Ohio won’t be far behind, especially if they can bring back coal burners.
Wyoming wants to phase out sales of EVs by 2035 to "ensure the stability" of the oil & gas industry
Wyoming is considering phasing out the sales of electric vehicles by 2035 to "ensure the stability" of its oil and gas industry.www.teslarati.com
EV car thread?
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tybee
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hope that pans out.
gptyk
Anarchist
Cool, congrats. I certainly like mine.
Bus Driver
Bacon Quality Control Specialist
Congrats to both of you. Will look forward to your thoughts. I am still interested in getting one. Just gotta get the missus to agree.
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Hybrid!
Jules
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Every once in a while I drive my neighbor's Volt. He bought two of them a couple years back for $3K each. One he gave to his son. I like it. It does what it's supposed to do and very quietly.
I used it today to buy a battery for the SO's 2020 Mustang. Yesterday the battery died, without warning. Same happened to my Jeep on Tuesday but that battery was 5 years old.
Two batteries, each dying, without warning, 5 days apart. Don't tell me there isn't something weird going on in the universe.
I used it today to buy a battery for the SO's 2020 Mustang. Yesterday the battery died, without warning. Same happened to my Jeep on Tuesday but that battery was 5 years old.
Two batteries, each dying, without warning, 5 days apart. Don't tell me there isn't something weird going on in the universe.
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Me thinks you are in for the same coincidence in another4-5 years 😏
Actually I replace car batteries every 3 years automatically.
They just don’t last long in Florida heat.
IStream
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I think there's actually a setting that'll prevent the car from locking the doors with a key inside.
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My thoughts also but he is a lot smarter than I am so i didn't bring it up. He is a wiz on the electronics, using the remote during races changing data on each of the 7 displays. It was an awkward silence that day..... and never mentioned again.
My Volt won't let you lock the doors with the key inside. Chimes go off, the lock pops back up to unlock it. When we bought it in 2012 it took some convincing of my commercial lock smith to sell me a key only; just the metal shaft without the plastic blob at the head with the secret sauce/electronics. I hide that on the outside, its metal/brass and won't corrode. That will let me unlock the door but the alarms go off because it doesn't have the blob. I put a full key with electrics/blob in a metal sucrettes box that I put inside a small old school metal bandaid box, which is inside a standard size old school bandaid box. This triple boxed key is hidden in the car and allows me to lock a full function key inside. I feel smug defeating the "can't-lock-your keys-in the-car" feature. If I'm locked out I use the metal-only hidakey hidden on the outside to get inside the car. Unfortunately the alarms go off until I can get to the key in the bandaid boxes. It only took one lock out years ago for me to put hidakeys on all my vehicles, boat to. The Volt was devious but I over came it. Those new fangled keypad car doors would obviate all this.
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Jules
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4-5 years for a battery is pretty good. But the other one wasn't even 2 years. The guy at the auto parts store said he was surprised it lasted that long, for a factory installed battery.
Jules
Super Anarchist
Oh yeah, then there's my neighbor (same guy who owns the Volt) who has a Tesla Model S... and is now looking at $14K to replace the battery.
Mike in Seattle
Super Anarchist
, Faraday cage.
? why did you feel the need to "triple box" it ?
? tried one box and it didn't work ?
billy backstay
Backstay, never bought a suit, never went to Vegas
Duly impressed with your cleverness defeating being locked out!!! Wouldn't a small 10 dollar faraday bag from amazon been easier? I'm guessing they weren't readily available in 2012 when the car was new.
And what is new fangled about keypad doors? I first saw them on Ford trucks and Explorers 20 or 30 years ago!!!
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Jkdubz808
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Ford still puts them on their vehicles. I think its smart as hell to be honest.
billy backstay
Backstay, never bought a suit, never went to Vegas
Years ago we had a blue Ford Explorer. No keypad locks, but there were only a few different door lock keys. I once came out of a restaurant, unlocked my cars door with the key, but noticed a large womans hat on the passenger seat that was not ours!! Someone very familar with Fords later told me that one key code would often open many different cars of the same models.
