balthazar

Well, we've obviously seen where the Pure EV company Tesla ended up / their product quality.

^ So the NBC piece was erroneous in it's title by 21 years. 'Journalism'. We'll see if the CA mandate holds the closer they get to '45. '24 is only 3 model years away and so far there are zero production class 8 EV trucks. Hard to meet a quote with no hardware.

Confusing story on CA decree on EV trucks : https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/california-shakes-auto-industry-says-all-vans-trucks-must-be-n1232259 Specifically, the subhead reads : "all vans and trucks must be electric by 2024" However the copy specifies : "Under guidelines approved Thursday, at least 40 percent of the tractor trailers sold in California would have to be powered by some form of zero-emissions technology by 2024." Last I checked; 40% does not equal 100%. Article also goes on to mention a bevy of EV truck makers who do not currently make any EV trucks, such as Tesla, Nikola, Lordstown & Rivian. 2021 vehicles will be here en mass in 2 months; 2024 isn't far off AT ALL.

Oh- I guess so.

Yeah- the 4 tires ARE similar.

That would require CEOs/ executives to come to the plants and instruct plant managers to specifically do these things.... yet how would the so-called 'saved' monies directly get back to the CEOs? Are you suggesting kickbacks somehow? I don't see it.

Sleeper '60 Edsel coupe, 3x2 Chrysler 354 Hemi underhood :

Parody article, tho light on the humor aspect. And sentence structure/grammar.

Lincoln Parade Float XXXL :

Yaris really is reconstituted goose crap.

That, to me, reads like ‘every widespread problem with a vehicle is the fault of bean counters, and there is nothing that shows up over time / assembly workers are perfect’. I think it was a lot different when every component was designed & built in-house.... and I’m not sure just how far back you’d have to go to get that. Pre-war definitely. But then at least there’s almost no excuse [except of course; nothing is perfect and todays vehicles are more complex than ever.] It still seems ‘unnatural’ that today whole subassemblies like dashes/clusters are built by vendors.

Reminds me of Ford lifting the ‘59 Pontiac nose for the ‘60 Edsel.

^ Sure, they were copying Pontiacs! ?

Yeah, I would agree that would be the likely reasoning, but engineering/design is still involved obviously.

There was a neat lil museum, I think it was the ‘Detroit Historical Museum’- the had the Ford Cougar concept, one of the ‘54 Bonneville Specials... and I got to sit in #18 of the ‘63 Chrysler Turbines there.

Ypsilanti : birthplace of the Tucker.

I see it as a 3-legged stool; labor, management & engineering. Sometimes it's actual assembly, but sometimes... a lot of times, it's the way the vehicle was engineered. A headlight cracks & rattles in it's fender because engineering spec'd a plastic tab too thin/small to hold up- that's not management or labor.

Nooooo thanks.

‘Over air updates’ cannot repair electronic problems in many cases, which in the context of what we’re talking about: also involve mechanical systems. Needlessly complicated.... and in an era where EVs are pushed hard as being simpler. Interesting. I’m sure the usual segment will go for the EV & hybrid version F-150... 2% of buyers.

Found wiper motor, tested; it works fine. Still a good idea to disassemble, clean, relube. Trying to get actuator arm off- has 'keyed' shaft & retained by nut, but not moving off shaft yet. Soaking. It's a single-speed motor. Variable would be nice, but then again I doubt I'll be driving it in the rain. Have not researched to see if I can retro-fit a variable motor in this bracket/car- variables came out in the very late 60s. Perhaps a Cadillac unit... EDIT : before & after pics of single-speed wiper motor. Opened, degreased, re-greased, stripped, painted, test-run again. On the shelf for later re-assembly. Wiper transmission linkage already rejuvenated.

^ Everything-By-Wire problems.

One that scale, and by what we've heard, I would've thought Tesla would be down around 450.