@@melvinholland9656 This may be true, but Tesla's days as an automaker are just about over. By the end of March, they will no longer be able to sell cars at a profitable volume in North America or Europe. Imagine, if you will, how much overlap there is, between those who are interested in buying an EV, and those who would associate themselves with the special salute that Mr. Musk seems to be so proud to have made. I reckon it to be close to ZERO. But he doesn't care one whit. He has moved on.
Interesting that there are "Tesla Fan Boys" and "Tesla Haters". No such "cliques" for Mach-e, ID4, Hyundai / Kia, GM or many other EVs. Though there are even some in Rivian and Lucid groups. Of course then there are the wacky, deranged, Aptera people (some of which were Arcimoto and Electra Meccanica fans in previous lives).
@robert THANK YOU for your encouragement. There are activists and shareholders on both sides of every issue who frequently voice their desire for us to pander and sensationalize. Sometimes they even get mean about it. We have stayed the course for almost a full year of weekly episodes and we'll continue doing our best to stay rational and objective reporting about electric transportation. Drive Fly Ride : GO ELECTRIC :) -Producer Tim
I know of a Bucees that has both Tesla supercharger dispensers and MB dispensers. Great choices for MB owners with the adapter. Thanks for the video MGE. ⚡
Last year on the Current we reported details on each of those Buc-ees partnerships as well as others including Pilot, Sheetz, Costco, Starbucks/Volvo, and more. Thanks for joining us! -Producer Tim
Toyota needed to do this like 5 years ago. If Ford doesn't accelerate this, like what Toyota is doing, they will be toast. Great Reporting, Much Respect.
Thanks for sharing your perspective! Toyota has spent a lot of money paying lobbyists to slow EV adoption. Who knows what might have accomplished if they applied those efforts and that capital to developing a desirable electric car? Maybe they'll leapfrog incumbents with a cost-effective battery. -Producer Tim
@ Facts! And if Nissan did not drop the ball when they were doing good with their first mass produced EV, the Leaf, they would also be at the top with Chinese too.
An EV can use energy 4 times more efficiently than a gasoline vehicle. I encourage you and your channel to us your influence to educate everyone on why owning an EV is so important to switch over to. We need to work to reduce carbon emission and to build an economy based on clean renewable energy. You and this channel can help move us forward. Thank you for your help.
Evergreen educational content is great and we have produced hundreds of those videos on this channel, and behind the curtains in our work with many automakers training tens of thousands of employees and salespeople about EV technology, functions, and benefits. We will keep it coming. Have you been able to view our other content? www.missgoelectric.com -Producer Tim
PS: this is one of my favorite educational EV productions and I share it often here in the comments th-cam.com/video/1oVrIHcdxjA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1jK5UzGy_0KQJgbw -Producer Tim
Ford, Stellantis, and General motors are rewarded with billions of taxpayer dollars when they tell politicians they are in dire need of free money. When we see the quarterly profit figures and hear about the $10k profit sharing checks to tens of thousands of workers...we aren't comforted. Efficient capital allocation is the name of the game. Those companies which do it well, win. If the winning companies are not American...America loses. Thanks for joining us and making your voice heard. -Producer Tim
I have a 2016.2 P90DL with unlimited free supercharging, it has come in very handy on my cross country road trips. Now if I could only manage getting free motel rooms and free meals. I like Free!
We have about 100k miles on our 2016.2 90D and we mainly use it for road trips. Sometimes it sits for months at a time without being driven, but we sure appreciate free Supercharging. We almost always stay at hotels with free overnight level 2 dispensers. It sure is a cheap way to travel! Thanks for sharing your experience. -Producer Tim instagram.com/p/CUdAivErsW1/
10 dispensers per station is higher than the average non-Tesla DC Fast Charging location in the USA. We are confident that usage will be monitored. If deficiencies exist, the market will add supply. -Producer Tim Explore the realities of the DC Charging network locations: afdc.energy.gov/fuels/electricity-locations#/find/nearest?fuel=ELEC
I’m so happy that charging is looking up for nonTesla vehicles, because some people will not be buying another Tesla until there is a change in upper management.
Drive Fly ride go Electic Miss GoElectric 👍 KNOWLEDGEABLE Miss GoElectric Take care,Miss GoElectric From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 22::57PM Good Evening
I was disappointed when GM discontinued installed on Chevy Bolt, but then they came through with a bunch of other EVs and a better than expected deal on Equinox EV. I guess Ford is not feeling any pressure. Mercedes is doing surprisingly well, eqs look really good. IONNA is so much needed great news! Now let's get more public L2s everywhere.
