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Any GTAM'ers own an electric vehicle?
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2000$? I think there’s studies/reports that a huge amount of people are within 500-1000 from calamity.
My buddies think everyone is rich, and the minority of the population is struggling. But they only work with the well to do....
An acquaintance used to have a Turbo S (that I never ever saw move, I think it was just to say that he had one) and an RS4. One of his clients didn't pay (low five figures) and the house of cards collapsed. Bankruptcy, those cars gone and back to an A4. If you're that close to bankruptcy I sure as &*(^& wouldn't have a Turbo S, especially one I never drove.
It all works...until it doesn’t.
yes, a middle class household in stoney creek, by the Lake.
Case in point, people who sell their EV because buying a charger is "too expensive" and then buy a SUV that burns $5k/year in gas, as per earlier response.
People buy EV's and suddenly hyper focus on everything. The biggest complaint is "It doesn't get the exact range it said it's supposed to!" (Their old car almost certainly didn't get the MPG on the sticker, either), and they can tell you every penny they spent on installing a charger, how much their hydro bill went up, etc etc.
But ask them how much gas their gaz-guzzler they drove before EV used and you get a deer in the headlights look. "I Dunno, I just filled it up when it was empty..."
Ford Opens Registrations For E-Transit And Announces Prices
Ford has recently opened the registration site for the upcoming all-electric E-Transit model, announced in late 2020, that soon will be launched on the market.
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Ford Opens Registrations For E-Transit And Announces Prices
Ford has recently opened the registration site for the upcoming all-electric E-Transit model, announced in late 2020, that soon will be launched on the market.
my heart goes out to anyone who buys one of these.
atrocious "estimated" 200km range on a good day. factor in AC, heavy loads, against wind, up hills etc. Ridiculous high price.
ANY new Electric vehicle needs to be a clean sheet design. Thought Ford was smarter than this to pawn off a ICE transit with a frankensteined electric powertrain.
Ya....while 200km seems ok for a city runner, and I didn’t read the article, that’s probably empty. Throw some gear, Canadian weather, and you’ll be lucky to break 100km.
And that was the smallest van. It gets worse from there as you get taller and longer. A commenter said USPS vans on local delivery do 17 km/day so if true, even a guaranteed 100 km range is acceptable. I do agree with Sunny though, EV conversions almost always suck. Ground up design gets you a much better finished product. I am also surprised they didn't have a bigger battery as an option.
Ford also had a horrid range on the Focus IIRC. Less than 150km total. And I think that thing is now cancelled.
Mad Mike
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We have a couple of Transit Connects, I think that's where they should have started. Most of these see light light duty as service vehicles in the city, they start and stop alot, rarely reach highway speeds, and many don't need tons of range.
Id be all over a Transit Connect that cost $45K and a range of 200km.
Id be all over a Transit Connect that cost $45K and a range of 200km.
I wanted a Ford transit as my family car....wife said ‘no chance in hell will you ever see me in that thing’
meanwhile my buddy just leases the new MB (not sprinter the small one). That thing drives great.
meanwhile my buddy just leases the new MB (not sprinter the small one). That thing drives great.
I've only seen a few bits and pieces of electric F150 but I've seen a bunch of BT1XX tooling ... for those not in the auto industry, "B" = battery, "T1XX" = the current GM full size pickup truck and SUV platform.
While it may be tempting to dismiss BT1XX as an electric conversion of a T1XX, it is quite different underneath (because of needing to properly make space for GM's Ultium battery pack).
The publicly-known version of BT1XX is the electric Hummer ... but at the price tag of those, no one is expecting them to sell many, and the tooling that I've seen is capable of way more production volume. GM has something else in the works: Chevy Silverado EV price hints, Ford F-150 Lightning, Rivian details, Nissan Leaf range test: Today’s Car News
And, we now know more about the Rivian - they've added a lot of detail to their website: R1T - Rivian
While it may be tempting to dismiss BT1XX as an electric conversion of a T1XX, it is quite different underneath (because of needing to properly make space for GM's Ultium battery pack).
The publicly-known version of BT1XX is the electric Hummer ... but at the price tag of those, no one is expecting them to sell many, and the tooling that I've seen is capable of way more production volume. GM has something else in the works: Chevy Silverado EV price hints, Ford F-150 Lightning, Rivian details, Nissan Leaf range test: Today’s Car News
And, we now know more about the Rivian - they've added a lot of detail to their website: R1T - Rivian
Every delivery truck I've ever seen running around seems to have only 2 throttle positions - wide open, or skidding to a stop.
That will have a pretty drastic effect on battery life. I wouldn't be surprised to see them dial in some power ramping on EV trucks used for deliveries to avoid these jackrabbit starts which will really shitkick the batteries. I'm surprised they haven't done it on the ICE versions honestly.
That will have a pretty drastic effect on battery life. I wouldn't be surprised to see them dial in some power ramping on EV trucks used for deliveries to avoid these jackrabbit starts which will really shitkick the batteries. I'm surprised they haven't done it on the ICE versions honestly.
Is the truck buyer the fleet manager? Every north american cop car is specced with the biggest engine because the buyers arent paying the fuel bills. Ford dropped their ~280 hp option as literally nobody ever ordered one, every single police vehicle was specced with the ~360 hp engine because reasons.
The Metris? I had a really good look at one of those. What a disappointing, overpriced overrated piece of junk.
I'm convinced people get swayed by the badge on the grill.
As fuel costs go up fleet managers are starting to pay more attention. One of the reasons my company started to switch to automatics (aside from temps being able to drive them in the years ahead) is fuel economy - they've set them up so they progressive shift (only achieving a high enough RPM given said load to achieve the shift and work in torque instead of horsepower) to eeek another fraction of a mpg out of them versus some of the drivers that don't drive as economically.
I think they forget to set it up on my new tractor I got a few weeks ago. That thing hauls ass lol.
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