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  • reddit455@alien.topBtoElectric Vehicles@gearhead.town•Price, specs still unclear ahead of Tesla's Cybertruck delivery event this week in AustinEnglish
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    10 months ago

    prices are speculated (which i do not believe) to be 50-80k USD…

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    it’s going to have to be close… I think Tesla wants fleet marketshare - it’s too funny looking for a lot of the “F150 Platinum” buyers… city park dudes don’t care.

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    are they going to have one with plush carpet/fancy interior?

    trim is all battery/motor, no?

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    there’s prob a $50-60k fleet model (for businesses/fleets only)…

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    Ford announced this around the same time Tesla set the Nov. date.

    77.5 - 90? for a theme lighting upgrade and heated turn signal levers?

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    Introducing the F-150 Lightning Flash

    Preproduction computer-generated images shown. Actual production vehicle may vary. Available January 2024.

    https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2023/10/03/introducing-the-f-150-lightning-flash–a-new-tech-forward-model-.html

    Ford today is introducing a new F-150 Lightning model – F-150® Lightning® Flash™ – a tech-forward offering that brings together most of current customers’ favorite features under $70,000.

    “The F-150 Lightning Flash is a direct outcome of engaging with and learning from our customers. This truck combines many of the technology-forward features our customers love in our EV lineup, at a more accessible price. With an EPA-estimated 320 miles of range, the Lightning Flash is another example of the speed at which we are adapting to grow our EV business.”

    The F-150 Lightning Flash with extended range will be available for order at $69,995.
    The F-150 Lightning Lariat with extended range will be available for order at $77,495.
    The F-150 Lightning Platinum with extended range will be available for order at $89,995.
    The limited-edition F-150 Lightning Platinum Black with extended range will be available for order at $97,995.

  • reddit455@alien.topBtoElectric Vehicles@gearhead.town•How to Boost EV Sales? Pay Drivers to Turn in Old Polluting CarsEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Unless you’re driving something that gets 12 mpg

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    Clean Cars 4 All

    https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/clean-cars-4-all/about

    Participation Requirements
    CARB sets baseline guidelines that program administrators must follow. These include the following:
    An individual must be the registered owner of the vehicle with vehicle title issued in their name and must demonstrate that they are a California resident.
    A vehicle owner or joint vehicle owner may not have received more than one Clean Cars 4 All incentive.
    An individual must have a household income of less than or equal to 400% of the Federal Poverty Level. Federal Poverty Level is defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human services here.
    An individual must scrap a functional vehicle. Scrapped vehicles may be registered or unregistered. Additional information regarding scrap vehicle and other eligibility criteria can be found here.
    Replacement vehicles must be 8 years old or newer and can include conventional hybrids, plug-in hybrids, or zero-emission vehicles including battery electric and fuel cell. New and used replacement vehicles are eligible.
    CARB sets baseline guidelines for basic eligibility requirements such as income and vehicles, participating Districts’ have the discretion to enact more stringent requirements. Additional information for District participation requirements can be found here.

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    There’s a huge environmental cost to building a new vehicle.

    not quite the same as sitting in the garage with the engine running.

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    It doesn’t take that many electric cars to improve public health
    Researchers have found that California’s electric cars are already keeping asthma patients out of ERs.

    https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/23583500/ev-electric-car-california-air-pollution-asthma-health

  • reddit455@alien.topBtoElectric Vehicles@gearhead.town•Tesla Model 3 Is the Car That Failed the Most in Germany's Mandatory Vehicle InspectionEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The selection bias causes this data to be meaningless.

    selection bias?

    ALL cars sold in Germany?

    can you clarify?

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    All European countries that I am aware of try to make sure used cars are in good condition to keep on the road. This is why they promote regular inspections, which varies from country to country. The Tesla Model 3 has just started going through these inspections in Germany, and it has already earned an unpleasant title: the vehicle with the most inspection failures among 111 other models.

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    The Technischer Überwachungsverein (TÜV, or Technical Inspection Association) needs to inspect the cars in Germany for the first time three years after they are delivered to their first owners. After that, they have to be retested every two years

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    If you know how these inspections work you will know that unlike other brands Tesla doesn’t do the inspections themselves so they are all done at third party inspection sites.

    that’s how they do it… for everyone.

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    The other manufacturers do them at the dealer

    …it says independent - they’re not being sneaky. they started because a steam engine blew up over 140 years go.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technischer_%C3%9Cberwachungsverein#T%C3%9CV_Rheinland

    TÜVs (German pronunciation: [ˈtʏf]; short for German: Technischer Überwachungsverein, English: Technical Inspection Association) are internationally active**, independent service companies** from Germany and Austria that test, inspect and certify technical systems, facilities and objects of all kinds in order to minimize hazards and prevent damages. The TÜV companies are organized into three large holding companies, TÜV Nord, TÜV Rheinland and TÜV SÜD (with TÜV Hessen), along with the smaller independent companies TÜV Thüringen, TÜV Saarland and TÜV Austria.

    History
    With the increasing number and efficiency of steam engines during the Industrial Revolution, there had been more and more accidents caused by exploding (or more precisely, bursting) boilers. After the explosion of the boiler at the Mannheim Aktienbrauerei in January 1865, the idea was pursued there to subject boilers to regular inspections on a voluntary basis, as was already the case in Great Britain.

  • reddit455@alien.topBtoElectric Vehicles@gearhead.town•Charge point... OuchEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Has this happened to anyone else before?

    every gas station at the top of the mountain.

    every gas station within 50 miles of the CA border can charge CA gas prices.

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    $93.20 36 min 31.0676 kWh added

    right next to the “no services next 25kWh” sign?

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    PSA, check pricing before charging

    they get away with it because they can.