G. David Felt

Poor @ccap41 You just hate me when I talk negative about the blah german driving machines. ?‍♂️

Nice Power and yet with that said, this looks like every other subcompact CUV on the market with a BMW Grill. The interior distracts you with the bright red interior but is a 1990's dated mess. I honestly do not see anything special that would make me want to buy this with an overpriced price-point. Meh ?

I agree that the truck is gnarly and I also do not like the all black plastic grill. That is the one Item I would go 3rd party on getting a replacement for. Would rather have a black chrome grill with a Black chevy logo than the plastic with Chevrolet name on it. Something like this is not bad, better than what GM did.

Very cool, would love to see this car in production. Awesome

Montreal and Laval have warded New Flyer of America a contract for 40 of the forty-foot battery electric Xcelsior buses. This contract is for 10 buses for STL and 30 buses for STM, together making this the largest battery bus procurement to date. This starts the rapid change over that these mass transit agencies have put in place to move to all electric buses only with STL buying only electric starting in 2023 and STM buying only electric starting in 2025 to replace retiring diesel and hybrid buses. STM provides public transportation in Montreal, Quebec and is the third most heavily used public transportation in North America. STL provides public transportation in Laval, Quebec. STM and STL choose to go with the 466 kWh battery pack option out of their 100 kWh to 818 kWh batteries. These buses have a leading edge sophisticated battery management system, Direct drive no transmission, regenerative braking and improved traction via the electric awd system. This powertrain choice reduces cost, weight, maintenance and propulsion complexity. The 466 kWh battery pack is good for 160 miles plus range allowing most buses to complete 2 runs of the average 80 mile bus route before fast charging the bus again. These buses will bring a ultra quiet clean smelling riding experience to the population of Quebec. New Flyer of America Press Release

Nissan announced the all new Nissan Sylphy Zero Emission car for the chinese market at the Auto China 2018 show. The Sylphy Zero is the first of 20 all new EVs for the Chinese market to come out over the next five years. This car builds on the excellent history of the Nissan Leaf and will come with a 338 Kilometer driving range based on the Chinese standard. In US terms that is a 210 mile range battery pack. The battery pack is under the seats allowing for class leading leg room in a spacious cabin. The Sylphy Zero comes with ergonomic seating with various heating options and a connectivity feature that allows the vehicle's audio and video to be remote-controlled from a mobile phone. Nissan Press Release

