This assumes EV is the ONLY thing you drive. Manufacturers are blowing it trying to get to 500km of range. More than 90% of households own two vehicles. You only need one EV....the other can be ice or Hybrid. What percentage of the population have driven more than 500k in a day in the last year AND only own 1 car? So we don't sell them EVs. A large portion of the population are fine with an EV that goes 300k max as a second car/daily commuter. You wanna drive to Thunder bay you can get a plug in Hybrid.....
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Any GTAM'ers own an electric vehicle?
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Some of the recent developments on fusion reactors has been pretty interesting. It might not be as far off as we think.
Indeed ... not sure we'll see it powering anything in our lifetime but it gives me a wee bit of hope that my grandkids will have a habitable planet to live on (at least one that's not killed by environmental factors - what the human race does to itself is a whole other question).
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Chrysler's Airflow concept is powered by 150-kilowatt — 201-horsepower — electric motors on each axle and a range of somewhere around 350 and 400 miles (560 to 640 km) on a fully charged battery.
The design looks good, no news on price and availability, so I don't own one but it will be interesting to see.
www.motortrend.com
The design looks good, no news on price and availability, so I don't own one but it will be interesting to see.
The Airflow Concept Might Just Save Chrysler From Itself
It's more than just a concept. A future production version of the Airflow tells us a lot about where troubled Chrysler is headed.
2025? Boo. I suspect they have factored future battery improvements (cost and/or capacity) into their press release. I'm really not interested in vehicles multiple years out. They can make up whatever crap they want (and probably do). Talk to me about things that will ship in the next 12 months and I will listen.
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Agreed, things can change that far into the future and right now from a "driveable" prospect the Airflow is just theory.
Thought of putting it out there as a matter of interest.
Chrysler's Airflow concept is powered by 150-kilowatt — 201-horsepower — electric motors on each axle and a range of somewhere around 350 and 400 miles (560 to 640 km) on a fully charged battery.
The design looks good, no news on price and availability, so I don't own one but it will be interesting to see.
The Airflow Concept Might Just Save Chrysler From Itself
It's more than just a concept. A future production version of the Airflow tells us a lot about where troubled Chrysler is headed.
is it just me or are those specs kinda underwhelming? 150 kw with tiny 200hp motors feels like it should do more range.
everything else is near that in range with smaller batteries and not 3 years away.
edit: nevermind. I did not read the link, its a 118kwh battery, the motors are 150kw. missed an h.
still decent but not mindblowing.
150kw=201 hp (on each axle). I think you are conflating kw and kwh.
yea i caught it right after posting. really should think before speaking in real life and online.
Same problems if you put your foot into it. Much closer to reality if you drive normally. Manufacturers have become experts in gaming the ICE ratings so they get a good number on the test but far different in real life (normally through things like turbocharging where the test stays out of boost but in normal driving, you are in it everytime you accelerate). Tesla used to be 1% battery for every second at full power. Not sure what the current number is. So you could have 400 km range or ~100 seconds at full-power but not both.
Chevrolet Silverado EV has been announced: First-Ever Silverado EV: Electric Truck | Chevrolet
As expected ... (I already knew this but couldn't talk, LOL) ... It's more-or-less a Hummer EV with less-outrageous size and scale, and it is a clean-sheet design with essentially nothing to do with the regular combustion-engine Silverado. (Ford's F150 Lightning that re-uses most of the regular F150 bodyshell is known to be an interim solution to get people used to the idea of an electric pickup truck without changing too much. The Silverado changes pretty much everything.)
I almost typed Chevrolet Avalanche when writing the first line of this post ...
Cue freak-outs from the regular pickup-truck crowd: "It's unibody". "I can't put my toolbox in the bed without blocking the midgate." (Yeah, you have an entire front-trunk to put stuff in that you didn't have before.) "It only has a short box." (yeah the configuration that most people buy anyhow ... except because it's unibody and has a mid-gate, you can get stuff 10 feet long in this.)
The 4-wheel-steering feature on the Hummer is also available here. This is going to be optional, although I'm not sure where it will fit into the range or whether it's a stand-alone option.
