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Ev trucks - 2022+

Not a truck but this is the closest we have to an EV car thread. This is what happens when a car company that really knows what they are doing starts taking EVs seriously.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/mercedes-benz-vision-eqxx-driving-range-test/

Looking forward to seeing a lot of these tricks to save weight get pushed into production cars. They were able to make a 100 kWh car that weighs 3,869 lbs and potentially could go over 700 miles on a charge, the weight is just about normal for a larger sedan and the range is crazy for the battery size.
 
Platooning will change mileage / range significantly. It'll be neat when they get it sorted and in production.
 
ScarySpikes said:
Not a truck but this is the closest we have to an EV car thread. This is what happens when a car company that really knows what they are doing starts taking EVs seriously.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/mercedes-benz-vision-eqxx-driving-range-test/

Looking forward to seeing a lot of these tricks to save weight get pushed into production cars. They were able to make a 100 kWh car that weighs 3,869 lbs and potentially could go over 700 miles on a charge, the weight is just about normal for a larger sedan and the range is crazy for the battery size.
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The EQXX looks really good. I'm glad that they went all out.


Yet, are you saying that you were not taking Mercedes when they did the B-Class EV?

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*Tesla Inside.
 
I think it'll probably be another 10 years before we see EVs becoming as standard and common as ICE platforms. We're on the cusp but I would bet on 2-3 years minimum for this latest Mercedes stuff to make it to production, 5-6 for more models to come out across their lineup, and another 2-3 to iron out the kinks to where they start selling well. Similar timeline for BMW, VW, Ford, etc.

California is aiming at 2035 if I recall correctly with other states aiming at 2030 for full adoption of EVs. IMO it'd be great if we revamped the nuke plant in SLO to help out with that, but...
 
...and concepts are often times altered to fit mass production realities and financial realities.
 
Holeshot said:
...and concepts are often times altered to fit mass production realities and financial realities.
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concepts are not production cars. they often indicate/test technological innovations, design language, etc. that either a specific vehicle or the brand in general will use.

We probably won't see the EQXX become a production vehicle at all, definitely not in it's current form. We probably will see the battery solution, the brake solution, the lighter weight build methodology, and the design language, etc. show up in production Mercedes over the next few years.
 
Agree. in concert with my comment, yes.
 
I'll be glad if they do quickly shift their design language to look more like the EQXX quickly. The EQS and EQE are, being honest, kind of ugly.
 
I spent a fair bit of time in traffic on I-5 next to a Rivian yesterday. I truly admire the fact that Rivian's designers felt no need to churn out yet another Brodozer.

In fact, my wife commented that she thought it was cute, albeit a fake truck.
 
Sounds like Ford F150 Lightning EV will start deliveries soon.

Good news is that they have increased production plans from the original plan of 40,000 a year multiple times.

Sounds like everyone is crossing their fingers not to have a quality problem with this launch. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/business/ford-f150-lightning-production-launch/index.html

I can tell you that every assembled product has quality problems when they start the production like. It's just a matter of time to fix those problems and if those problems escape and make it to the customer.
 
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Tally Whacker said:
I spent a fair bit of time in traffic on I-5 next to a Rivian yesterday. I truly admire the fact that Rivian's designers felt no need to churn out yet another Brodozer.

In fact, my wife commented that she thought it was cute, albeit a fake truck.
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Huh rivian looks brodozer to me, huge fenders, huge light bar all screams LOOK AT MEGO DOWN THE ROAD
 
FXCLM5 said:
Huh rivian looks brodozer to me, huge fenders, huge light bar all screams LOOK AT MEGO DOWN THE ROAD
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Really?

I don't think the styling is subtle, but it's certainly not the hypermasculine look that bro-dozers tend to have.

Compare the Hummer to the Rivian, the difference is night and day, the Rivian is much more friendly looking.
 
Yeah, not too brodozer to me either. Looks more like a "Ryder" or "Talon" type of vehicle, than it does a "Chad" or "Justin" type of vehicle.
 
I agree that the rivian styling doesn't look brodozer, but it is really ugly.
 
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