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News seems to be picking up on the flying Bike. world's first flying bike makes U.S. debut - https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/it-s-awesome-world-s-first-flying-bike-makes-u-s-debut/vi-AA11STxc?ocid=entnewsntp

I would love to have input on the F150 Lighting, IONIQ 5, Palisade, Toyota GR Supra 2.0 Palisade for evolution of this SUV and GR Supra 2.0 as I am interested to really know if it is as awesome to drive as people say it is, such an ugly sports car imho.

Due to being a California compliance auto / experiment which I could see people calling it a Hobbyist thing, I do not see that with today's EVs.

Please share what you think are 1.0 compromises in the current EVs being released right now? Ioniq5 or EV6 from Hyundai and Kia. How about the BOLT, BOLT EUV, Mach-e, F-150 Lighting, Any Tesla model. What are these compromises you speak of? Little more than Hobbyists? Electric Vehicle Sales and Market Share (US - Updated Monthly) - YAA (joinyaa.com) Best Electric Cars and EVs for 2022 - CNET EV-Volumes - The Electric Vehicle World Sales Database Quote: Global EV sales reached 6,75 million units in 2021, 108 % more than in 2020. This volume includes passenger vehicles, light trucks and light commercial vehicles.

We here at Cheers and Gears have covered plenty of battery companies in existing or startup form. We even covered places where one could invest some spare coin if interested in taking high risks with these battery tech companies. After all the Golden Goose is the battery company who delivers ICE like charging to an EV battery pack. Every University has groups of people working on their PhD, Doctorate, Masters, etc. in one field or another. Harvard University had a team of scientists that took on the challenge and have now moved from thesis / conceptual theory to working prototype in founding Adden Energy. This team of scientists have developed a solid-state battery and the process to scale up into commercial production a battery cell that delivers on two major fronts: Battery pack charge time as low as 3 minutes Capacity retention for over 10,000 cycles Adden Energy has developed this cutting-edge technologies to enable mass adoption of EVs around the world and contribute greatly to a cleaner future. Professor Xin Li's research group at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences started studying solid-state batteries in 2015. Doctoral students William Fitzhugh and Luhan Ye played leading roles in the technology development process. Several impactful innovations on solid-state batteries have been discovered by this group Fred Hu, PhD in economics from Harvard and Founder of Primavera Capital joined and advised the team to commercialize the technology portfolio in a Startup Company. Adden Energy incorporated in 2021 Adden Energy received first round funding Adden Energy had the following experimental and theoretical discoveries in battery thermodynamics and Kinetics allowing this group to develop a new field of mechanical constriction design of battery materials and devices. Battery Material papers: Advanced sulfide solid electrolyte by core-shell structural design | Nature Communications Strain‐Stabilized Ceramic‐Sulfide Electrolytes - Fitzhugh - 2019 - Small - Wiley Online Library Devices papers: Toward Higher Voltage Solid‐State Batteries by Metastability and Kinetic Stability Design - Ye - 2020 - Advanced Energy Materials - Wiley Online Library A more stable lithium anode by mechanical constriction for solid state batteries - Energy & Environmental Science (RSC Publishing) The new design approach drastically improves stability of the solid-electrolyte and battery system by carefully controlling the mechano-electrochemical environment of solid-state batteries. This team has created an innovative multi-electrolyte-layer separator with a dynamic stability design. A dynamic stability design strategy for lithium metal solid state batteries | Nature Synergistic effects of chlorine substitution in sulfide electrolyte solid state batteries - ScienceDirect A Two-Parameter Space to Tune Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Dendrite Constriction | JACS Au New machine learning and high-throughput computational chemistry algorithms have predicted and can design more novel solid-electrolytes with improved performance. A High‐Throughput Search for Functionally Stable Interfaces in Sulfide Solid‐State Lithium Ion Conductors - Fitzhugh - 2019 - Advanced Energy Materials - Wiley Online Library Solid–electrolyte-interphase design in constrained ensemble for solid-state batteries - Energy & Environmental Science (RSC Publishing) A Two-Parameter Space to Tune Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Dendrite Constriction | JACS Au Adden Energy's technological break throughs are allowing this startup to scale from a college lab R&D into a commercially acceptable sized cell. These technical advances have spanned material design and synthesis, in-house solid-electrolyte development, and novel cell designs. Combined material and device innovations have enabled the demonstration of the technology with high-current-density lithium metal anodes as well as high voltage cathodes. What does this mean to you, the auto enthusiast? As per their press release that was in Physicsworld website: Sandwich strategy makes solid-state lithium battery last longer – Physics World Long life, the battery cells are expected to allow battery packs on average to last 10-15 years without loss of cells, thus giving EVs similar life as found with Diesel and Gas auto's. Charging, the battery tech that Adden Energy is ramping up means that the average auto would be looking at a 5 to 10 minute fast charge capable over and over with no degradation in the battery. Large size auto's like Trucks or SUVs would be 10 to 20 minutes. Researchers design long-lasting, solid-state lithium battery – Harvard Gazette Current EV battery tech can cause Dendrites to form, shortening the battery life when subjected to large constant high-speed charging. Adden Energy solution is a thicker multilayer between the anode and cathode, much like a BLT sandwich. To quote the Harvad Gazette story: Think of the battery like a BLT sandwich. First comes the bread — the lithium metal anode — followed by lettuce — a coating of graphite. Next, a layer of tomatoes — the first electrolyte — and a layer of bacon — the second electrolyte. Finish it off with another layer of tomatoes and the last piece of bread — the cathode. The first electrolyte (chemical name Li5.5PS4.5Cl1.5 or LPSCI) is more stable with lithium but prone to dendrite penetration. The second electrolyte, (Li10Ge1P2S12 or LGPS) is less stable with lithium but appears immune to dendrites. In this design, dendrites are allowed to grow through the graphite and first electrolyte but are stopped when they reach the second. In other words, the dendrites grow through the lettuce and tomato but stop at the bacon. The bacon barrier stops the dendrites from pushing through and shorting the battery. “This proof-of-concept design shows that lithium-metal solid-state batteries could be competitive with commercial lithium-ion batteries,” said Li. “And the flexibility and versatility of our multilayer design makes it potentially compatible with mass production procedures in the battery industry. A drawing of comparison between Adden Energy battery tech and todays traditional Lithium-ion batteries with the current battery on the left and Adden Energy blocking dendrites on the right. End result is that while the first generation of EVs will be slower to charge and have possible shorter battery life, the future for moving to solid-state batteries is bright with ultra-fast charging times and long life. Adden Energy View full article

