Comments by "TeeKay" (@teekay_1) on "MGUY Australia" channel.

  1. Request denied. Come back when you drop a turbo charged V8 into your cars and we'll consider it.
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  2. The editorial board at the WSJ is far smarter than the people writing the articles at the WSJ. In fact the "reporters" at the WSJ can't even read a balance sheet these days.
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  3. Just waiting for the next step for EV's where they actually put a gas engine and transmission in the car , remove the battery to save weight lower the price by $25,000.
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  4.  @TroySavary  Fuel costs are at best the 4th biggest cost of running a car. Depreciation is #1 (EVs depreciate far more quickly than any other type of car). In fact the depreciation is so bad for EVs that it simply doesn't matter how much gas costs. The total cost of ownership for 15 years is decidedly in favor of gas/diesel cars.
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  5. Well, one things for sure, if you drive your EV through water, there's no need for your heat-pump heater to keep you warm. You'll be toasty before you know it.
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  6.  @xraylife  Based on some of the comments from the EV Fanatics, it appears they've never experienced life outside of a bubble. Even if you don't fit the snorkel to a Jeep, you can usually traverse 2-3 feet of water with no issue.
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  7.  @Eidolon1andOnly  If they're paying, they're being overcharged.
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  8.  @SuzukiKid400  " One day we will not have anymore oil, so we need to find another method for mass propulsion" Even if you accept this to be true, the government choosing technology is perhaps the worst way you could come up with to facilitate a transition. There's not one person in any government smart enough to do that.
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  9.  @TeaBreak.  15 minute cities are part of the EU plan. Do 5 minutes of digging online.
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  10.  @StirlingLighthouse  blinker fluid.
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  11. There is a curve on EV range and weight. You increase weight of batteries significantly faster than you increase the capacity (weight) of batteries, which is why all current EVs are designed around a 300 mile range.
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  12.  @UncommonSense1776  Carbon is increasingly understood to be a trailing indicator of warming, not the cause.
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  13.  @ghost307 Some bosses are very much "my way, or resign before I fire you"
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  14.  @steveinoz8188  It's mostly to do with the immaturity of the the state of the art in EVs. No one on the planet is producing EVs that can compete with the cheapest of gasoline or diesel powered cars, except for consumers who only drive their EVs a few kilometers per day. But right now they're a niche car, and will be until the power source is not lithium, and are at parity with gasoline/diesel cars in every situation.
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  15. Yes, and that four letter word is "GOOD".
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  16.  iscadean3607  The earth is dying we need to DO SOMETHING NOW !
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  17.  @brendykes1202  Heavy Truck batteries that are going to get cycled frequently from 0-100% will get about 5 years ideally. Less if they're abused. Plus let us know when your Tesla battery gets to 20 years.
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  18.  @brendykes1202  Actually that was a minor part of the problem. Hertz was finding they had to replace the battery in the cars for even minor accidents, which made them unprofitable. Imagine trucks that are going in rough areas scraping the bottom of those batteries over concrete curbs. How will the driver discern if he has a problem? Or will he wait for the smoke to start pouring out of the battery?
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  19.  @brendykes1202  Sure: "Chicago's Bowman Dairy Company used Walker Vehicle Company electric trucks to deliver milk to restaurants and hospitals in the downtown area. The truck had a rear axle electric motor that had a range of up to 50 miles and delivered 3.5 horsepower." A century later that's still the only successful battery-powered truck made. But we do know that EV cars batteries are so flimsy that a rock kicking up from the road can render them too dangerous to insure. In fact that happens all the time with EVs.
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  20.  @brendykes1202  Yes. The oil light will come on fairly quickly as oil pressure is lost. It's up to the driver to obey it. in fact, this has happened to me year ago. The light came on, I cut the engine and rolled to a stop. The fix was $50 for a new pan and installation.
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  21.  @thetowndrunk988  Good post. My point is that when you have an expensive asset it's supposed to be generating revenue unless it's due for for PM or failure. Diesel engines are so well perfected for continuous running, even long-distance trains use them continuously for months at a time running back and forth across the country using relief crews when the crew hits their HOS. And when they need to be refurbished, they can pull the engine quickly, put a refurb in and be on their way in short order. Battery powered trucks cannot meet the uptime necessary to make them profitable.
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  22.  @derekcable  My wife and daughter are very capable drivers; in fact my daughter is a much better driver than my wife she's almost as quick as I am around a track and on public roads she's focused on the task at hand. But that's to be expected because she had a very good teacher. My son is even quicker than me, but that's to be expected. He's also good at wrenching, but again that's to be expected, he learned from the best.
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  23.  @dashcamandy2242  Nah. Most sedans have weak handbrakes. Consider that your brakes all by themselves will prevent any movement by your car if you're standing still. You can try it yourself. But if you're going 120kph, they won't stop your car right away. In fact it may take a few hundred feet, even if you stomp the brakes. This is also an easy test to do, although for most drivers I wouldn't recommend it unless you've actually been in a car at speed where you've locked up a rear wheel or two. If you're faced with what's been presented, first thing is to remove power. Put the car in neutral. The rev limiter will keep the engine from self-destructing. Then gently apply the parking brake and remember to keep steering. Most people are at their limit driving down the road on a bright sunny day with no cars around them. If you change any of those parameters, most drivers are on a knife's edge of controlling their car. So you've got to follow the KISS principle.
