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Wow... a LOT of insane misinformation here overnight--(some pretty clearly intentional, some not) consolidating replies:
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from LA_Art_Collector
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If they go BK, they'll probably be snatched up by some Chinese co just like Fisker Automotive was. And I believe all the old Karmas can still get serviced by the new owner.
Nope. Unlike the Karma, which was something Fisker designed and actually built, the new Fisker doesn't own, or build, anything at all. They contract it out. So "buying" them wouldn't "get" the buyer anything at all besides:
A money losing product
Warranty obligations to existing owners
A brand name associated with bankruptcy.
Why would anyone buy that?
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from jojonavy
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Not 100% sure, but if Fisker goes bankrupt, then I believe Magna Steyer (Ther Manafacture) is responsible for the warranty. Just texted my service tech today and he isn't going anywhere.... I think main issue is the software support.
Why would they be? Magna is just a contract manufacturer- they have no obligation to whomever Fisker resells what Magna assembled for them.
If Apple went out of business you wouldn't get warranty service from Foxconn.
As to your service tech, where he's going is the unemployment line, even if he hasn't been told that yet.
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from LA_Art_Collector
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Amazon won't let Rivian go under.
Yeah, they're burning cash like crazy, but so was Tesla.!
Amazon owns a relatively small % of Rivian, and already cut back on van orders
And Tesla was gross margin positive from the begining when mass producing-- the more cars they made and sold the quicker they got beyond the cash burn rate of expanding.
Rivian in contrast -loses- money on each vehicle with a negative gross margin-- the more they sell the more they lose. That's part of why they've announced they don't intend to increase sales at all this year-- they can't afford to.
And while both companies burned cash, Rivian is doing is at an insanely higher rate.
Like, Rivian burned through more cash in 2 years than Tesla did in 10.
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from ThirstyCruz
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When I see infrastructure support EV, I'll bite
Does your home not have electricity? Because that's where most EV owners charge. Overnight while they sleep, for a fraction of what gas costs.
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from TransTeam
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as it stands now.
government is going to have to fund all EV stations.
The majority of L3 stations in the US are Tesla stations-- which the government hasn't funded (barring a very very few very recent ones).
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from TransTeam
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private investment, I do not think it will happen,
to make 1 Level 3 charging station in CA is roughly $500k - $1 million $125-175k for the unit itself,
Only garbage non-tesla ones. Tesla ones cost 1/5th of the competition- which is part of why they dominate and don't need a ton of government subsidy-- they pay for themselves a lot quicker.
EV use problem in big America comes down to an energy density and storage problem.
Big 18 wheel truck trying to go cross country delivering goods. Diesel let's them run 1000-1500 miles, batteries less than 500.
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Truckers are only allowed to drive 60 hours total in 7 days. And have to take a mandatory 10 hours off between shifts. And 30 minutes off every 8 hours. More than plenty enough time to recharge a 500 mile range semi. And at vastly lower operating costs.
Toyota is aiming at 2027 EVs with high range batteries.
Toyota has been promising MAGIC SUPER BATTERIES for over 15 years now, coming in just 3-5 years.
Then every 2-3 years they push the target date out another few years.
They have no such tech capable of being produced- they just keep issuing press releases to scare people into not trying out EVs and realizing how much better they are since Toyota has nothing competitive to sell in the space.
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from JulianZ
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It is the government, without the government support there is no future. hydrogen truck cwn be promising for mining, transporting etc, and it has much less pollution than electric cars.
Someone doesn't know how nearly all hydrogen is made
Even the chief engineer of Toyotas own hydrogen car admitted EVs are superior.
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from JulianZ
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EVs on the other hand is much more harmful than gas cars, but the pollution stays outside US and EU, so it is "clean".
Outright false and debunked many times.
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from TransTeam
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If charging times were consistently 15 minutes (or less in the future) people would consider EV.
They are. In record numbers each year.
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from TransTeam
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If you are charging, and another Tesla pulls up and uses the charger next to you, charging speeds drop to level 2 speeds.
Hilariously false.
The share pillar thing was V1 and V2 superchargers, which Tesla hasn't made or installed in many years now.... and even THEN it still charged 3-5 times faster than L2 when it dropped to half speed.
V3 and V4 chargers- ie everything installed in the last 5ish years and the majority of all stations, don't even have that slowdown.
That's from the V3 launch press release over 5 years ago.
Again though- most people just charge at home.
