The world’s largest engine. A straight-14. Each piston weighs over 12,000 lbs, with a stroke over 8 feet.
Redline is 102 Rpm’s 😃
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/worlds-largest-engine-has-109000-hp
The new Stellantis inline 6 we are discussing will be available with 2 turbos. Each feeding 3 cylinders. Doesn’t matter if it’s a V8 configuration with 2 turbos feeding 2 banks. The turbo doesn’t care about the orientation of the cylinder bores.
The HP, and Ft/Lb #’s speak for themselves
Here’s a easy read on the advantages of an inline-6, as mostly compared to a V8
https://www.slashgear.com/1543170/why-the-inline-6-engine-is-making-a-comeback/
Didn’t forget it. Cheapest to build. One cylinder head vs 2, one exhaust manifold vs 2, less camshafts. , etc.
An I6 is also better vibration balanced than a v8.
Intake plumbing has room on a side, and not restricted within the “V”
Only real drawback compared to a V is the inline is longer, but...
Inline engines are a long, long, long ago proven reliable design, from millions of small motorcycle engines revving up to 13k Rpm’s, to the largest 30 foot tall inline ship engines, to the current millions of turbo inline 4’s going in most SUV’s…Whatever sub-par engine GM put in Saturns or...
You’re a bit confused.
The new powerful engine is a “straight “ aka.. inline 6 cylinder. It’s not a V6.
The old lower powered Pentistar V-6 is only going to be used for recharging the battery on the hybrid truck, and maybe but not likely low end engine option
The “alliance “ has 24, not 25, and Puerto Rico, and Guam are not states, neither which I’m sure you couldn’t even point out on a map, especially Guam.
…but keep posting silliness, daily
Yup. Been there many times. It’s amazing when you’re able to wake yourself from the feeling of a tiny deer tick waking on your skin, before it bites you. Probably works from falling asleep under high alert for them in the first place. We have so many ticks around here. I joke about having a use...
A relative’s Honda CRV (ICE) has lane assist, lane departure, adaptive cruise, that works all the way to a complete stop, auto brakes, and will steer the car on mild curves for 20 seconds at a time.
The thing I really liked was the adaptive cruise. I found it pretty awesome
“Autopilot does not make vehicles self-driving and is intended for use with a fully attentive driver who is prepared to take over and has hands on the steering wheel.”
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-seeks-answers-tesla-autopilot-recall-probe-2024-05-07/
Regulations...
The video is clearly of WWII deaths. It states it in the title.
Newfoundland only became part of Canada at the very end
of 1948, almost 4 years after WWII
The video is correct.
"War is a place where young people who don't know each other and don't hate each other kill each other, by the decision of old people who know each other and hate each other, but don't kill each other." Erich Hartmann.
Yes, but they all have some merchandise from other countries.
HF is 99.9% China sourced.
No North America lumber or food, pet food, oil, etc… like the other retailers have.
We used to call it Sunken Freight… from china.
Speaking of Chinese goods retailers…. You can’t get a higher percentage of Chinese “stuff” than from Harbor Freight. It’s got be around 99.9% china sourced merchandise.
That smell of cheap plasticized rubber tires in those stores almost gives me a headache 😁
Good point. I got the mistaken impression the other day that the top link connection got damaged. Looking again, it’s oblivious the lift arm connection
I’m not sure if your post is all your thoughts or if you copied it from somewhere.
I’ve got a couple disagreeing points to make. First regarding IPA’s.
IPA’s are not a very popular starter garage/basement beers. They are by far, the most costly to produce, have the highest raw ingredient count...
An electric saw is useless without the battery. I don’t see any meaningful comparison without it.
The gas tank on a gasoline saw is the equivalent to the battery. I guess if you want to remove the gas tank, and weigh the saw against a battery-less saw, you could have something. I still think...
122 is on the loud end for a chainsaw. Most are a bit quieter than that. Was it muffler modded?
Also, where in relation to the muffler exit port the db meter was placed for the test makes a big difference. 3 feet behind the saw will be quieter than 3 feet in front of the muffler
You can certainly run a box blade backwards, and a box blade maker can advertise them used that way, but it doesn’t change the fact, that they are more easily damaged in that direction. That’s simply dictated by physics.
Your lower lift arms do the pushing when going rearward, and because of...
Like previous stated, it depends on how discharged the battery is, and how long, for any chance of desulfation.