One of the world leading DC High Voltage EV Relays companies out of South Korea showed off their latest products at the battery fair in China last week. But this is just a small piece in comparison to what they have already delivered to the world. The 400 and 600 amp along with the 1000V 100 amp relays will enhance high speed charging of cars and solar panel installations worldwide. Yet so much more is also available. The EVH1000 is focused on the Solar industry where the EVH400A and 600A is focused on rapid charging of the electric auto industry. They also have the EVH1000A that one has to make the assumption Porsche is using for their car as it would support the rapid high speed recharge of their battery that they have talked about. No matter how you look at it, it seems the electronic industry is catching up to allow minutes for rapid charging of battery packs in cars equal to the ICE world for a gas tank. YM Tech showcases three of their new products at China (Shanghai) International Lithium Battery Industry Fair (CNIBF). SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- YM Tech, one of the leading companies of HVDC contactor industry, showcases their new products in August in Shanghai. They will reveal their new EV Relays (DC high voltage relay) at CNIBF, which takes places in Shanghai from August 23th until August 25th. EVH400A-12S(left), EVH600A-24S(right) They have three new products, EVH400, EVH600 and EVH1000: all of them are built with excellent sealing system and patented technology. EVH400 is a DC Contactor at 400A, DC 1000VDC. It has compact size, high electrical durability and high short-circuit durability. EVH400 is used for energy storage system, the solar inverter, the electric bus and quick charger. EVH600 is a DC Contactor at 600A, DC 750VDC, which also has compact size, high electrical durability and high short-circuit durability. EVH1000 is a mechanical DC contactor suitable for 1000V/100A use. The user can switch DC power on and off safely. EVH1000 can be used for electric bus charging device or ESS. With higher electrical endurance, it is very safe to be used. YM Tech has been praised highly in the DC high voltage relay industry, specializing in developing and producing relays. Relay is a switching device that controls the transport of electric power energy at electric and electronic products. Not only is relay used in conventional electronics, it can also be used in eco-friendly energy industry like in electronic automobiles, thus making a new rising star of the market. YM Tech was founded in 1998 and dedicated 20 years of its history in developing relays. They have factory at Ochang Industrial Complex in Korea. Their management principle is to provide quality product for customers, and to develop technology based on venture spirit. YM Tech has continuously worked on R&D, thus securing competitive technology. Based on this high-technology, they produce both direct current high-voltage relays and low-voltage relays. They supply products to various fields and areas such as electric vehicles, charging systems, energy saving devices, solar power stations, wind power stations, military weapons and airplanes. YM Tech developed the first bilateral control EV Relay in the world that does not have polarity. They have been globally recognized for its technology with UL, CE, CCC. They actively work with many energy-related companies in China, Japan, Europe and U.S.A. Contact: Yang, Youngmin ([email protected] / +82-43-212-6651) Hompage: http://www.goodymt.com/?lang=en Photo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/728143/YM_Tech_new_EV_relay.jpg SOURCE YM Tech Related Links http://www.goodymt.com/?lang=en YM Tech Press Release

SWEET I will take one in Forest Green Metallic fully loaded with the Duramax please!

Makes me wonder if they are using up production stock as they retire old platforms and gets ready for the Global MQB platform and power trains.

I agree that it is an uphill road to climb, how long will be interesting to see as major markets change to requiring BEV such as Europe and China, Japan and Korea, I expect attitudes to change as prices fall and battery density improves. I honestly think 10 years from now things will be very different.

Very true and I agree with you for small businesses especially the early adopters are not going to be him unless his use case matches closely to what and how these trucks are used. In most cases just as this press release stated, it will be bigger companies that do buy 50 trucks at one time and needs a diverse truck fleet to address various needs.

Hey congrats on the new printer, wishing you all the best for it's use. MOUSE - Is this a traditional mouse with a ball? If so, the rollers get dirty and cause the system to skip or not move the mouse so it seems to freeze. You can twist off the circle cover, remove the mouse and then clean the dirt off the rollers. If it is a optical mouse, you will have to get a new mouse as once the optics start failing they are not user fixable that I am aware of. BROWSERS - Which one are you using? Chrome, Firefox, Edge, IE, HP's own proprietary browser? There are various instructions on the web for this, but it amounts to exporting your bookmarks as an HTML file. Once you have done this, you could then do the following: Download the latest version of your browser choice. Uninstall the old browser, updates, etc. for said browser. Clean install of latest browser. Import the HTML file of all your bookmarks. Enjoy using the new browser with all your bookmarks. Hope this helps you out.

I understand the business approach you are looking at. I have to assume besides city government dictation of using these kinds of trucks that they can at least break even on the trucks. Knowing that electric power trains have less maintenance and longer lives like CNG/LNG motors also have that they will have the truck on the road as much as possible 7 days a week. Will be interesting to follow this and see what the break even point is in years. @ccap41 So revisited their web site, seems they have in addition to this class 6 a class 3 Ford Transit EV van. Both auto's are looked at beating the cost of Diesel over their expected 10 year useful life. Interesting. ?

You might not live or work in a dense growing city, but with the explosive growth of west coast cities, the demand by the public for quiet streets, delivery trucks, reduced polution is the key point in what is driving a move to CNG/LNG or EV Delivery trucks. Since most of these trucks will outlast even a diesel, it makes sense. Especially makes sense with the cities pushing fuel free mass transit buses by mid 2020 to 2030. I see delivery trucks also going that way for all local delivers. UPS and FedEx have also bought many trucks like this from various companies to test out the tech though right now CNG/LNG is the bigger investment by them. I do admit that it would be interesting to find out the cost that the first company is paying per truck for this EV hauler.

