-
Attachments are working again! Check out this thread for more details and to report any other bugs.
Featured Threads Archive
-
Where's our Tacoma Hybrid?
Musk has plans for an EV pickup truck.
Toyota could beat him to market with a Hybrid Tacoma. (I know, not an EV, but one step at a time.)
Tesla's Elon Musk sets his sights on a pickup truck - CBS News -
SAAB Is Back, Well Sorta
NEVS of China brought the SAAB 9-3 back, but with an electric drivetrain.
NEVS 9-3 Electric Enters Production -
Seminal paper on optically mapped, 3d space
The success of autonomous driving is limited by the sensors, typically optically based, that map what is seen in front of the car. Both distance, direction, and the calculated relative velocities are critical to guiding a car to avoid other moving and stationary objects. So this paper describes an improved approach:
http://web.media.mit.edu/~achoo/beat/Kadambi_beat_lowres.pdf
Radar works by timing a reflected signal but the problem is sensor time resolution, they are too slow to achieve more than centimeter resolution. This paper outlines how to 'heterodyne' the transmitted and reflected light to achieve millimeter resolution. Better still, it appears to mitigate the fog problem.
There is a big gap between lab and product but the math and physics laid out here is the roadmap to improved, autonomous driving sensors (and others.) Ones that may not require mechanical sweeping of the field.
Bob Wilson -
Volt future
Source: AD #2259 – GM Pulls the Plug on the Volt, ZF Uses Blockchain For Car Sharing, Can Tesla Hit Its Goals? – Autoline Daily
. . . The data house [Autoforecast rjw] says the Volt will go out of production in 2022 at GM’s Hamtramck plant in Detroit. It appears that instead, GM is going to put all its efforts behind its aggressive plan to intro 20 battery electric cars by 2023. Even though the Volt was completely redesigned last year and sales shot up 60%, it didn’t last. This year sales of the Volt are down over 12% and fell 33% last month. Looks like GM decided it was time to pull the plug on its plug-in.
. . .
Whether it’s good or bad, there’s no company in the auto industry right now that can grab headlines like Tesla. The company has struggled building the Model 3. At the same time, it’s introducing new products like the Roadster and a semi-truck. So with all of that on Tesla’s plate, on the... -
Tesla going for a mileage record
![[IMG]](proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic4.businessinsider.com%2Fimage%2F5a3d655cb0bcd5b9008b6d03-538%2Felon-musk-red-tesla-roadster-falcon-heavy-rocket-fairing.jpg&hash=ed0cb8f44dad137769f7d3c18167cd90)
Source: Elon Musk shares Instagram photo of a Tesla atop a Falcon Heavy rocket - Business Insider
In a series of tweets on Dec. 1, SpaceX founder and tech billionaire Elon Musk said he planned to launch a Tesla electric car to Mars orbit in 2018.
Musk toyed with the popular press, first by confirming his plans with The Verge, then backpedaling the claim, then re-confirming it with Ars Technica and several other media outlets.
But if Musk has left any room for doubt, it is now gone with a... -
Toyota to electrify all models by 2025
Toyota Could Become Tesla’s Next Big Headache | OilPrice.com
The more auto makers who increase the number of electrified models, among other benefits, the more charging infrastructure that will be built benefiting Prime drivers. As battery technology continues to improve, the next Prime or whatever electrified car we get will have a battery that is smaller, lighter, greater capacity, maybe cost less.
Here's an article about a lithium battery breakthrough that increases range:
EV Range Set To Triple With New... -
Consumer Reports: Top Owner Satisfaction List
Car Brands Ranked by Owner Satisfaction - Consumer Reports
Surprisingly - Toyota owners generally seem less satisfied than in bygone years;
Equally surprising, the #1 customer satisfaction rated company - besides being 100% Electric, it's well-known they are notorious for their nickel & dime issues. So so even despite their warts ....
. -
BMW Comes Out With Huge Batteries
Well, sorta...
-
Insight III
Source: Honda Offers Some Insight | TheDetroitBureau.com
Honda as it gets ready to reveal a prototype version of its 2019 Insight model at next month’s North American International Auto Show.
. . .