Batteries also fail for internal shorts, and internal wall cracking. No amount of electronic wizardry, and stories will rejuvenate the latter.
That bend is caused by that connection being forced forwards into your tractor’s upper link.
Your scarifiers are on the front leading edge of your box blade.
When you hit something substantial underground with them, like a rock, or roots, the rearward force on the scarifiers pushes rearward on...
I know EV’s try to use regenerative , over friction braking, as much as possible, but that persistent outer diameter surface rust pattern on the disc looks odd, considering you just drove it. Maybe the pads aren’t aligned flat with the disc yet? Maybe need to be bedded in more?
I always laugh when people ignorantly bash Walmart, or Amazon, implying they only sell Chinese stuff, so they shop elsewhere.
Nice story… where?
Everyone sells Chinese stuff because it’s cheap and what consumers want…obviously.
My local Walmart, because it has an automotive, and grocery...
Your story is an unusual outlier.
You are buying a vehicle unusually discounted, most probably below production costs, because the company is on the verge of complete bankruptcy.
You are talking a risk, rolling the dice, hoping an electronic part, or software failure, doesn’t brick your vehicle...
You chose that photo, probably unconsciously, because it hides her unattractive, long jutting chin.
She was attractive, but in no way was she the hottest thing. Not even close.
There were hundreds of popular actresses and models of that time that were way more beautiful and hotter than her.
Legal bribery…AKA lobbying, may increase the cost of your battery cars soon. More tariffs on the horizon.
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-04-30/graphite-miners-lobby-us-govt-to-impose-levy-on-china-sourced-ev-material
They’re still:
Old modules
Used modules
Worn modules
Even the replacement modules were used.
Everything I stated above is a fact
Sorry, You don’t get a new battery for $5k
The battery is still old and worn enough that even Tesla doesn’t have faith to warranty it.
Every remaining original...
I posted my view of the video.
We know you just love to argue and impress yourself.
I presented a fact from the video, followed by a question, then stated my opinion.
Try showing what, I “made up”, genius..
Exactly. 5 grand, and you’re only back to having an old worn battery, that might start having issues with the other modules.
Maybe I missed it… what kind of warranty did the repair come with?
Battery technology needs to advance past this style before I would commit.
But our government picks winners/losers and subsidizes all kinds of manufacturing, and services, both with open , obvious subsidies like the EV tax credit, and more so with countless tariffs on foreign goods which in effect is subsidizing the benefacting manufacturer(s).
Add in taxes thrown in...
I can imagine some pretty heavy price depreciation with these suckers in the used market, when out of warranty.
I’m holding out for a Tesla zero turn mower.
Hopefully it qualifies for a tax credit 😉
That’s some crafty sales marketing wording.
65HP is 48.5kw
Even discounting motor and controller losses, a 24 kwh battery could only supply that for 29 minutes, if charged to 100% and run flat to zero…which is never recommended. 100% to 20% would be only for 24 minutes.
Reminds me of the...
……They have a population of 1.41 Billion people.
The U.S. has 341 million.
Counting All of Europe including Eastern, (Russia , Bulgaria,etc) , western, northern, and southern countries is 742 million.
Combined with the U.S. that’s still only 1.083 billion.
Does your solar statistic include all...
I’m not a battery car lover, but, I’d rather our billions in tax money be spent subsidizing our own USA EV manufacturing like Tesla, or or whoever, than sending our billions to corrupt Soviet Union Ukraine, or Israel to instigate/prolong foreign wars.
Just my humble opinion
My relative’s Honda CRV has various sensors, including a camera behind the windshield, and a radar unit in the front engine grill.
Commonly during very heavy rain, freezing rain, and heavy snow, the auto system (steering, brakes, follow ), etc immediately disengages itself, when there’s build up...
I second the vote for solar.
Not a little flagpole unit, but a setup like used for RV’s. They can be had for a couple hundred bucks. Clamp the panel to the pole, or a frame, and set a battery in a plastic battery box next to the pole.
You’ll spend almost that much just in wiring , conduit, not...
My outages usually happen during snow storms. I set out my 5kw gasoline generator to keep the house powered, while using my tractor to clear the driveway, move snow, etc…
I wouldn’t want to have my expensive tractor tied up to a generator function during storms.
To each, their own choice
You demonstrate a point I tried to make to Gail: That being, autonomous driving software, and battery vehicles are two totally separate subjects. One is not dependent on the other. Gail likes to mislead people into thinking they are codependent, but they are not.
