Tipping point towards EVs is around 5 years
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There are a few Mercedes parts in the model s.
Rain sensor, some of the stalks etc. About 0.1% of the car. Mercedes also used to have a sizable chunk of tesla stock and helped with some development.
Mercedes are using tesla electric tech in their phev cars now so really there's more tesla in Mercedes so it should be the other way around...
Aston Martin use amg engines now, are they Mercedes?
The car industry is a slight insidious industry with parts sharing anyhow.
Rain sensor, some of the stalks etc. About 0.1% of the car. Mercedes also used to have a sizable chunk of tesla stock and helped with some development.
Mercedes are using tesla electric tech in their phev cars now so really there's more tesla in Mercedes so it should be the other way around...
Aston Martin use amg engines now, are they Mercedes?
The car industry is a slight insidious industry with parts sharing anyhow.
https://www.smmt.co.uk/2018/02/january-ev-registra...
Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 5th February 10:39
jjwilde said:
That will definitely be effected by the fact it's near impossible to obtain a Leaf, Zoe, Ioniq, i3 or model3 at the moment. The waiting lists are crazy.
There's a bloke 2 desks from me in this office, ordering a brand new Mk2 40kwh Leaf as we speak. He's being quoted early March for delivery by a Nissan dealer, 4 weeks away. He is replacing a knackered Porsche.RobDickinson said:
Wth is the diesel hybrid.. Some commercial or van?
The wife's Peugeot 508 is a diesel hybrid. Regenerative brakes and tick over charging, not something you can plug in. Drive train shared with a few other Peugeot models and a Citroën. "Not wildly successful" would describe their sales figures. This flavour of 508 was in direct competition with soft-roader versions of the Audi A4 and the bluemotion Passat. The latter two were generally seen as better and more prestigious ... and they were also cheaper. So Peugeot sales were miraculously high, insofar as they managed to shift any of them. Fortunately they depreciate faster than a thing that halves in value while you sneeze, at which point they become quite good value.ElectricSoup said:
jjwilde said:
That will definitely be effected by the fact it's near impossible to obtain a Leaf, Zoe, Ioniq, i3 or model3 at the moment. The waiting lists are crazy.
There's a bloke 2 desks from me in this office, ordering a brand new Mk2 40kwh Leaf as we speak. He's being quoted early March for delivery by a Nissan dealer, 4 weeks away. He is replacing a knackered Porsche.To get one in NZ isnt easy at the moment, the importer has to win one at auction in Japan then ship it over to NZ. I think there is only 2 or 3 of them here so far.
RobDickinson said:
Wth is the diesel hybrid.. Some commercial or van?
Or another example.https://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/mercedes-be...
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