Totally agree... and I feel the same way about all of diesel pickup trucks with their exhaust systems carefully tuned to sound like a semi. Every time I hear one, I think "There goes a guy who doesn't realize that sound is a clear signal to the rest of us that he's insecure about his masculinity."
Well that’s *****’s Logic. Zero emissions because no one can afford to buy anything. A
tax rate may pay interest on debt. Is the government going to force the public to turn in vehicles bought before 2027? All why he rides around in limousines and jet flies everywhere but US Mexican border. We need change towards reducing carbon emissions but reasonable time frame. We don’t have the power grid in place to charge a half billion vehicles and a huge amount of the electrical power is produced by carbon fueled power plants. Our government is becoming a dictatorship with the average citizen having regulations they don’t agree with shoved down their throatsThe 133 mpg is achieved if you frequently use one of the Telsa Charging Station.
Yep, it's the cube with wind resistance, and even in an EV, you don't get that back with braking. That's why EVs get great in-town efficiency but poor highway efficiency.
In Ohio, I pay a $200/year surcharge on my annual registration to maintain the roads because I have an EV. The cost of maintaining roads is already being paid in most states using that approach. In my earlier post, I said it costs me $0.02/mile to operate. I should have included the road tax. I drive about 15,000 miles per year, so my total cost including the money that goes to maintain roads is increased to $0.033 per mile by road taxes.
Actually we do have sufficient capacity in our power grid, because most vehicles charge at night when the grid isn't being used for other purposes. When a shill for the fossil fuel folks tried to make that point at the last annual meeting of our rural electrical co-op, the folks from the engineering department just shrugged. They're not worried about increased off-peak demand. It just makes used of unused capacity.
Exactly... My 2000 VW Golf TDI could hit that fairly easily but VW screwed the pooch with the whole TDI scandal. That was only a good excuse for the know nothings to basically ban a very useful technology because they view it as 'dirty'.
My sister had one of those too. It made a lot of noise and you went through the driving motions but it didn't seem like it was moving. Diesel was way cheaper than gas and it got the job done. The later TDIs were a big improvement and I wish I still had mine.
They tried that speed limit idea back in the 70s. But my Mercedes Diesel got better mileage at about 10-15 higher than the limit. Cars are minor in fuel use when it comes to comparison to cruise ships, container ships, and jet aircraft.
What does tuned semi exhaust sound like? Been in the diesel community for many years and would like to learn about semi exhaust tuning.