Message from @LordCaledus

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2018-07-10 19:41:00 UTC  

I'll just sit here trying to figure out why my car decided to cut boost

2018-07-10 19:44:12 UTC  

could there be a leak?

2018-07-10 19:44:52 UTC  

also the automotive industry is kinda fucked in the long run; the rise of electric and driverless cars is gonna render a lot of existing selling points redundant

2018-07-10 19:46:10 UTC  

driverless cars will make performance irrelevant, electric cars will mean once a vehicle has a range of probably 1000 miles and a sufficiently rapid charging capacity, anything else is irrelevant so cars are gonna sell on comfort/ride and pretty much every manufacturer can match one another on that

2018-07-10 19:47:00 UTC  

also I have this horrible theory that the future will be the elimination of private vehicle ownership and basically everyone will just take ubers

2018-07-10 19:47:46 UTC  

I think series hybrids will be around for quite a while still, especially in commercial vehicles

2018-07-10 19:48:00 UTC  

probably, but it's developing rapidly

2018-07-10 19:48:11 UTC  

Eh

2018-07-10 19:48:13 UTC  

I'm hoping hydrogen wins out over battery storage

2018-07-10 19:48:20 UTC  

Evs are on life support

2018-07-10 19:48:40 UTC  

Fisker is dead basically. Tesla is losing $1.5 billion a year and rising

2018-07-10 19:48:47 UTC  

no dude, tesla is on life support, other companies are doing it a lot better

2018-07-10 19:48:50 UTC  

Sure, you might be able to make a Tesla go 1000 miles within the decade, but good luck getting a dump truck to go more than 50 miles on the same battery tech

2018-07-10 19:48:52 UTC  

look at jaguar and hyundai

2018-07-10 19:48:58 UTC  

And the established mfgs are making compliance cars

2018-07-10 19:49:10 UTC  

Tgey make them because the law requires it

2018-07-10 19:49:49 UTC  

volvo are totally withdrawing pure ICE cars and going hybrid/electric only

2018-07-10 19:49:58 UTC  

Like, here in my state you can only buy two EVs, Tesla and the mitsubishi shitbox one with the stupid name

2018-07-10 19:50:06 UTC  

toyota are pouring money into the mirai

2018-07-10 19:50:07 UTC  

Nissan Leaf

2018-07-10 19:50:11 UTC  

The rest are only offered where it is required

2018-07-10 19:50:17 UTC  

Oh yeah that too

2018-07-10 19:50:20 UTC  

The leaf

2018-07-10 19:50:21 UTC  

Chevy Bolt

2018-07-10 19:50:44 UTC  

meanwhile Europe is drawing closer and closer to banning ICE

2018-07-10 19:51:03 UTC  

But yeah, outside of the cities in the US, hybrid tech is the future

2018-07-10 19:51:39 UTC  

Honestly as sad as it makes me I don't think there will be pure ICE cars on sale in 15 years

2018-07-10 19:51:39 UTC  

Closer and closer

2018-07-10 19:52:03 UTC  

But still havent even introduced a bill

2018-07-10 19:52:06 UTC  

Or a plan

2018-07-10 19:52:13 UTC  

well they sort of have

2018-07-10 19:52:16 UTC  

And you are right

2018-07-10 19:52:21 UTC  

The future is hybrids

2018-07-10 19:52:27 UTC  

the EU have "emissions" requirements for the long term

2018-07-10 19:52:27 UTC  

Which actually make sense

2018-07-10 19:52:34 UTC  

which are nearly impossible to meet

2018-07-10 19:52:39 UTC  

hence all the companies cheating them

2018-07-10 19:52:53 UTC  

They will eventually either back off or strangle their industries

2018-07-10 19:53:00 UTC  

no it's worse

2018-07-10 19:53:02 UTC  

The US already had that dilemma

2018-07-10 19:53:07 UTC  

what's happening is