An Ice engine vehicle can be...
Doesn’t matter if you’re pro EV, pro Tesla, Pro self/assisted driving, or anti-EV, anti-Tesla, or Anti-self/assisted driving…. And we have extremes on both ends here….
This technology is being incorporated into most new vehicles both battery and ICE, and this debate over fault during an accident...
Their advertising says you can feed it 10 tons of wood an hour, and makes enough electricity to charge 3, or 4 battery machines a day?
I don’t get it.
That sounds like a really inefficient somewhat, portable ( with a tractor trailer flatbed) wood chip generator plant.
They also claim no...
I’m not intimately familiar with this engine, and I know there was different valve train versions of that engine made.
That said, hardened valve seats, in general, prevent valve depression over the lifespan of an engine. It’s not a significant factor in short term temperature related valve train...
You have a fusable link feeding a fuse? That makes no sense.
The OP stated his wire is feeding a fuse, which would agree with the schematic. I’m assuming he’s physically seen the fuse
If checking your valve clearance, is more involved than you want to deal with, you could do, as an alternative troubleshooting check, a compression test, while it’s hot. You’d have to pull the plugs out quickly after stopping it, as to get your readings while it’s still hot. A cylinder with...
“Still, Ford is grappling with what CEO Jim Farley called "a huge drag not just on Ford, but on our whole industry": electric vehicle production.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fords-first-quarter-adjusted-profit-falls-2024-04-24/
I actually still own a few shares of Tesla, that I kept , when I sold the rest off last year.
Their problem, as I see it, is , they’re a one trick pony.
No hybrids
No plug in hybrids
They took the world by storm, but won’t be able to sustain it. Their years of advantage, granted from their...
Read my post #17840 from this morning.Tesla better start appealing to the general EV crowd, and more, sooner rather than later, unless their ace in the pocket is relying on lobbyists and administration changes getting higher tougher tariffs.
The floodgates already have a leaky crack developing…...
Imagine that. You, the taxpayer , are going to start paying for/subsidizing other people’s Chinese made battery cars.
This Chinese car will pay no tariffs ,and, will be eligible for buyers tax credit
“The competitive price reflects an unusual combination of Geely's China-specific cost...
199 laid off. Big woopie.
How many at Tesla?
“Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has said his company has to work on cutting costs globally in order to keep electric vehicles affordable for the middle class. Electric vehicles, he has said, cost about 40% more than those powered by gasoline. Without...
You can see the politics in California (and some other states) demonstrated here.
Including everything even remotely renewable, including biogas, but disallowing large hydro dams, because some environmentalists groups, don’t want them included because it would make meeting the renewable...
Near the end of the video, the guy explains the gasoline engine is hooked up to a 130kw generator. He specifically states there’s no mechanical connection between the engine and the wheels
They spec a 50 mile battery only range, so during times when you’re not traveling far you could possibly...
That example, at least separately,clearly identifies the “savings “ as a separate subject, which to me, makes it reasonable.
This advertisement provided by Grumpy’s little buddy, shows clear false advertising. It clearly implies that a purchase price starts at…. .. factoring in ending possible...
Yeah, I see now, that the government made that change starting this year.
I’m not a fanboy, so I don’t stay up to date on every technicality.
Tesla’s advertising is still outright deceptive for claiming a price that isn’t real, but false, by manipulating theoretical future savings.
Even the...
Good analogy. It’s clearly deceptive, false advertising. Saying the price starts at $29k, is a lie because of the “fuel savings “, but also because, the tax credit is only a possible tax credit on next year’s taxes. To buy the car , you still have to have the money to pony up the full price or...
$1.5k is far from “free”, and that’s just one battery. Now add more batteries, panels, wiring, permits, installation, insurance, panels,inverters ,etc.
“Almost free”?🤔
The primary statement in that article is purposely misleading wording, to give an impression that’s not what really happened. The article’s subsequent data even contradicts it.
RI has higher electric rates than CA? Where did you read that?
Is California less than 8.91 cents per kilowatt-hour?
State regulators approve Rhode Island Energy’s proposed summer electric rates • Rhode Island Current
I read an article on AI, and it pointed out the inconvenient truth that large scale AI that some are pushing for , will require many more large data centers, that consume tremendous amounts of energy, and that it would need to be taken into consideration for future grid loads, but is being...
