Tesla’s new gearshift
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Go fash, no cash.
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Dude didn’t even climb that mountain.
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I’m a life long BMW fan, but this one gave me a huge laugh:
(For anybody that’s curious, that’s BMW’s N63 engine — a twin turbo V8. Not particularly famed for its reliability.)
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I assumed it was a Borg Cube.
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I’m not convinced that photo isn’t ‘shopped in some way (mostly to add more vacuum hoses and stuff). It also has parts of the body and suspension on it which makes it look even more ungainly than usual.
This is a more flattering picture:
But that doesn’t quite communicate the same “damn, that German shit is overcomplicated” meme. You can see all the places where vacuum hoses and such would go though, so maybe that first pic isn’t as ‘shopped as I would have originally assumed.
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“famous driving road” says it all really, arseholes trying to drive too fast for their abilities. It is a pleasant road with some beautiful views (when it isn’t foggy, snowy or raining).
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““For larger retail, electric utilities, the economics are unresolvable,” Farley said. “These customers have very demanding use cases for an electric vehicle. They tow, they go off-road, they take long road trips. These vehicles have worse aerodynamics and they’re very heavy, which means very large and expensive batteries.””
““Retail customers have shown that they will not pay any premium for these large EVs, making them a really tough business case,” Farley said.
Profitability for the large family haulers will instead come from “PHEVs, hybrids and EREVs” that on “one tank of gas can get over 700 miles of range, but still drive most miles electric,” he added.”
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It’s pretty disappointing that there aren’t very many decent plug-in hybrids on the market right now. (By which I mean vehicles with enough all-electric range for a decent commute, but not a road trip) The folks at The Autopian have repeatedly pointed out that that option would solve many problems including range anxiety, battery cost (and the resource usage to make them), vehicle weight, etc. And most people would be driving most of their miles on electric power.
But per your article it looks like we are going that way soon, so maybe things are looking up?
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For people like us who rent, PHEVs are not viable options. We had to replace a car. We looked at non-plug in hybrids, and there aren’t many out there that worked for us. We rent a house, and if we got a plug in we’d have to get permission to create an outlet outdoors, and then pay to rewire our rental house because the four breakers wouldn’t be able to handle it. We have to strategically use our appliances as it is.
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There’s your problem. For large vehicles, a small turbo diesel makes for a better hybrid than silly gasoline engines. The diesel can run at an optimal RPM to charge the batteries and provide enough torque to at least operate the vehicle if the batteries are completely drained. Too bad US manufacturers are so irrationally against small diesels.
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Almost sounds like the electrical system in your rental doesn’t even meet code. 
I own a PHEV SUV, and the level 1 charger plugs into any 110/120 outlet. My charger decided the garage outlet has an open ground, so I can’t use that outlet. I insisted on having an exterior outlet installed when we remodeled our kitchen in 2014. I wanted it for holiday lights, no thoughts of a plug-in back then, the Stupid Prius was only about 5 years old back then, but this is what I now plug into at home.
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