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Dana · Oct 20, 2023

In regards to 10 - 20K mile ICE water pump, 40K turbos, 80K timing chains, etc... failure versus: Coolant ingress into HV components and/or the day my e-tron 55 gets sunroof water into 8C.

I think the coolant in HV components is gonna say; Hold my beer

davisev5225 · Oct 20, 2023

I'll just leave this here:

Uwe · Oct 20, 2023

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Andy · Dec 5, 2023

Nerrrrrrrds. It seems like Sandy is nearly as polarizing as Elon ... interesting watch, at least to me.

Sebastian · Wednesday at 9:56 AM

https://archive.ph/20240410112510/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-10/byd-got-3-4-billion-chinese-aid-to-dominate-evs-study-says

Bruce · Wednesday at 11:28 AM

Sebastian said:
https://archive.ph/20240410112510/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-10/byd-got-3-4-billion-chinese-aid-to-dominate-evs-study-says

No surprise there Sebastian. This is "The Way" in China. Their intention is to dominate world markets. Remember that the government is a 50% owner in all of their large businesses. They are just investing in their long term return.

No surprise at the reaction. Protectionism is a means to control what other countries can do.

Free trade is the best means of exchange but when necessary, governments have to protect their own.

Sebastian · Wednesday at 11:35 AM

Indeed, I am not surprised either - even though these numbers are new, it was clear that there were subsidies. One of the main reasons why I posted this is, many here in Europe claim our own manufacturers are too expensive and while I agree that their prices are not exactly competitive in the low end market, this informartion helps to have a better picture.

Andy · Wednesday at 12:17 PM

For fans of schadenfreude:

Uwe · Wednesday at 1:17 PM

Andy said:
For fans of schadenfreude:

A 10 year old battery with no thermal management. The original Tesla Roadster had similar battery degradation problems for the same reason.

But that Leaf has plenty of range for your commute.

-Uwe-

Dana · Wednesday at 2:37 PM

Yeah! That's gonna be me and the e-golf but I doubt I'll give up on it. I could turn it into a legacy bench (for VCDS testing) that happens to have wheels one day

Or, really fancy chicken coop when it can't go 30+ miles anymore. It does have a heat pump.

Uwe · Wednesday at 3:27 PM

@Dana Since the e-golf has thermal management, it should not degrade as badly as those old Leafs or the original Tesla Roadster.

-Uwe-

Andy · Thursday at 10:20 AM

This was kind of interesting about urban charging:

Uwe · Thursday at 12:40 PM

Andy said:
This was kind of interesting about urban charging:

In an underground garage, eh? I wonder what kind of fire-suppression system they have in there?

-Uwe-

Andy · Thursday at 2:26 PM

Uwe said:
In an underground garage, eh? I wonder what kind of fire-suppression system they have in there?

-Uwe-

Maybe they have sprinklers that spray wet concrete ... seal up the mineshaft.

Uwe · Friday at 5:12 PM

People might want to stick with ICE vehicles when launching their boats or jet-skis:

-Uwe-

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