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John B. <jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 02:59:05 -0700, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:
On 11 Aug 2025 08:50:03 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
I went down to Santa Cruz to watch my step daughter ride her first
Duathalon which is a run, bike, run. I missed her getting back from the >>>> run and heard that there was a crash out onh the course and that 2 people
were hospitalized. In these sorts of events the most dangerous things are
other cyclints since they are all trying to go their fastest and pass too
close and too fast.
Yup it--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
In the late 80's I was driving a 1984 Honda CRX for a little while. 1200What happened to the Honda?
CC with a 5 speed manual. That car got 40 MPG no matter how I drove. I
loved that car, it ranks #2 on my all time favorite cars.
I write the mileage on my gas receipt, clipped to the sunI check my gas miuleqge every couple of months just to check when it needs a tune-up. I drive so little that I need th4e reminder.
visor, then add mileage at next fill with gallons. Works for
me. My autos get 18~20MPG which is fine for their age.
On Sun, 10 Aug 2025 22:41:28 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>Yet another wet dream of the smart4est man in the world who could never get a job. Now he is telling me the speed I should have drove with a route that contained many stop lights, This is the man that everyone here is willing to pay attention to. Obviously because while he can tell us anything in great detail, he cannot explain to us why he could not get a job with his overwhelming intelligence,
wrote:
I went down to Santa Cruz to watch my step daughter ride her first Duathalon which is a run, bike, run. I missed her getting back from the run and heard that there was a crash out onh the course and that 2 people were hospitalized. In these sorts of events the most dangerous things are other cyclints since they are all trying to go their fastest and pass too close and too fast.
Finally she called me and asked me where I was. I had missed her getting back from the cycle leg and I was sitting in a chair with a clear view of the running final leg. She must have run right by me and I didn't even realize it.
But in the end, she was 3rd of all of the women enters and first in her age class.
She was riding the DeRosa Merak all carbon bike I gave her though the final running leg she was having some cramps so I will have to check bike fit. Highway 17 over the hill to Santa Cruz had cars flipped over each way but on the way back it was stop and go for 6 miles because there was a Jeep wagon trashed on the other side of the barrier! I finally turned the Navigator off when it said that there was another 20 miles of stop and go but I was on the fastest route.
I took side roads I normally rode on the bike. The Mercury made 34 mpg until all of the stop and go and fell to 29.5 And it needs a tuneup.
Time for yet another mathematical sanity check. This time to see if
it was possible to drive from the wharf in Santa Cruz to San Leandro,
a distance of 64.0 miles. <https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Santa+Cruz+Wharf/San+Leandro,+CA/@37.3437187,-122.3678841,102948m/data=3d!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808e6a9afc81023b:0xf48e2c1896bb1e67!2m2!1d-122.02355!2d36.9625858!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f857f043a66dd:0xe5aa490ddad757b2!2m2!1d-122.1568554!2d37.7257663!3e0!5m1!1e1?entry=3dttu&g_ep=3dEgoyMDI1MDgwNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D>
According to the race results, the race started at 0830 PDT. Ignoring stragglers, the race lasted 3 hr 30 min and ended at 1400 PDT: <https://results.svetiming.com/Sierra-Cascades/events/2025/tri-santa-cruz/results>
Assuming you immediately walked back to wherever you found a parking
space. My guess is a 15 minute walk:
1400 PDT + 15 min =3d 1415 PDT
You then drove to San Leandro which according to Google Maps, should
have taken 1 hr 15 min putting you at your house at 1530 PDT. The
traffic you allegedly experience was due to the closing of Hwy 680 in
Fremont for construction. However, Hwy 680 was re-opened 1430 PDT,
there probably was some residual traffic. 20 miles of "stop and go"
20 mph average speed, would be an additional 1 hr driving time.
The CHP crash reporting system shows one accident at 2am on 08/10/2025
on Hwy 17 [1]:
<https://data.ca.gov/dataset/ccrs> <https://data.ca.gov/dataset/ccrs/resource/9f4fc839-122d-4595-a146-43bc4ed16f46>
(Insert "2025-08-10" in the "Crash Date Time" box and hit enter)
So, I'll just ignore your mythical added delay and excursion though
the side streets.
