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I wonder if something mechanical broke that would prevent wheeling the car up onto the flatbed. This looks like a crash recovery crane not just an EV ran out of juice situation.
 
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ID.R coming to forza horizon 4

https://www.forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/fh4_series_14

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I played the heck out of FH4 the first month or 3.

Highly recommended if you haven't tried it.
 
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Tesla Model 3 - 14 month update!

Basics:
- 17,235 miles
- In for service: 0 times
- Rotated tires: 1 time (should be 2 or 3 by now....oops)
- Software updates: 23 (average of 19 days between updates)
- Efficiency: 77.22%
- Wh/Mile 238
- kWh Used: 4,688
- Gas savings vs my Prius: $1,343

Charging
Non-supercharger: 954 charges at 11 locations. Total cost: $648.64
Supercharger: 10 charges at 8 locations. Total cost: $59.24

I'm almost due for tires - which seems about right across other owners. Heavy car + crazy torque...

New features added since I got it
- Sentry mode (4 cameras)
- Dashcam (4 cameras)
- Dog Mode (keep AC on with car locked, display message on screen)
- Valet mode
- Navigate on Autopilot (auto lane changes based on speed, auto exit handling)
- Atari games, Chess, Beach Buggy Racing, Cuphead games - with usb controller support
- Chill mode
- Easy Entry mode
- Enhanced Summon
- Remote control windows from app
- Spotify support
- Tesla Theater (Netflix / Hulu / Youtube while parked)
- Caraoke
- New blindspot monitoring features
- tie phone / key to user profile in car. remembers seats, mirrors, radio stations, nav presets, HVAC settings, audible warning settings, etc...
- tons I can't remember....


Pics!

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Battery efficiency by temperature:
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Best vs Current battery range:
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This one is especially funny since when I got the car, the max range was 310.04... so rather than a loss, the car shows a 2.91% gain in max range.

Random longer road-trip:
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Is a Q4 e-tron really going to cost $70k? :confused:

The e-tron quattro (which is basically a Q6) starts at $74,800 so that sounds a little high.
 
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https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/californian-startup-has-created-ev-never-needs-charging
An electric car with 1,000 miles of range per cycle and that you never need to plug in to recharge. How does that sound?

Impossible? Yeah that was our first thought too, but Californian startup Aptera Motors is adamant that its solar-powered and handily-named Aptera can manage that. You can see renders of the aerodynamic, three-wheeled EV above.

Getting a strong sense of déjà vu? If you are then we’re impressed with both your memory and your obscure car knowledge. That’s because Aptera was actually founded in 2005 and initially took deposits from customers for a 300mpg hybrid that looked curiously like the new EV. The company was liquidated in 2011, though.

Now it’s back, not with a bang, but rather the almost-silent whisper of electric power. Thanks to that teardrop shape, some lightweight composite body-panels and an efficient regenerative braking system, Aptera claims that its new EV will manage the aforementioned 1,000 miles on a single charge. It also states that the solar panels on the roof will provide 11,000 miles of range per year – meaning you really wouldn’t ever need to plug it in.
 
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^^^ Calling that thing a "car" is a bit of a stretch. There's a reason it only has three wheels. In the US, if a vehicle has fewer than four wheels, it's legally not a car, and doesn't have to meet many of the usual requirements for a car.

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^^^ Calling that thing a "car" is a bit of a stretch. There's a reason it only has three wheels. In the US, if a vehicle has fewer than four wheels, it's legally not a car, and doesn't have to meet many of the usual requirements for a car.

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True, but if it really can get around by solar power alone, it could be a start towards carbon-free (apart from the manufacturing and disposal costs) urban commuting.
As solar panels and battery tech get more efficient they could be on to something.

Admittedly here in Swansea it would be better fitted with a water-wheel than solar panels for much of the year though.
 
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https://garagewire.co.uk/news/dyson-scraps-electric-car-project/

Dyson has scrapped its plans to build an electric vehicle which was due to be launched in 2021.

The British firm had established a new Dyson Automotive division that was developing a large crossover-style premium EV saloon.
The design and development of the machine was being undertaken by a staff of just over 500 workers at a facility in Wiltshire and it’s been reported that the firm already had a working version of the car.
In an email to staff, James Dyson confirmed that the project was being closed.
He said: “Though we have tried very hard throughout the development process, we simply can no longer see a way to make it commercially viable.”
It is understood that Dyson’s board considered the troubles of EV start-ups such as Tesla to make money from selling cars, and the speed with which mainstream car firms are now moving into the electric car market, as reasons for the decision.
Dyson added that the firm did go through “a serious process to find a buyer for the project which has, unfortunately, been unsuccessful so far.”

“This is not a product failure”
Dyson said: “This is not a product failure, or a failure of the team, for whom this news will be hard to hear and digest.
“Their achievements have been immense – given the enormity and complexity of the project.”
“Since day one, we have taken risks and dared to challenge the status quo with new products and technologies.
“Such an approach drives progress, but has never been an easy journey.
“The route to success is never linear.
“This is not the first project which has changed direction and it will not be the last.
“I remain as excited about the future of Dyson as I have always been.
“Our ambitions have never been higher, our ability to invest has never been greater, and the team has never been stronger.”
 
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If the Dyson EV had the same level of price premium as their vacuum cleaners and other products it would have been competing with (or even more expensive than) Tesla et al which would never have been an easy market segment.
 
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^^^^ Auto-Pilot looks mighty confused right around 1:00 in that video ^^^^

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