Comments by "Cole Spolaric" (@ColeSpolaric) on "Engineering Explained" channel.

  1. It's a real life video game car. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
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  2. I really appreciate this channel for not regurgitating the same thing most of the other car channels do. I know you are going to nerd out on some aspect of the car.
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  3. it's essentially a lawn mower engine times 8 cylinders.
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  4. The only person I know that gets two cars from the same manufacturer at once
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  5. I agree that auto manufacturers just don't care about weight reduction. Especially with EVs that have heavy batteries. They should be looking to take weight out wherever they can, which could then lead to smaller batteries.
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  6. The amount of shade and sarcasm in this video is just epic! Well done Jason!
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  7. Me: how much of a difference does 141 pounds actually make? Jason: let me get my white board!
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  8. I'm surprised you didn't remind us there are no tires available to make use of all that HP!
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  9. Kudos to GM for loaning out the cutaway car!
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  10. Jason. The answer to your problems is simple. Just trade it in for a new one when you need new performance pads. I'm sure this is what Tesla expects you to do anyways.
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  11. you say tomato I say tamoto lol
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  12. Could you do a video on what speed is an electric car most efficiently driven like you did on a gasoline car?
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  13. Good thing you didn't put these on your Tesla otherwise TFL would have claimed you copied them.
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  14.  @EngineeringExplained  can this be considered an automated manual given the flat foot shifting? Maybe this transmission alone would make for a good video?
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  15.  @808bigisland  overweight and underpowered, adequately powered, over powered.... Doesn't matter. They are all too heavy
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  16. No frunk, I'm out 😆. That cracked me up because no one buying one of these is going to care 😆
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  17. All i can say is the current v6 sounds no where near as good as the v10. By no means is it bad, just not as good
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  18. I'm not sure I've ever seen an EE video so snarky before! Someone has been working on their comedy skills!
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  19. Jason, I share your sentiments about most seats being a tall stick myself!
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  20. I honestly still want the blackwing engine. That thing was amazing! Maybe not as powerful overall, but produced more hp/L.
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  21.  @SoloRenegade  did you sign something when you bought the car that you would only charge the battery a certain way? No? Then guess what, they can't deny it. The moment you mention Magnuson Moss warranty act (lemon law) requires them to prove that you knowingly caused damage and you're getting a lawyer, they'll honor that warranty
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  22.  @davidjereb  you still don't want to be the guy that wrecked a 6 figure car. YouTube won't let you live that one down anytime soon.
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  23.  @cuda426hemi  you obviously feel very wronged by capitalism and want a socialist society. Capitalism only works when there are rules in place to keep things fair. Like laws against collusion that would keep smaller competitors out of the market. Right to repair is similar to anti collusion laws in that it helps ensure that a free and open market exists with competition. Capitalism is based on competition of the best product at the best price. But dishonest companies find ways to kill competition and provide inferior products at higher prices. By a company retaining control over a product so that only they can repair it, they dishonestly kill the competition of anyone competing against them for the repair business. There is a difference between rules for creating a fair capitalist market and socialism.
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  24.  @SoloRenegade  you don't pay extra for the warranty on a new car. And if you only buy used, that's fine, but you have to have people that buy new for there to be used.
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  25. With those tires
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  26. You can hate the cybertruck as much as you want or even Tesla as much as you want, but you have to give respect to the amount of effort that went into doing this.
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  27. The Tesla user experience... You wake up the next morning and it's changed and you have to get used to it again. You have to interact with almost everything through the screen or with voice. Tesla retains too much control of the car that you supposedly own. Once EV chargers become more common place, all your points will be nonsense. Auto manufacturers should not be making their own charging networks. It should be exactly like gas stations today.
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  28.  @phamnuwen9442  tell that to all the companies that sell fire fighting gear to the fire departments. There is a huge private market that backs fire departments.
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  29. Jason asks why ifs? I ask why the f did it take so long for them to bring it to market?!
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  30. As long as it doesn't look like those cars from the solar car races I'm interested
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  31. Come on, you know we wanted to see the cruiser on budget tires!