Looking at your postings for Aug 25, 2025, I find your original
posting for this thread at 15:31 PDT. That would mean you had exactly
1 minute to rush into the house, boot your computer, and post the
start of this thread to rec.bicycles.tech. That also assumes that
there was no congestion delays (or accidents) on Hwy 17 or Hwy 880 on
your way home. I don't think so.
Incidentally, a 64 mile drive, in a predicted 75 minutes, is an
average speed of 51.2 mph.
[1] It's now 11am on 08/11/2025. There might be some additional
accidents that need to be added to the CHP database. I'll check again
later.
On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 11:31:21 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>Liebermann, do you have the slightest idea what you sound like? Obviously not. --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
wrote:
The CHP crash reporting system shows one accident at 2am on 08/10/2025
on Hwy 17 [1]:
<https://data.ca.gov/dataset/ccrs> ><https://data.ca.gov/dataset/ccrs/resource/9f4fc839-122d-4595-a146-43bc4ed16f46>
(Insert "2025-08-10" in the "Crash Date Time" box and hit enter)
So, I'll just ignore your mythical added delay and excursion though
the side streets.
[1] It's now 11am on 08/11/2025. There might be some additional
accidents that need to be added to the CHP database. I'll check again >later.
It's now 08:30 PM on 08/12/2025. I checked the CHP site again today
for additional accidents. Instead of 1 accident, there are now 39
accidents on 08/10/2025. Go to: <https://data.ca.gov/dataset/ccrs/resource/9f4fc839-122d-4595-a146-43bc4ed16f46>
Insert "2025-08-10" in the "Crash Date Time" box and hit enter. The spreadsheet should now show 39 or more accidents for 08/10/2025.
Scroll horizontally to the "City Name", "Judicial District" or
"primary road" columns. None of the cities, districts or roads
mentioned are along the roads that Tom might have traveled (ignoring
his fanciful expedition through side streets to avoid traffic).
I'll continue to check the CHP site in case there are additional
highway accidents recorded by the CHP.
On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:50:07 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>Yes, smartest man in the world who couldn't get a job. You;re going to tell me all about the road I was driving on. The closures which were announced at the entrance to the freeway in Santa Cruz did not exist. I drove right through Fremont without even slowing and without ANY heavy equipment on the side of the road. AFTER I got to Union City there was a backup that the Google Maps showed extending all the way to a wreck in Hayward.
wrote:
BTW, there was no freeway closure in Fremont.
There was no accident. The Aug 10 freeway closure was for
construction (bridge rehabilitation).
"55 hr. Full Highway Closure On Northbound I-680 at the Mission San
Jose (SR-238) Overpass in Fremont Starting Friday Night, August 8 to
Monday Morning, August 11" <https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-news/2025-08-07-nb-i680-55-hour-full-closure-mission-overpass>
<https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-projects/d4-680-238-bridge-rehabilitation>
Notice the city name of "Fremont" on the map: <https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/district-4/images/2025-press-release-images/traffic-advisory-2025-07-31-i680-nb-regional-detour.jpeg>
Nice sports car, but very different from what we need and use.Teslas have always looked funny with that blank front end. While pulling out of a coffee shop during my ride today there was a new Tesla with a very nice looking grill and front end.
Our car is specified with 1512 l trunk (boot) space - maximum.
(53.4 cu. ft.) <https://www.auto-data.net/en/citroen-xsara-break-n2-phase-i-1.4-i-75hp-15128>
Enough to transport two bicycles and luggage for a month in the
car without obstructing the rear view.
On Thu Aug 14 19:29:30 2025 Wolfgang Strobl wrote:
Nice sports car, but very different from what we need and use.
Our car is specified with 1512 l trunk (boot) space - maximum.
(53.4 cu. ft.) <https://www.auto-data.net/en/citroen-xsara-break-n2-phase-i-1.4-i-75hp-15128>
Enough to transport two bicycles and luggage for a month in the
car without obstructing the rear view.
Teslas have always looked funny with that blank front end. While pulling out of a coffee shop during my ride today there was a new Tesla with a very nice looking grill and front end.While the cars I found on-line look better than the standard Tesla, the car I saw at the coffee shop looked more like the Maseratti sedans they were selling recently.That sort of styling with the EV performance that is coming at the first of the year would put Tesla into the realm of being an honest automobile manufacturer.