I’ve been there a few times. I go in the fall when they do the battle for the airfield reenactment. Lots of awesome tanks they got from the Littefield’s collection a few years ago including a running panther.
They have quite the historical car collection in the other building…not sure if you...
No idea what sugar sprinkles, and rainbow bridges explanation you’re trying to achieve here, but Tesla is a publicly traded company now , and the price is dictated by stockholder’s, and potential stockholder’s view of the company’s worth and future worth.
Musk himself drove down the stock price...
Maybe, maybe not. BYD is the new leader worldwide, I think, and that’s important.
The majority of electricity is still “fuel “ powered, and as such, if fuel prices go up, so will electric rates.
I personally think plug in hybrids will be the winner in the USA, in the coming decade, more so...
Thanks for another click bait video.
Nothing but another 3d printing, 3d modeling, screenshot presentation,with no real data at all. 3d design and printing has been around for many years. It’s not AI… “game over”??… No, just a click bait title video.
On the closest lever, the arrow pointing into the graphic gear notch means 4WD in gear.
Make sure your range lever is properly in position..turtle, or snail in this case. Sometimes it might need to be finessed into position
How do you figure $42k is cheaper than the $36k F150 pickup truck?
It’s my understanding, the Ocean also doesn’t qualify for the possible tax credit, because the car is made overseas.
Lots of oil is required to make solar panels, and to transport them. If you can still get them, there’s still plenty of “fuel”
You worry about running out of fuel someday in the future, but you’re not worried about maintaining an unproven startup vehicle from fiske, on the verge of bankruptcy 🙄
“The embattled startup has struggled to roll out the Ocean so far and as a result, has found itself in dire financial straits. Long-term feasibility for the company looks unlikely”
https://www.caranddriver.com/fisker/ocean
You’re comparing that to a proven pickup truck?
What’s the carrying and...
Lashing out out at forum people, and making denigrating remarks about women, does nothing positive for whatever your underlying issues are.
Somewhere out there, there's a tree working very hard to produce oxygen so that you can breathe. I think you should go and apologize to it.
No, the engine plots I provided didn’t prove your argument. That’s a silly argument, even for you.
My attached plots are still here. Feel free to use them to “prove your point”…….
What pear variety is that?
I have quite a few pear varieties and none of them look anything like yours. Mine have the typical 7 flowers maximum per cluster, and they don’t have such a red casing as yours in that photo
You’re too biased to even bother questioning the same.
More importantly, where’s that data you were supposed to provide, supporting your fabricated 15% load maximum efficiency ICE engines?
I’m still waiting.
We used to have a “party line “ telephone service. 4 of us. 3 on our dirt road, and one house on a nearby paved street. We all had different sounding rings
When you really needed to make a call and you picked up the phone ready to dial, for the third time,and heard one of your neighbors still...
I’m wondering why you spend 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, shilling for the EV industry on a tractor forum?
Do you devote 16/7 on an EV forum advertising tractors?
Many, years ago our governments used to insist on finding the cause of weather they didn’t like, crop failures, rodent infestations…. Their science was able to identify witches practicing witchcraft, and they scientifically proved they were witchs by using scientific methods such as buoyancy...
Yes. The average person’s confusion that is enjoyed by combustion haters, is caused by intentionally wording the “pollution” mass, as “emitted “ by the tailpipe. This gives rise to confusion by leading people to believe the engine “produced “ 3x the mass than that of the gasoline, where in fact...
The concentration of CO2 in air exhaled by humans is around 3.8% or 38,000 parts per million (ppm) This is significantly higher than the normal concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, which is around 400 ppm. (0.04%) The high concentration of CO2 in exhaled air is due to the process of cellular...
Oh boy. A lot of opinion, and conjecture there. It’ll take a while to respond to all of that, one piece at a time. May take me a bit to get in the mood, but I will respond
Tire manufacturers are inventing new compounds and manufacturing techniques to deal with reduced electrical conductance, due to a higher percentage of silica, which reduces rolling resistance having more silica, as you noted.
One such method is to have just a single cylindrical area of high...
If you carry a jumper cable, You can use that. Clip one end on a fuel container area small enough for the jaws, like a handle, and the other end to metal on the pump, or steel curbing edging, or any other metal imbedded in the cement
Not at all. All modern tires have electrically conductive additives in them , like carbon black, which keeps the tires conducive enough to dissipate static charges. It’s a requirement.
