New ICE Vehicles Banned in California by 2035

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by Wally86

Which is still difficult with tesla thanks to things like this: https://jalopnik.com/tesla-remotely-...mer-1841472617

I don’t really have a problem with this. It is up to the seller and not Tesla to make it right, but Tesla could offer a discount or something. Similar things happen all the time in used car sales. Sometimes intentionally and sometimes unintentionally. Features will be listed on an ad that aren’t there, or people might say the warranty is good for another 6 months when it expired or doesn’t transfer. I know lay people who thought they had twin turbos in their BMW because the cover said Twin Power. I know people who thought they bought a V6 when it was a 4 cylinder.

I think Tesla should or may have a way to determine if a system is paid for or if it is a trial feature. Maybe a receipt or sales sticker would work or some type of Tesla VIN lookup. A quick call to Tesla would work too. Sounds like someone either tried to defraud someone else or someone didn’t do their due diligence or both.

I’m more interested in the EOL/EOS that Dadhawk has brought up than I am concerned about OTA updates. With that said, I think all cars should be able to operate in a limp mode or basic mode or be able to revert back to an old, working software version. If I had a Twitter I would ask Elon Musk directly.

It is worth mentioning that this is limited to Tesla and a few other brands. Has BMW rolled their version of OTA updates yet? EVs don’t require this, nor is it limited to EVs.

[mav1178]

just saw the new Mirai in person at Longo Toyota. had to confirm some suspicions about the car...

• Beautiful design
• Very long (same length as a ES sedan)
• Tiny rear seats
• Small trunk

Car overall is pretty good for the price I think. $50k is the XLE model, $66k for Limited (which is slightly overpriced for me).

But the car's price breakdown becomes the following:

• $51k MSRP after destination fee
• Less $10k cash from Toyota Financial Services
• 0% APR for 60 months
• ~$1500-5000+ for various rebates from dealer
• $4500 California FCEV rebate
• $8000 federal tax credit
• $15k fuel card

The car ends up being about ~$35k out the door, minus another $4500 in CA rebate, plus another $8k federal tax credit. Factoring in the cost of the fuel card (which translates to about 70k miles of driving) and the car basically will be about $15000 to buy.

Tempting.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by mav1178

just saw the new Mirai in person at Longo Toyota. had to confirm some suspicions about the car...

• Beautiful design
• Very long (same length as a ES sedan)
• Tiny rear seats
• Small trunk

Car overall is pretty good for the price I think. $50k is the XLE model, $66k for Limited (which is slightly overpriced for me).

But the car's price breakdown becomes the following:

• $51k MSRP after destination fee
• Less $10k cash from Toyota Financial Services
• 0% APR for 60 months
• ~$1500-5000+ for various rebates from dealer
• $4500 California FCEV rebate
• $8000 federal tax credit
• $15k fuel card

The car ends up being about ~$35k out the door, minus another $4500 in CA rebate, plus another $8k federal tax credit. Factoring in the cost of the fuel card (which translates to about 70k miles of driving) and the car basically will be about $15000 to buy.

Tempting.

If there were hydrogen stations around me as well as a few up and down the east coast, I would totally consider it.

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by mav1178

just saw the new Mirai in person at Longo Toyota. had to confirm some suspicions about the car...

• Beautiful design
• Very long (same length as a ES sedan)
• Tiny rear seats
• Small trunk

Car overall is pretty good for the price I think. $50k is the XLE model, $66k for Limited (which is slightly overpriced for me).

But the car's price breakdown becomes the following:

• $51k MSRP after destination fee
• Less $10k cash from Toyota Financial Services
• 0% APR for 60 months
• ~$1500-5000+ for various rebates from dealer
• $4500 California FCEV rebate
• $8000 federal tax credit
• $15k fuel card

The car ends up being about ~$35k out the door, minus another $4500 in CA rebate, plus another $8k federal tax credit. Factoring in the cost of the fuel card (which translates to about 70k miles of driving) and the car basically will be about $15000 to buy.

Tempting.

Good info. Here, I thought EVs were given good incentives.

The 0-60 of 9.2 seconds kills it for me, even if everything else aligned. Maybe you should wait three years, and you could buy one for $5k or less.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by mav1178

just saw the new Mirai in person at Longo Toyota. had to confirm some suspicions about the car...

• Beautiful design
• Very long (same length as a ES sedan)
• Tiny rear seats
• Small trunk

Car overall is pretty good for the price I think. $50k is the XLE model, $66k for Limited (which is slightly overpriced for me).

But the car's price breakdown becomes the following:

• $51k MSRP after destination fee
• Less $10k cash from Toyota Financial Services
• 0% APR for 60 months
• ~$1500-5000+ for various rebates from dealer
• $4500 California FCEV rebate
• $8000 federal tax credit
• $15k fuel card

The car ends up being about ~$35k out the door, minus another $4500 in CA rebate, plus another $8k federal tax credit. Factoring in the cost of the fuel card (which translates to about 70k miles of driving) and the car basically will be about $15000 to buy.