With the new solid state aluminum batteries starting in 2026 Tesla is about to become a great deal more desireable than they have been.
https://allautoexperts.com/adros-new-tesla-model-3-widebody-kit-a-radical-overhaul-for-the-electric-sedan#google_vignette
I'd like to point out that EV's typically have better performance than a Corvette.
cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Thu Aug 14 19:29:30 2025 Wolfgang Strobl wrote:
Nice sports car, but very different from what we need and use.
Our car is specified with 1512 l trunk (boot) space - maximum.
(53.4 cu. ft.)
<https://www.auto-data.net/en/citroen-xsara-break-n2-phase-i-1.4-i-75hp-15128>
Enough to transport two bicycles and luggage for a month in the
car without obstructing the rear view.
Teslas have always looked funny with that blank front end. While pulling out of a coffee shop during my ride today there was a new Tesla with a
very nice looking grill and front end.
With the new solid state aluminum batteries starting in 2026 Tesla is
about to become a great deal more desireable than they have been.
https://allautoexperts.com/adros-new-tesla-model-3-widebody-kit-a-radical-overhaul-for-the-electric-sedan#google_vignette
Tesla has two fairly big issues 1st being they now have competition hence their best sales figures reached a peak two years ago.You're quite correct but for 2026 the new solid state batteries will put the weight of the cars into the same category as ICE cars. Remember that a Pikes Peak Hillclimb car doesn't need to carry all of the extra weight of manditory safety features that weight stock cars down.
2) they are connected to Musk who is somewhat polarised media image.
I'd like to point out that EV's typically have better performance than a Corvette.
Electric motors have instant torque and are not affected by altitude hence Pikes Peak hill climb and 0-60 top trumps being to their favour.
Power to weight absolutely still matters hence while the Tesla often wins
the race to the line, after the off the line burst, it?s accelerating
slower than the Corvette/Porsche 911 or whatever, which will get to the
line at a higher speed, ie if the race continues the Tesla etc will be overtaken.
The reason Pikes Peak is dominating by EV?s is not weight but oxygen which hinders the ICE engine.Roger, a Tesla Model 3 battery pack is only 1060 lbs. The engine, drive train and transmission weight that. And the newer Tesla motors are 15% more efficient. While I do not own a Tesla it is getting to the point where it is silly to drive an ICE if you are going to get a new car.
Not seen any evidence that solid state batteries have the same fuel density and weight as fuel, my car has a 70 litre tank so 70 something KG fully fuelled, the engine will be heavier than a electric motor, but even so battery packs are many hundreds of KG and thus are the heaviest component
of a EV.
To be honest weight of the EV isn?t a gotcha car weights and size have
after all increased over time, as long as the range and recharge rate and longevity keeps improving, and as long as the weight doesn?t creep up too high it?s not really a issue.
I was going to write to Tesla and suggest that they hire Pinin Farina to design the car but that thing I saw at the coffee shop certainly put that thought aside. While it was a sedan, it bore quite a lot of features that would suggest the latest Corvette.
They would do better to focus on delivery and not over promised
particularly as they do have competition now, and while Musk has managed to get attention, if they could somehow distance themselves from him.
Business absolutely will make decisions with their fleet about company
image and are choosing to not keep Tesla due to their concerns.
On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:33:30 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>Continue telling me all about the route I drove and the time it took me. Again I'll ask, why did someone supposedly with an EE not be able to get a job in the hottest job market in the entire world? Half of my design work was analog so you can't use your digital excuses.
wrote:
What you seem be missing is that using the times from the race results
and the best case driving time from Google maps, you could not have
arrived before 1531 PDT when you started this tread. Please re-read
my first comment in response to your starting this thread for the >calculations.
I forgot the Google maps link: <https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Santa+Cruz+Wharf/San+Leandro,+CA/@37.3456653,-122.4115809,107922m/data=3d!3m1!1e3!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808e6a9afc81023b:0xf48e2c1896bb1e67!2m2!1d-122.02355!2d36.9625858!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f857f043a66dd:0xe5aa490ddad757b2!2m2!1d-122.1568554!2d37.7257663!3e0?entry=3dttu&g_ep=3dEgoyMDI1MDgxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D>
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 19:22:13 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>The major flaw with you is that you believe that you can think when you've never been able to accomplish that feat at no time in your life.
wrote:
Again I'll ask, why did someone supposedly with an EE not be able to get a job in the hottest job market in the entire world?