Amazing as to the how narrow / closed minded you are. There is no need for a loud diesel belching toxic smoke driving truck in the inner cities for delivery's. Even in the suburbs many auto's can be replaced by a 100 mile range delivery auto. Perfect example of where we are reducing green house gas by replacing traditional ICE with CNG/LNG or electric auto's is our postal service. https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library-files/2018/NL-AR-18-003.pdf Latest report shows how much is being saved for a vehicle that drives on average of only 50 miles per day. The latest reports for urban delivery and freight mobility also proves out this less than 100 miles once the freight has come to the city. https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop18020/index.htm The proof is all over in how little these trucks actually drive in the city and with Electric, they are using no energy when making a delivery or picking up a load. The engines sit there unlike the waste of diesel as the trucks are left idling.

I have to disagree, companies that need to do suburban deliveries will have Diesel or CNG / LNG delivery trucks. Here you see in SODO our warehouse district these kinds of trucks where the long haul semi's come in and the product gets split up for inner city delivery and then the suburbs are put on other trucks and out they all go working just fine.

So based on other sites, seems the lone 2.0T 4 banger puts out the following specs: 2.-liter turbo diesel engine which could create 236 horsepower and 368 lb-ft of torque Gas is 201hp but no info on lb-ft of torque.

I have to wonder how many more this will get expanded too, usually if a short cut like this is done on one model line, it usually is also done on the other models that use supplies from the same manufacture.

Around here I see these type of trucks doing inner city delivery's for produce, fruit, office supplies, tech equipment, etc.

Two be expected, Passat sales are not super here and to build and support a V6 in a world where taxation stupidity is on the size of the engine is also stupid, so they build for Europe and China and the rest of the world gets left over's. Maybe they will offer a 300hp hybrid as a replacement to the V6. ?‍♂️

As the company is marketing it, inner city service. So local deliveries where you usually are no more than 50-60 miles a day in driving. This truck makes perfect sense for that.

https://api.motorsport.tv/embed/Qx5fZf2h-mil-spec-hummer-h1 Very cool video on a new builder of H1 Hummers with the Duramax Diesel motor. 520HP 1000 lb-ft of torque and a 0-60 time of 5.5 seconds. These Hummers Rock! :D

NY is pushing the EV agenda with requiring loading docks, inner city people transport, etc. to have charging stations. Be interesting to see how this plays out in the oncoming years.

I totally agree with you as it would be better to say all 80kWh batteries charge to full in 10 min. 90kWh batteries charge to full in 11 min and 100 kWh batteries in 12 min. Totally agree with you that that is better, but Tesla started this and everyone else is using their yardstick to measure their own EV by.

One thing is that the VW payout is already doing the XFS charging units with liquid cooled charge cords. So these are 800V Xtreme Fast Charging. XFS. These are following the industry standard SAE J1772 plug standard and with XFS ads CCS which is 2 additional plugs. All the work being done by the auto companies are in making their battery packs accept the fast charge and properly condition and manage the life of the battery and range. They will not be building their own charging networks like Tesla. They will use the network being installed now by Electrify America, the subsidiary set up by VW to build our electric infrastructure. In regards to your question about why how many miles per min of charging, Tesla has started this as they have quoted their cars and CUVs in miles per minute charging on their supercharger system. As such everyone else is stating what they will do better than tesla in the same terms that people have come to expect. You are not understanding that Electrify America is already installing and building the liquid cooled XFS chargers. The work GM is doing is much like every other auto company. How do they build denser batteries, build the control modules and conditioner for the battery to allow it to take a xtreme fast charge and not degrade the battery. See my response above to CCAP41.