Ford Lets You Send Complaints Right to the Company; Only EVs on Net-Zero Track – Autoline Daily 3693
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0:00 UAW Contracts Will Likely Be Approved
1:13 ChargePoint Launching 500 kW Chargers
2:10 Only EVs on Track for Net-Zero
3:44 Hyundai Gives the IONIQ 5 the “N” Treatment
4:56 Genesis Adds Another SUV to Its U.S. Lineup
5:48 Ford Gives Owners Fast Feedback Tech
6:49 Toyota & Redwood Expand Partnership to Material Supply
7:22 Chinese EV Goes with Gullwing Doors
8:33 Domino’s Creates Pizza Delivery E-Bike
Story Links:
UAW Likely To Approve New Deal: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2023/11/15/gm-contract-likely-to-be-ratified-narrowly-what-it-means-for-the-uaw/71597248007/
Mercedes Open 1st U.S. Charging Hub: https://media.mbusa.com/releases/mercedes-benz-launches-first-ev-charging-hub-in-north-america-network-aims-to-deliver-a-fast-reliable-premium-charging-experience-for-drivers-of-all-ev-brands
Only EVs On Track for Net-Zero: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2023/11/14/evs-are-the-only-bright-spot-in-climate-fight-study-shows/71578673007/
Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: https://www.hyundainews.com/en-us/releases/3996
Genesis GV80 Coupe: https://www.genesisnewsusa.com/en-us/releases/332
Toyota & Redwood Expand Partnership: https://pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-and-redwood-materials-agree-to-battery-recycling-materials-procurement/
Chinese EV w/ Gullwing Doors: https://carnewschina.com/2023/11/15/gac-aion-hyper-ht-launched-in-china-with-gull-wing-doors-starts-at-29520-usd/
Domino’s Creates E-Bike: https://newsroom.dominos.com.au/media/2023/11/16/whats-in-the-box-with-the-fan-forced-temperature-controlled-oven-and-10-g-force-shock-absorbers-the-future-of-dominos-delivery
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Yes, DeLorean gullwing doors are hard to seal. It's a two to three day process to set the weather stripping.
Hi Elon aka Mark. Per TUV, 14.7% defect rate after three years on the Model 3. Worse than Dacia. BTW, will you offer congrats to your MT Car of the Year (and OpMargin King) Toyota Prius?
When Ford asks you to send in your complaints directly, it goes into a text file on Jim Farleys desktop, and are then deleted.
Worth realizing that just being a 'gullwing' door is only part of the story. Must such doors are rigid, with the hinged portion only at the roof.
While Tesla's door is also hinged mid-door. With the upsides and downsides that come with such an implementation. An important distinction to be aware of, despite still being classified as gullwing/falcon-wing.
Small correction: the model X does not have Gullwing doors, it has falcon wing doors, they are articulate halfway. The biggest difference is they can open with less than 6 inches of clearance, or as a Gullwing takes the same amount of space or more that are regular door would.
If you are going to copy Tesla, those doors is not really a great thing to copy. The falcon wing doors have been a headache from design phase until now. I would love to see Tesla come out with a Model X without the falcon doors.
If ford lets you send complaints from the dash , they won’t get many complaints , my Mach e could never over the air update the software and the infotainment system had many many repairs. Sold the garbage car and I get all the errors from whoever the dealer sold the car to. Ford quality job none!
Tesla will be first.
Those dominos bikes would be good in New York City. If Ford is slowing down on making new EVs, then they need to redesign the Mach-e and tweak the range on the F-150 to 20% more range, or longer.
Now the KKK members can charge their EVs at the Mercedes fast charging stations in the South.
The Ionic 5 N seems like it is aimed squarely at embarrassing Porsches and Corvettes.
I’m sorry, but fake engine noises are some of the cringiest and lamest possible ways to make a car more “sporty”.
Fake engine noise? No. But if they must do it, don't make it audible outside of the car.
@4:04 If your the kind of dweeb who needs his car to go vroom, vroom, you're too immature to drive.
@7:57 That Chinese Gull Wing model, especially at that price, has certainly piqued my interest. I'll be following you to see if there's any more news from Hyper.
