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GlassEye-Boy posted:That included their PHEVs though right? Dang you're right, they're right on Tesla's heels though!
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Finger Prince posted:That's sort of the point though. The group is Global NCAP, with the hashtag safercarsforafrica. Why is a 2019 truck sold in Africa so much worse than the same model designation as a 2015 European model? Why is it OK to sell unsafe vehicles to poorer markets? Because in those markets there is demand and no standards preventing such vehicles from being sold. Same reason you can buy a Jeep Wrangler or Ford Mustang (both of which have crappy NCAP ratings) or a dumb Cybertruck that hasn't been properly crash tested at all.
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Anyone know if you can toggle between adaptive cruise control and regular cruise control in the Kia EV6?
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Mar 28, 2024 03:41
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There should be a button to enable or disable the adaptive part. And a corresponding icon on the screen. All should be outlined in your user manual in the glove compartment.
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dissss posted:Because in those markets there is demand and no standards preventing such vehicles from being sold. Yeah, so, a safety lobby crash tests some outwardly similar models to illustrate the disparity in hope of forcing manufacturers to adhere to safety standards that they already build to. Because the manufacturers won't do it until the PR gets unteneble. They also mention in the video that if you're concerned about safety, you're better off buying an older used model imported from Europe rather than a new model sold locally.
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Someone at my work complex has a CX-90 PHEV and I want to talk to them about it so bad! I dunno if I want to leave a note on it though. Hoping I just run into them as coming or going though! Looks pretty nice, smaller than I thought it would be!
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Mar 28, 2024 04:47
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Nitrox posted:There should be a button to enable or disable the adaptive part. And a corresponding icon on the screen. All should be outlined in your user manual in the glove compartment. I agree that there SHOULD be such a button, but not all cars have them. Some cursory searches would suggest that the EV6 doesn't, but I figured maybe there had been a software update since then. (I don't have an EV6)
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Mar 28, 2024 06:04
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priznat posted:Someone at my work complex has a CX-90 PHEV and I want to talk to them about it so bad! I dunno if I want to leave a note on it though. Hoping I just run into them as coming or going though! Just wait in the parking lot to jump out like a normal person.
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Mar 28, 2024 06:09
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Jump out of their car to make sure they notice.
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*leaps out of darkened garage* HEY NICE CAR AAAA NO YOU RAN ME OVER
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Per posted:Anyone know if you can toggle between adaptive cruise control and regular cruise control in the Kia EV6?
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Mar 28, 2024 07:30
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Vegetable posted:In what situation would you use regular over adaptive? I love adaptive on highways, but really dislike it on motorways. The car will be slowing down unless I change lane to overtake earlier than I would like. Or the car will be braking like crazy because the car in front of me is taking the exit. Those are the two most annoying scenarios. Per fucked around with this message at 08:09 on Mar 28, 2024 |
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MrYenko posted:Just got the FSD beta 12 software and went for a drive after work. (The end-to-end AI release.) It's essentially impossible to find any actual objective information about this killer(TM) tech. But it is interesting (if somewhat horrifying) to see the changes to it happen It's also fun to see comments on videos about it where usually two to three people are watching because they don't want to try the new version themselves due to having spent $400 on tires previously because the software took their vehicle over a curb at high speed. El Grillo fucked around with this message at 08:13 on Mar 28, 2024 |
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priznat posted:*leaps out of darkened garage* HEY NICE CAR AAAA NO YOU RAN ME OVER Its not a Tesla
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Mar 28, 2024 09:32
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GlassEye-Boy posted:That included their PHEVs though right? I believe in Q4/2023 they surpassed Tesla in EVs as well. Not over the whole of 2023 though. Including PHEV they’ve been ahead for a while already.
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Mar 28, 2024 09:38
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Vegetable posted:In what situation would you use regular over adaptive? Ford's adaptive shuts off semi-easily with some wet light snow and doesn't fail over to regular cruise control. So cue a minor scramble to get back on the throttle manually and then having to thumb-dance into the driver assist settings to switch it to standard cruise.
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Mar 28, 2024 12:14
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Per posted:Anyone know if you can toggle between adaptive cruise control and regular cruise control in the Kia EV6? You can't. I checked on the way in to work today and it's only adaptive. It's a least one of the better systems I've used though, partially due to not needing to shift and having plenty of power so it keeps the exact speed at all times and uses pretty aggressive following rules.
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Mar 28, 2024 13:13
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darnon posted:Ford's adaptive shuts off semi-easily with some wet light snow and doesn't fail over to regular cruise control. So cue a minor scramble to get back on the throttle manually and then having to thumb-dance into the driver assist settings to switch it to standard cruise. You shouldn't be running normal cruise in snowy conditions.
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Mar 28, 2024 13:40
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On all VWs I think it's adaptive cruise or no cruise, and the reason I was given was that "if the driver is fully accustomed to the cruise being adaptive, they might not react in time to avoid dangers that time the cruise would be set to none-adaptive".
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:speaking of Ocean... Marques Brownlee single handidly destroyed that company lol
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:You shouldn't be running normal cruise in snowy conditions. I figured someone would respond with this. This is when the ground (and even air temperature) is warm enough that the snow isn't accumulating on the road, but sticks just fine to the cold piece of plastic in front of the radar.
