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Old Dec 12, 2025 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
Funny, this just happened to come up in my feed




It's interesting how we find things on the internet to confirm our biases 👌

Good to see they didn’t combine home and auto like the Tesla owner
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Old Dec 12, 2025 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by BayeauxLex
Good to see they didn’t combine home and auto like the Tesla owner
I mean you can keep reaching for straws, OK with me
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Old Dec 12, 2025 | 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by BayeauxLex
Prius engines and transmissions blowing up? Because that’s what Toyota model we’re discussing.

speaking of blowing up. Popped in my feed.

https://youtu.be/oPNZHmaRZVs?si=JxYowRgkvTZD7_Lt


Happens all the time with gas Toyotas huh?
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Old Dec 12, 2025 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
I mean you can keep reaching for straws, OK with me
Don’t have to reach far. Heck my nema plug almost caught fire. Hardwired it afterwards.


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Old Dec 12, 2025 | 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by BayeauxLex
Don’t have to reach far. Heck my nema plug almost caught fire. Hardwired it afterwards.

LOL all that tells me is you need a better electrician 🤣Maybe I'll share mine with you


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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
LOL all that tells me is you need a better electrician 🤣Maybe I'll share mine with you
You might be right!! Bring your car down and we can test his latest work!!
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Originally Posted by BayeauxLex
You might be right!! Bring your car down and we can test his latest work!!
Haha thank you but NO 🤣
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Originally Posted by ChattanoogaPhil
Yes.

EPB charges a monthly $9.81 fee regardless of usage
Base residential rate is 9 pennies per kWh
So-called Fuel surcharge fluctuates but has been + 2 pennies per KwH

California home has PG&E for gas and electric but don't know the breakdown specifics.
Up here, We The North, there are 4 fees in Toronto. Delivery, regulatory, debt fee, and then 13% sales tax… eventually the city of Toronto will find some sort of connection fee for electric vehicles. guaranteed. There is also some silly convoluted rebate program as well and now hearing in Quebec, which has 99% green energy the cleanest in North America, there’s a minimum charge even if you do not use electricity

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Luminar, the company that was supposed to be providing Lidar units to Volvo for the EX and ES90s just filed for bankruptcy.

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https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/li...or-bankruptcy/

luminar, the company that was supposed to be providing lidar units to volvo for the ex and es90s just filed for bankruptcy.
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I guess not having product for your biggest customer and having them pull out of the contract isn't good for business
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Ever since Mark Rober faked Tesla FSD tests and shilled for Luminar the stock has dropped like a stone. High risk with potential high reward if you dropped say $40,000 on the stock right now.


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Interesting way to cut costs and lower the MSRP…Ford claims few use the frunk, hard to believe Ford
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Ford Lightning is dead, being replaced with range extending gas engine like what Ram is doing

https://www.thedrive.com/news/ford-f...-engine-backup
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Too bad the Ford 150 BEV is dead, was such a nice truck with the body on frame design. It was always on display at the Maple Leafs..an extended range design is not gonna do much…Ford should just work on building a very good F150 hybrid, the current HEV F150 has a max range of 825 miles.
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