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  24. To be clear, people should understand that "Net Zero" isn't zero carbon. It's about companies that claim they've purchased land in the Amazon Basin and in exchange for money, they give carbon credits, which allows you to pollute as much as you want. Thus you're not polluting? Actually when I type it out, it's so ridiculous that it makes it seem like nonsense. Which it is. Also, yesterday the WSJ posted an editorial from Steve Koonin (who is a real scientist) that pointed out the whole climate crisis nonsense has burned itself out. Few believe it anymore, and the result of "net zero" is there is now even more carbon [note, this is a good thing actually] primarily because of China and other 3rd world countries opening coal power plants.
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  25. Modern cars are so reliable that if people maintain them properly, they'll last 30 years plus.
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  26.  @SioxerNikita  Brake failure in modern cars is so rare that it would make the news nationwide if it happened.
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  27.  @SioxerNikita  So your thinking is that since they have these runoffs on steep grades for overweight tractor trailers, you can extrapolate that to the passenger car experience. You are believe these brake failures are common enough to say they are common. I mean you could have gone with, "I'm sure it happens every now and then", but no, you went with "we have a serious NHTSA-type issue where we need to recall pretty much every car made because we've discovered brake failure is common; Women and children riding in their BMW X5 and sudden brake failure is taking place making men widowers and killing people willy-nilly by random, common brake failure" Okay, we'll go with that if you say so.
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  28. Well, Alfa today is part of big conglomerate PSA/Fiat (now Stellantis) that has been struggling with cost structures from old labor agreements. In the US their most iconic brand is Jeep (which all of you know about); they've completely priced Jeeps out of the market in the US; with the electric version of the Jeep somewhere close to $100K US. As you can imagine, buyers are few for a crude vehicle that is overpriced by a factor of 3.
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  29. 3 years ago I said that EV could never be more than 7% of the total vehicle mix in the US and now I conceded I was being wildly optimistic for EV penetration. People bought them, and now 46% owners regret them. Sales have shown a marked downturn since the beginning of the year, and while Toyota and Honda have released an EV, they're sitting on the lot for weeks compared to cars like the Grand Highlander and Pilot which tend to move quickly.
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  30. Apparently, if we're going to save the planet, we're going to have to go back to the 1850's to do it.
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  31.  @williammeek4078  lol "Dangerous". Presumably you mean dangerous to the idea that everyone should have an EV
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  32.  @rogerphelps9939  There is no data that suggests EVs are something required to save the planet. In fact there is substantial evidence they will not, and may do more harm.
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  33.  @AlanHill-r7l  Not in the US. That kind of nonsense gets politicians voted out of office. Fact.
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  34. EVs always start a lot of fiery rhetoric.
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  35.  @JoeBManco  But the fire has 50x the impact of a gas fire.
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  36.  @williammeek4078  Well, both of them were pretty awful, so people escaped the engineering prowess of them.
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  37.  @TheNyhm1  Yes, EV fanatics ignore that while gas cars may burn more often, the consequences of an EV fire are always devastating.
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  38. "We have met the enemy and he is us"
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  39. @MGUY Australia, let me give you a hint. It's not just a lack of knowledge or an understanding of what it takes to electrify ... they just don't care. They are an example of King Canute syndrome. They engage in magical thinking. Leaders today around the globe are unserious people.
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  40.  @matthewgodwin3050  Why do EVangelists take it so personally? Because they believe in global warming like a religion, and believe they're saving the earth. How else would you complain the middle aged people sitting in the middle of roads to stop cars, trucks and buses? That's not something a rational person does.
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  41.  @gerbre1  And the fuel inside a fuel tank normally contains more energy than a battery While you're not wrong about this part, overall Lithium battery fires burn 5x hotter than a gasoline fire, because they produce their own oxygen and lithium itself burns very hot. There are many good articles on this online. Search for "why are EV fires so hot" or something similar
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  42.  @geirvinje2556  "put your mount around the exost" Weird fantasy. Anyway, the overall lifecycle of EV is more damaging to the environment than any petrol car. Don't you believe in science?
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  43.  @Thunderbloke2  fair enough. But that's typically why petrol cars catch fire. All of it is related to poor maintenance.
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  44.  @geirvinje2556  The construction of an EV is so polluting to the planet that estimates are that an EV must last 70 years to break even with the damage to the planet it creates. And the reality is EV batteries sit in scrap yards, not recycled. And since every EV has a taxpayer subsidy of about $55K, you're paying for something that's worse for the planet.
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  45. Really though, shouldn't people be willing to suffer if they're saving the planet?
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  46. Then they'd institute mandatory shutdowns of power, and force you to give control of your thermostat to the electric company. And then raise your rates for less service . But hey, you're saving the planet.
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  47.  @deezeed2817  using lithium isn't sustainable either. By your reckoning, nothing is sustainable. Everything is finite on the earth.
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  48.  @harrywood8196  One of the battery packs is in the front of the bus under the hood along with a diesel engine to produce heat Obviously they worked with a fire like that. They created a lot of heat.
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  49. How are EVs supposed to save the planet if people understand the reality of lithium battery fires?
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  50. The crazy left in the US hates Musk. Oh sure, they loved him 18 months ago, but once he started digging into the US government finances and is recommending eliminating programs and people, the crazy left went from a love affair with him to a visceral hatred. There's a thin line between love and hate.
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