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results".
In this case, it's asking the same dumb question repeatedly. I've
already replied to your inane question several times. Apparently, you
didn't like my replies (or you didn't read any of them). Were you
expecting a different answer? If so, I suggest you have your sanity
tested:
"Take a Mental Health Test" <https://screening.mhanational.org/screening-tools/>
Half of my design work was analog so you can't use your digital excuses.
I thought you were mostly a firmware programmer? Or was that a
"senior financial advisor"? Or working for a variety of companies
that you haven't bothered to add to your resume. Predictably, I can't
seem to find any analog design experience in your resume: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-kunich-22012/details/experience/>
cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Fri Aug 15 09:34:27 2025 Roger Merriman wrote:
The reason Pikes Peak is dominating by EV?s is not weight but oxygen which >> hinders the ICE engine.
Not seen any evidence that solid state batteries have the same fuel density
and weight as fuel, my car has a 70 litre tank so 70 something KG fully
fuelled, the engine will be heavier than a electric motor, but even so
battery packs are many hundreds of KG and thus are the heaviest component >> of a EV.
To be honest weight of the EV isn?t a gotcha car weights and size have
after all increased over time, as long as the range and recharge rate and >> longevity keeps improving, and as long as the weight doesn?t creep up too >> high it?s not really a issue.
I was going to write to Tesla and suggest that they hire Pinin Farina to >>> design the car but that thing I saw at the coffee shop certainly put that >>> thought aside. While it was a sedan, it bore quite a lot of features that >>> would suggest the latest Corvette.They would do better to focus on delivery and not over promised
particularly as they do have competition now, and while Musk has managed to
get attention, if they could somehow distance themselves from him.
Business absolutely will make decisions with their fleet about company
image and are choosing to not keep Tesla due to their concerns.
Tedchnically EV's don't have a "transmission" since that implies being able to change the ratio between the engine and the drive shaft. But they probably do have a single step down ratio since normal EV motors run up to 15,000 rpm and Tesla carbon wrapped motors and run up to 20,000. I don't feel like doing the math right now but the tire size is relevant.Roger, a Tesla Model 3 battery pack is only 1060 lbs. The engine, drive train and transmission weight that. And the newer Tesla motors are 15%
more efficient. While I do not own a Tesla it is getting to the point
where it is silly to drive an ICE if you are going to get a new car.
There is no only, that?s more than a 1/4 of the model Y?s weight and note that EV do have transmission if single speed transmissions, regardless EV batteries take a higher % of a vehicle weight you?d need a significantly larger engine and transmission almost certainly from a much larger vehicle
to reach the same weight as a EV battery.
Tesla motors 15% more efficient? Tesla are very good at claims rather less
at making good said claims! And proving those claims.
Looking ahead the future is EV can?t see other options really, but i
suspect that Tesla will wain or even disappear, note how their sales
volumes are dropping as other companies are now offering EV?s
Remember that mileage claims/tests are mixed use, not Highway which tends
to drop EV?s range by a fair amount, one of the few EV estate cars for example has a range of few hundred miles but on a motorway this range would for example make the drive to wales, which is 150miles would need a charge
as you?d be very low in the hills of wales, where you really don?t want to run out of power!
On 8/18/2025 1:17 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:To be honest, I never saw another technician promoted to engineer at any company I worked for but when Tality first went under I looked into the HR files and there were dozens of resumes from non-degreed engineers with work records precisely in the area that we needed. But they had never been presented to me to interview simply because they didn't have a degree. And the degreed engineers I had under me simply could not do the work.
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 23:55:57 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:
And don't pretend that you've answered the question
I have, but I'm not able to find my own replies without expending considerable time and effort. The problem is that the remaining two archive sites: <https://www.novabbs.com/tech/thread.php?group=3drec.bicycles.tech> <https://rec.bicycles.tech.narkive.com>
are both non-functional. Without them, it is very difficult to find articles by content and using regular expressions. I tried to find my
own replies to your repetitive demands for information about my
employment history, but found it too tedious to be useful. Therefore,
if your sanity depends on me providing you with links to my past
answers, I can't do it until someone finds a functional Usenet
archive.