We agree with you completely that level 2 charging is probably more important for the convenience of everyday drivers than DC Fast Charging. 50-100 Level 2 dispensers can be deployed for the cost of one DC Fast Charger. Charging solutions which match dwell times are crucial. Miss GoElectric talked about that quite a bit in this podcast interview: th-cam.com/video/r7yLPKfs9q0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=MGuZUGfRyizhzoWt -Producer Tim
I've been watching. Personally if I got to a fast charging site and there was a waiting line, I'd rather be charging at level 2 for an hour then waiting in line, especially if we could get 40 amps or more
Good morning, happy weekend! For Ford, another two years until the next gen products seems like a long time. The current products seem like they will be very stale by then. At these still early days of EVs it seems like the product cycle needs to be faster than that. It is not a matured market like with ICE vehicles. So that leaves me scratching my head a bit. Glad to see and hear about the other progress being made though with the new Toyota battery plant coming online and Ford Michigan battery plant still underway. Interesting news every week!
I want to see more stories about electric aircraft, boats, motorcycles, and other eMobility products but this week cars and chargers filled all ten minutes. :) Thank you for joining us again this week. -Producer Tim
Spreadsheets are one of the easiest pieces of corporate propaganda to manipulate. What costs and timelines are piled onto Ford's EV division? I worked with auto dealers body shops for decades. Goal included lean manufacturing and first time right transactions. Reviewed hundreds of dealers monthly p&l reports. Amazed at what they would post against body shop sales. A favorite example was a Ford dealership that was acquired by someone with no dealership experience. They looked at the body shops bottom line and decided to close the shop. Their OEM parts sales at 40% profit collapsed as did their mechanical sales associated with an auto body repair. New car sales also took a hit as a totaled wreck owner could often be convinced to buy a new or used vehicle from the dealership. The owner only survived for a couple of years before a chain store selling Fords acquired the dealership.
Many legacy automakers have murky separation of their EV and ICE divisions. Wisely, Ford has separated their EV division quite cleanly. From an accounting and strategic development standpoint, a behemoth like Ford is best served by having the ability to monitor and adjust the pain they accept today in order to enable their ability to compete around the globe when internal combustion fades away. There is an old adage: "Figures don't lie but liars figure". While it can be applied everywhere, we are of the mind that Ford Motor Company, like most publicly traded companies, is taking their obligations to shareholders seriously. It is impossible to keep all inputs clearly delineated when it comes to the ICE/Hybrid/EV...but we are happy to see that they are trying. The structure of their company mandates that they bend slowly to meet the EV future. If they go to quickly the numbers will scare investors and the company will collapse. All legacy automakers face that risk. -Producer Tim
I got $2500 charging rewards with my EV and really appreciate it I have used about $500 in my one year of ownership I will sit in my car with the A/C or heat on to dilly dally in my phone, something that I would surely minimize if I had to pay for
Lifetime unlimited supercharging is option SC01. Both my Model Ss have had that. SC05 is unlimited supercharging with no transferrability. A few years ago, Tesla began re-coding SC01 vehicles to SC05 if the vehicle was sold through a dealer. So your SC01 Model S needs to go to a private party to retain unlimited supercharging. Trading in will kill it.
Back in 2023 Ford's official announcement about Supercharging stated that NACS connectors would appear first in their next generation platforms. Those have been delayed until 2027. To our knowledge, there has not been an announcement about adding NACS to the F150 Lightning, Mustang Mach E, or E-transit. -Producer Tim
Toyota pissed away its electrification market advantage by lazily resting on hybrid electric technology it pioneered in the last century. Now Ford somehow thinks focusing on hybrid electric technology is the right direction for them in the near-term? LOL. BTW, our family has had at least one Prius in the driveway for the past 20-years, so I am by no means a Toyota or hybrid electric technology hater, it is just not the path to the future.
Ford are looking at EREV vehicles, were the gasoline engine doesn't drive the wheels but acts as a generator to recharge the the large battery. Chinese OEM's are going down this route and it suitable for those who are hesitant on going full EV or who do not have the EV infrastructure at home.