Superchargers are only really needed on road trips (or I guess if you want to own an EV but don't have electricity at home you can use)
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from Barnstorm7
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Toyota is going all in on hybrid and hydrogen.
Which is they they'll be the Nokia of cars as history records them.
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from BraveCreature530
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False. I can't qualify for a dime of that 7500 with my income. Your statement only applies to some people……
Leasing gets around the income limit FYI
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from slckdealstur
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$7.5k tax credit to be correct for those paying lots of taxes
Nope. Your tax obligation is no longer relevant as of Jan 1 2024.
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from pcrh
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For those paying 7.5k in taxes or greater yes.
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Again- no. Amount of tax obligation stopped being relevant 1/1/24
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from TonyB1969
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Shocking that some are still even considering evs, knowing how bad they are for the environment.
Why keep reposting outright false things? They're significantly better than gasoline vehicles- and get more better the longer they're in use
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from SaintFlorianTrading
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If thats true, than you haven't been following the manufactures maintenance schedule at all. EV's still require things like Coolant flushes for the battery cooling system
Teslas do not.
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from SaintFlorianTrading
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If
some need there gear fluid changed,
Again Teslas do no.
I think I recall BMW or Mercedes or someone had added a bunch of ICE-like maintenance costs to their EVs to keep dealers happy-- but properly engineers EVs don't need this stuff.
They do of course need the brake fluid changed over time--- but even then less often than a gas car (like the pads and rotors) because you physically use the brakes less often thanks to regen. And shocks are shocks so eventually they'll wear out like any car.
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LOL, Waiting for the rest to follow suit so the industry can focus on advanced Hybrid and Hydrogen tech. This Battery tech is a few decades away if that. They need to find a replacement for strip mining in Africa to make these "GREEN" car batteries.
Still greener than gas. Do you think oil comes out of the ground and into the car with no production?
If you go electric buy Tesla, I've owned one since 2019 and still no comparison with other evs. Just bought a gas truck too which is still great.
The government has wasted billions pumping into legacy auto to make inferior evs. Pretty sure they could have just bought everyone a Tesla for about the same price.
I've driven both a Model 3 and Model Y (and have also been a regular passenger in the latter) and they have to be the most uncomfortable, sterile driving experiences I've ever had. The seats and ride quality are just not good, and the road noise is very noticeable. There are also the well-documented fit-and-finish issues, FSD shenanigans, CyberTruck fiasco, etc.
And of course, that's all separate from the idea of financially supporting a... let's be charitable and say "unstable" CEO which may be an issue for some.
They do have a good charging network though, I'll give them that.
This may not exist as the higher level models were the only ones shipped and there was zero evidence that the sport model at 24K has ever been produced or sold. You maybe able to order the high end one for the discounted price at your own risk
Wow... a LOT of insane misinformation here overnight--(some pretty clearly intentional, some not) consolidating replies:
Nope. Unlike the Karma, which was something Fisker designed and actually built, the new Fisker doesn't own, or build, anything at all. They contract it out. So "buying" them wouldn't "get" the buyer anything at all besides:
A money losing product
Warranty obligations to existing owners
A brand name associated with bankruptcy.
Why would anyone buy that?
Why would they be? Magna is just a contract manufacturer- they have no obligation to whomever Fisker resells what Magna assembled for them.
If Apple went out of business you wouldn't get warranty service from Foxconn.
As to your service tech, where he's going is the unemployment line, even if he hasn't been told that yet.
Amazon owns a relatively small % of Rivian, and already cut back on van orders
And Tesla was gross margin positive from the begining when mass producing-- the more cars they made and sold the quicker they got beyond the cash burn rate of expanding.
Rivian in contrast -loses- money on each vehicle with a negative gross margin-- the more they sell the more they lose. That's part of why they've announced they don't intend to increase sales at all this year-- they can't afford to.
And while both companies burned cash, Rivian is doing is at an insanely higher rate.
Like, Rivian burned through more cash in 2 years than Tesla did in 10.
Does your home not have electricity? Because that's where most EV owners charge. Overnight while they sleep, for a fraction of what gas costs.
The majority of L3 stations in the US are Tesla stations-- which the government hasn't funded (barring a very very few very recent ones).
Only garbage non-tesla ones. Tesla ones cost 1/5th of the competition- which is part of why they dominate and don't need a ton of government subsidy-- they pay for themselves a lot quicker.