Overall tires are a poor electrical conductor, but they conduct just enough to flow static charges
You fabricated a silly conclusion.
Single year sales numbers restricted to company that only makes a couple different models, bolstered by government mandates…doesn't make a vehicle “the most popular “
…And no, we don’t need to shoot up heroin, to know its effects, and that it’s not for us.
You really ought to stop repeating that same bad logic you keep repeating
I was being nice to the previous poster..😃
I see you got a thumbs up from trad…
He’s got most of us blocked. He’s just happy thinking you’re correcting me
You’re assuming everyone has home charging access. That’s a false assumption made frequently on this site. Only 63% of residences have a garage or carport.
Millions live in residences with no off-street parking at all, so home charging is basically impossible. It’s an inconvenient truth for EV...
Your numbers look too low to me for a legitimate professional 200 amp conversion, for a complete job.
Realistically pricing would be about double your numbers
Different impedance testers use different frequencies, and give different results. Unless you bought a battery that warranties a certain reading on your harbor freight tester, I don’t know what argument you would have, unless the battery fails to perform by their normal warranty standards
I’m guessing the 12 volt reading they measured and printed as “good” was the voltage during a load test.
Batteries commonly drop to 12 volts or even upper 11’s during high current draw conditions like cranking a starter motor.
I’d check your alternator again. Your original charge voltage...
Why are you so bitter?
Why are you bashing Amazon once again, when the subject is hour meters?
You act like factories all sell direct, and you don’t know what a retailer’s function is
Here’s a 100 of them for you...
That’s a pretty poor analogy.
Wawajake was clearly talking about government intervention.
Good free market inventions, never need government intervention to become widespread
Don’t conflate government overreach with corporations. Totally different subjects
I’m not a battery car fan, and know that FSD is a separate technology on its own as it could be used in any propulsion technology vehicle such as gasoline or diesel ICE .
That said, I’d prefer a good functioning FSD, vehicle ferrying cognitively declined senior citizens, rather than them trying...
As far as I know, a human driver is still required in NYC:
https://www.iotworldtoday.com/transportation-logistics/self-driving-taxi-tests-approved-in-nyc-but-human-operators-required
I’ve been reading part of it is Unions lobbying of potential job losses(and safety concerns :-) )
I watched a documentary involving Volvo committing to 100% EV’s.
The CEO said he was excited for the challenge, but said because of extra materials and such needed to produce these vehicles, the environmental benefit break even point they calculated at 12 years.
By his own admission, EV’s are...
Morning. Been snowing all night. Power is out. Got the generator running. Time to head back out and deal with some trees that came down in the driveway. Supposed to snow all day
I watched an unbiased documentary on the whole battery vehicle society being pushed on citizens of many countries. What really stuck with me, was the section where they discussed that the political mandates were disconnected from the reality of what is currently possible.
They gave an example...
Anything 1/2” or 13mm I bring both wrenches or sockets and use whichever one fits tighter, to avoid possible damage to the nut or bolt.
I do the same for 3/4” and 19mm.
I’ve done this for years. It’s second nature now
What I don’t like, is that windshield. They’re trying so hard to lower wind resistance, that they’re angling back the windshield to an absurd angle.
The glass may be 3/16” thickness, but because of that angle, you’re looking through an effective 1/2” to 5/8” of glass. Any optical distortions...
If you like the idea of being owned by China, I imagine you like the idea of electric grid reliance, with no fossil fuel energy independence or energy source diversity. Commiting our country to a path of all electrification, reliant on Chinese solar panels (around 90%), to battery cars which...
….and that’s assuming the charging station even has…a bathroom.
Poor grump, has to find a bush.😂
https://news.yahoo.com/ev-owners-fed-charging-stations-135045015.html
Just another reason I don’t want a battery car. I don’t want to feel compelled to spend money on food, or rummage around a station’s bathroom every time I simply want fuel for the vehicle
I agree except this little part. That 4,100 lb number is listed as “breakout force bucket”, which I believe it measured at the bucket tip , and allows the tilt/curling circuit to leverage the lowest area of the bucket against the ground.
… Or I could be mistaken
Sitting in a self driving vehicle with nothing to do but be eating a burrito, as the video describes, is a future you’d be thankful for?
You like being easily “reprogrammed” by your government?
You call this a “bright future”?
🤔