Battery based electric vehicles of today and tomorrow.

[Grumpycat]

Clearly I want 2-3 vehicles from Tesla with FSD enabled to help prevent accidents like this in the future. If I had the money to do that I would not have a Leaf today.

Not sure I understand the situation to know whether FSD would have helped. Predictive braking is expected to be standard feature on all new automobiles in 2022. My 2016 Subaru Outback with Eyesight has it.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Not sure I understand the situation to know whether FSD would have helped. Predictive braking is expected to be standard feature on all new automobiles in 2022. My 2016 Subaru Outback with Eyesight has it.

I am not sure either but since it was a van closing fast at a right angle I think it may have picked it up. On the upside my wife now knows about FSD possibilities.

My insurance agency called me and he agreed for the van to travel that far after the impact and still had the energy to flip upside down that it was going faster than 35 MPH most likely. Had daughter gone another 4 foot before the impact she and her mom would be in a world of hurt today I expect. The nose cap was 100 feet farther south than the Leaf.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Biden Climate Plan Includes Cash for Clunkers to Speed EV Adoption

I think most expected something like this. I guess it will be good marketing for EV sales and jack up used car prices as a side effect. There is talk of making the $7000 rebate active again with no 200,000 EV sales limits that cut off that discount for Tesla buyers.

 

[cqaigy2]

Wow, the picture shows there was alot of energy in that collision, glad everybody is walking and talking.

 

[i7win7]

Biden Climate Plan Includes Cash for Clunkers to Speed EV Adoption

I think most expected something like this. I guess it will be good marketing for EV sales and jack up used car prices as a side effect. There is talk of making the $7000 rebate active again with no 200,000 EV sales limits that cut off that discount for Tesla buyers.

Time to buy Autozone stock? Can't get junkyard parts, have to buy new Chinese parts.
FYI the clunkers aren't parted out - melted down
Poor get poorer when they can't find 'good' used cars

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Wow, the picture shows there was alot of energy in that collision, glad everybody is walking and talking.

The source of the energy boggles my mind. Eye witnesses indicate the 2006 Toyota Sienna van left the intersection sliding on its left side then crossed the entire road . Some how it was able to continue and roll into it's roof making for a 180 degree roll after the impact. That is a lot of energy for a van estimated to be going 30-35 MPH.

 

[Grumpycat]

Biden Climate Plan Includes Cash for Clunkers to Speed EV Adoption

I think most expected something like this. I guess it will be good marketing for EV sales and jack up used car prices as a side effect. There is talk of making the $7000 rebate active again with no 200,000 EV sales limits that cut off that discount for Tesla buyers.

Is nothing but pandering with other people's money. The previous Cash For Clunkers was an environmental disaster. No wonder Biden thinks it is a good idea.

Nobody needs an EV tax credit. If the EV requires a subsidy then it is creating extra consumption. If the EV saves resources then it saves money then it justifies its expense. Or it doesn't.

When the original EV tax credit was enacted Tesla promptly increased price of the Roadster by $7,000. Consumers never benefit from the tax credit, it always goes straight back to the manufacturer.

When Toyota ran out of the $3750 hybrid credit they had to revert to manufacturer's rebates in 2007. Again, the tax credit goes to the manufacturer, not the consumer no matter the consumer is the middleman who has to float the capital until the end of the year tax return.

Put $100 extra in someone's pocket for doing something "green" and you have no expectation of him doing anything better than buying $100 of diesel for his pre-emissions tractor. Or buying airline tickets for a skiing trip. Or any of the multitude of things Al Gore is known for.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Reminds me of the ruler that was told that the people have no bread to eat, and his response was , so let them eat cake. Maybe things haven't changed much. People really get the government they deserve I guess.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Maybe that's why with time they are no more.

 

[Diggin It]

100-mph Tesla Model 3 crash sent hundreds of scorching battery cells flying, started a fire in a house, and took 3 hours to clean up

Business Insider|6 hours ago

The crash obliterated the Tesla Model 3 and launched hundreds of hot battery cells around the neighborhood, the Corvallis Police Department said.

Tesla Model 3 crash sends scorching batteries flying, starts house fire - Business Insider


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