Truckers are only allowed to drive 60 hours total in 70 days. And have to take a mandatory 10 hours off between shifts. More than plenty enough time to recharge a 500 mile range semi. And at vastly lower operating costs.
Toyota has been promising MAGIC SUPER BATTERIES for over 15 years now, coming in just 3-5 years.
Then every 2-3 years they push the target date out another few years.
They have no such tech capable of being produced- they just keep issuing press releases to scare people into not trying out EVs and realizing how much better they are since Toyota has nothing competetive to sell in the space.
Someone doesn't know how nearly all hydrogen is made
Even the chief engineer of Toyotas own hydrogen car admitted EVs are superior.
Outright false and debunked many times.
They are. In record numbers each year.
Hilariously false.
The share pillar thing was V1 and V2 superchargers, which Tesla hasn't made or installed in many years now.... and even THEN it still charged 3-5 times faster than L2 when it dropped to half speed.
V3 and V4 chargers- ie everything installed in the last 5ish years and the majority of all stations, don't even have that slowdown.
That's from the V3 launch press release over 5 years ago.
Again though- most people just charge at home.
Superchargers are only really needed on road trips (or I guess if you want to own an EV but don't have electricity at home you can use)
Which is they they'll be the Nokia of cars as history records them.
Leasing gets around the income limit FYI
Nope. Your tax obligation is no longer relevant as of Jan 1 2024.
Again- no. Amount of tax obligation stopped being relevant 1/1/24
Why keep reposting outright false things? They're significantly better than gasoline vehicles- and get more better the longer they're in use
Teslas do not.
Again Teslas do no.
I think I recall BMW or Mercedes or someone had added a bunch of ICE-like maintenance costs to their EVs to keep dealers happy-- but properly engineers EVs don't need this stuff.
They do of course need the brake fluid changed over time--- but even then less often than a gas car (like the pads and rotors) because you physically use the brakes less often thanks to regen. And shocks are shocks so eventually they'll wear out like any car.
Hmm. Either you are Nostradamus or chatgpt. As for my quote, pity an extension cord doesn't work to charge!
The problem with EV is what makes it exciting and a certainly. ... Evolving technology. Battery tech is moving fast and within a decade it WILL finally kick ice out. Right now though? It's like buying an Intel Mac right before ARM Mac... Usable? Yes. But nobody wants them.
It can solar charge 3-4 miles per day on bright sunny day. You will lose more than that because your car needs to stay up to take that charge. Model Y is most efficient as car can sleep when not in use.
Except when parking at the airport with too much foot traffic for sentry to drain the battery.
Do you think it's impossible for a normal human to be factual and informed on a topic? Why?
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from ThirstyCruz
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As for my quote, pity an extension cord doesn't work to charge!
It does though.
Why do you think it doesn't?
You can get both L1 and l2 safe extension cords quite easily. They're more expensive than a cheap big lots extension cord, because you need thicker gauge wire to be safe- but not prohibitively so.
Not L3, but then nobody has one of those at home anyway.
Mind you, roughly 2/3rds of the US population lives in a detached single family home where you shouldn't need one unless you somehow have a really weirdly-tiny number/location of outlets... and then another chunk lives in places like duplexes and apartments with garages they can charge in... so the # of folks who legit can not charge at home is a small minority of the population. For that small minority they DO need either public chargers (or work ones, which is becoming more of a thing) right now-- though many apartment complexes are starting to realize there's some competitive benefit to offering charging to tenants as well.
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from ThirstyCruz
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The problem with EV is what makes it exciting and a certainly. ... Evolving technology. Battery tech is moving fast and within a decade it WILL finally kick ice out. Right now though? It's like buying an Intel Mac right before ARM Mac... Usable? Yes. But nobody wants them.
Then it's weird they keep selling more of them every year.
In 2023 roughly 1 in every 5 new vehicles was an EV worldwide. In 2024 it'll be even higher.... (though admittedly the US has been a laggard in adoption- but even then the rate keeps going up year after year)
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from stick_dogg
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Except when parking at the airport with too much foot traffic for sentry to drain the battery.
You can turn sentry off of course- then you're no "worse" off than any other car that doesn't even have the feature. And it turns itself off if the battery gets down to 20%.
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LOL, Waiting for the rest to follow suit so the industry can focus on advanced Hybrid and Hydrogen tech. This Battery tech is a few decades away if that. They need to find a replacement for strip mining in Africa to make these "GREEN" car batteries.
