When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?
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Goodness, that's a big difference. What's the cause -- being an EV, being a Tesla, both, ...? BMW makes some sense -- it saying "BMW" on the front shoots the insurance cost up.
A lot of reasons:
Higher Collision Repair Costs
Claim Frequency & Severity-When people have a rocket, they tend to drive more aggressively. The same reason it costs more to insure a Hyabusa than a Harley.
Limited Repair Network
Battery Vulnerability-In a significant collision, if there is even a suspicion of damage to the Tesla’s structural battery pack, many insurers will "total" the car rather than risk a repair.
A few reasons why it's actual better
The Model Y is consistently one of the highest-rated vehicles in the world for crash safety
Extremely Low Theft Rates
Yeah I'll probably never have to replace an engine or transmission, as honestly its pretty rare for most vehicles.
Unless you have a GM 6.2 or a Toyota V35A or a Hyundai 2.0L or a Ford 6.4L Powerstroke. Do I need to keep going?
So do BYD vehicles charge on whatever the common charging port is in Europe or do they use a adaptor? They are unavailable in the US correct? That is some amazing range though, and a nice looking SUV.Byd has a big event this week.
BYD reveals the 'world's longest-range EV' that can drive 1,036 km on a single charge
BYD is launching fully electric vehicles with over 1,000 km (620 miles) CLTC range. After previewing the new Denza Z9...electrek.co
These companies adapt to whatever the local standard is. CCS2 in Europe, something different in China, and NACS for the U.S. Tesla for example changes for each region.
America has a 100% tariff on Chinese EV's so China doesn't even try to make these legal to sell in the U.S. Europe allowed China in, and it's been pretty devastating to their auto manufactuers. In typical form, China has started a race to the bottom when it comes to pricing. Europe is now adjusting, but it may be too late. Just as an example, they told China that they needed to build more vehicles in Europe. So China built factories in eastern european countries, and then sent them 95% completed vehicles from China, and hired a few thousand workers at 1/2 the wage as someone like VW to complete the 5% of the vehicle. AKA screwdriver plants
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Now wait a minute. I have a 6.4 powerstroke in a 13,000 gvwr diesel dually and it's the best motor I've had. All stock.
Part of the problem with the 6.0 and later Powerstrokes is people got accustomed to swapping big injectors and fuel pumps and aggressive tunes without having to upgrade engine hardware. The newer Powerstrokes are less tolerant to that. If you're stock you're probably going to be fine.
Depends on the year you have. The late 00's have issues with the pistons deciding explode into several pieces.
You are correct.
The 6.4 earned it's bad rep by guys who forgot rule #1 when wanting more power. And that is beefing up the internals. Most just put a cheap tune and you would get 600hp and 900lbs. torque from an engine designed for 400/700. And then to put the cherry on the top acting as if it's a sports car instead of a truck. And then complain why a diesel grenades when they try to turn 5k rpm and smoke the tires every stop light.
Squirting raw fuel on the exhaust stroke in #7/#8 wasn't exactly the best regen process, but drive it like a truck treat it like a truck has made for good results. Maybe I'm just lucky.
I've got one of the Toyota V35A engines and I'm just waiting for the forbidden glitter from my front main bearing to enter the chat. So far so good though with it though.
Adapter or not I would assume it's easy. Drove by a BYD dealership on the Ireland trip.
