I assume dark factories is a robotic term, but if you'd explain it, I'd appreciate it.
When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?
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I've got a old POS dodge dakota that the fuel gauge quit working on a note pad and every 300 miles I don't run out of gas. @BoxsterCy was nice enough to start an ICE thread and motorcy still trolls this thread. Do I own a EV no will I in my life time probably. That's why I follow this thread. I really don't want to see motorcy catch a ban from the board but a ban from this thread for them sure wouldn't bother me.
I'm guessing you could just take a generator out to it and charge it up you DF, generators are portable, would it be fast and easy no, would it work yes.
I went a different route and suggested generator to the vehicle. Either one works. Yours is most likely right now.
It is interesting how someone who clearly has no interest in ever getting an EV has such a boner for this thread.
I guess some people just like making a fool of themselves.
I guess some people just like making a fool of themselves.
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That could work but it would take a long time. As someone mentioned previously tow trucks could carry chargers to give an EV a boost. I am unsure how that would work, but it wouldn't be a fast charge. Maybe all that would be needed is to get a vehicle to 5 percent or enough to drive to the nearest charging station.
I read an article a couple of years ago that someone did this in their Rivian/Tesla a few years ago just to see what all the vehicle would do to avoid running out etc. and it was fairly extensive. Ultimately it won't let you just accidenttally not have enough charge, it will yell at you a lot.
I believe they were able to "run it dry" and the procedure was to just get a tow to a charger.
You got it - most of the assembly is by robots so there doesn’t need to be lights.
There are already roadside charging services. Here's an example one that would cover Iowa:
D6 Roadside Assistance
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Great spreadsheet! One minor note (that may make no difference to you), but the Mach E does have a NACS adapter that works for Tesla super-chargers (that Ford sent to owners at no-cost a while back).
I'm always afraid that I'm going to leave my Kia in drive when I get out after driving the Model Y.
I'm on the reservation list for the R2, but the wife thinks we need a 3rd row so I'm also looking quite a bit at the Ioniq 9, though the ICCU issues scare me a bit. Anyone with experience of that vehicle (or its cousin the EV9)?
If it wasn't for the ICCU issues, and how they don't appear to have a solution, I think I'd buy an EV9.
Subaru is supposed to have one coming soon.
There is some political stuff here so if that bugs you stay away, but there is some fascinating stuff here regarding automation/dark factory production in China.
About halfway through they describe an automated fabrication machine as big as a house they dump aluminum ingots into and it kicks out the chassis of a car that is quality controlled by AI. Pretty nuts.
You can actually recharge pretty well with a flat tow since they all have regenerative breaks. Not as convenient as a gas can but at least it's an option.
Crazy eye opening to me.
I understand the tariff on BYD, I truly do. But we are talking about a product that is going to be made a lot cheaper and with better technology than our automakers can do. It’s simply a fact and I don’t know how to get around it.
