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Wait until they need repairs, and specialist to repair them aren’t common. I went and looked at the new electric mustang as a friend worked at the Ford dealer. They still don’t have the equipment or the technicians to repair if you need warranty work.
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In 9 years, I have never had a Battery Replacement required because I never drive the vehicles beyond the 3 year lease. The Battery finally did crap out on my wife's 2013 Ecoboost Escape but after that many years, I am not complaining. As far as the aero goes on the vehicles with rear "skirts" I never saw any improvements in the wind tunnel at street car city speeds. Tom V.
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Charge stations.
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The starters are designed to handle the additional use, they aren't the starters of old.
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Many of these electrical components are manufactured in China. Chrysler minivans arent even making it to 100k.
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https://www.autoweek.com/news/techno...week-explains/ I frequently drive rentals, and some have an off button for this "feature", some have some tricks to perform to disable it, and some you're just stuck with. |
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Someone mentioned strain on the battery, and youre putting a lot more wear on the starter and on the flywheel. Many starters along with many components are made in China, does anyone really think Chinese auto parts are better built ? I dont. Just imagine if the starter finally gives out when youre stuck in traffic with a 100 cars behind you, especially if youre in the hood of St Louis.
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If you got 170 grand you can buy a new Lucid Air, epa rated 520 miles on a charge.
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Which manufacturer is it... they have a good stop/start strategy of remembering which cylinder is close to TDC and when its time to go - squirt gas in there and fire that plug. No starter required.
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Inspired me to read up on it and stop / start technology. Have it in my 2019 F150 and it weirded me out at first. Don't even think about it now. I am always impressed that it instantly refires. Disable button on dash if one wants.
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TFL truck just tested the Rivian R1T on the IKE Gauntlet mountain towing test.
Had to re-charge for sure. Without a "whole" lot of KWH battery storage, towing with trucks on anything but level ground will be a nerve wracking drive.
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I’d agree the Toyota might be robust but I wouldnt bet on the Chrysler; seems the repair cost will eat the fuel saving easily and then some when the time comes. I just don’t like a vehicle that shuts down in traffic only to restart 2 seconds later. Quote:
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Ford is building a new plant for electric trucks but they might be putting themselves in a dangerous financial hole.
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Yeah. I was just going with what I know to be the extreme. Where I live now, Which is the north end of Vancouver Island, they are also pretty much useless except for around town.
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EVs are pretty common in Minneapolis. I don't know how far people are driving in them, but I was out and about today and saw all kinds of them on the freeway in subzero temps.
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EVs have been out for quite a few years now.
GM was one of the first to sell one. My next door neighbor has a solar grid system on his roof that charges his vehicle when it is parked at his house. Makes the Ranch house look really high tech. The guy who installed the solar grid owns a Ford Electric vehicle. Tom V.
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"I’m not familiar with the Toyota’s as I don’t own one but our company has Chrysler minivan and it’s not smooth when it restarts; in anything it seems slow to restart and sounded like a starter.
I’d agree the Toyota might be robust but I wouldnt bet on the Chrysler; seems the repair cost will eat the fuel saving easily and then some when the time comes. I just don’t like a vehicle that shuts down in traffic only to restart 2 seconds later." I looked up some info on the Chrysler mini-van system 2020 and newer. You are mostly correct in your assessment of what it has going on under the hood. It uses a larger, more powerful, gear reduction starter and conventional ring gear on the flexplate. What is different it it has a clutch within the starter drive. When the engine stops, the starter drive engages but does not crank. When you release the brake pedal and the engine gets the start command, the piston near TDC get a squirt of fuel and a spark, and should start without needing the starter and the drive will retract. But what if none of the pistons have enough compression to light the fuel, which is possible? Then the starter will crank and help turn the engine to the next cylinder in the firing order and start the engine and so forth. I can see this being noisier and possibly a little jerky sometimes. Leave it to Chrysler. Fortunately, there is a button to disable the entire start/stop system at any time. But each time you drive the vehicle you have to disable it. It is a normally "on" switch. I am not advocating these systems as being good or bad. They are out there and if we want to own new vehicles or work on them as in my case, we have to understand and put up with them. If gas prices go through the roof, there may be a meaningful savings. I have no idea. |
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Yep, gotta get rid of the global warming were having outside today!
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