Not all diesel drivers though. Still waiting for you to tell us why you made a poor choice and bought a petrol car when you could have bought an EV.Another serious study on how much damage diesel car drivers do to young peoples lungs.
So much evidence yet so little interest in diesel owners making a better choice.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47777103
diesel particles are even being found in pregnant woman placentas
"We know what pollution particles look like when they're in the cells elsewhere in the body particularly in the lungs, and the black bits that we're seeing in the placenta are a very similar shape and colour to those what making us think they could be pollution particles."
Still ignoring the fact that the latest diesel vehicles would be at the bottom of that graph.Time to set a much much earlier ban on diesel enough is enough
Meanwhile Tesla have had to work on their Autopilot after the system was "hacked".
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2019/04/02/tencent_tesla_hacking/
1. old news, the vehicle controlling hack vector has already been fixedTesla said it fixed the ECU vulnerabilities, particularly the gamepad-related one, with a system update in 2017 and 2018. It's not clear if the automaker fully fixed the lane and wiper computer-vision flaws, as it considers them an unrealistic attack method.
2. unrealistic road marking manipulation in an empty car park (questionable lane marking to begin with), the "hack" is totally disconnect from real world
So thanks for showing us how innovative Tesla had been.
Tesla is ranked 4th world's most innovative company, while I can't see any other automotive company on the top 100.
https://www.forbes.com/innovative-companies/#19f62a231d65
Clue is in the name: "automated driving system". When have Tesla said Autopilot suite is self-driving?You have obviously missed last month's reports of an owner having to keep correcting the steering on his Tesla because the lane keeping system kept trying to steer him into the crash barriers.
Hardly innovative if the systems don't work properly.
Meanwhile Tesla rated 2nd to last for automated vehicles.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.teslarati.com/tesla-self-driving-race-navigant-results-2019/amp/
Time to set a much much earlier ban on diesel enough is enough
The clue is in the article.Clue is in the name: "automated driving system". When have Tesla said Autopilot suite is self-driving?
Doesn't look like the Explorer will be as it only mentions LHD for Europe. No mention of whether the Mustang inspired SUV will or not, but the rest of the vehicles will be available as RHD.That's Teslarati rather than Tesla.
Good to see that Ford are doing a little towards electrification. I wonder if anything will get built in RHD.
Try reading previous posts.Toyota to share hybrid vehicle secrets for free
Maybe FORD could ask for some freebies.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47799998
Its not something you need to worry aboutI have a BM, what's an indicator?
Ideal for the school run
Does she arrive on Ash Wednesday?its brill for young kids ashma
Have you seen that silly little Aston, guess that's so they get their average down too.How can this be allowed?
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/fiat/106535/fiat-pairs-up-with-tesla-to-avoid-eu-emission-fines.
That's not exactly reducing emissions if you can just pay another manufacturer and use their figures to lower your average. Kind of defeats the object.
There are many many many(!) articles disputing that age old myth, over its lifetime, electric cars have less carbon footprint than petrol or diesel.I like a petrol engine but they just don't produce the torque I want & need so drive a diesel, now my last diesel was meant to be as dirty as they come but that engine would run on basically anything & you could pour brand new vegetable straight into the tank (got some funny looks in supermarket carparks lol) & off you went & the emissions were better than most petrol cars. The carbon foot print from making the lithium batteries for these electric cars is worse than what most diesels will produce in their lifetime & then there is the production of the electricity which is still mainly done from burning fossil fuels so electric cars aren't that clean in the long run when you think about it
I have seen the Cygnet, but at least Aston take the car and retrim it and make it their own. Which isn't exactly what Fiat/Chrysler are doing.Have you seen that silly little Aston, guess that's so they get their average down too.
Turbo lag is just a result of an oversized turbo being fitted. This can be pretty much negated by fitting a twin turbo setup where a smaller turbo is used to spin up the larger turbo. Or there is a twin scroll turbo (which my car has) whereby the turbo is fed by paired cylinders rather than fed by all four cylinders.Electric gives instant torque, no turbo lag, no gearbox logic, what you demand on the pedal is exactly what you get, the instant you demand it.
and most family cars doesn't have such turbo.Turbo lag is just a result of an oversized turbo being fitted. This can be pretty much negated by fitting a twin turbo setup where a smaller turbo is used to spin up the larger turbo. Or there is a twin scroll turbo (which my car has) whereby the turbo is fed by paired cylinders rather than fed by all four cylinders.
Most "family" EV's like a Leaf, only feel quick up to around 30mph before the acceleration starts to drop off.
Clearly you haven't drive a modern 2.0 diesel with an 8 speed auto box, even in "mild" mode it drops down a gear or 2 and instantly throws you forwardand most family cars doesn't have such turbo.
You can get that kind of twin turbo performance up to over 50mph in today's EV's including the Leaf, and not far off a 2.0 litre diesel at motorway speed.
Then there's the instant switch between driving economically and driving for performance. Unlike ICE cars, there's no gears to change, you can be driving leisurely at 30mph and instantly start accelerate to 50mph. Normally, your car would be in 5th gear (eg. 1100rpm) for economy, and you'd have to change down into the torque band (eg from 1500rpm on most single turbo diesels) to get a good push.
Most family cars will have a small low friction turbo. They spin up easily and produce no noticeable lag.and most family cars doesn't have such turbo.
You can get that kind of twin turbo performance up to over 50mph in today's EV's including the Leaf, and not far off a 2.0 litre diesel at motorway speed.
Then there's the instant switch between driving economically and driving for performance. Unlike ICE cars, there's no gears to change, you can be driving leisurely at 30mph and instantly start accelerate to 50mph. Normally, your car would be in 5th gear (eg. 1100rpm) for economy, and you'd have to change down into the torque band (eg from 1500rpm on most single turbo diesels) to get a good push.
I own a Skoda with DSG gearbox and had owned Mercedes slushbox, similar incarnation of which went into SLR supercar. The DSG is okay, but in the above use-case, it would have needed to drop down 2 gears and that is asking for a major disappointment.Clearly you haven't drive a modern 2.0 diesel with an 8 speed auto box, even in "mild" mode it drops down a gear or 2 and instantly throws you forward
Exactly, everything seems to be moving towards economy. Which are smaller and smaller engines with bigger and bigger turbo that lags more and more. Plus more and more economical gearing for lower engine RPM when driving, which in turn means always needing to wait for the gearbox.Just a guess but my impression is that most cars are turbocharged these days, especially the smaller engine obsession which is going on.
Are there not quite a few ICE cars with CVT transmissions?
A petrol or diesel car will emit more and more carbon as it gets driven
The torque of electric cars are........ electrifying A weak family Nissan Leaf feels more torque-y than most family car diesel engines, it is certainly more pleasurable to drive than VW 2.0l EA288 diesel, or Mercedes 646 engine I've had. Electric gives instant torque, no turbo lag, no gearbox logic, what you demand on the pedal is exactly what you get, the instant you demand it.