No compensation at all, I write for free for Cheers and Gears. Embracing EVs is a good thing. Most folks will charge from home having a full battery pack every day when they start driving. Considering how few miles a person drives each day, the bulk of society will be just fine driving an EV with 300 miles of range. Today's EVs offer far more than the ICE autos did when they started back at the beginning of the 1900's. Most of the Negative reports are from Oil supported writers who are paid by ICE supporters. Fact, only 21% of Americans actually do road trips with road trip vacations taken by Americans making up only 22% of all travel on the U.S. Highway system. Travel and Tourism Statistics: The Ultimate Collection (accessdevelopment.com) AAA reported in the link above that 33% of Americans would take road trips if fuel prices remained low or charging was more widespread for fast charges. 44% of travelers are interested in road trips, but either their ICE auto is not capable of such a road trip, cost of fuel or lack of EV charging infrastructure. Plenty of proof that you can do cross-country trips when you plan for where one would charge, even in paid for auto magazines have covered this especially in a Tesla. Most people are not going to be pulling a trailer for early adopters, the EV would be used for local things like a Home Depot run. Yes we all have read the initial tests of F150 Lighting, Rivian R1T and Hummer how fast the range drops. This is the start of a revolution to change over and for right now, most households can easily get buy with one EV and one ICE auto rather than two ICE auto's. What you post is the fact that you want instant gratification with no reduction in life style even if you are not using it the auto that way. No Compromises? Come on, plenty of ICE autos have compromises, you cannot pull a trailer with a Toyota Yaris, F350 will not be a fuel-efficient commuter auto. The ICE auto has plenty of compromises all depending on how one uses it just like EVs have plenty of compromises. Yet if you look at the initial ICE autos of the early 1900's, todays EVs do far more than those autos ever could. Today you still see plenty of people running out of gas and having issues with getting back on the road in an ICE auto as much as an EV. Your NO COMPROMISES reeks of instant gratification. Especially when you are used to plugging in your cellphone every day or laptop, etc. How is an EV any different when the bulk of society would plug it in at home and have a full battery pack the next morning. Before you say you have to spend $1K to $2K to have a 220 charger at home, plenty use slow 110 to charge today and you cannot have a fueling station at your house, so EVs offer a far more convenient way to power up and know you have a full batter pack for the average 300 miles of range most current EVs offer now. Remember, the average driver only drives 39 miles a day. Statistics for you: How Much Is The Average Car Payment In America? + 21 Stats! (simplyinsurance.com) Top Average Miles Driven Per Year Statistics: Every year, Americans drive approximately 3.2 trillion miles. The typical American driver drives 14,300 miles each year. Americans drive on average 1,000 miles every month. The average driver drives only 39 miles round trip per day. Roughly 229 million Americans have valid driver’s licenses in the United States. So how is an EV a compromise when they all pretty much have Android Auto/ Apple Carplay. Have all the normal comforts from heated and or chilled seats to heaters, AC/Heatpumps, cell service and OTA. Where is the compromise?

