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Any GTAM'ers own an electric vehicle?

Evoex said:
You would be surprised…..

we have components coming in that have allegedly been GP 12 - 100% checked before shipping them out. We’re still rejecting them for the same issue. The % is very low but my point is the checks are only as good as the person checking them.
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And the procedure. I was involved with a stop shipment order involving many tens of thousands of vehicles. 100% checks on all before they could leave. One of the players didn't properly constrain their system so the test that was being run was less rigorous than everybody expected and did sample testing on. Many bad parts got through.
 
GreyGhost said:
And the procedure. I was involved with a stop shipment order involving many tens of thousands of vehicles. 100% checks on all before they could leave. One of the players didn't properly constrain their system so the test that was being run was less rigorous than everybody expected and did sample testing on. Many bad parts got through.
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I originally typed out control plan and training, but then decided all the paperwork and training doesn’t help if the person doing the work stops caring.
 
Test drive complete. I like the car. Upon closer inspection, I spotted the difference between the 2022 and 2021 seats, and it is indeed in the side bolstering of the lower cushions. On the other hand, I prefer the 2021 instrument panel and center console. The one I test-drove was a 2021.

As expected, the size (length and width) of this car is on the limit of parking-spot manoeuvering while still being able to squeeze a motorcycle in and out between them. It's tight enough that I want the regular Bolt and not the EUV (which is slightly longer).

The guess-o-meter was guessing 350-ish km left and it didn't start out fully charged (~ 2 bars from the top of the bar graph). With cruise control set at 100 km/h on the closest to level ground that I could find, the power consumption is somewhere near 15 kW ... suggesting 400-ish km range is plausible, and that was with the air-conditioning running.

I might have squawked the tires. Maybe. Stunt driving et al. "I didn't do it. The car just did that." Maybe it happened on private property. I don't remember.
 
PrivatePilot said:
But....but.....but...... Bolt battery fires!
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(sorry for the delayed response, catching up on all the threads this fine sunday morning.)

Yes. And they STILL can't get it right.

The Tesla can be solved with software updates and improvements and will keep getting better. That is money that will be well spent.

GM is dumping over a billion dollars, thats billion with a B. I reckon there will be further repercussions as the years pass with lawsuits and no doubt more battery replacements.. What a monumental mess.

If I were GM, I'd cancel this series, and cut my losses sooner than later. Selling more Bolts surely won't help.


Post #2. Tesla still does it best.
 
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mimico_polak said:
No…fuel. LoL

In other news….happy to report the Volt is averaging 75-85km of actual electrical usage per drive with a ‘range’ of anywhere from 95-100km.

Reaching 1,900km on this tank of gas. Hoping to break my 2200km record on the last tank of gas.
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How fast do you drive on the highway and are you driving in L or D?
 
lol, regardless of what he says one way or another, follow the money. A consultant does not make money bad mouthing their customers on their YouTube page, but there is no issue bad mouthing their competition.....

To "keep it real", sometimes you also need to throw a little minor shade, for the fools, to look credible but follow the money.

#sellout
 
First explanation I've seen of LG's battery problems. Dunno about the "misaligned robot" speculation (because if that were the case, it would be assembling ALL of them wrong, and they would ALL have these problems) but the explanation about how the torn anode tab and misaligned separator could cause a short circuit if they happen in the same cell, makes sense. Misaligned factory robot may have sparked Chevy Bolt battery fires

I'm led to believe that the warranty replacement of all of the battery modules in the Bolt pays around 6 hours for a dealer mechanic to do. That's actually not as bad as I thought it could be. Evidently there's about 1700 EV-licensed GM dealers ... each one will have about 70 or 80 cars to do on average. Inspection stations to do 100% inspection for torn anode tabs and proper separator alignment (and you can bet your bottom dollar that GM will want these inspection results logged and tracked and traceable) shouldn't be that hard to do. The tough bit will be building batteries for several years worth of normal production in (hopefully) a few months, only to have the production rate drop back down again.
 
mimico_polak said:
About 115-120kph and always in L.
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Try 'D' when on the highway (unless it's a congested drive) as you don't need the regen that 'L' provides and you can coast in 'D' at times when you need a little slowdown.
 
LBV said:
Try 'D' when on the highway (unless it's a congested drive) as you don't need the regen that 'L' provides and you can coast in 'D' at times when you need a little slowdown.
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Never thought of that. Logical as the car won’t slow down as much. Thanks!
 
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FullMotoJacket said:
It's official. Teslas have a thing for parked first responder vehicles.

jalopnik.com

A Tesla That The Driver Says Was On Autopilot Crashed Into A Stopped Police Car, Again

This sort of accident is one seen before with Autopilot, and is the root of the current NHTSA investigation
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Part of me wonders if it has something to do with the flashing lights. Either they blind the camera or it interprets alternating lights as vehicle moving left and right or something similar. I am shocked "autopilot" is still allowed on public roads. As implemented, it's a disaster (and always will be without inter-vehicle communication).
 
The concept of a distance-following cruise control system, and a lane-keeping assistance system, and an automatic emergency-braking system, aren't necessarily bad things.

The bad thing about Tesla's system is that it doesn't do enough to at least make sure the driver is there and responding.
 
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