GM unveils new Corvette EV
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looks like a concept car to me, not anything near production?
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"Electric vehicles come with a ton of benefits. First and foremost, they save you money. They don't require expensive gas or costly maintenance. They are also better for the environment as they don't release harmful carbon pollution into the atmosphere."
It looks like that MK Ultra program was a success.
It looks like that MK Ultra program was a success.
So Speed Racer's Mach 5 and the Energizer Bunny had a baby 
Yeah even mentions “concept”
Me too.
EVs are only for rich California granola heads. I hate EVs.
There's nuthin' like it; I'm not sure it can be appreciated until home charging is experienced.
How do you charge? 240V probably. With CA energy prices, the EV drives even more value out of our solar panel investment.
Yes I have a l2 charger that I installed. Our current rates at the Jersey shore are 14 cents for electric and 4 cents for delivery. So for about 18 bucks it gets me about 300 miles.
The zdx is great boatload of space, quiet and fast.
That's the exact type and style of car I've drawn, over and over while daydreaming in college engineering classes. It is a throwback to the GTP cars of yesterday, with big haunches, low slung body, tight cockpit, updated aerodynamics and styling. I absolutely love it!
Really too bad they say it won't see production. It is stunning.
Although a bit disappointing they chose pouch cells, er, ah 'prismatic' for that beast. Such a car really needs a battery that will stand the test of time and still be 'full of powa' 20 years down the road.
Really too bad they say it won't see production. It is stunning.
Although a bit disappointing they chose pouch cells, er, ah 'prismatic' for that beast. Such a car really needs a battery that will stand the test of time and still be 'full of powa' 20 years down the road.
It would be cool for everyone to take the actual electric bill payment and divide it by the kWh used. It is the ONLY way for us on a national, even state and city level to know the exact electric cost. There are all kinds of charges and taxes and excess costs added onto the bill.
It's really simple stuff. Total cost of the electric bill that must be paid (assuming no balanced billing is being used) divided by kWh.
Example below:
Electric bill = $143.11 divided by 923 kWh = .15 (15 cents a kWr) is the true cost for electric.
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My commute in my Model Y Performance is 80 miles round trip so just half that. Not stopping at a gas station anymore is a game changer. I don't think I could go back to that. Not to mention when warming up the car and putting my stuff in the hatch I no longer have to smell rich exhaust fumes in the winter. I hated that so much. I love all cars, but living with a gas car for a daily is just a terrible experience.
I've done mine many times and shared it a couple times here. I'm 17 per kWh all in.
Yeah ours varies, the more we use the less per kWh it comes out to. Because the "fixed" costs get factored in. In low usage months we are around at 17 cents because the built in costs. Except for a few in here though I dont think many do the total cost of the bill as I posted above. For example the West Coast - CA and others even on the East and middle have so many add ons it's impossible to even get close to the real number unless they do the above and divide actual payment by kWh.
In fairness these super computerized combustion vehicles with stupid encrypted modules that control the ignition, timing, transmission, and such will experience data rot and corruption like my computer and everything else that holds all that software and will not work and can't be fixed. Some very special stuff is needed to fix it and the physical chips that make them work will be long discontinued. I'm under no illusion my 2021 escalade will still work after 25 years. My sierra and yukon are also electrical but are old enough to where the computerized 4 speed can be swapped with a 700r4 since the platform compatibility is the same or adapted to one as with the simpler engine which can be modded to take a distributor and carb and doesn't have vvt and other things unlike the l87. All the bad computerized modules in my old trucks can be scrapped and be reverted to antiquated options but not so much with these new ones.That's the exact type and style of car I've drawn, over and over while daydreaming in college engineering classes. It is a throwback to the GTP cars of yesterday, with big haunches, low slung body, tight cockpit, updated aerodynamics and styling. I absolutely love it!
Really too bad they say it won't see production. It is stunning.
Although a bit disappointing they chose pouch cells, er, ah 'prismatic' for that beast. Such a car really needs a battery that will stand the test of time and still be 'full of powa' 20 years down the road.
And yet I’m driving a 24year old computerized Jaguar with 236k. I won’t say it is trouble free. But so far the computers still function. The switches in the locks and for lighting/doors have been a real problem.
But I get your point. The electrically complex machines do struggle in repairabiity and cost