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I'm looking forward to electric vehicles made by Ampere, Farad, and Ohm in the near future.

ragebol 5y ago
Opel Ampera: https://ev-database.org/car/1051/Opel-Ampera-e https://ev-database.org/car/1051/Opel-Ampera-e Faraday Future: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_Future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_Future I guess there's some resistance against using the name Ohm, haven't heard of an electric car with a name inspired on that.
- robin_reala 5y ago
  Slightly surprised that Ford didn’t start a range of electric cars called Henrys. Missed opportunity.
  - moffkalast 5y ago
    Their competition would just coloumble away.
- unwind 5y ago
  Yes, one wonders what impedes this good naming choice. In other words, I see what you did there, and I greatly respect you for it.
  - ragebol 5y ago
    Maybe the name doesn't induce a positive feeling in people?
- moffkalast 5y ago
  > Price €42,990 For a tiny car like that? Absolute insanity. Comes gold plated I take it?
  - ragebol 5y ago
    Looks like it but I'd hazard a guess that it really isn't. In my native NL it costs €34,149 though, much less. If it could do V2G or V2L it might have been interesting to lease it as a big home battery that happens to have wheels.
smilespray 5y ago
And for vehicle size, you can choose between milli, kilo and mega.
- LeonM 5y ago
  In the Netherlands we have a class of vehicles intended for people with a disability that would prevents them from being allowed to drive a 'real' car. These are very small 2-seater cars, limited to 45km/h. Ironically, one of the most popular models of these small 45km/h cars is the "Mega" build by Aixam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aixam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aixam
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samatman 5y ago
Personally I'm holding out for the Lamborghini Galvani.
Robotbeat 5y ago
I’m excited for the Tesla Semi as well, which also has the central driving position and lots of cameras for better situational awareness. It’s more aerodynamic than the European style buses, so more optimized for travel between cities than inside cities, though. (Electric trucks in dense cities is already a slam dunk without any extreme battery tech or weight reduction, though. It’s longer duration travel that battery electric needs the efforts like Tesla to prove it’s feasible. Affordable, 500 mile range, less than 1 hour quick charge, no real reduction in payload, etc. That will prove electrification of even heavy long range trucks is doable, one of the last bastions of skepticism of electrification of land transport.)

Opel Ampera: https://ev-database.org/car/1051/Opel-Ampera-e https://ev-database.org/car/1051/Opel-Ampera-e Faraday Future: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_Future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_Future I guess there's some resistance against using the name Ohm, haven't heard of an electric car with a name inspired on that.

robin_reala 5y ago
Slightly surprised that Ford didn’t start a range of electric cars called Henrys. Missed opportunity.
- moffkalast 5y ago
  Their competition would just coloumble away.
unwind 5y ago
Yes, one wonders what impedes this good naming choice. In other words, I see what you did there, and I greatly respect you for it.
- ragebol 5y ago
  Maybe the name doesn't induce a positive feeling in people?
moffkalast 5y ago
> Price €42,990 For a tiny car like that? Absolute insanity. Comes gold plated I take it?
- ragebol 5y ago
  Looks like it but I'd hazard a guess that it really isn't. In my native NL it costs €34,149 though, much less. If it could do V2G or V2L it might have been interesting to lease it as a big home battery that happens to have wheels.

smilespray 5y ago

And for vehicle size, you can choose between milli, kilo and mega.

LeonM 5y ago
In the Netherlands we have a class of vehicles intended for people with a disability that would prevents them from being allowed to drive a 'real' car. These are very small 2-seater cars, limited to 45km/h. Ironically, one of the most popular models of these small 45km/h cars is the "Mega" build by Aixam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aixam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aixam

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samatman 5y ago

Personally I'm holding out for the Lamborghini Galvani.

Robotbeat 5y ago

I’m excited for the Tesla Semi as well, which also has the central driving position and lots of cameras for better situational awareness. It’s more aerodynamic than the European style buses, so more optimized for travel between cities than inside cities, though. (Electric trucks in dense cities is already a slam dunk without any extreme battery tech or weight reduction, though. It’s longer duration travel that battery electric needs the efforts like Tesla to prove it’s feasible. Affordable, 500 mile range, less than 1 hour quick charge, no real reduction in payload, etc. That will prove electrification of even heavy long range trucks is doable, one of the last bastions of skepticism of electrification of land transport.)