I wonder when they do introduce en electric Mustang if it will have a speaker system like the Dodge Daytona SRT concept did to make noise? ?

Donald Trump takes lots of credit for things he had no actual hand in doing. From being a business looser with 6 bankruptcies under his belt to his poor handling of so much, I would have to doubt he had anything to do with the cost overruns since the Airforce issued the contract which while Trump was there for the so called final negotiations and signed contract. Per this story: Trump strikes $3.9 billion deal with Boeing for new Air Force One | CNN Politics QUOTE: “Muilenburg congratulated Mr. Trump on his election win and committed to working with the new administration to control costs as they establish requirements for the new Air Force One to keep the program as affordable as possible and deliver the best value to American taxpayers,” said Boeing’s statement in December 2016. More than a year after Trump famously tweeted “Cancel Order” the President and Muilenburg hammered out the new deal during a White House meeting last Tuesday. The meeting, which was not on the President’s daily schedule, came after nearly a year of lower-level meetings between Pentagon procurement officials and Boeing executives that, at times, reached deadlock. Seems interesting that while Trump was running to become the president, low-level meetings had been going on already leading up to the signed contract as one of the first things he took accountability for yet was already underway while Obama was in office. No matter what, pork is pork and I am sure the Defense department of Boeing will make up for the losses on Airforce One.

Reminds me of the Movie Corvette Summer. Corvette Summer (1978) - IMDb

Thanks, do not watch sports so have no idea who they are. He looks happy though. ?

Seems GM is committed to delivering on a $30K dollar EV and finally hitting big time on Advertising for the EVs. GM bets on electric Equinox to kick-start 'massive adoption' of EVs (cnbc.com) GM launches aggressive EV ad campaign during NFL football to drive more mainstream adoption (electrek.co) Was unable to read the original DetroitFreePress as I had already had my maximum of 6 free reads for the month. So much for free press. ? Quote the electrek.co website of the DFP story: According to a report from the Detroit Free Press, GM’s new marketing campaign, “EVs for everyone, everywhere,” will first air on Sunday, September 18, on Fox during the 1:00 p.m. game and then during Sunday Night Football on NBC. Advertising during NFL games is not a new idea from GM. Anyone who watches football knows Chevy and NFL games go hand in hand. If you watched the NFL kickoff last week, then you know what I’m talking about. And who can forget GM’s super bowl ad last year showing Austin Powers using the company’s Ultium platform to save the world? However, according to the automaker, this time will be different. It will be the first time GM will feature all of its Chevy EV models together to promote mainstream adoption. The campaign will feature the entire Chevy EV family, even those that are not yet on the market: 2023 Bolt EV 2023 Bolt EUV 2024 Silverado EV 2024 Blazer EV 2024 Equinox EV The Chevy Bolt EV, the company’s first long-range EV, starts at $26,595, while the Bolt EUV, the slightly bigger version with an estimated 247-mile range, starts at $28,195. Both are available for order, while the Silverado EV, Blazer EV, and Equinox EVs are due to hit the market next year. Very cool to see, I hope GM keeps up having all the EVs and Concepts at other Autoshows this year. Would love to see the Buick Wildcat EV at the Seattle Autoshow. President Biden Tours Broad Portfolio of General Motors EVs at Detroit Auto Show (gm.com)

Do not know who he is, but ya wanna fight this morning? ?

Interesting read. https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/sylvania-driver-scott-fisher-electric-vehicle-jeep-saving-money/512-fad3618f-d81c-4e7a-9f60-8d19073ef2b5

Seems Bosch is finally stepping up to EVs. https://electrek.co/2022/09/16/bosch-moves-to-support-the-industrys-transition-to-electric-vehicles/amp/#amp_tf=From %1%24s&aoh=16633617483387&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com Ram electric pickup will reveal @ LA auto show. https://www.motortrend.com/news/ram-1500-electric-ev-revolution-concept-pickup-truck/

Very true, the days of the protection should end. I agree everyone has their own interests to defend. I agree, the legacy do lobby for their own interest too. Yes we can all agree that the dealerships only car about themselves and not the consumers. Days of protected business needs to end. Have them compete on price and service no matter if the product is sold Direct or not.