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Mar 28, 2024 15:02
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PHEV drivers are not plugging in enough. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/27/1090172/the-problem-with-plug-in-hybrids-their-drivers
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:PHEV drivers are not plugging in enough. My Prius Prime in ICE mode gets about 45 mpg, I am averaging about 120-130mpg over a few 10k mile intervals. Makes sense in the article that the worst users of the EV mode were for company / fleet PHEVs, probably being used in places / by people without easy ability to hook up to charge. Mine just goes back on the plug everytime it hits my garage, so far so good.
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Yah same, since buying mine in November I have filled up the tank about 1.5 times and both the car mileage and my calculated one is telling me about 2L/100km. Some days during my commute the engine doesn’t turn on at all. Other times I put it in sport mode if I’m feeling spicy.
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darnon posted:I figured someone would respond with this. This is when the ground (and even air temperature) is warm enough that the snow isn't accumulating on the road, but sticks just fine to the cold piece of plastic in front of the radar. This happens with the forward sensing unit on our Golf, too. But for safety purposes, surely you realize that a cutover to normal cruise would be very dangerous in most situations, where the sensor is obscured by accumulating snow.
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Probably less so than "oh, here's your full off-throttle regen braking all of a sudden."
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I was really surprised to hear in savagegeese's review of the bmw i5 m60 how lovely the throttle response was.. That should be a BMW thing!! how have they not sorted it. Seems like a really old tech platform too, not great range or charging speed. Almost like it's for compliance in europe or something?
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darnon posted:Probably less so than "oh, here's your full off-throttle regen braking all of a sudden." now consider all the people who would just leave regular cruise control on in the snow
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:PHEV drivers are not plugging in enough. We did a survey and focus group back in 2016 and there were people who got PHEVs exclusively so they could get HOV access in the Bay Area. They never plugged in their vehicles -- they just wanted the carpool lane sticker.
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priznat posted:Yah same, since buying mine in November I have filled up the tank about 1.5 times and both the car mileage and my calculated one is telling me about 2L/100km. Some days during my commute the engine doesn’t turn on at all. Other times I put it in sport mode if I’m feeling spicy. I don’t remember if we had this slap fight, but don’t leave gas that’s older than 2-3 months in your tank for the sake of your engine. This probably means running it in hybrid mode every couple months and not filling up your tank past half way.
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Russian Bear posted:I don’t remember if we had this slap fight, but don’t leave gas that’s older than 2-3 months in your tank for the sake of your engine. This probably means running it in hybrid mode every couple months and not filling up your tank past half way. Yah that’s definitely sensible, I’ve been following that as my excuse to enable polestar mode  I default to hybrid mode now and even with that it rarely turns on the engine. I have to stomp it pretty good. It does use the maps app to also determine if it needs to run the ice to keep the battery from getting emptied but my trips aren’t long enough to have it turn on. I would like them to have a feature when battery drops below 20% it uses the engine to charge it up to 50 or something like that. There is the option to charge battery but you have to manually turn it on and off. In the winter months I prefer to keep my tank full ish due to reducing condensation in the tank, that’s a holdover habit for me.
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stevewm posted:Supposedly coming 2025/26. but only as the "SUV" version. Speleothing posted:You just described an Equinox. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a45688343/2024-chevrolet-equinox-ev-price/ UPDATE 2/13/24: Chevrolet released additional pricing for the front-wheel-drive Equinox EV beyond just the launch models that will be available in 2RS trim with additional equipment. Orders are opening soon for these additional FWD trims. The 2LT starts at $43,295, the 2RS starts at $44,795, the 3LT starts at $45,295, and the 3RS starts at $46,795. We expect the dual-motor all-wheel-drive powertrain to cost around $3400 extra given the prices for the 2RS launch models.  So what’s the next best future prospect for a small suv AWD EV with a former Bolt/Leaf price? Ornery and Hornery fucked around with this message at 18:01 on Mar 28, 2024 |
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why is it so hard to just make a loving $25k ev car?
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:why is it so hard to just make a loving $25k ev car? You should just make one, show all these fools how it's done.
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Ornery and Hornery posted:https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a45688343/2024-chevrolet-equinox-ev-price/ Buy used. Including an AWD option seems to really jump the price for everyone.
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:why is it so hard to just make a loving $25k ev car? That's how much the bolt EV was?
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Russian Bear posted:I don’t remember if we had this slap fight, but don’t leave gas that’s older than 2-3 months in your tank for the sake of your engine. This probably means running it in hybrid mode every couple months and not filling up your tank past half way. The Volt had a fuel-care feature where if the gas in your tank was 12 months old (longer than 2-3 months I guess because it has a pressurized gas tank to keep the gas good longer), it would begin burning it off regardless of the state of your battery to get the fuel out of your tank before it gets old enough to cause any damage. The part that worried me about it is that it'd use the average age of the fuel in your tank... so if I had a quarter tank of gas that hit the 12 month old mark, and added another quarter tank of gas; then the car considered that the entire half tank of gas had an age of 6 months. I don't know how safe doing that actually is.. maybe mixing old gas with newer gas does keep the old gas viable for longer?
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I read an article that Ford has some cheap EVs in the pipeline that haven't been announced yet, but you'll excuse me if I have my doubts about the delivered products.
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:why is it so hard to just make a loving $25k ev car? There are vanishingly few cars at an MSRP under $25k regardless of how its powered.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkzm_LR0Co Doug no
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