Electric Vehicles etc

[Stredda]

Who would've thought that a notoriously difficult material to work with (stainless steel) could be difficult to work with?

I've watched a video on the Lucid Air and that company is made up of engineers from Tesla that have designed a car with the innovation of Tesla but without the crazy ideas of Elon creeping in. I think the Cybertruck is one of Elon's ideas that the engineers have had to design around.
Sometimes it's the crazy ideas that push things forward, but they also can drive things into an impossible and expensive design.

I'm certainly interested to see the proper production version and how it goes in the real world.

 

[B Rabbit]

Im all for the aesthetics being bold and different, but the rivians gear tunnel, lux interior, quad motor design, frunk, self charging torch in the door, self charging boom box speaker, spare tire in the tray instead of under the car etc Its like they tried to make it as practical as possible using every free space the electric drivetrain free's up to make a better vehicle.
The F-ing cybertruck? What if there is something you need at the back of the tray, you'll have to climb in to get it. Its got a tiny frunk.....and thats it. wow.
its just a shame Rivian will probably go broke, they probably have the best car on the planet right now (quality and pricing issues aside).

 

[B Rabbit]

I'm certainly interested to see the proper production version and how it goes in the real world.

the article the picture is from is theorizing this is the vehicle that will be released, screwed up panels gaps and all. The head designer was driving this thing around on the weekend, 2-3 weeks before the first deliveries......

 

[Stredda]

the article the picture is from is theorizing this is the vehicle that will be released, screwed up panels gaps and all.

Well, Tesla have only just sorted the panel gaps on the rest of the line up so that's probably a few years off.

The head designer was driving this thing around on the weekend, 2-3 weeks before the first deliveries......

I don't know if it's just the light, but that one looks black, not the raw stainless look. There have been a few preproduction Cybertrucks getting around with custom vinyl wraps on them.

 

[fjohn860]

Who would've thought that a notoriously difficult material to work with (stainless steel) could be difficult to work with?

It only difficult to work with if you are trying to drill it, bend it, machine it, weld it (and keep it square).

Other than that, great material to work with.

 

[Flow-Rider]

AUSTRALIAN SHIPBUILDER INCAT TASMANIA TO DELIVER THE WORLD’S LARGEST BATTERY ELECTRIC SHIP


Incat Tasmania is leading the world in producing pure-electric lightweight zero-emission ferries.

Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania has under construction the largest lightweight battery electric ship (130 m in length) so far constructed in the world for delivery to its South American customer, Buquebus.

This ship, the world’s largest battery-electric Ro-Pax ferry, will be 100% battery electric. The energy storage system (ESS) battery storage at over 40MWh will be four times larger than any battery installation that has been constructed and installed anywhere in the world for the marine transport environment. The batteries power a series of E-motors which drive the water jet propulsion system. The electrical system integration is by Wärtsilä and ESS by Corvus Energy.

 

[dancaseyimages]

Well, Tesla have only just sorted the panel gaps on the rest of the line up so that's probably a few years off.


I don't know if it's just the light, but that one looks black, not the raw stainless look. There have been a few preproduction Cybertrucks getting around with custom vinyl wraps on them.

Sometimes its the wrap companies that do this to cars to, lots of cars around that have been wrapped and have weird panel gaps after wrapping. Guess you get what you pay for.

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[ozzybmx]

It only difficult to work with if you are trying to drill it, bend it, machine it, weld it (and keep it square).

Other than that, great material to work with.

The Northern Irish managed to make it work 40yrs ago.

 

[beeb]

The Northern Irish managed to make it work 40yrs ago.

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Allegedly.

 

[ozzybmx]

Allegedly.

Well, the door panel on that car doesn't look like it's lined up too well

 

[B Rabbit]

I don't know if it's just the light, but that one looks black, not the raw stainless look. There have been a few preproduction Cybertrucks getting around with custom vinyl wraps on them.

Yeah, its a wrap

 

[Dales Cannon]

The Northern Irish managed to make it work 40yrs ago.

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Ish

 

[Haakon]

EU poised to water down new car pollution rules after industry lobbying

Exclusive: Nitrogen dioxide limits and approval tests practically unchanged from current rules under Euro 7 proposals

www.theguardian.com

 

[silentbutdeadly]

Volvo ex 30 driving reviews have dropped, pretty much everyone seems to love it.

But is it really fifteen grand better than the alternative?

 

[mark22]

AUSTRALIAN SHIPBUILDER INCAT TASMANIA TO DELIVER THE WORLD’S LARGEST BATTERY ELECTRIC SHIP


Incat Tasmania is leading the world in producing pure-electric lightweight zero-emission ferries.

Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania has under construction the largest lightweight battery electric ship (130 m in length) so far constructed in the world for delivery to its South American customer, Buquebus.

This ship, the world’s largest battery-electric Ro-Pax ferry, will be 100% battery electric. The energy storage system (ESS) battery storage at over 40MWh will be four times larger than any battery installation that has been constructed and installed anywhere in the world for the marine transport environment. The batteries power a series of E-motors which drive the water jet propulsion system. The electrical system integration is by Wärtsilä and ESS by Corvus Energy.

Hmm significantly smaller than the existing ferries, I wonder how profitable it would be?

 

[downunderdallas]

But is it really fifteen grand better than the alternative?

It depends what you consider the alternative to be and what represents good value to you I guess. If it's an Atto 3 then I would choose it. If it's an MG4 then I don't think there is that much difference in equivalent models.

 

[ozzybmx]

If it's an Atto 3 then I would choose it.

There's a load of cars within that 15k difference now. People have to draw the line somewhere depending on what they need.

 

[Stredda]

Hmm significantly smaller than the existing ferries, I wonder how profitable it would be?

Buquebus already run similar sized Incat ferries between Argentina and Uruguay, so the all electric ferry Incat are proposing should be viable.

 

[indica]

Big News - Hyundai have dropped the price of their low range really expensive EV so it still costs too much.
It's cheaper than it was though.

The new variant is simply called Ioniq 6 and is priced at $65,500 (before on-road costs), which makes it $8500 less than the previous cheapest version.

 

[indica]

Toyota is one of the few car makers that develop and produce its own batteries, which allows it to put the cells through rigorous testing and quality control measures

Yes, unlike BYD

The single-motor versions make 150kW/266Nm and have a driving range of up to 512km. All-wheel drive models use two motors to make 160kW/337Nm with a driving range of 461km.

Those numbers aren’t groundbreaking and fall into the lower range of already on sale rivals such as the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Tesla Model Y.

Prices haven’t been announced but expect the range to start at about $80,000 drive-away.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/new-cars/2023-toyota-bz4x-new-car-review/news-story/b474076764e01e90fe0aa951a215eb6d

Sounds great Toyota, nice and affordable.