The Electric Vehicle (EV) discussion thread (Merged)

[Rickboy]

Who dug a deeper hole, Nissan or Stellantis?

Right now it’s Nissan. They’re on the verge of bankruptcy. Stellantis still has runway to right the ship.

 

[Zztop]

Honda dodged a bullet.
Nissan dug themselves into this hole and they don’t want Honda to be in charge to fix things..

Originally I think the plan was for Honda to be in charge, which might have worked. But these legacy companies are rapidly falling behind, and I don't know if any of them can pivot quickly enough to catch up to those Ev companies from China. They're already starting to lose noticeable market share in important markets

 

[Rickboy]

Originally I think the plan was for Honda to be in charge, which might have worked. But these legacy companies are rapidly falling behind, and I don't know if any of them can pivot quickly enough to catch up to those Ev companies from China. They're already starting to lose noticeable market share in important markets

There is a bit of speculation that the Japanese government forced Honda into being open to a merger with Nissan. I'm thinking Honda potentially demanded Nissan become a subsidiary as a way of poisoning the entire thing. IMO Honda can make the argument that Nissan's current leadership isn't capable of turning the ship around and they needed Honda to get their act together.

Word now is Nissan is seeking to partner with a tech company to help it through a transformation. The problem there is the Nissan board is really too full of themselves to let a tech company really tell them what to do. IMO either the Japanese government will tell Nissan to 'bend the knee' to Honda or Nissan will be allowed to wither and die.

 

[superchuck500]

My power bill now tells me how much I'm spending on EV charging. I charge the i5 sedan and the plug-in minivan that we have and January is a long month for charging (31 days and cold temps). I'll have to go into my car apps to see how much charging I did, but I know that I charged the i5 at least four times and the van several times (it only gets 32 miles on a charge, and has gas so we don't always charge it).

According to the power bill, I paid $52 on EV charging in January.

 

[CoolBrees]

Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages

Tesla has sued its own customers and journalists in China for defamation – and won just about every time.

apnews.com

This is all fine.

 

[Devildog]

Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages

Tesla has sued its own customers and journalists in China for defamation – and won just about every time.

apnews.com

This is all fine.

That's going to start happening here if we don't get ahold of things.

 

[Tapxe]

 

[superchuck500]

Funny - but I keep going back to the “some kids in Lamborghinis” part.

 

[Zztop]

Mercedes-Benz tests world's first solid-state battery EV with +621 miles range

The race for the “holy grail” of EV batteries is heating up. Mercedes-Benz is testing the world’s first production EV...

electrek.co

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

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I tried to link from Bluesky but cant tell if the link is working

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Incidentally ive ridden (?) in a couple of BYD elec vehicles here in Thailand when hailing an Uber, and they are nice vehicles.. imo not much different from Teslas as far as i could tell, though ive only been in Teslas a handful of times.. i realize BYD is a Chinese company, but man they are a formidable product imo .

 

[Maxp]

The BYD vehicles I've ridden in here in Brazil have very cheap interiors.

 

[zeetes]

The BYD vehicles I've ridden in here in Brazil have very cheap interiors.

that is a shame. i like the styling.

 

[Tapxe]