05-19-2023, 05:09 PM | #155 |
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Wrong thread but yeah it’s a good looking vehicle, desperately need new redesign of headlights, copy paste from z4 looks odd.
Edit: while we see all these boxy fronts on the other vehicles, this concept could really use a little more boxy flat vertical design in the front, headlights less sloping up to the hood. Just saying.
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Don't forget that this is an M version. Take that away, and the front will also be nearly featureless.
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BMW taking no risks. Very forgettable design.
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Nice (render?) Looks like the non m-sport version, lot of curves on the front bumper. PHEV version like the outgoing 530e (US).
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Mark my words. Electric cars are a sham. This is destined to colapse the car industry. I’m not excited for the change, because I think we’ve been sold a false bill of goods.
1. The required infrastructure is decades off if at all possible. (How can a city like LA meet demand when the are regularly at capacity on hot days). According to the DOE, we would need to produce 50% more electricity if every car was electric. 2. The power is NOT cheaper, and NOT cleaner in most cases. The latter is dependent on how the power is produced. Currently 60% of our power comes from fossil fuels. 3. Finally, where are all these dead batteries going to go in 10 years? Also how does all this procurement of lithium and rare earth effect the environment?
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Yeh. I’m not against EVs but I am against government forcing everybody down that route when it’s not appripaye for everyone
It works for a proportion very well , but there are many where it does work well ( those who can’t charge at home and those travelling large distances) It’s not as green as our governments make out. Sure some improvements but certainly not zero emission taking the whole chain into account Technology still feels young Problem is once car companies remove the ability to produce ICE cars, that’s it, no going back The 5 is an executive car for want if a better term awhich is geared up for travelling large distances in comfort with some sportiness. Will the i5 still be able to do that ? Even fbb be it’s range is a 350 miles which seems to be the limit give it take for cars these days, is that enough? Well one more day to go until the big teveal. I wonder if the build configuration will be ready tomorrow? |
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To answer some of you false claims as pre usual from EV bashers. 1. No it isn't decades off it actually quite ready for day to day use for most people that uses EVs for daily use. Sense most people can and will be able to charge at home without an issue and there is plenty of EV fast chargers out there. And most Americans drivers per 2021 drives about 37 miles per day that is 59 km. The average person in the Us gets gas for their cars roughly every week to 10 days. Depending on weather, driving style and so on and so forth just like with an EV. Except the EV is more efficient in that manner. And 90% of statistics are made up or simply hidden in this case so i fact checked you and its between 20-50% more electricity. And most of US electricity is actually from other sources then coal, but here goes more statistic according to EIA your electricity comes from 20% renewable that includes wind, 9,2% can be increased but is faulty in its way when it isn't windy no Electricity but its a good complement, hydro 6,3% can be increased by more efficient turbines upgrading current ones with newer tech, solar 2,8% LA could increase this a lot, biomass 1,3% this can be increased due to the massive amount of waste Americans produce, geothermal can also be increased by expansion of this tech. 19% is nuclear should be the main focus especially SMR and Gen 4 (a gathering name for new techs wihtin nuclear power) and Gen 5 nuclear power that uses almost 90% of the fuel. Heck Finlands new reactor that just opened up its a Gen 3+ that reduced the fins prices by 75% already and had to be shut down because Electricy became to cheap! Can you imagine that i becomes to cheap so you have to shut it down. 22% coal this needs to be removed completely from the US. Even with coal an EV will outdo its counterpart in emission within 8-10 years of usage and American uses their car for about 14 years based on average numbers and an EV will last you 21 years. Based on the same set of driving not accounted for spirited driving and such. 38% Natural gas witch is also used for heating homes, water, cooking and such. There is far better tech that can be used instead of Gas for cooking and heating homes, such as heat pumps with proper inverters that are efficient in both cooling and heating. And using Inductions stoves instead of Natural Gas is far better choice and faster. Heck even Texas uses natural gas for its main purposes of electricity. It aint a renewable but is far better then coal. And BTW you can reduce power consumptions in homes by building them smarter with thicker walls that helps reduce your need for air condition and the extreme need of warming it during winters given though LA is quite warm so winters shouldn't be to much of an issue. The average exterior wall of an American home is 150-200 mm about six to eight inches, way to small, building thicker walls with better insulation also utilizing exterior sun blinds on windows instead of AC helps also cool the homes to a reasonable degree. And that also includes the extra needed materials for the home still offsets it better then needing to use AC. 2. The same DOE is also telling you that its 35-75% cheaper to run an EV then the cost of gas-powered vehicles. So stop nit picking your facts to fit your narrative. And you do know that when it comes to fossil fuels powering your car that the WTT report states also that the power used for refining the fuel ain't counted in to the emissions of the total ownage of a gas car? Right do you think refineries use other power sources to refine their fuel or are they using their own? How much natural gas do they use to refine that petrol/diesel? Or do you also believe that the fuel magicly appears at your fuel station for your consumption without any emissions? How much kW is used to power that fuel station of yours that you fuel your car at? How much does the pump use and how many uses that? The same electricity could be better used for guess what? EV charging! or something else. That we need the electricity badly for. Do you also know it takes about 6 kilo Watt hours of electricity to refine a gallon of gasoline, then face value its easy to run a comparison here, 6 kWh gives about 20 miles range of an typical EV while 1 gallon of gasoline gives about 24 miles of range so instead of being wasteful going an extra step for that range by refining it to gasoline with all the toxic by products produced by the Refineries then its far better to use that KWH directly in to the EV. Not to mention it needs transporting to the nearest fuel station. Witch it in self is extremely wasteful. 3. The same place all the scarped car engines will end up, recycling hopefully and not in big landfills. Then again if you want to talk about waste management Americans throw out about 4,9 pounds of trash per person every day. And 62% of the waste is done by homes and business and loads of it ends up in landfills so. You want to worry about waste management start checking your self first before bashing a tech that you simply don't like. Enough with you folks spreading crap about EVs just because you don't want one doesn't mean that they won't work for most people. And before you come at me with one of those ridiculous examples like "Well i need to go cross country every two weeks with my pickup hauling a gigantic caravan that is as luxurious as my home. To the natural park, across the country where i can be on vacation then back again and so on so forth with those examples. Congratulations your the exception not the norm. Yeah take a flight and check in at a hotel its cheaper.
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EV’s are neat and I’m happy for people to have them. To think we’re ready for all vehicles to be electric is nonsense.
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The proper way to change the world is not through regulation, it is through efficiency and markets. Tech becomes obsolete because cost and performance and efficiency dictate so. That’s how the EV people should be approaching this. Kill ICE on the playing field, not the board rooms and legislatures.
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hopefully more comes out soon, but for me also to be 100% I like to see in person, so far this does look good but agree, lets see some more!!
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All of this is nonsense. You don’t save the environment by buying new stuff. This isn’t a push for “green” it’s a push for control through tying all your activities through the electrical grid. I posted it elsewhere, but Shell openly stated that with this new “Green” initiative your carbon footprint will be so regulated, you will have to choose between charging your car, or drying clothes, or even making toast. https://www.shellenergy.co.uk/blog/p...ture-of-energy Quote:
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