Electric vehicles....

Guard Dad said:

GM storing poor-selling Canadian-made electric vans on Flint lot​


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Boo hoo hoo!! They have them stacked up like chord wood, but they have the assembly line running again after a two week shutdown, and now they are talking about moving the production back to this country to make even more unsold vehicles. They are the poster child for the term 'Dumba$$'.
 
Seriously? They think we don't want EVs because they don't have clutch? Sigh. GM - A division of Chrysler Corp, coming your way.

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GM Hopes A Clutch Pedal Is Enough To Make Enthusiasts Buy EVs

General Motors is hoping to change the stereotype that electric vehicles are no fun by developing a clutch pedal for future performance models.

Read More: https://www.jalopnik.com/1813921/every-brand-gm-discontinued/

fter worries about charging and range anxiety, the biggest issue many car fans have with electric vehicles is that they're no fun to drive. They argue that one-pedal driving, regenerative braking and no real gearbox to play with makes them soulless. Now, General Motors is hoping to change that and convert you to its electric way of thinking.

The American automaker is reportedly working on a clutch pedal for electric vehicle transmissions, reports Motor Authority. The project follows similar steps to increase EV engagement from Hyundai and Lexus, which both previously outlined plans for manual EVs.

According to patents filed by GM, the company plans to develop a new type of clutch actuation for its future electric models, which would improve the transmissions found in high-performance electric vehicles. As the site explains:

In this document, GM discusses using a hydraulic actuator to operate a clutch in automatic transmissions used in electric cars. A controller would vary the pressure of the fluid in the actuator, which in turn would move a piston that would open or close the clutch depending on what the controller determines is best in a given scenario.

This setup would be simpler than conventional automatic transmissions, something enabled by an electric motor's need for fewer gearshifts, GM states in the patent filing. It would also avoid "instabilities at the electric motor" inherent in other types of clutch actuation, according to GM.

Read More: https://www.jalopnik.com/1813921/every-brand-gm-discontinued/
 
MudFlap said:
I’m in Texas right now on business.

My rental car is a Toyota Camry hybrid.

Gotta say, I’m impressed.
46 mpg around town and actually quite quick.

Would I buy one? Dunno. But for a reliable daily driver, you could do a lot worse. ( you know who you are.)
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I think the hybrid is the way to go, if you want the fuel efficiency. My aunt has a Prius, one of the earlier ones. It has worked well for her.

I have two co-workers who have hybirds - Hyundai. The love their cars, but each have had some odd problems related to the hybrid part of the engine. One co-workers car has higher mileage, her car has been in the shop several times a month over the past 4 or 5 months. It just stops ... on the freeway. They keep fixing stuff, but are not sure why it is happening when it repeats the problem again, so the fix did not work.

I would be more prone to get a Toyota hybrid. But I am more comfortable with an ICE engine and none of the problems that come with a hybrid.
 
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