The decision for Toyota to wait has been wise from an accounting standpoint. They've missed out on capturing some portion of the 4-5% of automobile sales worldwide which are fully electric. Other legacy automakers who are vying for a price of that small slice lose many billion dollars per year. If there is a battery cost breakthrough which Toyota can wield as they enter the market, there is a possible future in which they enter the EV market cleanly with minimal losses compared to other legacy automakers. As the name of our brand indicates, we are pro-electric transportation. We can also understand why internal combustion transportation incumbents self immolating by going EV. Market demand drives their decisions. The market demands a superior product at a superior value. EVs are beginning to fit that description for typical buyers. -Producer Tim
At this time have been no permanent policies in the US which will affect EV adoption. We reported on this with great detail two weeks ago: th-cam.com/video/RHC6KGlhAqA/w-d-xo.html We expect the Tesla Model Y (EV) to outsell every other car available in the USA and throughout the world for the third straight year in 2025. We expect improved EV affordability across the board along with record EV adoption. We expect an American EV company to remain the most valuable automaker in the world. We expect at least 15,000 new public DC fast charging dispensers to go live in 2025. -Producer Tim
The accountants working inside legacy automakers would disagree. Of course, we are in favor of all electric transportation at this channel. We are not interested in anything with a gas tank and an exhaust pipe. -Producer Tim
@@MissGoElectric "...How can we increase the prices of our vehicles?" "Yeah, and margins and virtue signal and increase repair and parts profits to feed the dealers after the warranty runs out ?" "HYBRIDS !" Bingo!
Hybrids were a forward-looking solution thirty years ago, but their time has passed. The climate crisis isn't going to just wait around for us to get our act together. We need to transition to sustainable energy ASAP, and at this point hybrids are no longer a part of that process.
Hybirds remain the most profitable decision for legacy automakers. Most are hoping the EV transition moves slowly enough for them to jump in when batteries are cheap and supply chains are made mature by the early birds. That strategy will lose them every market in the world in which Chinese EV companies are present. -Producer Tim
We love to see affordability improving. The Gen2 Model Y will be here in two weeks. Obsolete stock will continue to be discounted until the supply of the new version matches demand on its own. -Producer Tim
Why do you only report poor EV sales news about every auto maker except TESLA? The bigger story is that TESLA sales in Europe have CRASHED...UK -18%, France -63%, Spain,-75%., Netherlands -42%, Norway.-40%, Denmark -41%., Sweden -46%, Portugal -31% and Germany -60%.
It is a well known fact that this channel carries a lot of Tesla water. See their "coverage" of the reckless firing of the Tesla Super Charging organization in 2024 and the 2025 attempts to spin this as being effective management. BTW, I am a Tesla Model Y LR owner and love the vehicle, but that does not mean I turn a blind eye to the childish corporate decisions (along with the reckless extracurricular activities) of the CEO.
Yep. The people involved in this channel are heavily invested in Tesla. Its against their self interest to say anything that makes Tesla look too bad. It's quite corrupt.
@use-oc4mj6n Probably.......TESLA sales tanking is the BIGGEST EV news this week, yet somehow she missed it. This is not the channel to find unbiased EV news.
The lineup of 30 all-electric models at Toyota was announced in 2021. www.thenational.scot/news/national/19782570.toyota-pledges-offer-range-30-fully-electric-vehicles-2030/ We recently reported on Toyota's continued hydrogen programming. Here is a refresher. www.howtogeek.com/bmw-and-toyota-hydrogen-partnership/ -Producer Tim
@@MissGoElectric Thanks, I had a look at the link you sent. Personally I believe there is a big place for green hydrogen in our future, but I doubt it is in cars. It is just too expensive, while electricity is cheap. If I had to choose between spending $30K on a battery EV or being given a free Hydrogen car, I'd buy the EV. Maybe I'd take the free hydrogen car, sell it, and then buy a battery EV.🤣
In the last few weeks we have reported about the plant. They are currently manufacturing and shipping product. For background on the gameplan (which is ahead of schedule) see episode 26 of The Current: th-cam.com/video/h2hBLXyXhsc/w-d-xo.html -Producer Tim
Miss Adventure, Extended range EVs cost more, weigh more, use more battery to move, take longer to recharge & god help you when it come time to replace that X battery pack. Most people do not require an X pack for daily commuting & around town shopping trips. Oh, yeah, that yearly or bi yearly 400mi trip to go visit gramma takes an X pack. So, you are going to pay extra every day of your EVs life for those in often trips to see gramma? Rent a suburban. !
