With their inventory build and writedowns it looks like they will need to lower prices regardless of Cybertruck but agree a sharp Cybertruck price and a strong ramp will exacerbate the situation.
That varies a lot by car. The fist generation Volt had a mountain mode to guard against this and the RAV4 Prime has a noticeably stronger gas engine so it is not a problem. The I3 was particularly bad in this reguard.The "going up a semi-steep hill with 4 people on the range extender" painted a picture in my head of some sort of harness where four people are outside the car and pushing or pulling to get the car up the hill as a way to lengthen the battery range.
The I3 had a lawnmower motor as the Range Extender, I swear it was the worst thing BMW ever came up with. To come up with it, and then to have upper mgmt approve this was beyond me.
Second only to the crazy 1.7 gal gas tank they crippled the car with. Imagine having to fill up every 75 miles on a trip. Crazy.
Wasn’t that some strange USA requirement to allow the i3 to be classified as an EV!?
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) requires a serial hybrid to have more range on battery than on gas to qualify as a ZEV, thus the tiny gas tank. I was considering buying an i3 REx before the M3 came out, but for my driving (frequent 400 mile trips) the small fuel tank killed the idea. It's also likely why Mazda is choosing not to bring the MX-30 REx with Wankel range extender to the US, and is focusing on Europe for it -- I believe it has something like an 8-gallon tank, so Mazda would get no ZEV credits for it, and would still have to buy ZEV credits from Tesla. And remember, there are a lot of other states that have chosen to follow California emission rules. Besides technical reasons, it's a regulatory reason that serial hybrids are a no-go in the US.
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I just sold my way-too-big for my needs bass rig, so grab this for me will ya' and pop it in the post, TIA!Sorry: weekend off topic…
X is auctioning off all their furniture from the Twitter HQ in SF. Lots of cool stuff there actually; I’m gonna see if I can’t pick up a sofa or 2. Maybe I can find some dry powder in the cushions…wish me luck
Edit; they allow “viewings”; so, I’m going to check for dry powder in the sofas. Will report back.
Edit 2; I wonder if this means they’re moving the office completely, or if this is just redecorating or sub leasing part of the building.
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Apparently, after Twitter Overhang
suppressed the TSLA SP, now it is time for Banter Overhang...
Nothing dumb about worrying Elon getting punched in the face hard by someone trained years to fight. If Elon was 20 something a punch isn't a big deal. He's over 50, you never know what a punch to the face at the right angle can do. Might cause a concussion or even a stroke.