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Oh im referring to all you "EV is bad" "battery is bad" electricity is bad" dingbats.
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A money losing product
Warranty obligations to existing owners
A brand name associated with bankruptcy.
Why would anyone buy that?
Why would they be? Magna is just a contract manufacturer- they have no obligation to whomever Fisker resells what Magna assembled for them.
If Apple went out of business you wouldn't get warranty service from Foxconn.
As to your service tech, where he's going is the unemployment line, even if he hasn't been told that yet.
Yeah, they're burning cash like crazy, but so was Tesla.!
Amazon owns a relatively small % of Rivian, and already cut back on van orders
And Tesla was gross margin positive from the begining when mass producing-- the more cars they made and sold the quicker they got beyond the cash burn rate of expanding.
Rivian in contrast -loses- money on each vehicle with a negative gross margin-- the more they sell the more they lose. That's part of why they've announced they don't intend to increase sales at all this year-- they can't afford to.
And while both companies burned cash, Rivian is doing is at an insanely higher rate.
Like, Rivian burned through more cash in 2 years than Tesla did in 10.
Does your home not have electricity? Because that's where most EV owners charge. Overnight while they sleep, for a fraction of what gas costs.
government is going to have to fund all EV stations.
to make 1 Level 3 charging station in CA is roughly $500k - $1 million $125-175k for the unit itself,
https://electrek.co/2022/04/15/te...mpetition/
Big 18 wheel truck trying to go cross country delivering goods. Diesel let's them run 1000-1500 miles, batteries less than 500.
.
Truckers are only allowed to drive 60 hours total in 7 days. And have to take a mandatory 10 hours off between shifts. And 30 minutes off every 8 hours. More than plenty enough time to recharge a 500 mile range semi. And at vastly lower operating costs.
Toyota is aiming at 2027 EVs with high range batteries.
Toyota has been promising MAGIC SUPER BATTERIES for over 15 years now, coming in just 3-5 years.
Then every 2-3 years they push the target date out another few years.
They have no such tech capable of being produced- they just keep issuing press releases to scare people into not trying out EVs and realizing how much better they are since Toyota has nothing competitive to sell in the space.
Someone doesn't know how nearly all hydrogen is made
Even the chief engineer of Toyotas own hydrogen car admitted EVs are superior.
EVs on the other hand is much more harmful than gas cars, but the pollution stays outside US and EU, so it is "clean".
The share pillar thing was V1 and V2 superchargers, which Tesla hasn't made or installed in many years now.... and even THEN it still charged 3-5 times faster than L2 when it dropped to half speed.
V3 and V4 chargers- ie everything installed in the last 5ish years and the majority of all stations, don't even have that slowdown.
https://www.tesla.com/blog/introd...erchar
Again though- most people just charge at home.
Superchargers are only really needed on road trips (or I guess if you want to own an EV but don't have electricity at home you can use)
Nope. Your tax obligation is no longer relevant as of Jan 1 2024.
.
Why keep reposting outright false things? They're significantly better than gasoline vehicles- and get more better the longer they're in use
Teslas do not.
some need there gear fluid changed,
I think I recall BMW or Mercedes or someone had added a bunch of ICE-like maintenance costs to their EVs to keep dealers happy-- but properly engineers EVs don't need this stuff.
They do of course need the brake fluid changed over time--- but even then less often than a gas car (like the pads and rotors) because you physically use the brakes less often thanks to regen. And shocks are shocks so eventually they'll wear out like any car.
The government has wasted billions pumping into legacy auto to make inferior evs. Pretty sure they could have just bought everyone a Tesla for about the same price.
And of course, that's all separate from the idea of financially supporting a... let's be charitable and say "unstable" CEO which may be an issue for some.
They do have a good charging network though, I'll give them that.
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also the fact that this had to be listed as "Fisker (Car Company) in the title says everything you need to know lol.
Imagine a post that says "Apple (Computer company)"
Nope. Unlike the Karma, which was something Fisker designed and actually built, the new Fisker doesn't own, or build, anything at all. They contract it out. So "buying" them wouldn't "get" the buyer anything at all besides:
A money losing product
Warranty obligations to existing owners
A brand name associated with bankruptcy.
Why would anyone buy that?
Why would they be? Magna is just a contract manufacturer- they have no obligation to whomever Fisker resells what Magna assembled for them.
If Apple went out of business you wouldn't get warranty service from Foxconn.
