A 500 mile review of the cybertruck, I think in the end it came down to that the cybertruck was designed essentially as an advertising statement and not a well designed and useful truck!
San Francisco: A crowd vandalised and set fire to a Waymo self-driving car using a firework in San Francisco on Saturday, the Alphabet-owned company and authorities said, marking the latest public attack on such vehicles in the US.
The incident began around 9pm local time on Saturday in the city’s Chinatown district when a crowd surrounded a white sport utility vehicle that was moving along the street, a company spokesperson said.
Irrev-Black wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:56 am
Autonomous car develops serious ignition problem.
San Francisco: A crowd vandalised and set fire to a Waymo self-driving car using a firework in San Francisco on Saturday, the Alphabet-owned company and authorities said, marking the latest public attack on such vehicles in the US.
The incident began around 9pm local time on Saturday in the city’s Chinatown district when a crowd surrounded a white sport utility vehicle that was moving along the street, a company spokesperson said.
I can't remember where I read it, but apparently those "self-driving" cars are actually remotely controlled by a human because the systems are not yet autonomous. When it's all added together they are actually less efficient than olde worlde taxis with drivers in them. The reason for their existence is enshittification. They are backed with all that venture capital and google money. They know they will cash in after they have destroyed the old industry and can replace it with one that generates more power and profit, provides an inferior service, and pays workers less.
Re: Electric + Human-Powered Vehicles
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2024 11:55 am
by Irrev-Black
stylofone wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:04 am
I can't remember where I read it, but apparently those "self-driving" cars are actually remotely controlled by a human because the systems are not yet autonomous. When it's all added together they are actually less efficient than olde worlde taxis with drivers in them. The reason for their existence is enshittification. They are backed with all that venture capital and google money. They know they will cash in after they have destroyed the old industry and can replace it with one that generates more power and profit, provides an inferior service, and pays workers less.
I wonder how the cost/benefit analysis weighs up against driver-controlled public transport vehicles of small, medium and large size.
Re: Electric + Human-Powered Vehicles
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:58 am
by Irrev-Black
Battery tech: Ca > Li?
Fudan University team creates battery able to charge and discharge fully 700 times at room temperature, in a first for the calcium-based technology
With calcium 2,500 times more abundant than lithium, battery offers viable option with possibly comparable energy density, team says in Nature paper
Pikes Peak hill climb new open record....by an electric vehicle;
Of course one of the big advantages of electric versus ICE engines is that ICE engines lose power at higher altitude, according to what I have seen a normally aspirated engine will lose half it's power when climbing the peak, so it looks like these hill climb races will quickly become dominated by electric vehicles. This isn't the first electric vehicle to take on the climb of course but as the technology improves they will get better at it.
Re: Electric + Human-Powered Vehicles
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:28 am
by stevebrooks
Review of the KIA EV9, and I must admit I am impressed by this release from KIA, it seems a really well thought out EV....well apart from the price, that did seem a bit on the high side, the base model in Australia is $97,000, but it seems comparable to similarly specced cars from other major manufacturers and I am sure they could do a lot better price with a smaller less well equipped EV.
Re: Electric + Human-Powered Vehicles
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:27 am
by joele
stevebrooks wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:28 am
Review of the KIA EV9, and I must admit I am impressed by this release from KIA, it seems a really well thought out EV....well apart from the price, that did seem a bit on the high side, the base model in Australia is $97,000, but it seems comparable to similarly specced cars from other major manufacturers and I am sure they could do a lot better price with a smaller less well equipped EV.
More high end, ridiculously fast EVs, while I appreciate it looks nice, when are the traditional car companies going to focus on more practical family EVs.
Still, I guess it just means more sales for BYD and MG, then car writers can complain the reason chinese EVs won was CCP assistance and not simply them being the only ones focusing on more practical models for the average family..
