From the Volvo PR: "This means that there will in future be no Volvo cars without an electric motor, as pure ICE cars are gradually phased out and replaced by ICE cars that are enhanced with electrified options."
You realize that there are Prius autos out there that are hitting 500,000 miles on their original batteries, yes? Or that electrics have about 2,000 fewer parts to wear out and break as opposed to ICEs?
And I just saw an article recently that ran down the top 20 most common repairs needed by modern ICE-powered cars... and none of them apply to EVs.
If you're wanting reliability, a simple electric motor beats an ICE hands down, and twice on Sunday.
Regarding Subaru: "In an interview published Sunday by Bloomberg, the company's CEO Yasuyuki Yoshinaga said that it plans to make all-electric versions of existing models rather than develop new vehicle lines for the new powertrains."
Tesla is selling the S and X and soon the M3. Fischer is pushing forward. Chevrolet is selling the Volt and Bolt. Toyota, of course, is selling the Prius Prime PHEV plus several other hybrids. Honda has the Clarity plus hybrids. Nissan Leaf. BMW is selling the i3 and teasing the i8. Kia Soul EV and Niro. Fiat 500e. Hyundai Ioniq.
Says someone who obviously wasn't around CA in the '70s. Thing is, "consumers" also want air they can breath, and water they can drink....
Sulfates and other pollutants are directly related to acidification of rainfall and as such our streams, rivers, lakes, and groundwater; directly contribute to asthma and lung cancer and other health related issues; and, of course, to our carbon footprint.
And, like coal, if an older technology can no longer do its job from both an economic and environmental standpoint, then, like horses and steam engines, it's time for it to go.
He may be head, but the EPA, like other organizations, have rules and regulations and procedures and processes, and the aforementioned regulation has gone through those processes and been approved.
The court is correct in that he doesn't, personally, have the authority to prevent that regulation from taking effect any more than he (or a prior head) could personally ram a rule or regulation through without going through those same processes and procedures.
When you were a child, did your mother never teach you to clean up after yourself?
Well, companies have to do the same thing. And like you as a child, if they won't do it on their own then parents (government) is forced to intervene and require (regulate) them to do so.
Burning coal dumps megatons of sulfates and and ash and other pollutants into the atmosphere annually. Pollutants that are directly related to acidification of rainfall and as such our streams, rivers, lakes, and groundwater; that directly contribute to asthma and lung cancer and other health related issues; and, of course, to our carbon footprint.
So yes, power plants were required to install scrubbers and generally clean up their act. And yes, that contributes to the cost of doing business. But that is, like it or not, part of those costs, and we don't allow coal plants to indiscriminately pollute any more than we allow chemical companies to freely dump waste into the river upstream from your home.
So yes, when you factor in those costs, it makes coal more expensive. But other means of energy production (like drilling for gas) have their own regulations and corresponding expenses and coal would still be more expensive if all of those regulations were gone. Thus the market has decided to pursue gas-fired plants, in addition to renewables liked solar and wind.
Coal is dirty, dangerous, a nightmare to safely produce, and expensive as heck to ship (daily) from where it's produced to where it's consumed. (After which you have to deal with the byproducts.)
Coal powered America for a long time. So did horses and steam engines. But like the later, we have better solutions now, and its time for it to go.
Math. Math. And then more math. ML needs linear algebra, multiple regression analysis, multivariate calculus and lots of statistics, as well proficiency with MatLab, Octave, or R. Then you can tackle the programming side: algorithms and big data analysis.
Or you can let the quants build the models and just determine new and cooler ways to use them....
His complaint was in regard to installing a device with a microphone that's "always listening."
My point is that if you've bought a modern phone, tablet, notebook, gaming system, or tv, then you've already brought a device with a microphone into your home and that device -- insofar as you know -- could already be listing to everything going on around it.
Forget the apps or potential malware. For all you know the capability could already be baked into the system.
Also, stuff like this is just going to push development of autonomous vehicles and their use for business travel and vacation travel even faster.
Won't help for really long-distance or overseas travel, of course, but for regional travel why not bypass all of the airport/airline/TSA BS?
Get in your car the night before, tell it to take you to some other city, then take a nap and wake up when you get there. No lines, no security, and no having to get to the airport two hours ahead of time "just in case"... only to find your flight's been delayed two hours.