Each buyer has a unique level of price sensitivity and is motivated by different experiences. Some buyers (including me) will pay a premium for self sufficiency. More range means I have more control over when I stop and where I can go, what I can haul, and how I utilize onboard energy for cabin climate or exportation. Don't you agree that consumers win when the marketplace offers solutions for all kinds of buyers. -Producer Tim
Sounds logical...but why is it that the most popular vehicles nowadays are pick up trucks, which at best "haul" a few bags of groceries >95% of the time ? Today's average pick up truck costs more than most Teslas and eat $$$ with fuel, insurance, finance charges and repair all the time.
You aren't wrong. Pickup trucks represent a minority of vehicles sold. Last year in the USA about 14M automobiles were sold. About 3M were pickup trucks. The F150 full sized pickup truck has held the title of "worlds best selling vehicle" for 41 years. I was raised in the midwest in a family of farmers and truckers. My first automobile was, in fact an F150. Outside of the city, tools, land, trucks, and wear durable clothes are enablers of productivity and markers of prowess and value. Working class America is rewarded culturally and monetarily for having the capability to perform tasks themselves. Miss GoElectric's daily driver is a Rivian R1T pickup truck. Mine is a Tesla Cybertruck. We have quite a few other vehicles, but those are what we drive most of the time. -Producer Tim www.rugesford.com/blog/why-the-ford-f-150-continues-to-be-americas-best-selling-truck
At this time there is no mass market long-haul heavy EV truck product available in the USA. Later this year we'll see production volumes ramp. We suspect early networks will be private installations at the depots used/controlled by the purchasing trucking companies. We have previously reported on some infrastructure: th-cam.com/video/MRCsnJgS6WM/w-d-xo.html Thank you for commenting! -Producer Tim
Hybrid is neither a proper gas powered vehicle nor a proper EV. It is a dead end. Not sure why any company would want to start producing these at this stage.
They are produced because buyers will pay a premium for them. Hybrids they prolong the profitability of internal combustion engine vehicle production apparatus owned by the worlds largest legacy automakers, millions of auto service workers and parts companies, and the gasoline business. Together, my estimates put the value of those motivations at $75B-$100B per month in the USA. -Producer Tim
For Ford, the plan was LFP. As we have previously reported, CATL has been targeted/throttled by US government policies/posturing. Ford has pushed back next generation EVs by about two years. Those factors open the door for a strategy shift. It could well be that a more advanced technology will debut at the facility by the time production begins. We'll report more when we know more. If you're asking about Toyota, that has not yet been disclosed. -Producer Tim
Most people don't understand the cost of "Solid State" Lithium based batteries. The semiliquid electrolyte universally used is replaced by solid Lithium metal, i.e. more Lithium per cell. Lithium costs more than the electrolyte. So more Lithium = more expensive battery.
Toyota is wayyy too far behind to compete in China. The Chinese are falling in love with their domestic brands more and more every day. The are abandoning all legacy brands.
China has hundreds of EV automakers. Hundreds. The big ones have incredible scale and, thusly, deliver unprecedented value to their customers. It is impressive to see Tesla's Model Y hold the position of China's best selling automobile. We suspect Toyota now recognizes the urgency and severity of the situation. -Producer Tim
@ I could be mistaken, but I believe that China is down to about 150 or so now. A few years ago president Xi ordered the automakers to consolidate and pair down the number of domestic automakers.
That is right. Estimates are between 100-200 now...down from nearly 500 in 2019. -Producer Tim www.nbcnews.com/news/world/chinas-booming-electric-vehicle-companies-eye-us-competitors-byd-tesla-rcna149974
I am a huge Tesla fan, and own $TSLA, but do own a Ford Lightning ER as well. It is a great vehicle, and I hope Ford keeps making it. It would be a shame if they stopped production in 2026.
Last year we reported about the pause of F150 Lighting. The franchise dealer lots we overstocked with inventory. We have not heard of any repurposing at the new Lightning factory here in Michigan. We expect it to be available for a couple more years. If that changes, you bet we will report on The Current. -Producer Tim
We report about electric transportation. The US Department of Government Efficiency has not yet had any known or measurable affect on our field of reporting. -Producer Tim
Tesla's sales in January, 2025, were down significantly in Europe compared to January, 2024. I loathe Musk, but there just is no evidence his political activities had anything to do with this. If monthly sales continue to decline by this measure (monthly YTY), despite the introduction of the refreshed Model Y, Musk's lack of popularity among the group most likely to buy EVs might show itself to be a factor, but right now people who simply want this to be true are letting their bias cloud their objectivity. If Musk really is killing Tesla, it will become apparent to everyone soon enough.