I did find one archive that might be usable:
<https://www.easynews.com>
They have both web access and search for $10/month. 30 day refund if
I'm dissatisfied. I might try it, but not for at least 1 week. I'm
busy. If you're in a hurry, you could make it easier for me by
investing $10 and letting me know if the search works for things like searching for your name and some keywords. It might also be a
suitable alternative for your newshosting.com service.
WHY weren't you able to find work with your oh, so valued degree,
when you lived in the hottest bed of EE work in the entire world?
You make it sound like I was impoverished and desperate for paying
work. That was hardly the case. A simple answer is that I've only
been "looking for work" two or maybe three times in my career. There
were a few gaps (typically 2 weeks) between jobs. There was some
overlap with consulting gigs. The only time I was worried about not
having a job was a 2 or 3 week layoff, when my employer ran out of
funds to pay me.
Now, my turn. Why is it so important to you that I detail my
employment history down to the day?
There was such a high demand for EE's, that anually they were
promoting technicians to ewngineers very often.
I saw that happen maybe 3 times at one company.
It's quite rare. I've also seen it happen 3 times in my career, once at
each of three different companies.
However, it's not
what you're implying. What happened was that there was a shortage of engineers. Companies were promoting technicians to engineering
positions, but not changing their title and increasing their pay accordingly. The result was something of protest or strike. In all
cases, the company agree to a change of title and a pay increase. I
don't recall seeing anyone hired as an engineer who didn't also have
an engineering degree and some engineering experience.
My experience is the opposite. In all three cases it was a result of an engineering technician showing exceptional talent. Two of them were in
the process of getting their degrees and graduated afterwards. One never
did get his degree to my knowledge. I don't recall it being a case of unavailability of outside qualified applicants
cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Fri Aug 15 20:37:37 2025 Roger Merriman wrote:
cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Fri Aug 15 09:34:27 2025 Roger Merriman wrote:There is no only, that?s more than a 1/4 of the model Y?s weight and note >> that EV do have transmission if single speed transmissions, regardless EV >> batteries take a higher % of a vehicle weight you?d need a significantly >> larger engine and transmission almost certainly from a much larger vehicle >> to reach the same weight as a EV battery.
The reason Pikes Peak is dominating by EV?s is not weight but oxygen which
hinders the ICE engine.
Not seen any evidence that solid state batteries have the same fuel density
and weight as fuel, my car has a 70 litre tank so 70 something KG fully >>>> fuelled, the engine will be heavier than a electric motor, but even so >>>> battery packs are many hundreds of KG and thus are the heaviest component
of a EV.
To be honest weight of the EV isn?t a gotcha car weights and size have >>>> after all increased over time, as long as the range and recharge rate and
longevity keeps improving, and as long as the weight doesn?t creep up too
high it?s not really a issue.
I was going to write to Tesla and suggest that they hire Pinin Farina toThey would do better to focus on delivery and not over promised
design the car but that thing I saw at the coffee shop certainly put that
thought aside. While it was a sedan, it bore quite a lot of features that
would suggest the latest Corvette.
particularly as they do have competition now, and while Musk has managed to
get attention, if they could somehow distance themselves from him.
Business absolutely will make decisions with their fleet about company >>>> image and are choosing to not keep Tesla due to their concerns.
Roger, a Tesla Model 3 battery pack is only 1060 lbs. The engine, drive >>> train and transmission weight that. And the newer Tesla motors are 15% >>> more efficient. While I do not own a Tesla it is getting to the point
where it is silly to drive an ICE if you are going to get a new car.
Tesla motors 15% more efficient? Tesla are very good at claims rather less >> at making good said claims! And proving those claims.
Looking ahead the future is EV can?t see other options really, but i
suspect that Tesla will wain or even disappear, note how their sales
volumes are dropping as other companies are now offering EV?s
Remember that mileage claims/tests are mixed use, not Highway which tends >> to drop EV?s range by a fair amount, one of the few EV estate cars for
example has a range of few hundred miles but on a motorway this range would
for example make the drive to wales, which is 150miles would need a charge >> as you?d be very low in the hills of wales, where you really don?t want to >> run out of power!
I don't know where you get your information about Tesla, but they are dead silent whereas the electric Ford Mustands howl from the time you turn the key. That is from the inverter. Moreover, most electric cars uswe Chinwaw batteries whixh will become very expensive with the teriffs in place.Tedchnically EV's don't have a "transmission" since that implies being
able to change the ratio between the engine and the drive shaft. But they probably do have a single step down ratio since normal EV motors run up
to 15,000 rpm and Tesla carbon wrapped motors and run up to 20,000. I
don't feel like doing the math right now but the tire size is relevant.
