The HARD TRUTH about EVs

[Weather Man]

According to Cowboy State Daily, a Wyoming-based news organization, Wyoming's Teton County and the town of Jackson purchased eight electric buses, all of which have broken down and will no longer run.

The electric buses' failure has forced Jackson and Teton County to rely on their existing fleet of 31 diesel buses.

In August, Proterra filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Proterra CEO Gareth Joyce attributed the company's failure to “various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to efficiently scale all our opportunities simultaneously.”

Not even 3 year old "EV" bus fleet bought from a now bankrupt @Proterra_Inc totally out of service! What a waste Wyoming!START Bus Unveils Wyoming's First Electric Buses | Proterra

 

[Weather Man]

So, they hid the generators, lied about being connected to solar. The cost of a 6MW generator not installed is 2 million dollars. A 35MW generator is around 20 million not installed.

DC fast charging is 55 to 350KW depending on EV. So, 98 chargers at that location need to supply 5.39MW to 34.3 MW instant draw to support a full up non-throttled location. That is ONE charging location!!!!!! The fuel economy of your EV is the fuel economy of those diesel gen set(s) minus transmission loss minus the EV conversion loss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't understand.

Investigative journalist Edward Niedermeyer discovered that the station was powered by diesel generators hidden behind a Shell station. Reporters at SF Gate tried to find out how much of the station's electricity was from the generators, but couldn’t get a response from Tesla.

The station isn’t connected to any dedicated solar farms, which means that absent the diesel generators, the station is powered by California’s grid.

Largest EV Charging Station In World Powered By Diesel-Powered Generators

The Harris Ranch Tesla Supercharger station is an impressive beast. With 98 charging bays, the facility in Coalinga, California, is the largest charging station in the world. But to provide that kind of power takes something solar can’t provide — diesel generators.

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[Klaus]

womp womp womp

Exclusive from The Electric: GM’s New CTO Exits After One Month In the Job

General Motors’ chief technology officer, Gil Golan, is leaving the job after one month, according to an internal company memo distributed today, parts of which were seen by The Electric. Golan’s departure, effective Nov. 1, comes one week after a profile in The Electric in which he described a ...

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[OX1]

The EV plateau is coming. It's bad news for companies like Ford and Tesla.

Rapid electric vehicle sales growth "cannot be sustained," creating a headache for big EV-sellers like Ford and Tesla.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Weather Man]

Tesla slashes Model 3 and Model Y prices in U.S. after missing Q3 delivery estimates​

Oct. 06, 2023 8:27 AM ETTesla, Inc. (TSLA)By: Manshi Mamtora, CFA23 Comments

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EV giant Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) dropped prices for its Model 3 compact sedan and Model Y SUV in the U.S. by roughly 2.7% to 4.2% in an effort to boost demand for its electric vehicles. The move comes after its Q3 deliveries missed estimates.
The Model Y Long Range and Model Y Performance are both now listed for $2,000 less than they were earlier, with the Model Y Long Range going for $48,490 and the Model Y Performance going for $52,490 as per the company website. Previously, the models started at $50,490 and $54,490, respectively.
Since the start of the year, costs for the basic Model 3 have dropped by nearly 17%, and those for the long-range Model Y have slashed by more than 26%.

 

[bird_dog0347]

Obviously Tesla did that out of kindness and good will toward the people, since we all know that EV's are the future and we need to be good little sheep and drive them. If they didn't drop the prices just to be nice what other possible reason could they have for that with demand obviously at an all time high!

 

[Weather Man]

According to The Wall Street Journal, Rivian is currently losing about $33,000 per vehicle sold. Being that that’s enough money to buy a new Camry, it sounds pretty extreme. For Rivian, though, that’s actually a small win.

Thanks to supply chain issues, the company was losing much more than that per vehicle this time last year. According to CNBC, Rivian lost $412 million through Q2 in 2023. That’s a substantial improvement from the $700 million loss in Q2 of 2022. Want to really cringe? In 2022, it lost over $1.5 Billion in Q1 of 2022.

 

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[Weather Man]

Car park burns down damaging or destroying around 1,000 cars, and officials quickly claim it was a diesel Range Rover. The problem? It was most likely a hybrid and the battery went kerflooey. Thought about a hybrid for my wife, so glad I didn't.

 

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[kazman]

It's Eron Muss

 

[03cobra#694]

It's Eron Muss

OK, I loled.

 

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[Weather Man]

Ford Motor is considering cutting a work shift at the plant where it builds its electric F-150 Lightning pickup as demand for the EV truck falters, according to a memo from a United Auto Workers official.

The official, who leads the union’s local chapter that represents workers at the truck factory, said in a letter dated Tuesday that the automaker was considering canceling the shift and indicated that it was looking to build more gas-engine trucks instead.

 

[SSSSSSSSSSSSVT]

This guy gets it

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[kazman]

OK, I loled.

My work here is done...

 

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[Weather Man]

Never makes the news, but you are supposed to park them in your garage.

 

[03Sssnake]

Never makes the news, but you are supposed to park them in your garage.