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Darchangel posted:How long before someone comes up with something to shoot lightning at coal rollers, I wonder? If the goal is "ways to annoy other drivers and create possibly unsafe conditions", I want to point out that you could run a whoooooole lot of xenon strobe lights off a 150kWh battery.
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MomJeans420 posted:It should solve the braking for bridges / overpasses issue at the least. I wonder if it's related to the parts shortages everyone is currently experiencing, as the China and EU models will still have radar (presumably they have regulatory bodies that function better than the NHTSA). I forgot to add that Tesla also said: quote:Why aren’t Model S and Model X transitioning now? This just smacks of cost cutting via safety reduction. They wouldn't keep buying any radar units if they didn't make things better.
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May 25, 2021 23:32
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cruft posted:If the goal is "ways to annoy other drivers and create possibly unsafe conditions", I want to point out that you could run a whoooooole lot of xenon strobe lights off a 150kWh battery. Somebody on a Land Cruiser group was advertising 90,000W LED running lights for sale. Those would probably do the job.
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May 25, 2021 23:33
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cruft posted:If the goal is "ways to annoy other drivers and create possibly unsafe conditions", I want to point out that you could run a whoooooole lot of xenon strobe lights off a 150kWh battery. Or just mount a kW range laser on the car, that way in addition to blinding everyone permanently you can actually set the vehicle rolling coal on fire.
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May 26, 2021 02:43
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RZA Encryption posted:This just smacks of cost cutting via safety reduction. They wouldn't keep buying any radar units if they didn't make things better. I suspect semiconductor related. This is pretty consistent with the approach taken by other manufacturers. Mix of entire production stoppages or removing technology to reduce requirements: Truth About Cars posted:With everything from toasters to televisions being hit by the semiconductor shortage, there’s seemingly no limit to how bad things can get. But it’s the automotive industry that’s unquestionably taking the most severe beating. We doubt it will be long before industry giants begin requesting financial assistance from local governments. Full story here: https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2021/05/report-semiconductor-chip-shortage-could-affect-4-million-vehicles/
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May 26, 2021 04:31
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Darchangel posted:How long before someone comes up with something to shoot lightning at coal rollers, I wonder? Honestly these days I try and just roll my eyes and realize that someone who pays money just so they can be an rear end in a top hat to a complete stranger isn’t really worth a moment of my time. I do like where you’re heads at though! I plugged in a route for getting to my parents place in Colorado from Portland, OR based on a Rivian and the entire trip would only take around 3 hours of total charge time. That’s 17+ hours of driving so I would probably be taking that much of a break plus a layover anyway. Super excited at how rapidly the technology is advancing.
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RZA Encryption posted:This just smacks of cost cutting via safety reduction. They wouldn't keep buying any radar units if they didn't make things better. They may have contractual obligations for radar units, in which case it makes sense to not make changes to S and X assembly and only make changes to the higher volume models.
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I mean, it could be anything. Maybe it's easier to retool the assembly process for M3 and MY because those are anymore highly automated. Maybe there's this one guy named Hal who understands how the radar cable is routed on MS and MX, and he was out on vacation in Wyoming a few weeks ago so he couldn't rework the assembly process document. Maybe a chicken got stuck in this one room in the Freemont factory where they would remold the front bumper part, and they're still waiting for a cleaning crew to get the smell out before they redesign it to not have a radar.
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cruft posted:I mean, it could be anything. Maybe it's easier to retool the assembly process for M3 and MY because those are anymore highly automated. Maybe there's this one guy named Hal who understands how the radar cable is routed on MS and MX, and he was out on vacation in Wyoming a few weeks ago so he couldn't rework the assembly process document. Maybe a chicken got stuck in this one room in the Freemont factory where they would remold the front bumper part, and they're still waiting for a cleaning crew to get the smell out before they redesign it to not have a radar. Who makes the MY? BMW makes the M3, is the MY a new BMW coming out?