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  32.  @benjamind7290  it probably didn't need to precondition because it was already conditioned from driving.
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  33. When the lyriq came out and they said there was no frunk to maximize interior space because the charger takes up all the space I wondered why they didn't just redesign the charger. You pretty much confirmed what I was thinking, they were too lazy.
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  34. It would have been interesting to see how a square bore vs over bore vs under bore would also play into this.
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  35. First mistake was watching a channel that is for EVs
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  36. Great, you need a 320 amp service. Something only people in McMansions would have. Majority of homes are 200 amp. Way to fail Ford.
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  37. I'd like to hear more about these synthetic fuels that are getting a renewed interest. Seems promising from an emissions standpoint and not needing to do anything to our vehicles. How are they made though, and does it do anything for energy independence?
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  38. I wonder how many people noticed the random banana in the beginning of the video?
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  39. Tesla cyber truck can't even meet EPA range estimates, of course it hasn't solved towing 😆
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  40.  @SoloRenegade  rental car companies can't provide enough used cars to the market unfortunately
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  41. Gale annoys me a bit, but damn does he explain things super well.
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  42. Hey Jason, I'm waiting on a video from you on the turbine engine. I know that one has to be perfect for your channel.
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  43. OMG, the dad jokes are on 🔥
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  44. You forgot the part about a crazy CEO 😂
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  45.  @phamnuwen9442  and it won't be taken over. The government doesn't have the capability to do so. If it did, we wouldn't be paying military contractors trillions to build fighter jets, tanks, war ships etc. Our government doesn't manufacturer a whole heck of a lot. Currency is the only thing I can think of. Our government provides a lot of services. But many of those services have competition. The mail service has competition from UPS, FedEx, etc. You can mail letters through them too, but at a much higher price. Amtrak might not have competition, but there is nothing to stop someone from trying. There is nothing stopping you from building a private road and charging for it's use either (provided you clear all the environmental and engineering standards). There are just some things that the government can provide more efficiently that causes there to be no need for competition. The one exception I can think of is police, but it ties into our system of justice, and it creates order from people enforcing laws anyway they see fit. I'm being a bit long winded here to point out that the fears of socialism are blown way out of proportion.
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  46. 🙄 It's just an expression...
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  47. What if the valve fails to open?
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  48. Starting at 113k. Have to wait until fall off 24 for one starting in the high 70s. With cheap looking tablets mounted to the dash. Only 350 miles of range. Maybe in 2030 they will have one worth buying.
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  49.  @WilliamStewart1  I know they were hand built, and I'm guessing some components came from other manufacturers.
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  50. Almost anything looks better then the metal polygon lol
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  51. I drive a pickup. As far as handling goes, I'm not going to feel it 😆
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  52. Before even watching, because it's 2021 and there are supply chain issues 🤣
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  53. Why did they have to make the rear end look like a Honda is my question
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  54. I definitely was not aware of these issues. Luckily I have a NA V8 DI engine so some of these aren't a problem.
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  55. And with this video dodge no longer invites Jason to any events or loans him any cars 😆
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  56. So the biggest issue with the Tesla brakes is the ability to dissipate heat to prevent brake fade if I understood all of this correctly.
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  57. I'll take AWD on all seasons. I don't want to be having to swap tires twice a year
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  58.  @youssubernfissi5559  everything involved in making this video, and making this video as fair as possible
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  59. I was thinking the same thing!
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  60. So we could be getting better fuel economy if the base stock was the same and cars were designed to expect that. 🤔
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  61. Now if the car could make ppl put down their phones...
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  62. Electronic steering = steer by wire?
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  63. Tesla fan boys need to realize you aren't hating on Tesla. Me on the other hand, I hate Tesla and it's dispicable founder musk. Go ahead, let me have it fan boys!
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  64. Do you do other topics other than cars? I ask this seriously as the name of this channel is engineering explained which is way more than just cars. None the less, you do a good job explaining these topics.
