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01-17-2022, 08:13 AM | #111 |
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Good friend has a Tesla Model 3. Addictive acceleration, fun tech, and free charging at work. Running the numbers he saves about 4 grand a year on gas (he has a long-ish drive to work). He likes that it's made in the US and doesn't have tailpipe emissions, but it's the other stuff that sealed the deal. Sometimes the choice can be this simple.
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Cuba, Lebanon, etc present good examples, as will most of Africa and Central Asia - mostly because they won't be able to afford the heavy burden of billions of dollars in infrastructure expenditure. That's almost 4 billion now (reaching 5 billion people by 2050) who won't have taken up EVs for well beyond 2035. The World will boast 9.2Bn people by 2050. Most of the population is concentrated in those poorer countries most of which can barely feed their people let alone go the way of the well-fed and spend billions in infrastructure projects. I'm positive, most vehicles in the 2050s on the planet will still be ICE.
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Yes! But a Mild Hybrid (MH) version!! Rest assured,...all ///M cars will get an "Electric Motor",...prolly sandwiched between the Transmission and Engine! More than likely, the Alternate will disappear! This will be great for 100% instant Torque at launch!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the current "Mild Hybrid" 3-Series has adopted this MH setup!
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I sure hope this results in some amazing ICE M cars down the road. You just never know how the EU government crazies might find a way to scuttle BMW’s plans.
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01-17-2022, 08:59 PM | #115 |
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So like can we have manual transmission and hydraulic steering back, we've been through a lot. A halo car?
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The top level B58O (the one in M340i and others) is gradually going away - there is no replacement for it. The mid-level B58M is getting a reworked intake and probably other things to bump its power almost to the level of B58O while also futureproofing it for EU7. The lower level B58U is added mostly for hybrid applications.
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