Tempting.

and don't forget, a 10 year hard expiration date from the date of manufacture.

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Spuds

If there were hydrogen stations around me as well as a few up and down the east coast, I would totally consider it.

There's 2 within 10 miles of where I live. The most appealing part is that it's basically EV without the recharging time penalty. I don't care how fast you can build chargers, having to wait 30+ minutes to get to x% of charge isn't ideal.

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

Good info. Here, I thought EVs were given good incentives.

Gotta start somewhere...

Originally Posted by soundman98

and don't forget, a 10 year hard expiration date from the date of manufacture.

I wouldn't keep this for 10 years, but depending on my situation in 2020 I might end up getting the car just to take full advantage of the $8k federal tax credit.

I drive upwards of 40-50k miles a year so my hard expiration date is more like whatever amount of driving the fuel card can get me.

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by mav1178

There's 2 within 10 miles of where I live. The most appealing part is that it's basically EV without the recharging time penalty. I don't care how fast you can build chargers, having to wait 30+ minutes to get to x% of charge isn't ideal.

Gotta start somewhere...

I wouldn't keep this for 10 years, but depending on my situation in 2020 I might end up getting the car just to take full advantage of the $8k federal tax credit.

I drive upwards of 40-50k miles a year so my hard expiration date is more like whatever amount of driving the fuel card can get me.

If you have a garage and a level 2 charger then you can recharge an EV each night. If you can't recharge at home then an EV wouldn't make sense with your mileage. You are also surrounded by hydrogen stations, so you're in a prime location to have a hydrogen car.

[Irace86.2.0]

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

If you have a garage and a level 2 charger then you can recharge an EV each night. If you can't recharge at home then an EV wouldn't make sense with your mileage. You are also surrounded by hydrogen stations, so you're in a prime location to have a hydrogen car.

nah, I can't add any more solar to my house so EV will just cost too much. My current solar setup should be 2x the size if I were going EV but I didn't consider this route 6 years ago when I got solar.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

Nio Video

I like the Nio design language infinitely more than Tesla's, and they do seem to have thought through alternative battery charging/swapping scenarios a little further. In practice, as mentioned in the video, the battery swapping has to be expensive to maintain, and I would want to see the lease agreement around swapped batteries (to do the swap I believe you have to participate in their lease agreement which is about $150 US).

Have they started selling in the US, or announced when they will? Their nio.com website is relatively useless, containing mostly marketing blurbs and stock photos of beautiful people doing beautiful things.

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I like the Nio design language infinitely more than Tesla's, and they do seem to have thought through alternative battery charging/swapping scenarios a little further. In practice, as mentioned in the video, the battery swapping has to be expensive to maintain, and I would want to see the lease agreement around swapped batteries (to do the swap I believe you have to participate in their lease agreement which is about $150 US).

Have they started selling in the US, or announced when they will? Their nio.com website is relatively useless, containing mostly marketing blurbs and stock photos of beautiful people doing beautiful things.

There is a huge 27.5% tariff on imported cars from China, and these are models that are built there like the Buick Envision and Volvo S90, but are not even Chinese manufactures. I don't know if Nio has plans to sell cars here or invest in a factory, but they would likely need to do that to be competitive.

If Toyota is offering a $15k hydrogen gas card to gain early adopters then offering a battery swap option seems like an equally necessary investment to gain early adopters. In time, batteries will out number vehicles on the road. Tesla has already said that they plan to move much of their material harvesting to in-house battery recycling, but the industry is already buying used batteries for grid storage and home storage. Alternatively, gathering used batteries from old cars to wrecked cars can be done to use for swapping. People are already doing used battery swaps to upgrade their P75D to a P85D. Like selling a used iPhone back to Apple or a third party manufacture, maybe old cars might be sold back to battery reclaimers and vehicle refurbishers. Even if the range on the battery is only 70%, for many people, 175 miles from a once 250 mile battery is still plenty of range until their next swap. Obviously, 70% charge performance from something like a 500 mile battery (350 miles) is definitely enough. There could be a tier pricing system for the swap or a monthly prescription or whatever a company would need to do to incentivize buyers, while recuperating their initial expenses.

[Captain Snooze]

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[Irace86.2.0]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-g...-idUSKBN29X2AY

GM aims to end sale of gasoline, diesel-powered cars, SUVs, light trucks by 2035

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

GM aims to end sale of gasoline, diesel-powered cars, SUVs, light trucks by 2035

Seems like a sound direction to move the company. Hopefully, they won't all be EVs but seems unlikely they'll back anything else.

Also hope GM continues to make "last hoorah" versions of their cars. For example, I'm convinced the upcoming limited Cadillac CT4/5 Blackwings (reservations start 2/1/2021) with manual transmissions will be the last opportunity to buy an ICE version of those type cars, and they will only sell 250 of each this year.

If ICE is going out, I want it to go out with a bang, not a whimper!