First statement is not totally true as Tesla is struggling to get production online everywhere except where they slept with the communist government in China. Musk is a Narcissistic power-hungry lying sob. Why do people not question how the man is the only company that did not have to have a partner to sell in China or build plants? Some serious questions need to be asked about him. Second statement on how fast GM and Ford can get there is pretty clear, their battery plants are all coming online between the end of this year and end of 2024 with additional plants being planned already and in the case of batteries, Ford and GM are both looking at converting ICE plants into Battery production as stated by their press releases. Yes, GM can keep that promise I believe. Especially true with the global recession we are entering. Tesla WILL NOT be bringing out a cheaper model. This has been clearly stated by them. Why Tesla is not going to build a low cost EV any time soon, if ever (thedriven.io) From February 2022 Tesla's per-car production cost down to $36,000, cheaper model and robotaxi still on the roadmap | TechSpot Only days ago Tesla executives have confirmed that a cheaper model and robo taxis are still on the roadmap, but the Tesla 3 and Y models are consuming all resources and they see no need to focus on a cheaper model any time soon. Possible in 5 years or so. So based on this, I doubt Tesla is going to beat GM or Ford or for that matter the Koreans to cheaper EVs. Will be interesting to see how the auto industry shakes out over the next 18 to 24 months with a global recession and the dislike for Chinese products, I doubt China will enter the US market for auto's, especially EVs any time soon.

In 2017 A.L.I. Technologies had a dream and started in what is known as a skunk works mode. Not much was known about what they were working on. June 28th 2022 A.L.I. Technologies released the following video about their new Air Bike. A glimpse of what they had been working on. Just days later they released an actual video of a prototype bike. We fast forward to August 16th, 2022, with this video and the announcement that it will be at the Detroit auto show with actual working bikes, demos of it in flight. We also know have the following information on this bike from their updated press release: A.L.I. Technologies to Exhibit and Conduct Flight Performance of XTURISMO Limited Edition in Detroit, United States | A.L.I. Technologies (ali.jp) A $20,000 dollar deposit can be put down for the $777,000 luxury hover bike. The press release had the following to say: A.L.I. has been developing air-mobility technology since 2017, with the aim to provide a brand-new way of experiencing the world. Drawing inspiration from the Star Wars saga, the XTURISMO Limited Edition features a sleek and stylish exterior, a worthy icon for the next generation of transport. Outfitted with a hybrid propulsion system consisting of an internal combustion engine and four electric motors. It is presented as a new icon of next-generation air mobility, for those who seek new frontiers of travel.

