Great points raised by #backreaction about #eletric #cars #vehicles not being ready yet: http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2024/04.. Pushing something unfinished can be worse than the original thing!
The #ford #ceo finally took a long #trip in an #ev - and realised how much of a pain in the arse it is: https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/for.. Maybe he now understand why nobody wants one, and people are even *returning* them in favour of #fuel #vehicles .
Interesting, it appears that #elonmusk and #telsa may have been #faking #autopilot #faatures in their #tesla #vehicles https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/tes.. That probably explains why they are yet to #release level 4, despite saying it was ready way-back-when.
@barray on Sun Oct 30 23:43:40 UTC 2022 said: &eAdditionally #jefftaylor #reports on a new #tax on #electric #vehicles #ev 's, which was going to happen eventually. It was *obvious* from the start. The #workingclass were used to #fund the #rich to #buy their #electric #vehicle #ev 's and then the same offers were not made available once it came to their turn to #purchase one. Same with #solar #panels , same with #boilers , same with *everything.*Hmm, it doesn't appear to all be going well in the #eu despite it not being #reported https://youtube.com/watch?v=C1P303dZUZk I also would *not* be happy to have a #protestor thinking that can #block a #road because their #ideology is somehow more important than mine. They have a right to #protest but they cannot #disable #critical #infrastructure .
I was just talking about #hydrogen #fuel recently. It turns out that it is not very #viable for #personal #vehicles according to #engineeringexplained https://youtube.com/watch?v=vJjKwSF9gT8 Looks like #hydrogen #storage is not yet a #solved #problem .
#katiehopkins is simply spitting facts when it comes to #private #vehicles in the #uk , and how we are being pushed away from owning them: https://youtube.com/watch?v=X9aw9j7srg4 The problem is, our #economy relies on them existing. #london and #cities need to get it into their #heads - *not everybody lives in the #city !*
And this is a *major* #problem with #eu #vehicles - #speed #limiters built into *all* #cars by #default https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/spe.. Imagine for example you need to perform an #overtake - something that can *require* briefly breaking the #speed #limit in order to be done safely. That is just one #example where the ability to be faster is actually #safer ...
Ouch, #electric #vehicles will now be #automatically #tolled https://youtube.com/watch?v=TdTKtiM8D6s Fuck that. As #jefftaylor suggests, the #uk #government need 50% #tax on your #money to keep afloat, and they will get that one way or another.
Would you look at that, #australia have #export #banned #aluminium to #russia https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/au.. Bare in mind, #aluminium is likely used in a lot of #air #vehicles ( #jets and #uavs ) as part of the #invasion of #ukraine . It will also have a *massive* effect on their #internal #manufacturing #capability . The #message is clear: Russia needs to play the game on the world stage to be part of it.
Apparently some #bmw #vehicles will be #manufactured without #touchscreens because of the #chip #shortage https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/5/22765.. I say: "good"! #displays in #cars are nothing more than a #distraction - especially as half of them come pre-loaded with some old #android ( #security #risk ) with crap #apps like #facebook and #twitter ...
#hertz - just recovering from #bankruptcy - has now just put an #order in for 100k #tesla #vehicles https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/.. Madness. We'll see how that works out for them.
Okay, maybe the #us #army is not so #stupid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxg-9xi-.. They #demilitarized the #weapons and #vehicles such as #planes - disabling them all #remotely ... According to them, these #devices and #vehicles will *never* #operate ever again. Apparently the #taliban feel " #betrayed " - good! Maybe #biden will be able to answer questions from #journalists now.
I still believe #recycling will be a massive part of getting #electric #vehicles to the masses anyway: https://hackaday.com/2021/07/15/recyclin.. Converting older vehicles to become an #ev will be big business in the future.