It is indeed, early model S had problems with noisy ?transmissions? which
had to be replaced, as ever with Tesla whose quality control has never been particularly good, and some technology was pushed out way too fast, which
to a extent is fine with software as it can be patched hardware is more difficult.
I saw that great looking Tesla again and you'd never guess it was a Tesla without the trademark T.
Can?t say I?m aware of newer model, there is the Y which is newish though that is just a SUV version of the 3 similar to the S/X which are all unremarkable looking cars, not something one can level against the
Cypertruck which despite its many shortcomings isn?t a boring vehicle!
On 8/19/2025 3:27 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:
cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Fri Aug 15 20:37:37 2025 Roger Merriman wrote:
cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Fri Aug 15 09:34:27 2025 Roger Merriman wrote:There is no only, that?s more than a 1/4 of the model Y?s weight and note >>> that EV do have transmission if single speed transmissions, regardless EV >>> batteries take a higher % of a vehicle weight you?d need a significantly >>> larger engine and transmission almost certainly from a much larger vehicle
The reason Pikes Peak is dominating by EV?s is not weight but oxygen which
hinders the ICE engine.
Not seen any evidence that solid state batteries have the same fuel density
and weight as fuel, my car has a 70 litre tank so 70 something KG fully >>>>> fuelled, the engine will be heavier than a electric motor, but even so >>>>> battery packs are many hundreds of KG and thus are the heaviest component
of a EV.
To be honest weight of the EV isn?t a gotcha car weights and size have >>>>> after all increased over time, as long as the range and recharge rate and
longevity keeps improving, and as long as the weight doesn?t creep up too
high it?s not really a issue.
I was going to write to Tesla and suggest that they hire Pinin Farina toThey would do better to focus on delivery and not over promised
design the car but that thing I saw at the coffee shop certainly put that
thought aside. While it was a sedan, it bore quite a lot of features that
would suggest the latest Corvette.
particularly as they do have competition now, and while Musk has managed to
get attention, if they could somehow distance themselves from him. >>>>>
Business absolutely will make decisions with their fleet about company >>>>> image and are choosing to not keep Tesla due to their concerns.
Roger, a Tesla Model 3 battery pack is only 1060 lbs. The engine, drive >>>> train and transmission weight that. And the newer Tesla motors are 15% >>>> more efficient. While I do not own a Tesla it is getting to the point >>>> where it is silly to drive an ICE if you are going to get a new car. >>>>
to reach the same weight as a EV battery.
Tesla motors 15% more efficient? Tesla are very good at claims rather less
at making good said claims! And proving those claims.
Looking ahead the future is EV can?t see other options really, but i
suspect that Tesla will wain or even disappear, note how their sales
volumes are dropping as other companies are now offering EV?s
Remember that mileage claims/tests are mixed use, not Highway which tends >>> to drop EV?s range by a fair amount, one of the few EV estate cars for >>> example has a range of few hundred miles but on a motorway this range would
for example make the drive to wales, which is 150miles would need a charge
as you?d be very low in the hills of wales, where you really don?t want to
run out of power!
Tedchnically EV's don't have a "transmission" since that implies being
able to change the ratio between the engine and the drive shaft. But they >> probably do have a single step down ratio since normal EV motors run up
to 15,000 rpm and Tesla carbon wrapped motors and run up to 20,000. I
don't feel like doing the math right now but the tire size is relevant.
It is indeed, early model S had problems with noisy ?transmissions? which had to be replaced, as ever with Tesla whose quality control has never been particularly good, and some technology was pushed out way too fast, which to a extent is fine with software as it can be patched hardware is more difficult.
Can?t say I?m aware of newer model, there is the Y which is newish though that is just a SUV version of the 3 similar to the S/X which are all unremarkable looking cars, not something one can level against the Cypertruck which despite its many shortcomings isn?t a boring vehicle!
I saw that great looking Tesla again and you'd never guess it was a Tesla >> without the trademark T.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91294552/tesla-owners-are-disguising-their-cars-with-fake-badges-as-a-form-of-resistance
https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/removing-all-external-badging.341097/
