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No one actually read this did they??
The family sued the Jeep owner who in turn sued the Jeep dealership for indemnification which shifts the burden to the dealership and off of the owner. The dealership will seek appeals but it won’t win. The article is just sensationalizing it.
It’s just how...
Eh. Not really.
Electric generation is ~ 33.7% efficient (12.9/38.2), ICE is about 21% efficient (5.95/28.3).
A Tesla motor is about 93% efficient so really we’d need ~ 6.4 quads of electricity to offset the 5.95 quads from ICEs.
That would equate to ~ 19 quads of additional electricity...
According to the article, China is working on a civilian version. And while it’s still a work in progress, the idea that we could just beam energy down is pretty hot stuff.
It’s things like this that keep me from worrying about EVs in the future.
https://science-news.co/the-us-militarys-naval-research-laboratory-transmits-electricity-wirelessly-using-microwaves-over-long-distances/
The future is horses. Don’t get me wrong, cars have had a good run, but there will never be enough gas stations to sustain them cross country and if my horse needs fuel we’ll just eat the neighbors lawn.
So… once upon a time when the world was new and carburetors were still a thing they created the limited slip diff. The limited slip differential itself can quickly respond to differences in torque…
However… when the great comet hit and the era of the carburetors died out, new things arose like...
So, I had no idea about MD until after already placing a order for a Rebel with my local dealer.
I’m kinda curious what other people’s numbers are like and how much more I’m paying by not going the MD route.
For what it’s worth my dealer gave me invoice + $1500 not including any discounts...
Absolutely. Insurance should cover all the expenses including repair and diminished value. I don’t think anyone is arguing against that.
It’s the insurance + that people seem as unreasonable simply because it’s a car dealer.
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