I don't see the over-width clearance lamps that the Hummer has, which hopefully means they've shrunk the width down to normal-pickup-truck size.
The top-of-the-range RST trim ain't gonna be cheap ... only a little less than the Hummer EV. I'm seeing posts elsewhere that the base model will start around US$40K, same as Ford Lightning, and that is good.
So it's starting to become clear how GM's Ultium is going to be their new vehicle platform underpinning everything ... the EV trucks and SUVs are going unibody, and that's what makes it work. There no longer needs to be a distinction between a truck, van, SUV, CUV, and car if they can be built with interchangeable building-blocks under the skin.
I'm not in the market for a pickup truck, but I like this.
As expected ... (I already knew this but couldn't talk, LOL) ... It's more-or-less a Hummer EV with less-outrageous size and scale, and it is a clean-sheet design with essentially nothing to do with the regular combustion-engine Silverado. (Ford's F150 Lightning that re-uses most of the regular F150 bodyshell is known to be an interim solution to get people used to the idea of an electric pickup truck without changing too much. The Silverado changes pretty much everything.)
I almost typed Chevrolet Avalanche when writing the first line of this post ...
Cue freak-outs from the regular pickup-truck crowd: "It's unibody". "I can't put my toolbox in the bed without blocking the midgate." (Yeah, you have an entire front-trunk to put stuff in that you didn't have before.) "It only has a short box." (yeah the configuration that most people buy anyhow ... except because it's unibody and has a mid-gate, you can get stuff 10 feet long in this.)
The 4-wheel-steering feature on the Hummer is also available here. This is going to be optional, although I'm not sure where it will fit into the range or whether it's a stand-alone option.
I don't see the over-width clearance lamps that the Hummer has, which hopefully means they've shrunk the width down to normal-pickup-truck size.
The top-of-the-range RST trim ain't gonna be cheap ... only a little less than the Hummer EV. I'm seeing posts elsewhere that the base model will start around US$40K, same as Ford Lightning, and that is good.
So it's starting to become clear how GM's Ultium is going to be their new vehicle platform underpinning everything ... the EV trucks and SUVs are going unibody, and that's what makes it work. There no longer needs to be a distinction between a truck, van, SUV, CUV, and car if they can be built with interchangeable building-blocks under the skin.
I'm not in the market for a pickup truck, but I like this.
More pics: View Photos of the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST
In the side view, look how short the front overhang is.
In the side view, look how short the front overhang is.
It has the 2.7 4cyl.I get about 9l/100km unless I'm doing 115 on the highway.
Def better but far from the claims as per norm
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re: Silverado. Love how they copied the Ridgeline, a design that got ridiculed at first.
Looks like a good effort. More lifestyle vehicle then "work" truck.
GM will sell a boat load of these.
Still would like to see more info on specs and road tests and such.
Pictures only do so much, and I'd like to see if all the Ultium hype GM is trumpeting rings true....
www.caranddriver.com
Looks like a good effort. More lifestyle vehicle then "work" truck.
GM will sell a boat load of these.
Still would like to see more info on specs and road tests and such.
Pictures only do so much, and I'd like to see if all the Ultium hype GM is trumpeting rings true....
As Chevy Silverado EV Charges after Ford F-150 Lightning, How They Compare
Chevy's new electric pickup truck boasts more range, performance, and capability than the F-150 Lightning, but it'll arrive a year later.
www.caranddriver.com
I dig the front end. Not digging the Avalanche type styling on the rear of the cab/bed area.
600+ km range on the uptrim model is pretty decent. As is the tow rating.
The Frunk will have huge appeal.
100 miles in 10 minutes charging? 250kw? That's a game changer, especially when compared directly to the Lightning which biggest crux seems to be the 150kw maximum charging rate which we just discussed here a few days ago. Presumably that'll be universal across the whole Ultium platform which is a big deal.
What’s involved to support a 150kW or 250kW charging for this 100mi in 10min (which is awesome btw). Can normal houses support this with a panel upgrade?
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