There are many factors at play regarding sales. We work with hard data. If hard data proved that the side quests of 1/150,000th of Tesla's workforce were responsible for a significant change in the adoption of electric transportation, we'd report that. We do not consider 10%-20% to be a calamitous event and we do not extrapolate a trajectory based on a short-term trend. We are not alarmists and we will not sound an alarm unless there is good *reason* to do so. We'll leave the emotions and rhetoric to a very small vocal subset of commenters. -Producer Tim
Tesla's supercharger network is the largest DC Fast charging network in the USA and on earth. It is also the fastest growing network in North America. They are adding more than 1,000 dispensers per month. Some areas of the US experience seasonal congestion, but most Supercharger locations are mostly empty most of the time. Thanks for commenting! -Producer Tim x.com/TeslaCharging/status/1876303815907184852
@@MissGoElectric I know. But with all the other car companies added, and they take up two spots, it needs to continue to grow. Also, why couldn't they put smaller ones, three or four stalls, in rural areas? This would make a huge difference for many people on whether to purchase an EV or not. I wish the other companies luck, but we have a new EVGo one in my town, but it isn't hooked up!!!
Remember, most third party EVs do not take up two stalls. Even those which have sub-optimal port location are often able to use pull through and end-cap locations without blocking any access. Additionally, the V4 posts have long cables which enable just about every EV ever made to charge in a single stall. At the moment, more than 14% of the entire supercharger network is equipped with the longer cables. That is up from 2% a year ago. The reason for installing large numbers of dispensers at any location is scale. The cost of permitting, transporting, installing, and commissioning the hardware is greater than the cost of the hardware itself. Expansion is extremely capital inefficient. Tesla has optimized the process, enabling an 70%-90% reduction of costs compared to competitors like IONNA and Electrify America. For that reason, most Supercharger locations in the USA are vastly underutilized. The whole network gets stress tested on a few days surrounding Thanksgiving and Christmas. -Producer Tim x.com/MdeZegher/status/1884379363107561573
As other automakers gradually produce more EVs and the prices start to drop I expect Tesla sales to fall more than they have been. Musk has become such a polarizing figure not only in the US but also throughout the EU. I predict within 5 years Tesla sales will be overtaken by either one of the Korean automakers or Toyota.
Thank you for sharing your perspective. Don't you think the new Tesla Model Y (coming in two weeks) will further elevate Tesla's position as the world leader in EVs? What about the advent of full self driving? We are a bit surprised that Tesla has managed to remain the leading EV producer in China where competition is outstanding. Do you think Toyota or a Korean automaker will surpass BYD, Geely, XPENG, and LiAuto brands by 2030? -Producer Tim
The Tesla Model Y is currently the best selling EV in all of China as was the case in 2023, and 2024. Tesla offers 4 models in China, two of which are built in China. BYD offers 40 models, all of which are built in China. As a manufacturer, BYD does sell significantly more EVs in China if you count all 40 models sold by their sub-brands including Denza, Yangwang, and Fangchengbao. BYD also builds and sells a lot of internal combustion vehicles in China. -Producer Tim
It is strange this channel is not growing more. Its a good non-Tesla hand-wave/fanboy channel that gives good weekly news.
I’m a Tesla Fan Boy! 😂
There wouldn't be an EV market in this country without Tesla. Wake up!
There's a difference between Tesla Fanboys and fantrolls
@@melvinholland9656 This may be true, but Tesla's days as an automaker are just about over. By the end of March, they will no longer be able to sell cars at a profitable volume in North America or Europe. Imagine, if you will, how much overlap there is, between those who are interested in buying an EV, and those who would associate themselves with the special salute that Mr. Musk seems to be so proud to have made. I reckon it to be close to ZERO. But he doesn't care one whit. He has moved on.
