Why the Ford Mustang Mach-E Is So Important
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I still believe that hybrids will still conquer the roads to come. Whether they are hydrogen cell or other. Just because the whole memetic on the lack of USA infrastructure to support pure electric cars.
Jesus christ are UIs in cars laggy, and when you consider what quad-core gigahertz costs or draws in power (raspberry pi, etc)... there's no excuse.
Why the brand and model are in the title is weird. It's a basic EV. And it's not really that important of an EV at the industry level, since Ford likely isn't making them at a profit. GM ... Maybe? VW .. Maybe?
Tesla is making cars at a profit.
When GM is making a definitive profit off of EVs such that the more they make ... they more money they make, then non-Teslas will really be a big thing.
The citylife charging brush-off is a bit annoying too. US charging infrastructure is in bad bad shape. Well, that would imply it existed in the first place. If Tesla can do charging networks, then Ford, GM, and VW which probably have 10000+ dealers where they can put fast chargers, are just being negligent.
Oh. Dealers. The other watermark for EVs outside of tesla on an industry level will be if/when dealers actually properly push/sell/educate/embrace EVs, because right now they signify death to the profitability of the dealer's repair business.
Tesla has never made a profit from manufacturing cars in its 18 year history. The company only ever shows a quarterly profit when they sell sufficient regulatory credits to other manufacturers, or, as in the last quarter, sell $272M in Bitcoin.
There are improvements to be made in software but the excuse is that they're using robust parts that are supposed to last. In contrast, Tesla says its parts only last 5 years. That's not exactly automotive grade:
https://www.thedrive.com/tech/39065/tesla-claims-failing-tou...
https://www.thedrive.com/tech/27989/teslas-screen-saga-shows...
> US charging infrastructure is in bad bad shape. Well, that would imply it existed in the first place.
It does exist. There are 3,484 CCS charging locations in the US:
https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/electricity_locations.html
The fastest EV cannonball run was done with a Porsche Taycan using Electrify America:
https://www.electrifyamerica.com/locate-charger/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFsjMvCFlig
https://insideevs.com/news/464763/porsche-taycan-beats-elect...
And there's more investment going into CCS from state and federal government. For example:
https://www.nypa.gov/innovation/initiatives/evolve-ny
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/electric-vehicle-freedom-...