Volkswagen California camper van for European market.
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and can tow 4,409 pounds. All models have 2 sliding doors and a rooftop tent.
At the 2024 shareholders meeting Elon Musk said Tesla is developing two new cars. The Model 2 will be produced in Texas late 2025 and later in Mexico with an expected volume of 5 million per year.
Tesla’s 2023 Impact Report shows average 15% battery capacity loss of a Model 3/Model Y Long Range after 200,000 miles. (and slows after that)
Dubai Police Cruiser
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UAE company Arabia Taxi Dubai has ordered 260 Model 3’s for its taxi fleet.
Public knowledge about Tesla and EV’s is poor. 4 min.interview.
Smooth Sailing EV Ferry
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and choppy seas.(1 min.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGcwNOg1kk
Volkswagen is integrating ChatGPT in all new electric ID. family models. Take notes, write emails, verbal text, directions.
This years Pike’s Peak won by a modified Ford F-150 Lightning EV that did the 156 turns in under 9 minutes. Rivian 1T and Ioniq 5 also set records.
Karbike
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sturdy frame with lockable doors. It has a pedal assisted electric motor and
solar panels.(1 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqV6_6O8HB4&t=47s
June 26th a cyberattack on Management Software rendered over 15,000 Auto dealerships unable to make sales or do repairs. $10 million ransom.
Insurance studies report EV’s are the lowest per 100K in car fires (25), Gas cars are second (1,500), and hybrids most common (3,400). Full report. https://www.a27utoinsuranceez.com/gas-vs-electric-car-fires/
KIA EV4
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rebates if manufactured in Mexico. Expected production of 70K in 2025.
Verne EV Robotaxi by Rimac
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temp, lighting, and scent. Starting in Zagreb, Croatia early 2026.
Bloomberg reports ICE sales declining. In 2023, 25% of bus sales were electric. And almost 50% of 2 and 3 wheelers . 18% of passenger cars with a Predicted 20% in 2024. https://about.bnef.com/electric-vehicle-outlook/
Karbike?
That ain’t a bike, & it ain’t much of a car.
It looks like a golf cart’s bitch.
Pedal assisted electric motor? So it can’t even move without assistance?
Uh no
I still like to pull up to a gas pump and fill my tank in less than 5 minutes, besides which, the electic infrastructure just isn’t in place – and won’t be for another ten to twenty years at best
VW has been making Bus Campers for the past 20 years for the European market, I have a friend in Germany that has an 8 or 9 year old VW Bus Camper with the infamous turbo Diesel. They have driven it all over Europe.
They’re bound and determined to limit out personal freedoms by shoving those things up our asses. Let’s shove ’em up their asses instead.
@ Wild, wild west
x2
Until they can make it reliable, self-charging and I can drive cross-country in the middle of the night in all kinds of weather, you will not see one parked in my driveway.
Not sure I will ever have one of my own. We have one in our driveway twice a day, just not mine. Don’t think they will ever get gas stopped so I will stay one ICE.
They can have my pistons when they pry them out of my cold dead fingers.
I wonder how many cocksuckers you can fit in an EV?