Interesting that there are "Tesla Fan Boys" and "Tesla Haters". No such "cliques" for Mach-e, ID4, Hyundai / Kia, GM or many other EVs. Though there are even some in Rivian and Lucid groups. Of course then there are the wacky, deranged, Aptera people (some of which were Arcimoto and Electra Meccanica fans in previous lives).
watch it every Sunday, fun episode
I always know it is Sunday morning when I see this video come up
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Gm, Ty miss GoElectric, informative as usual.
Good Morning! Thank you for joining us again this week Sasha! :)
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Great balanced coverage as always! Keep up the good work! 👍
@robert THANK YOU for your encouragement. There are activists and shareholders on both sides of every issue who frequently voice their desire for us to pander and sensationalize. Sometimes they even get mean about it. We have stayed the course for almost a full year of weekly episodes and we'll continue doing our best to stay rational and objective reporting about electric transportation.
Drive Fly Ride : GO ELECTRIC :)
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Great program as always! Please keep up the great reporting. Thanks
Thank you Davek!
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Appreciate the coverage.
We are very happy that you've tuned in and taken the time to leave this compliment. -Producer Tim
I know of a Bucees that has both Tesla supercharger dispensers and MB dispensers. Great choices for MB owners with the adapter. Thanks for the video MGE. ⚡
Last year on the Current we reported details on each of those Buc-ees partnerships as well as others including Pilot, Sheetz, Costco, Starbucks/Volvo, and more. Thanks for joining us!
-Producer Tim
Toyota needed to do this like 5 years ago. If Ford doesn't accelerate this, like what Toyota is doing, they will be toast. Great Reporting, Much Respect.
Toyota could have obliterated Tesla if they started when the Chinese did.
Thanks for sharing your perspective!
Toyota has spent a lot of money paying lobbyists to slow EV adoption. Who knows what might have accomplished if they applied those efforts and that capital to developing a desirable electric car? Maybe they'll leapfrog incumbents with a cost-effective battery.
-Producer Tim
@ Facts! And if Nissan did not drop the ball when they were doing good with their first mass produced EV, the Leaf, they would also be at the top with Chinese too.
@ Yep. Lollygagging in this rapidly evolving, advancing EV era, is a lose, lose
They could start by giving their EVs names that people can actually pronounce - and remember. "bZ4X" doesn't exactly trip along softly on the tongue.
An EV can use energy 4 times more efficiently than a gasoline vehicle. I encourage you and your channel to us your influence to educate everyone on why owning an EV is so important to switch over to. We need to work to reduce carbon emission and to build an economy based on clean renewable energy. You and this channel can help move us forward. Thank you for your help.
Evergreen educational content is great and we have produced hundreds of those videos on this channel, and behind the curtains in our work with many automakers training tens of thousands of employees and salespeople about EV technology, functions, and benefits.
We will keep it coming.
Have you been able to view our other content?
www.missgoelectric.com
-Producer Tim
PS: this is one of my favorite educational EV productions and I share it often here in the comments
th-cam.com/video/1oVrIHcdxjA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1jK5UzGy_0KQJgbw
-Producer Tim
Good update 👍
Ford will always cry poor, it's their mantra.
Cheers
Ford, Stellantis, and General motors are rewarded with billions of taxpayer dollars when they tell politicians they are in dire need of free money. When we see the quarterly profit figures and hear about the $10k profit sharing checks to tens of thousands of workers...we aren't comforted. Efficient capital allocation is the name of the game. Those companies which do it well, win. If the winning companies are not American...America loses.
Thanks for joining us and making your voice heard. -Producer Tim
I have a 2016.2 P90DL with unlimited free supercharging, it has come in very handy on my cross country road trips. Now if I could only manage getting free motel rooms and free meals. I like Free!
We have about 100k miles on our 2016.2 90D and we mainly use it for road trips. Sometimes it sits for months at a time without being driven, but we sure appreciate free Supercharging. We almost always stay at hotels with free overnight level 2 dispensers. It sure is a cheap way to travel! Thanks for sharing your experience. -Producer Tim
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Just the facts...great...THANKS
Iona’s 100 sites and 1000 charges = 10 plugs per station. This is a bare minimum.
10 dispensers per station is higher than the average non-Tesla DC Fast Charging location in the USA. We are confident that usage will be monitored. If deficiencies exist, the market will add supply.
-Producer Tim
Explore the realities of the DC Charging network locations: afdc.energy.gov/fuels/electricity-locations#/find/nearest?fuel=ELEC
I’m so happy that charging is looking up for nonTesla vehicles, because some people will not be buying another Tesla until there is a change in upper management.