Sounds like an opportunity for some enterprising company to offer laptop rentals at airports. Pick it up when you arrive, drop it back off on the return.
Nice link. The author of the article self-admittedly represents oil and gas companies and his sole link to the "devastating" costs of the agreement is a "report" issued by the Heritage Foundation.
"...and get free unlimited healthcare from emergency room visits per reagans law saying no one who goes to an emergency room goes untreated."
Emergency room visits are just that: for emergencies. If you're bleeding out they'll patch you up or if your kid's temp is 102 they may give you a shot of antibiotics, but if you're dying of cancer you don't get to go to an emergency room and get "free unlimited healthcare". The ER will label your cancer, symptoms, and pain as a non-emergency and tell you to see the cancer center for treatment.
Who in turn will ask you about your insurance provider.
(This per my wife who's an assistant to a neurosurgeon at UNMC and who has a pretty good idea of how hospitals and ER's work.)
3D printers aren't going to print food. 3D printers aren't going to print modern semiconductors, LED panels, and other modern electronics. 3D printers aren't going to print health care and medicines.
Further, and more to the point, 3D printers require materials with which to work, and specialized materials at that. Yes, I can 3D print a single plastic toy or part... for several thousand times the cost of the same mass-produced item.
3D printers are totally cool, but they're not going to magically free us from the materials, goods, and services we need that are produced and provided by others.
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Too bad you're not in charge, you could tell all of those companies just what they're doing wrong....
2017 Chevy Corvette 0-60 in 3.6 sec. 1/4 mile in 12.3 sec. 296 mile range.
2017 Tesla model S (sedan): 0-60 in 2.28 sec. 1/4 mile in 10.5 sec. 310 mile range.
From the Volvo PR: "This means that there will in future be no Volvo cars without an electric motor, as pure ICE cars are gradually phased out and replaced by ICE cars that are enhanced with electrified options."
You realize that there are Prius autos out there that are hitting 500,000 miles on their original batteries, yes? Or that electrics have about 2,000 fewer parts to wear out and break as opposed to ICEs?
And I just saw an article recently that ran down the top 20 most common repairs needed by modern ICE-powered cars... and none of them apply to EVs.
If you're wanting reliability, a simple electric motor beats an ICE hands down, and twice on Sunday.
Regarding Subaru: "In an interview published Sunday by Bloomberg, the company's CEO Yasuyuki Yoshinaga said that it plans to make all-electric versions of existing models rather than develop new vehicle lines for the new powertrains."
Tesla is selling the S and X and soon the M3. Fischer is pushing forward. Chevrolet is selling the Volt and Bolt. Toyota, of course, is selling the Prius Prime PHEV plus several other hybrids. Honda has the Clarity plus hybrids. Nissan Leaf. BMW is selling the i3 and teasing the i8. Kia Soul EV and Niro. Fiat 500e. Hyundai Ioniq.
Tell your gf that they're coming, like it or not.
Says someone who obviously wasn't around CA in the '70s. Thing is, "consumers" also want air they can breath, and water they can drink....
Sulfates and other pollutants are directly related to acidification of rainfall and as such our streams, rivers, lakes, and groundwater; directly contribute to asthma and lung cancer and other health related issues; and, of course, to our carbon footprint.
And, like coal, if an older technology can no longer do its job from both an economic and environmental standpoint, then, like horses and steam engines, it's time for it to go.
"... and now they won't even make the type of car that I would consider buying."
Sounds like the bus and a lot of walking is in your future.
He may be head, but the EPA, like other organizations, have rules and regulations and procedures and processes, and the aforementioned regulation has gone through those processes and been approved.
The court is correct in that he doesn't, personally, have the authority to prevent that regulation from taking effect any more than he (or a prior head) could personally ram a rule or regulation through without going through those same processes and procedures.
And I'm done arguing with a Coward.
When you were a child, did your mother never teach you to clean up after yourself?
Well, companies have to do the same thing. And like you as a child, if they won't do it on their own then parents (government) is forced to intervene and require (regulate) them to do so.
Burning coal dumps megatons of sulfates and and ash and other pollutants into the atmosphere annually. Pollutants that are directly related to acidification of rainfall and as such our streams, rivers, lakes, and groundwater; that directly contribute to asthma and lung cancer and other health related issues; and, of course, to our carbon footprint.