As to your service tech, where he's going is the unemployment line, even if he hasn't been told that yet.
Amazon owns a relatively small % of Rivian, and already cut back on van orders
And Tesla was gross margin positive from the begining when mass producing-- the more cars they made and sold the quicker they got beyond the cash burn rate of expanding.
Rivian in contrast -loses- money on each vehicle with a negative gross margin-- the more they sell the more they lose. That's part of why they've announced they don't intend to increase sales at all this year-- they can't afford to.
And while both companies burned cash, Rivian is doing is at an insanely higher rate.
Like, Rivian burned through more cash in 2 years than Tesla did in 10.
Does your home not have electricity? Because that's where most EV owners charge. Overnight while they sleep, for a fraction of what gas costs.
The majority of L3 stations in the US are Tesla stations-- which the government hasn't funded (barring a very very few very recent ones).
Only garbage non-tesla ones. Tesla ones cost 1/5th of the competition- which is part of why they dominate and don't need a ton of government subsidy-- they pay for themselves a lot quicker.
https://electrek.co/2022/04/15/te...mpetition/
Truckers are only allowed to drive 60 hours total in 70 days. And have to take a mandatory 10 hours off between shifts. More than plenty enough time to recharge a 500 mile range semi. And at vastly lower operating costs.
Toyota has been promising MAGIC SUPER BATTERIES for over 15 years now, coming in just 3-5 years.
Then every 2-3 years they push the target date out another few years.
They have no such tech capable of being produced- they just keep issuing press releases to scare people into not trying out EVs and realizing how much better they are since Toyota has nothing competetive to sell in the space.
Someone doesn't know how nearly all hydrogen is made
Even the chief engineer of Toyotas own hydrogen car admitted EVs are superior.
Outright false and debunked many times.
They are. In record numbers each year.
Hilariously false.
The share pillar thing was V1 and V2 superchargers, which Tesla hasn't made or installed in many years now.... and even THEN it still charged 3-5 times faster than L2 when it dropped to half speed.
V3 and V4 chargers- ie everything installed in the last 5ish years and the majority of all stations, don't even have that slowdown.
https://www.tesla.com/blog/introd...erchar
That's from the V3 launch press release over 5 years ago.
Again though- most people just charge at home.
Superchargers are only really needed on road trips (or I guess if you want to own an EV but don't have electricity at home you can use)
Which is they they'll be the Nokia of cars as history records them.
Leasing gets around the income limit FYI
Nope. Your tax obligation is no longer relevant as of Jan 1 2024.
Again- no. Amount of tax obligation stopped being relevant 1/1/24
Why keep reposting outright false things? They're significantly better than gasoline vehicles- and get more better the longer they're in use
Teslas do not.
Again Teslas do no.
I think I recall BMW or Mercedes or someone had added a bunch of ICE-like maintenance costs to their EVs to keep dealers happy-- but properly engineers EVs don't need this stuff.
They do of course need the brake fluid changed over time--- but even then less often than a gas car (like the pads and rotors) because you physically use the brakes less often thanks to regen. And shocks are shocks so eventually they'll wear out like any car.
The problem with EV is what makes it exciting and a certainly. ... Evolving technology. Battery tech is moving fast and within a decade it WILL finally kick ice out. Right now though? It's like buying an Intel Mac right before ARM Mac... Usable? Yes. But nobody wants them.
Why do you think it doesn't?
You can get both L1 and l2 safe extension cords quite easily. They're more expensive than a cheap big lots extension cord, because you need thicker gauge wire to be safe- but not prohibitively so.
Not L3, but then nobody has one of those at home anyway.
Mind you, roughly 2/3rds of the US population lives in a detached single family home where you shouldn't need one unless you somehow have a really weirdly-tiny number/location of outlets... and then another chunk lives in places like duplexes and apartments with garages they can charge in... so the # of folks who legit can not charge at home is a small minority of the population. For that small minority they DO need either public chargers (or work ones, which is becoming more of a thing) right now-- though many apartment complexes are starting to realize there's some competitive benefit to offering charging to tenants as well.
In 2023 roughly 1 in every 5 new vehicles was an EV worldwide. In 2024 it'll be even higher.... (though admittedly the US has been a laggard in adoption- but even then the rate keeps going up year after year)
You can turn sentry off of course- then you're no "worse" off than any other car that doesn't even have the feature. And it turns itself off if the battery gets down to 20%.
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