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Intersting story on the Renault City K-ZE https://www.thedrive.com/tech/29729/the-worlds-most-important-electric-car-is-launching-now-and-its-not-a-porsche-or-tesla%5C The Renault City K-ZE has just been announced for the Chinese market, where it offers a stunning combination of electric range and low cost. Starting at 61,800 Yuan, or about $8,700 US Dollars, and its 30kWh Tianjin Lishen battery offers a remarkable 250 km, or 155 miles of NEDC-rated range. Even though this ends up resulting in a likely EPA range closer to about 100 miles, the fact that this eminently usable amount of range is available in a useful and well-proven vehicle for under $10,000 is a remarkable achievement.
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mobby_6kl posted:Yeah pretty weird, nothing like normal VW, maybe they tried to make it out of recycled sewer pipes like the i3 or something. And now there are 2 ipad sticking out of the dashboard. Is the center one supposed to rotate? Yeah, it uses recycled materials where possible and no use of animals. I think the car is a really good offering on a dedicated platform. Good that they are going this direction, bad that I don't see myself buying any VW for the next half decade while they work on bringing over a US model I'll buy though. This is a pretty good look at the car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti5QlrBH5Xk
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Ulf posted:
Planet money did a great episode about it. https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/12/05/673934667/episode-533-why-car-safety-is-a-trade-barrier Neither standard is better, it just aimed at different drivers.
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stevobob posted:Tell me those aren't loving capacitive touch buttons on the steering wheel. It looks like a Leaf going through i3 puberty. Not terrible, but not super distinct.
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stevobob posted:Tell me those aren't loving capacitive touch buttons on the steering wheel. Hmm. Not sure I would anymore.
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Looks kinda boring from the outside. I think I liked the SEAT version better, though I assume you'll get the same interior. All that high gloss black plastic looks like poo poo if you don't obsessively dust it every morning and tends to feel tacky.
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Grim Up North posted:Looks kinda boring from the outside. I think I liked the SEAT version better, though I assume you'll get the same interior. Its a VW. Its supposed to look boring from the outside because thats what people who buy a VW want.
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Apparently some pics of the Hyundai 45 were snagged:  
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Ulf posted:I'm always fascinated by these kind of regulatory incompatibilities, do you have an example of where they conflict? This reminds me of eggwashing. I don't have the specific text at issue, but Wiki lists lighting and reflector requirements as one of the more externally obvious incompatibilities. I know the required beam patterns from the headlights are different, with the UN pattern's cutoff angling sharply up to the passenger side while the US pattern has a smaller hump and then levels off. There are also differences in crash requirements and emissions, though obviously the latter is irrelevant in this case and the former I'm pretty sure can be worked around if one really wants to. I'm actually somewhat surprised I can't find a single person having done a public deep dive on a "world" car model's parts list to actually determine what physically differs between seemingly identical cars.
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You can’t import a US Model S into Canada because of 3 differences, which since 2014 or something Tesla will no longer fix for you. - seat belt release buttons must be red - there can’t be an option to disable DRL - some immobilization thing related to the alarm
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Westy543 posted:Apparently some pics of the Hyundai 45 were snagged: It looks like a prop from a FPS game on the og playstation
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I’m more amused by this tweet than I should be: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1171657063853973506
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japtor posted:I’m more amused by this tweet than I should be: That's a weird way to spell "not the nurburgring."
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Residency Evil posted:That's a weird way to spell "not the nurburgring." Looking forward to Porsche immediately blowing it away.
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There are a few Teslas running drag week this year and it's awesome. the one is running consistent 10.4s
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Darchangel posted:Looking forward to Porsche immediately blowing it away. 
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:im excited for the EV power wars They're already basically at the limit of tire technology, sooooooooo.......?
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Residency Evil posted:That's a weird way to spell "not the nurburgring." https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/elektroauto/porsche-taycan-tesla-model-s-nordschleife-rekord-2019/ A Google Translation posted:Even the tires of the two Nordschleife Model S are an announcement: Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R does not usually attract Tesla on its road models. In addition, a container from America arrived at the ring - its content: a large diesel engine. This generates the power to charge the Model S - since it is noisy day and night, it has already attracted the annoyance of local residents. And the residents may be annoyed for a while: Tesla is expected to stay for at least three weeks. Test and voting runs are scheduled every day, and Wednesday, September 18, 2019, is scheduled for a longer trip. On Saturday the 21st of September, all tourist and taxi taxi rides are canceled for two hours, so that Tesla has free access. On Wednesday, September 25th, the track will be reserved for Tesla from 17:00 to 17:45.
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Powershift posted:They're already basically at the limit of tire technology, sooooooooo.......? I want 3 second 0-60 in a Kia Soul. (Not really. Well maybe a little.)
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Qwijib0 posted:https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/elektroauto/porsche-taycan-tesla-model-s-nordschleife-rekord-2019/ So was that thing about them not having time reserved a bunch of BS?
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Powershift posted:They're already basically at the limit of tire technology, sooooooooo.......? duallys bro
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Powershift posted:They're already basically at the limit of tire technology, sooooooooo.......? Formula 1 style pit stops where they hot swap the tires AND batteries. Idea: what if the tire IS the battery 
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:duallys bro More like drag radials on all 4 corners for press ringers.
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Powershift posted:They're already basically at the limit of tire technology, sooooooooo.......? Fine tuning the traction control programming and make the feedback loops even faster.
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I like that they brought a giant generator with them. Probably cleaner than power off the German grid though.
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Charles posted:So was that thing about them not having time reserved a bunch of BS?  I don't know if you can schedule NDA'd times or if a truckload of cash was involved, but Road&Track has an updated story now too https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/amp28999141/tesla-could-set-a-nurburgring-lap-time-on-september-21st/ quote:Our source told us that the Nurburgring issued a schedule change for September 21st, with a 30 minute private window carved out of a session that already had public laps and Ring taxi laps on the calendar. Given the uh, mercurial nature of Elon, I'm going to guess cash truck.
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Qwijib0 posted:https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/elektroauto/porsche-taycan-tesla-model-s-nordschleife-rekord-2019/ I'm just imagining the Germans at the track looking around confused as a big container painted in the American flag is unexpectedly dropped off by a semi truck. Out of it comes a curious diesel generator the size of a house that begins pumping acrid black smoke into the air as the United States national anthem plays.
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I like how Road and Track are pretending ringers dont exist and Tesla are doing nothing that anyone else regularly does to proclaim NEW RING RECORD!!!!!
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I wonder if we will ever know the driver of these storied attempts?
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Is there a place on the forum to talk about solar?
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Charles posted:Is there a place on the forum to talk about solar? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3505076 is about energy generation generally, which includes lots of discussion of solar.
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Tesla is apparently testing out a three motor configuration. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1171965230127009793?s=21
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I picked-up the new Model X this morning and drove it 200 miles home. Some initial thoughts after driving the Model 3 for 9 months:
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Deteriorata posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3505076 is about energy generation generally, which includes lots of discussion of solar. Oh, yeah, I checked that out, it's more politics discussion kind of stuff, I meant more practically, like asking if the quote I got is good :P
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Elviscat posted:I like that they brought a giant generator with them. The german grid is 30% regenerative power by now. And you can just order 100% green energy if you are willing to pay a couple of cents per kwh more. Theres also like 5 22kw chargers at the ring so i don't get what Teslas problem is!
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Shai-Hulud posted:The german grid is 30% regenerative power by now. Please stop trying to destroy America with your clean power. We will charge our car with electricity generated with dinosaur bones like God intended.
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