Do you believe the lies?
Which is very childish.
@@elainebradley8213 what lies are you referring to? Elon needs to run his car company not be a wannabe Nazi.
@@elainebradley8213 I believe honest news analysis.
LOL! Some like to burn books, others like to burn their reputation.
Drive Fly ride go Electic Miss GoElectric
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From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧 ⏰️ 22::57PM Good Evening
Thanks for watching, Nick. -Producer Tim
I was disappointed when GM discontinued installed on Chevy Bolt, but then they came through with a bunch of other EVs and a better than expected deal on Equinox EV. I guess Ford is not feeling any pressure.
Mercedes is doing surprisingly well, eqs look really good.
IONNA is so much needed great news! Now let's get more public L2s everywhere.
We agree with you completely that level 2 charging is probably more important for the convenience of everyday drivers than DC Fast Charging. 50-100 Level 2 dispensers can be deployed for the cost of one DC Fast Charger. Charging solutions which match dwell times are crucial. Miss GoElectric talked about that quite a bit in this podcast interview:
th-cam.com/video/r7yLPKfs9q0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=MGuZUGfRyizhzoWt
-Producer Tim
Go electric, plug it in
I've been watching.
Personally if I got to a fast charging site and there was a waiting line, I'd rather be charging at level 2 for an hour then waiting in line, especially if we could get 40 amps or more
Wherever an EV is naturally idle, L2 is appropriate. -Producer Tim
Good morning, happy weekend! For Ford, another two years until the next gen products seems like a long time. The current products seem like they will be very stale by then. At these still early days of EVs it seems like the product cycle needs to be faster than that. It is not a matured market like with ICE vehicles. So that leaves me scratching my head a bit.
Glad to see and hear about the other progress being made though with the new Toyota battery plant coming online and Ford Michigan battery plant still underway. Interesting news every week!
I want to see more stories about electric aircraft, boats, motorcycles, and other eMobility products but this week cars and chargers filled all ten minutes. :)
Thank you for joining us again this week.
-Producer Tim
“ToyBatman” would have been a cool name for the Toyota Battery Manufacturing plant. 😊
I'm sure that was a finalist in the board room discussions. -Producer Tim
Spreadsheets are one of the easiest pieces of corporate propaganda to manipulate. What costs and timelines are piled onto Ford's EV division? I worked with auto dealers body shops for decades. Goal included lean manufacturing and first time right transactions. Reviewed hundreds of dealers monthly p&l reports. Amazed at what they would post against body shop sales. A favorite example was a Ford dealership that was acquired by someone with no dealership experience. They looked at the body shops bottom line and decided to close the shop. Their OEM parts sales at 40% profit collapsed as did their mechanical sales associated with an auto body repair. New car sales also took a hit as a totaled wreck owner could often be convinced to buy a new or used vehicle from the dealership. The owner only survived for a couple of years before a chain store selling Fords acquired the dealership.
Many legacy automakers have murky separation of their EV and ICE divisions. Wisely, Ford has separated their EV division quite cleanly. From an accounting and strategic development standpoint, a behemoth like Ford is best served by having the ability to monitor and adjust the pain they accept today in order to enable their ability to compete around the globe when internal combustion fades away.
There is an old adage: "Figures don't lie but liars figure". While it can be applied everywhere, we are of the mind that Ford Motor Company, like most publicly traded companies, is taking their obligations to shareholders seriously. It is impossible to keep all inputs clearly delineated when it comes to the ICE/Hybrid/EV...but we are happy to see that they are trying. The structure of their company mandates that they bend slowly to meet the EV future. If they go to quickly the numbers will scare investors and the company will collapse. All legacy automakers face that risk. -Producer Tim
I got $2500 charging rewards with my EV and really appreciate it
I have used about $500 in my one year of ownership
I will sit in my car with the A/C or heat on to dilly dally in my phone, something that I would surely minimize if I had to pay for
Thanks for sharing your experience related to complimentary DC Fast Charging -Producer Tim
Lifetime unlimited supercharging is option SC01. Both my Model Ss have had that. SC05 is unlimited supercharging with no transferrability. A few years ago, Tesla began re-coding SC01 vehicles to SC05 if the vehicle was sold through a dealer. So your SC01 Model S needs to go to a private party to retain unlimited supercharging. Trading in will kill it.