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MrLogan posted:Who makes the MY? BMW makes the M3, is the MY a new BMW coming out? Model 3 and Model Y are both Teslas.
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MrLogan posted:Who makes the MY? BMW makes the M3, is the MY a new BMW coming out? 
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BMW should make an electric M3 just to gently caress with you guys even more.
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Nfcknblvbl posted:BMW should make an electric M3 just to gently caress with you guys even more. Introducing the Tesla III
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Nfcknblvbl posted:BMW should make an electric M3 just to gently caress with you guys even more. There's rumors of an iM2 running around so BMW has already hosed this up. https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1132046_bmw-im2-1-341-hp-electric-m2-reportedly-in-the-works
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There's enough precedent that they could get away with it. Lexus still sells an entire model line of RX cars despite Mazda also having done the same previously; and for a brief period at the same time.
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kronix posted:There's rumors of an iM2 running around so BMW has already hosed this up. loving Christ BMW, the “BMW MW” was right there. Alternately, “BMW” Almost anything is better than iM2. Sounds like a loving toaster.
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May 26, 2021 18:35
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It sounds like a codename for an instant messenger from 2000
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Bavarian MegaWatt I DONT EVEN HAVE A MARKETING DEGREE HOW ARE THEY THIS BAD AT THIS GAME
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MrYenko posted:loving Christ BMW, the “BMW MW” was right there.
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Nah, gently caress everybody else for not being creative. BMW could easily name the car the voltage of the battery pack and it would be fine. Or the KWh rating of the battery. “Oh, you have the 150 series? Peasant. I have the 300.”
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May 26, 2021 21:54
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It follows their existing naming scheme, I really don't get the issue with it.
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Came across these today on reddit:       Skateboard powering this thing: 
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Thanks, I hate it.
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Hot drat that frunk is ginormous.
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the spyder posted:Came across these today on reddit: best feature
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I hope that skateboard allows a new cabover Econoline. Perfect for tradesfolks.
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Why does it have a glory hole?
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It still has the carbon monoxide warning stickers from the hybrid model, lol. Edit: Advent Horizon posted:Why does it have a glory hole? It's literally the volume knob, which is just a thing glued onto the screen that I guess has a capacitive surface. Mach e has the same.
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Mr. Wiggles posted:I hope that skateboard allows a new cabover Econoline. Perfect for tradesfolks. Thats what the new E-Transit is for. 126ish miles.
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Indiana_Krom posted:Or just mount a kW range laser on the car, that way in addition to blinding everyone permanently you can actually set the vehicle rolling coal on fire. "Well, they were rolling coal. I'm just helping!"
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Love the frunk, hate the ipad
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Fame Douglas posted:Thanks, I hate it. Fame Douglas posted:Hate the truck We get it. It's not for everyone. For me, with acreage just outside the main city center and a downtown office - this checks all the boxes I need. Daily commute (whatever that looks like with WFH/Covid). Long enough mileage to visit parents or head to the coast. Big enough towing capacity for my stupid ICE cars. Decent sized bed with room for lumber or steel yard trips. And I can plug my house into it when we have a multi hour power outage? Sold.
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Sorry, didn't realize I'm only allowed to post an opinion on yet another huge truck that conforms to yours. Seems like most Americans need to haul lumber and steel constantly, and require pickup trucks to do this! I wonder how the rest of the world manages.
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Really liking this Seat or Cupra or Seat Cupra. Cupra Born, apparently. Play around with colors here: https://www.cupraofficial.com/cars/cupra-range/born.html
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Ola posted:Really liking this Seat or Cupra or Seat Cupra. Cupra Born, apparently. I wonder if it's more aerodynamic than the ID4. It's more swooshy.
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Not as high tech as the UK one featured on Fully Charged a while back, but this charging station seems really cool. Vacuum cleaner is a nice touch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TVohXHjLro People already spend plenty of money on hot dogs and candy bars while getting gas, they'll spend more when they have 20-30 minutes to kill. Which I think many people and this(these) threads have been saying for years.
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