Performance not gimics
I'm waiting for that GV80 coupe! I hope it gets here before summer.
Mercedes SLS was another great gull wing door car!
this channel is great proof that USA is the worst English speaking country with the most backwards people
Please note a mistake as yes those are Gull Wing doors but they are not Teslas Falcon wing doors. They are missing the second pivot point and thus more difficult in car parks and garages to open then falcon doors.
I have been driving EV'S since 2018 over 5 years ago and the charging networks are only getting better. In 2024, we will see HUGE improvements along with the switch to the NACS connector and new CCS1 to Tesla Superchargers.
Ah, so Ford will be doing what Tesla has already been doing. From the Model Y owner's manual, for example: "Note: You can also use voice commands to provide feedback to Tesla. Say "Report", "Feedback", or "Bug report" followed by brief comments. Model Y takes a snapshot of its systems, including your current location, vehicle diagnostic data, and screen captures of the touchscreen. Tesla periodically reviews these notes and uses them to continue improving Model Y."
After many months, I've yet to get my $100 reservation refund on the Ford Lightening, so I wouldn't expect much from the direct complaint system…
Pontiac Trans Sport Concept
My guess is that UAW will go after Lucid and Fisher next!😂
I saw the GV80 and it is big and exterior styling is totally ugly!😮
What is the difference now, compared to back when the f-150 what eating sparkplugs?? Are they going to listen and do right by the owners this time?? This also applies to the whole industry too!!!
Pizza by bike?? I folks are beating up on those delivery pods, humans don't stand a chance!!
That Hyundai should pipe in the sounds of clip-clops and waft in the smell of horse dung too, for people who don't find fully automated carriages exciting.
The Tesla "gullwing" door is referred by Tesla as a "falcon wing" because it has double hinges, not one hinge like the Mercedes and DeLorean.
It’s such a pity that Americans can’t recognise the reality of a world market of followers.
Range/Charge "anxiety" is basically a legacy EV issue, not a market leader issue. Tesla solves this problem years ago for themselves, and now Tesla is helping solve it for the laggards too by opening up its network.
These lazy fossils can't help themselves, it's like turning over helpless beached turtles.
Teslas have falcon wing doors that have an extra hinge, which allow them to open with a car 10 inches to the side of it. A car 10 inches to the side of those gull wing doors would get clobbered.
No surprise that the only sector hitting net zero effectively and on time is the one that industry laggards did not spearhead – I would go further and say they were obstacles on its path.
Thankfully Tesla proved this market across the globe despite how hard the legacies tried to sabotage or disparage the efforts.
I much prefer the true humming of electric motors, no need for silly artificial sounds to get in the way of the relative elegance of this technology.
But at least Hyundai/Kia group are actually making decent EVs despite this distraction, unlike some other legacies that are busy trying to make their EVs sound like ICE cars instead of making them perform like proper EVs.
Big fan of Redwood Materials, I can't wait to see how they grow by 2030 when recycling volume truly takes off and we start heading into a circular economy for EV manufacturing.
UAW is a cancer on the industry.
6:10 BS, that message will first go to India for processing (make sure voice to text is correct) and categorizing, then to a few techs in the US to prioritize it and spec out things for engineers to look into.
Briklin ?
GUARANTEED SALARY IS READY FOR THE UAW.
Cutting beef output… I never agreed to that!! I better be able to get a steak
Swedish dockworkers are refusing to unload Teslas at ports in broad boycott move. The Swedish metal and industrial workers union, IF Metall, which represents Tesla's roughly 120 workers, launched a walkout at the company in late October.
And now, Swedish workers of all stripes – dockworkers, electricians, cleaners and others – are banding together to boycott the U.S. company in solidarity.
The strike is a response to the company's refusal to sign a collective bargaining agreement for its employees, almost all of them mechanics, because Tesla doesn't have a manufacturing plant in Sweden.
I wonder if China, India, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Africa are on track for net zero? Thinking out loud.
Genesis coupe, I’m sorry but a vehicle with four doors is not a coupe. I don’t care what some marketing jabobo wants to call it, it’s still a sedan.
Tesla Model X hasn't gullwing doors but falcon's because there's an additional hinge in the door to make them more manœuvrable