Comments by "Fred Bloggs" (@fredbloggs5902) on "The Electric Viking" channel.

  1.  @jotr.9786  he has a degree in physics
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  2. Hybrids are hopelessly inefficient and ridiculous complex and expensive to make. Oh wait, everyone here can see your other comments, you’re obviously a paid shill.
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  3. Given that the battery costs 30-50% of the cost of the car... ...Where are Ford getting the money from to stockpile the quantity required?
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  4. Some protest organisations are literally offering payments on their websites.
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  5. So we’re expected to believe a flight attendant who did massages chose $250,000 over $10,000,000. Seems unlikely.
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  6. Good catch on the Manganese, most reports missed it.
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  7. GigaCastings won’t solve VW’s problems getting batteries.
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  8. How is the Tesla semi any harder than an ICE semi to backup?
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  9. Toyota’s Mirai has a ‘state-of-the-art’ fuel cell. If you run their numbers it’s only 50% efficient. If you use the range journalists achieve in reviews it’s less than 30%.
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  10. Correct, but when that source dries up there’s no shortage, it’s the fifth most common element by mass on Earth.
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  11. Of course because you’re obviously much smarter than Elon… …please list your achievements.
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  12. Yes, I suspect hydrogen will fail, but real world comparisons are excellent.
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  13.  @thegormlesstwit849  you’re well named 🤣
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  14. EVs are much simpler vehicles than ICE. This makes them easier to repair and longer lasting.
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  15. According to Tesla’s 10-Q filing, they’re currently sitting on a cash pile of over $3 billion in ‘deferred revenue’. This is revenue that isn’t shown in the accounts in order to mitigate risk.
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  16. Fuel cells to convert hydrogen to electricity are still only 50% efficient even after a hundred years of development and are expensive and wear out. And photovoltaic panels have double the efficiency of these panels.
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  17. Unknown but probably. Relays are largely obsolete, triacs are generally better, being faster and more reliable.
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  19. Agreed… …but they might improve. (But that usually takes quite a while). Quoting the output per kg was highly misleading.
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  20.  @rianrahmanto8069  Is Rimac a production saloon?
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  21. For a more in-depth analysis of Tesla’s figures, Rob Maurer of ’Tesla Daily’ is pretty good.
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  22. Toyota are hedging their bets even now by continuing to pursue hydrogen and ICE. They’re doomed.
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  23. Probably banned on YouTube.
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  24. Sam reports on all EV manufacturers.
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  25. When did any Japanese company last do anything remotely innovative in the engineering domain? Toyota? Sony? Honda? Yamaha? Maybe all their smartest have moved to software/gaming? Maybe there’s nobody in engineering who’s any good below the age of 50?
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  26.  @defrigge  They all said that as well 🙄🤡
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  27. We all know that in 1-2 years time, one (or more) of the following will happen: 1) The range will be reduced 2) The price will be increased 3) The charging time will be increased 4) Every RAM they sell will lose money 5) Production numbers will be reduced 6) The load capacity will be reduced 7) The towing capacity will be reduced The net result will be that for a given specification, either the price will be too high and everyone cancels and they go bankrupt, or they lose money on every sale and go bankrupt.
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  28. Sorry, the moment you claimed PHEVs were the answer, your credibility vanished.
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  29. If Toyota are such a massively successful company, why do they have more debt than any other company in the world? ($217 billion).
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  30. And dealerships
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  31.  @asdfasdf71865 where is he wrong? Be specific.
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  32. Ford have realised their ICE knowledge and experience mean nothing in the EV space. Achieving full scale production nearly bankrupted Tesla, now its Ford’s turn.
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  33.  @leswhitehouse  18x per kg, not 18x per sq m. The company has deliberately quoted per kg to make their product look good.
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  34. Some are paid ‘travelling expenses’.
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  35.  @chriseidam7319  nonsense
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  36. Blackberry, Polaroid, EverReady, horses 🤣
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  37. The movement in a day means nothing
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  38. I totally agree, hydrogen may have a place in planes or maybe trucks, but definitely not in cars. The Mirai is nonsense, their fuel cell is only 30% efficient. I predict anyone who buys one will never do so again, and warn all their friends not to either. It’s hopelessly inefficient and massively expensive.
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  39. Efficiency and power/weight are already ’good enough’, but making further improvements is good and also potentially allows further simplification by reducing the number of motors.
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  40. Tesla buy/licence battery technology from all the manufacturers, how can they be behind?
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  41. Why would the internet crash? Why would that happening affect cars?
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  42. Interesting fact: If you want to see crystals of zinc just look at a galvanised bucket, they’re clearly visible.
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  43. Wouldn’t steering just using the hub motors scrub off the tyres pretty quickly?
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  44. Cars will be taxed per mile driven.
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  45. History indicates that legacy companies are totally incapable of going ‘all in’ on a disruptive technology. Examples: Blackberry Nokia Ever Ready Blockbuster Kodak Polaroid Other suggestions welcome.
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  46. All the claims in the comments that nobody wanted to rent them are hilarious because the mileages blatantly prove otherwise.
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  47. It’s likely to be in the Next-gen/compact well before then.
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  48. 20 years.
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  49. FSD? Robotaxis? AI Bots?, Semis?
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  50. So what?
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