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  65.  @zelenskysboot361  I think it's called the Omega turbine engine, but I'm not 100% sure
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  66. I'm not going to spend much time on the white board.... Spends a quarter of the video on the whiteboard 😂
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  67. I think lucid survives because there is just too much Saudi backed money to fail at this point.
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  68. I'm no longer excited by the conventional rotary. The Omega 1 rotary engine is way more advanced.
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  69. I swear you wanted to be a comedian with all that snarky humor randomly thrown in!
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  70. Who else was yelling at their screen every time he said throttle pedal instead of throttle body?
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  71.  @extragoode  most people will hopefully charge at night anyways.
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  72. Didn't Ford have variable steering ratio by adjusting the amount of power assist based upon speed?
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  73. Or your heater core just randomly blows up as your driving without warning filling your car with hot steam having you stopping wherever you are trying to get out as quickly as possible.
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  74. So..... There is no perfect battery
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  75. It really does seem like an awesome truck. Sadly it's way overpriced. 70k starting for a midsized truck that isn't luxury. No way I'm buying it.
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  76.  @lattelandlatteland  I get the batteries are expensive. This does make the Ford look like a bargain though. At least when you spend this much you are getting luxury materials on the inside in a full size truck. 60k is the max I can see a mid sized gas truck going for. 70 is the max on an electric mid sized truck. But there are people out there willing to pay this and with constrained supply there is no reason for them to keep the prices down.
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  77. It's not a joke.... Just because it exists doesn't mean it's not a joke. It's definitely still a joke.
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  78. But Jason, you're making an assumption that the 5mpg car gets driven just as often as the other 50mpg cars!
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  79. The only way hydrogen in general makes sense to me is if it becomes cost effective to generate it at home using solar plus onsite generation at fueling stations. I have heard of a guy doing it at home, but never verified it.
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  80.  @wiegraf9009  you mean a guy with his own home built at home setup.... Yeah, it absolutely does.
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  81. Is there a joke in here about when an engineer tries to make jokes? 😉
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  82. So... I'm assuming that we left the tire diameter the same. What happens if we leave wheel diameter the same and go to a larger or smaller wheel diameter? My thoughts are a larger tire diameter means less rpm to go a certain distance requiring less energy. But I have a feeling that I'm leaving out some other forces that would negate that.
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  83. I don't understand why GM doesn't do quality assurance checks on parts provided by suppliers.
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  84. Welcome back, white board!
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  85.  @AlldaylongRock  lucid starts at $77400 and you still get the same packaging. Just less range and less power for the most part along with some luxury features
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  86. NorthernChev it removes the parasitic drag on the engine. You already have an alternator. This one is probably a little bit bigger, but that increase in size will create less losses than adding a supercharger.
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  87.  @peejayem4700  if only they had made it attractive 😆
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  88.  @josephn944  the problem though is the battery pack weighs 2k pounds and the rest of the vehicle 3k pounds. Why does the rest need to weigh that much?
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  89. 50k for a frumpy looking hot hatch? Ummm, no thanks.
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  90.  @homebrew1709  I think a 13 old would design something better, but yeah, I agree
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  91. Despite how bad this video was, I'm impressed with Jason's ability to write mirrored so we can read it. Well, sort of.....
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  92. Her sweet spot is when it's really stiff...
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  93. It would have been an interesting data point for the old car on old tires. Doesn't really prove anything additional, just would be interesting to see.
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  94. OMG! Epic April Fools!
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  95. That's a very click baiting title, but I clicked anyways!
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  96.  @EngineeringExplained  can we settle on sensational? I really didn't mean it in the sense of you get something else. Just that it's going to attract a lot of attention from people who will be calling you a moron before even watching the video. I pretty much knew though that you were going to conclude with the watt being the unit that makes sense before watching, but I also know many car enthusiasts that are going to be fuming at that title!
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  97.  @BeefIngot  I meant it by the attract attention and not the very negative version which is essentially a fraudulent link/title.