So yes, power plants were required to install scrubbers and generally clean up their act. And yes, that contributes to the cost of doing business. But that is, like it or not, part of those costs, and we don't allow coal plants to indiscriminately pollute any more than we allow chemical companies to freely dump waste into the river upstream from your home.
So yes, when you factor in those costs, it makes coal more expensive. But other means of energy production (like drilling for gas) have their own regulations and corresponding expenses and coal would still be more expensive if all of those regulations were gone. Thus the market has decided to pursue gas-fired plants, in addition to renewables liked solar and wind.
Coal is dirty, dangerous, a nightmare to safely produce, and expensive as heck to ship (daily) from where it's produced to where it's consumed. (After which you have to deal with the byproducts.)
Coal powered America for a long time. So did horses and steam engines. But like the later, we have better solutions now, and its time for it to go.
Hey, I've seen this Coward before....
Math. Math. And then more math. ML needs linear algebra, multiple regression analysis, multivariate calculus and lots of statistics, as well proficiency with MatLab, Octave, or R. Then you can tackle the programming side: algorithms and big data analysis.
Or you can let the quants build the models and just determine new and cooler ways to use them....
His complaint was in regard to installing a device with a microphone that's "always listening."
My point is that if you've bought a modern phone, tablet, notebook, gaming system, or tv, then you've already brought a device with a microphone into your home and that device -- insofar as you know -- could already be listing to everything going on around it.
Forget the apps or potential malware. For all you know the capability could already be baked into the system.
As I said, too late.
"I really don't want something in my home that's always listening and potentially sending my speech out to computers that I don't control."
Do you own a smartphone? Tablet? Notebook computer? Xbox One? Modern LCD TV?
Too late. Too late. Too late. Too late.
"... and could be bricked with a single thought if there was impending risk of intrusion."
Your data will be fine just as long as you never think about Purple Elephants.
Also, stuff like this is just going to push development of autonomous vehicles and their use for business travel and vacation travel even faster.
Won't help for really long-distance or overseas travel, of course, but for regional travel why not bypass all of the airport/airline/TSA BS?
Get in your car the night before, tell it to take you to some other city, then take a nap and wake up when you get there. No lines, no security, and no having to get to the airport two hours ahead of time "just in case"... only to find your flight's been delayed two hours.
Sounds like an opportunity for some enterprising company to offer laptop rentals at airports. Pick it up when you arrive, drop it back off on the return.
You mean like hiring Goldman Sachs alumni as economic advisors, into the Treasury department, and into the SEC?
Yep. Let's let the wolves watch the sheep....
Nice link. The author of the article self-admittedly represents oil and gas companies and his sole link to the "devastating" costs of the agreement is a "report" issued by the Heritage Foundation.
Sigh.
And maybe AC trolls are one of the major reasons why readership is declining...
Which in turn is probably negligible when compared to the 5,000% markup imposed by the medical device manufacturer...
"...and get free unlimited healthcare from emergency room visits per reagans law saying no one who goes to an emergency room goes untreated."
Emergency room visits are just that: for emergencies. If you're bleeding out they'll patch you up or if your kid's temp is 102 they may give you a shot of antibiotics, but if you're dying of cancer you don't get to go to an emergency room and get "free unlimited healthcare". The ER will label your cancer, symptoms, and pain as a non-emergency and tell you to see the cancer center for treatment.
Who in turn will ask you about your insurance provider.
(This per my wife who's an assistant to a neurosurgeon at UNMC and who has a pretty good idea of how hospitals and ER's work.)
3D printers aren't going to print food. 3D printers aren't going to print modern semiconductors, LED panels, and other modern electronics. 3D printers aren't going to print health care and medicines.
Further, and more to the point, 3D printers require materials with which to work, and specialized materials at that. Yes, I can 3D print a single plastic toy or part... for several thousand times the cost of the same mass-produced item.
3D printers are totally cool, but they're not going to magically free us from the materials, goods, and services we need that are produced and provided by others.
Damn auto correct. "throw another one".
As long as you're mismatching economics, let me through another one in there for you: Supply doesn't always equal demand.
We may want jobs, but that doesn't mean those jobs will exist...
No, they too are "software engineers".