The current biggest cost to electric vehicles is the battery pack. Current battery technology is all focused-on Lithium-ion cells either in hard case cells like Tesla uses or soft case pouches like GM is using. There are positive and negative aspects to either cell type, yet the one thing all these cells have in common is an Anode and Cathode construction with a separator in between. As a battery is charged you have power move from the cathode to the anode moving through the separator and as the battery discharges, the reverse happens move from the anode side to the cathode side in a very simple explanation. Our Next Energy (ONE) is a private startup looking to accelerate the transition to sustainable power by creating innovative energy storage solutions per their company website. ONE was founded on the following three principles: Double the range of electric vehicles Use safer and more sustainable raw materials Establish a localized supply chain ONE is led by the following team: ONE was founded July 2020 and had a successful funding round October 18th, 2021, with a $25 million dollar series A funding by Assembly Ventures and four other private investors. On March 1st, 2022, $65 million Series A funding was achieved from Assembly Ventures and five other private investors for a total of $90 million funding to date. ONE currently has approximately 51-100 employees per their financial details. September 13, 2022 ONE unveiled a 240-Ah prismatic anode-free cell after a successful 12-month R&D effort. ONE believes their anode-free cell is the highest energy density large-format cell ever produced today. ONE has announced that their GeminiTM dual-chemistry architecture will be used by BMW in their iX prototype vehicle later this year for testing. To quote Mujeeb Ijaz, founder and CEO of ONE, “Our prismatic anode-free cell is produced with approximately half of current cell manufacturing equipment for equivalent capacity, allowing us to sharply reduce scale-up cost,” ONE's first-generation 1007 Wh/L cell eliminates the need for graphite and anode manufacturing equipment, thus enabling a $50 per kWh cost at scale. ONE has pointed out the following information about anode-free cells, in the past, these cells had limited use due to a low cycle life making them not viable for electric vehicle use. ONE's Gemini dual-chemistry architecture has reduced cycle and peak power requirements by 90%. Gemini pairs standardized LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) and anode-free chemistries into a single battery pack. This special chemistry allows the battery to focus on the two different functions that an EV would use. LFP for daily driving and anode-free for extended long distances. Benefit is the Gemini cells are able to deliver more than 250,000 miles of lifetime service. Quoting Steven Kaye, ONE Chief Technical Officer: “Scaling 100x from a 2 Ah pouch cell to a 240 Ah prismatic in less than 12 months is a testament to the simplicity of the design and ability to use conventional Li-ion production equipment,” “We are moving faster than the fastest research programs that I have been a part of. Gemini will reach volume production in 2026 accelerating electric vehicle adoption by delivering 600 miles of range in a wide range of vehicle platforms, including trucks and SVUs.” Why is this a big deal one might ask? Currently since the start of the company, ONE built their Aries and Aries-II LFP battery packs that use NO Nickel or Cobalt for a more sustainable supply. These battery packs go into production in 2023 and will be found in various fleet type EVs. 300 plus miles of range depending on implementation with customizable battery pack building. Long term for the company is their Gemini cells, in a Gemini Dual-Chemistry 1007 Wh/L battery pack. These LFP plus Anode-free cells is the special sauce where the battery pack has the LFP for local driving delivering 150 miles of range and the anode-free cells pack 450 miles of range, acting as an energy reserve that recharges the LFP cells when needed. ONE durable LFP cells pack 441 Wh/L and are designed for daily driving powering the vehicle motor, acting as the primary traction battery with the 150 miles of stored energy range. The Anode-free side is the 566 Wh/L long range power storage. The Gemini pairs these two unique chemistries together, each doing the job they do best, Anode-free cells of High Energy density, LFP for power and durability. On January 5th, 2022, ONE retrofitted a Tesla Model S with a 203.7 KWh battery pack and an energy density of 416 Wh/L allowing for a 752 miles of travel @ 55mph without recharging. A third party validated and full details can be read here: ONE Battery Powers Electric Vehicle 752 Miles Without Charging Founder and CEO of ONE, Mujeeb Ijaz had this to say: “We want to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles by eliminating range anxiety, which holds back most consumers today,” Until now, the industry approach in solving range anxiety is to add more charging stations where people are stopping every 150 miles or so, having to wait in long lines for partial charges at various rates extending travel time. ONE GeminiTM battery solution is to offer enough range for every consumer to make an electric vehicle their only vehicle. Company | Our Next Energy (one.ai) Our Next Energy - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding View full article

Biggest issue is what I have posted about here Tesla is ahead of everyone right now with battery production, yet massive production is coming online that will have two big effects, reduction of cost due to scale of production and variety of EVs. Ford is behind GM in producing batteries already and as such this explains the hard time ramping up production for the F150 Lighting and Mach-e on top of parts shortages. Tesla had this same problem trying to expand production of the S & X on top of getting the model 3 starting to build while also trying to get Giga Nevada ramped up to produce enough battery packs. Once many of these new battery production sites come online, building EVs will increase, variety will increase, and sales will increase as available EV models are more readily available. Honestly this is a common chicken or the egg issue for the auto industry. Everyone wants more variety of EVs yet until the battery packs are available to go into these models, there is limited availability.

I believe it will take off much faster than many believe especially as charging comes online and as people learn about the ease and reduced maintenance. Plug in at home and start every day out with a full charge. Humans want to use and not think about the auto, as such, I think many will change over without much thought as the dealers get their dealerships up to speed on selling an EV, educating the public and more. I suspect that demand while strong enough to have brands sold out through 2024 will see even bigger sales once lower prices options and just plan car and suv options come on the market. Parts shortages and costs are keeping many on the sideline. I think we will see profitable sales come sooner as options come to market. Tesla is sold out well into the future and their lots are full of delivery auto's awaiting customer pick up here in the Seattle area and from what others have posted on other sites across the US. I see no reason if Ford and GM can keep their dealers form putting stupid high markups on the EVs from having a great assortment to sell. Clearly Ford and GM want to use their dealerships but in more of a build to order with demo units at the dealerships increasing profitability and better controlling costs.

I have fresh fruit on my trees, figs were very yummy this year. I also have plenty of fresh air thanks to the PNW drizzle. ?

Nice Job Drew, your getting real good with the transitions and I only heard one glitch or noticeable catch in the audio change over between videos. Very informative and clear. Loved it. Thank you