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  98. I figured it wouldn't be a practical application. I think the practical application for hydrogen fuel cells is going to be in semis that have the space to store the fuel and need to fill up quickly.
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  99. All of that just to come to the point of different testing methods in imperfect environments where you can't control all your variables leads to different results
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  100. It's more about manifold air density than boost. Boost is just one component of MAD.
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  101. Happy April fool's Justin, Joshua, James, Jake, whatever the $&#+ your name is!
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  102. I believe the last country still using leaded gas has finally stopped doing so
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  103.  @lochzoch8987  I was only talking about in automotive use, sorry
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  104. I've been storing my batteries in the fridge my entire life. If only there was a fridge big enough to store an electric vehicle 😆
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  105.  @BrandEver117  I think it kinda applies. Studies have shown keeping alkaline batteries cold increases shelf life. As far as why, I'm sure there are similarities and differences
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  106. Ok, so obviously a 15k rpm engine in a road car would be insane. But it seems like some of this technology could be applied.
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  107. You're roads scare the 💩 out of me. 50mph, narrow, lots of curves, and no guard rails.... no thanks!
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  108. Don't call Jason a Tesla fanboy!
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  109. FLA batteries are sealed and don't require maintenance in automotive applications anymore. They have been this way for as long as I have been alive (31 years). The only time I have seen a battery that you could add water to was on a golf cart (a deep cycle battery system). This is what happens when you let a company sponsor your videos. Facts get skewed. Had you said this but explained that sealed FLA batteries have a shorter lifespan because you can't add water, that would have been there honest truth. Your videos are usually great at explaining engineering concepts, but this one was slightly biased.
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  110. Engineering Explained if you are comparing just their products, that's fine, but that wasn't clear. I'm not trying to knock you or anything. I'm just providing honest feedback. Maybe if you had made mention of sealed vs not sealed that would have kept things completely honest.
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  111. Hydrogen fuel cell. If only we could get filling stations.
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  112. @Taelor Wiles i could have sworn i read somewhere that it was flat footed direct shifting where you don't need to use the clutch, but i can't find that now
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  113. I've read that you can't put an electrically driven supercharger on a 12 volt system. It makes sense that 12 volts isn't enough, but shouldn't it be possible to transform the voltage up to 48 volts? This way you don't have the parasitic loss on the engine, assuming you don't need a bigger alternator.
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  114.  @Mountain-Man-3000  according to this the difference isn't that much
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  115. This fits into the why didn't I think of that category given how insanely stupidly simple that is.
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  116. I think even the Toyota fan boys won't like that!
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  117. Accelerator, not throttle Jason
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  118. You know that many large freighters use nuclear power?
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  119.  @BugMagnet  @cheesybacun I'm pretty sure they were the super mega container ships that had small nuclear reactors. Hadn't heard of them being conveyed.
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  120. When is there not controversy over a new world record speed?
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  121.  @drdoomgoat38  I seem to remember some controversy there, but not to this level.
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  122. Who knows where and when the scratches happened. In the factory, factory to the transport lot, lot to a train car, train car to the truck.... Those would bother me, but I couldn't blame Tesla. Panels not lining up, orange peel, dust in the paint job... They can improve upon that.
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  123. And don't forget about solid state batteries. I know someone solved it in a lab somewhere, now it's just who's going to figure out how to manufacture them. Smaller batteries for the same capacity will increase efficiency!
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  124. I forgot about that weird 3 pipe exhaust. Maybe an explanation on that.
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  125. I feel like the future of used EVs will be new battery architectures replacing the old ones with new battery management and charge management systems.
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  126. I think my only disappointment is the poor packaging of all the electronics
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  127. There are people who put out one video a month and get 10 plus million views. I wouldn't worry about a video every other week. With the constant bombardment of content, it's actually refreshing.
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  128. So when are you going to announce your comedy tour?
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  129. Couldn't clean your car first? 😜
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  130. I swear this is a car that only influencers really care about. I haven't seen a single one in the wild yet. Meanwhile I've seen the ugly cyber truck.
