Kia EV6 Smashes Tesla's World Record

Post by account-5 » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 7:34 PM UTC

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I bought my current car 5 years ago second hand outright for £12k. These cars are at least £35k out of my price range and are about half the cost of my house. I'm not rich. Until these cars are more reasonably priced (up front cost) the majority of people can't afford to buy them regardless of their range or potential saving on fuel.

You really can't fairly compare cost between new and used. EVs have been around long enough now that you could find a used Leaf, Tesla, or some others that would be in that price range. Currently prices are still high because most manufacturers are addressing range by adding larger batteries. They have been able to do that because the price of batteries has been dropping year over year. As the battery costs continue…

Post by abc_lisper » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 7:34 PM UTC

loser777 wrote: post #153

bwanab wrote: post #150

This is fishy. Not that I doubt it did indeed happen, but my experience is that finding non-Tesla high speed chargers on a road trip ranges from tricky and inconvenient to impossible. From that, I conclude that this was a well researched stunt using a specific route that had such a population of such chargers. I’m pretty sure that if the challenge were presented that assigned a specific, random route across the count…

Tesla’s charging network is now open to other vehicle types.

Post by hesdeadjim » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 7:42 PM UTC

speedgoose wrote: post #111

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Are there any auto manufacturers that produce really good software? A few have better design, but even then the hardware is so low spec that the interfaces are laggy.

The BMW software can be a bit laggy but I personally think it's very fine to use. I'm also happy about the Tesla software. It's not as smooth as an iPad pro, it runs on a shit Intel atom, but it's very good for a car. I also heard good things about Android running on the Polestar 2 or the future Renault Mégane.

Post by lrem » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 7:46 PM UTC

xdavidliu wrote: post #152

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> Then, I find everything about the interfaces vastly, immensely superior to anything I've seen in any other car. Having to open a menu for wipers is the opposite of that.

this is only partially true; on my model Y you can manually wipe once by pressing a physical button on the left stick of steering wheel, though you’re still right about needing to use screen when switching between wiper speed settings

Post by jedberg » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 7:50 PM UTC

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jedberg wrote: post #61

This article talks about their new electric sedan and future SUV. And here I am still waiting on electric minivan. I regularly have to carry six people around, two of which are children and two of which are elderly, so I can't use anything that requires climbing to get into the seats (like every six seat SUV). Am I really that small of a market that no one wants to make an electric minivan, or is it a technologically…

Speaking from a European perspective, I think classic minivans are dead. There are just a handful of minivans left on the market, and I doubt any of them will be electrified. People who used to buy minivans now have 3 options: - if you don't need to transport more than 5 people, you can get an SUV. There are lots of electric options. - if you want to transport 5-7 people and want a lot of cargo space, you can get wha…