where increased production results in increased cash burn. They have a roadmap in place to cut production costs, but that's a large percentage reduction to achieve.
@@jimmurphy5355 They're making good progress, and have solid van sales.
@@jimmurphy5355They just refreshed the R1 line, and have said that the refreshed vehicles are profitable to build. Rivian should be net-positive by the end of the year, according to their latest investor letter.
Still not loading your script into closed captions - So no one searching for Fisker or Castrol will find your video.
We are!
The Inster would be great except ... I don't trust Hyundai anymore. They will likely either screw it up or screw the consumer on price.
Their ICE power trains suck, but look at their EVs, which give Tesla a run for their money.
Nikola Tesla would be a great name for a car company
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You are just wrong about charging to 100% at a DCFC in some instances. We traveled from Bozeman, MT to Durango, CO via Yellowstone NP and Venal, UT and we couldn't have made some legs of the journey without charging to 100%. This judgemental nonsense without context is just stupid.
You chose an edge case, and there are always edge cases. There’s a Sunday musing coming expressing JUST that. I’m at a loss as to how to not offend people while reporting the news… - Nikki
As someone who regularly road trips through “less DC dense” areas while towing a trailer; yes, it is occasionally _necessary_ to charge above 80%. But it is rare. And this isn’t about those rare edge cases, this is about people abusing the free charging that comes with their vehicles.
The edge case chose us, we didn't choose it.
@@Aerostealth Then don’t take offense, because the description of what is being complained about doesn’t apply to you!
Just like complaints about over-large EVs don’t apply to people who actually make use of them. People who use the capability of EV pickups aren’t who that complaint is against. People who fill all 7 seats of 7-seat EVs aren’t who the complaint against large EVs is about.
@AnonymousFreakYT not all people who charge to 100% are doing so selfishly and ruining it for everyone else. This point of view is childish.
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This is what Sandy goes on and on about! Tesla engineering is 10 years ahead of every one else, and they have no signs of slowing down. Even she has to finally admit it
Ah yes, you have to continue the narrative that we somehow hate Tesla… it’s old. It’s inaccurate.
She's only reporting some news. However, what YOU have to say about that (again) speaks volumes about yourself.
lol weirdo
@@transportevolved No I am saying you have a selective memory. You consider Telsa evil while praising GM, a company that changed a part without changing the part number as it was cheaper to simply payout the lawsuit rather than issue a recall.
@@transportevolved beside the destruction of ev one, The GM recall scandal of 2014 (ignition switch issue), the bail out loan write off or the Chinese connection. Why do you still feature their cars in a biased positive light? Is it because they are a Union shop?
Can they kill people / damage the environment as long as they have union labour in US???