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  131. I just want to know what else would a roof scoop be used for other then intake air?
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  132.  @Josh-b3c  the visits cover both, but he is very much for EVs
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  133.  @onepunchman6165  your off by like 10k. Average cost of a new car is at 45k
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  134.  @Japplesnap  lol, most ice vehicles get to 150k miles and that's it. The battery can be recycled (about 90% right now), gas is gone when burned
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  135. Now if only I could afford one of these!
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  136. That green is intriguing me. I normally don't like green cars, but I just might like it. It was a little hard to tell from the video because there weren't too many close up outside shots.
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  137. Sounds a lot like NASCAR with all the BoP crap. NASCAR has gone too far and it's slowly killing the sport (among other things)
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  138. People are still stuck in the past of 40 years ago even though they don't drive 40 year old cars
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  139. Wait, no white board? What the....?
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  140. So.... Increase displacement, rpm, and air density all at the same time to get the maximum power. That seems so easy! Those engineers from before 2000ish must not have been that smart. This is sarcasm for anyone that doesn't get sarcasm
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  141. Sorry Jason, it's not a truck. It's a pickup, but not a truck. It's like calling an El Camino or a ranchero a truck 😂
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  142. Cool! Now someone give me a few million dollars to buy one. What's that? You have to own a current Bugatti to buy one? Fuq.....
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  143. What about range extended vehicles?
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  144. Does anyone else have a problem with the video going way faster than the sound on this channel? This is the only channel I have a problem with.
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  145.  @opieg7333  well, he's already got 3 million subscribers without wrecking anything....
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  146.  @opieg7333  if I only knew who that was 😂
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  147. Koenigsegg has the even better solution with their camless valves. The only downside is the heavy reliance on electronics.
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  148. At least it looks better than a Tesla!
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  149. It might be slower, but hopefully it leads to passing opportunities
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  150. I'm curious why a 12 volt to 48 volt DC to DC converter couldn't be used. The only thing that comes to mind for me is the alternator probably wouldn't be able to supply enough energy.
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  151. Record scratch 😂 It took my mind a second to comprehend that 🤦🏼‍♂️
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  152. Can the Corvette engineers run all of GM
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  153.  @EngineeringExplained  they make some kind of electronic interlocking devices to prevent you from going over your 200 amps of power. That's probably cheaper. I'm guessing upgrading to a higher amp service will be over 5k. The power company has to run new lines, likely a new meter, and then you need to switch out the entire breaker panel. If you charge at night though, it shouldn't be a big deal.
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  154. Our Ford bronco is a unicycle
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  155. It looks like a Civic from the rear. Did they run out of design budget and plagiarize Honda?
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  156. Not at these prices lol
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  157. Electric cars should be cheaper than gas already. No engine, transmission, fuel system and exhaust system to worry about. Simply motors and batteries. Less engineering when designing the car itself and easier to design for safety.
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  158. Sounded like the microphone had a loose ground connection to me. It started as soon as you got in so maybe the connection got pinched or something?
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  159.  @TheNerd  Tesla screams the same. Unacceptable panel gaps. Poor paint jobs. Cheap materials. Just about everything has to be controlled through a touch screen. The list goes on.
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  160.  @evilkillerwhale7078  no. I've been turned off by their poor build quality, the control they maintain over the vehicle you supposedly own, and crazy Elon. I would like to buy an electric vehicle, but everything out there is either too expensive, or too disappointing for the price. We need hydrogen already.
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  161. As long as it's not steer by wire, I'm good
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  162. And I thought NASCAR was bad with all the rules! This is insane! I don't think their fans care too much about being sustainable. Bring back the V12!
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  163. Wait..... People compare BMWs to Porsches now?
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  164. I'm just glad you knew what you did right away and didn't cause any catastrophic damage. Maybe some clutch and tire wear!
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  165.  @hayesclark97hc  my thinking is that the safety valve hasn't had to be used in so long that it fails when you need it.
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  166. It's crazy that they still sell an octane of fuel based on an 80 year old study.
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