For now, Honda isn’t saying much beyond promising it will take a “new approach” with the third-generation hybrid-electric vehicle, among other things opting for a conventional, albeit sleek and sexy design. It will also get a new, two-motor gas-electric drivetrain.
I'm not sure this is the best market for a hybrid but what is the alternative?
Another source:Green Car Congress: Honda to unveil prototype of Gen 3 Insight hybrid at Detroit show; two-motor hybrid system
The Insight—to be manufactured at Honda’s Greensburg, Indiana plant, alongside Civic and CR-V using domestic and globally sourced parts... -
Toyota Announces Massive Electric Car Rollout, 10 EVs By Early 2020s
Major Shift Change: Toyota Announces Massive Electric Car Rollout, 10 EVs By Early 2020s
Well, looks like they're finally going to commit to plug-in cars. Can't wait to see more plug-ins on the roads. -
Nio China 200 mi EV
![[IMG]](proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.caixin.com%2F2017-12-18%2F1513596423435791.jpg&hash=e1be7a03446125739b9c6a1183b048ab)
Perhaps our 'China hands' @hkmb and @tochatihu might explain why we see on chinese characters?
Source: Startup Nio to Launch Its First Electric Car for China - Caixin Global
The seven-seat Nio ES8 — which boasts a 70 kilowatt-hour battery pack that allows a driving range of 355 kilometers (221 miles) — will cost 448,000 yuan ($67,800), compared with 836,000 yuan for Tesla’s Model X. The ES8 is expected to hit the market in the first half of 2018.
. . . Nio has adopted a battery swap system, which will enable owners to swap their vehicles’ battery packs for fully charged packs in about three minutes at stations around the country. Nio plans to set up 1,100 such power-swap stations by 2020.
The company also plans to offer mobile charging services... -
EV tax credit stays
Good news for now, the EV tax credit stays.
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/congress-spares-7500-ev-tax-credit
Posted via the PriusChat mobile app. -
Toyota and Panasonic to Start Feasibility Study of Joint Automotive Prismatic Battery Business
Toyota called for a press conference 4 hours prior to scheduled start time.
-
Prismatic batteries are the next big thing
Toyota and Panasonic are teaming up on batteries that Toyota itself and other automakers could use in future electric cars. Rather than building cylindrical batteries like the type that Tesla and other EV makers use, the two companies are exploring the development of "prismatic" cells. Those are square, flat batteries with aluminum housings and are typically used in cell phones. They can be made smaller and lighter than battery packs that use cylindrical cells, but tend to cost more and are vulnerable to overheating and swelling.
Toyota recently unveiled plans, working with Mazda and Suzuki, to launch a new lineup of EVs starting in around 2020.
Toyota and Panasonic won't have to deal with thorny issues like battery chemistry to make better prismatic cells, which are already used on the Bolt and other vehicles. Rather, they'll just have to use their engineering and research chops to refine them so that they're cheaper, safer and more reliable. The payoff could be longer-range,... -
Akio Toyoda looking for half of sales from electric powered vehicles
By 2030, we aim to have 50 percent or more of our total vehicle sales coming from electric-powered vehicles, such as hybrid, plug-in hybrid, EV and FCV (fuel-cell vehicle)," Toyota President Akio Toyoda said at a news conference.
Toyota eyes major boost in electric-powered vehicles - Japan Today
Posted via the PriusChat mobile app. -
Toyota/Panasonic hook up
Just read on BBC live new that Toyota plans to join up with Panasonic to produce batteries for electric vehicles.
Business Live: Dixons shares jump - BBC News -
Top Gear 2 does an honest Tesla review
Source: Chris Harris Reviews Tesla Model S
If you’re Chris Harris, host of Top Gear and one of the most prolific motoring journalists working today, and you somehow haven’t reviewed the super quick Tesla Model S, you’re going to need to save face—like racing it against the incredible Porsche 911 R.
The Tesla Model S P100D came out over a year ago, and even then it was an update of the P90D, and even that was just the performance model of the original Model S. It’s been around for so many years, it’s already had a styling refresh. And yet Mr. Harris has only just now reviewed one.
. . .
Given what the first Top Gear crew did with the first Tesla, an...
Page 83 of 128
