Recent content by Elfin

Interesting. Exact opposite of what I expected. I wonder why efficiency is lower since it sounds like gearing is the same.

Ah. That makes sense. Didn't notice that Hankooks are rated for 186mph! I would like to see a 186mph range test. I suspect the thermal management would not be able to sustain 186mph for very long.

Pilot Sport 4 SUV looks right too. Doesn't show up when you search though (maybe because front is an OEM tire?)

They probably have it programmed to steer like a normal rack which does put the wheels at different angles (the inside wheel turns more than the outside). Maybe the first engineer interpreted the question literally. Porsche has been using independent motors in their rear axle steering system...

Obviously it's easy to change toe with ride height but I'm wondering if there's a way for car to measure the actual toe. An auto-aligning car would be great. Yeah, seems very unlikely 18s will fit. Though somehow they claim to have tested with BFG KO2 all terrain tires and those aren't even...

haha. Ok, what is the clearance between the caliper and the barrel? Any chance of fitting 18" wheels?

Love it! But what is the camber and toe in the low ride height setting with factory alignment? One thing I was thinking about is that the independent rear steer could allow the car to automatically keep toe at zero for max efficiency and minimum tire wear. Would be cool to have that ability in...

He explains in the video that the Vistiq and the Lyriq are the same platform and that you can actually see how it was built on top of the smaller Lyriq. Definitely not an ICE chassis though.

Sounds like they should have built another dozen like they did for the December delivery just in case there were no shows. :p Does sound fake...

The biggest gap is Auburn to Soda Springs, 44 miles. Looks like there two superchargers planned to shorten it though. California has very good supercharger coverage. https://supercharge.info/map

Lease is already half the price.

Looks like a driver attention monitor. Looks like the "infrared" (depth detection?) system that Lexus uses.

Maybe they have crazy vampire drain and need to be charged on the ship. Just throwing out ideas.

That would be fine if you could add 200mi of range in 15 minutes to that 250mi battery. Unfortunately batteries that can do that are less energy dense so you're adding some of the weight back that you saved by going to a lower capacity battery.

But then they'd make a lot less money while they're ramping up production. Sure they might get some people to hold off their purchase and wait for a Gravity but people would be mad they have to wait years to get their car. Every car maker charges more for new models.