All of your assertions are accurate. -Producer Tim
Did Farley say if the 2025 models will have native NACS?
Back in 2023 Ford's official announcement about Supercharging stated that NACS connectors would appear first in their next generation platforms. Those have been delayed until 2027. To our knowledge, there has not been an announcement about adding NACS to the F150 Lightning, Mustang Mach E, or E-transit. -Producer Tim
@ thank you.
@@MissGoElectric ...or "whenevs"
Toyota pissed away its electrification market advantage by lazily resting on hybrid electric technology it pioneered in the last century. Now Ford somehow thinks focusing on hybrid electric technology is the right direction for them in the near-term? LOL. BTW, our family has had at least one Prius in the driveway for the past 20-years, so I am by no means a Toyota or hybrid electric technology hater, it is just not the path to the future.
Ford are looking at EREV vehicles, were the gasoline engine doesn't drive the wheels but acts as a generator to recharge the the large battery. Chinese OEM's are going down this route and it suitable for those who are hesitant on going full EV or who do not have the EV infrastructure at home.
Job One in Dearborn: never do something new.
@@jamesvandamme7786It's not new. Previously BMW produced the i3 with a range extender and so did GM with the Opel Ampera and Chevrolet Bolt.
@@use-oc4mj6n Volt
The decision for Toyota to wait has been wise from an accounting standpoint. They've missed out on capturing some portion of the 4-5% of automobile sales worldwide which are fully electric. Other legacy automakers who are vying for a price of that small slice lose many billion dollars per year. If there is a battery cost breakthrough which Toyota can wield as they enter the market, there is a possible future in which they enter the EV market cleanly with minimal losses compared to other legacy automakers.
As the name of our brand indicates, we are pro-electric transportation. We can also understand why internal combustion transportation incumbents self immolating by going EV. Market demand drives their decisions. The market demands a superior product at a superior value. EVs are beginning to fit that description for typical buyers. -Producer Tim
Are you able to forecast what is going to happen to the EV market with the new policies put in place?
At this time have been no permanent policies in the US which will affect EV adoption. We reported on this with great detail two weeks ago:
th-cam.com/video/RHC6KGlhAqA/w-d-xo.html
We expect the Tesla Model Y (EV) to outsell every other car available in the USA and throughout the world for the third straight year in 2025. We expect improved EV affordability across the board along with record EV adoption. We expect an American EV company to remain the most valuable automaker in the world. We expect at least 15,000 new public DC fast charging dispensers to go live in 2025.
-Producer Tim
Hybrids are a mistake except for Pick up trucks.
The accountants working inside legacy automakers would disagree.
Of course, we are in favor of all electric transportation at this channel. We are not interested in anything with a gas tank and an exhaust pipe. -Producer Tim
@@MissGoElectric "...How can we increase the prices of our vehicles?" "Yeah, and margins and virtue signal and increase repair and parts profits to feed the dealers after the warranty runs out ?" "HYBRIDS !" Bingo!
Hybrids were a forward-looking solution thirty years ago, but their time has passed. The climate crisis isn't going to just wait around for us to get our act together. We need to transition to sustainable energy ASAP, and at this point hybrids are no longer a part of that process.
Hybirds remain the most profitable decision for legacy automakers. Most are hoping the EV transition moves slowly enough for them to jump in when batteries are cheap and supply chains are made mature by the early birds. That strategy will lose them every market in the world in which Chinese EV companies are present. -Producer Tim
A simple, reliable dispenser like Teslas works for us. So many fussy, unreliable, complicated & clunky EV dispensers out there is the head scratcher.
true but its a little too nazi for us good ppl....
@@laloajuria4678 So then buy a genuine descendant from the genuine Nazis: a VW or Audi ! "good people" just like it said in the manifesto!
Today, Tesla is offering their gen1 model Y for $31K USD.
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We love to see affordability improving.
The Gen2 Model Y will be here in two weeks. Obsolete stock will continue to be discounted until the supply of the new version matches demand on its own. -Producer Tim
Why do you only report poor EV sales news about every auto maker except TESLA? The bigger story is that TESLA sales in Europe have CRASHED...UK -18%, France -63%, Spain,-75%., Netherlands -42%, Norway.-40%, Denmark -41%., Sweden -46%, Portugal -31% and Germany -60%.
It is a well known fact that this channel carries a lot of Tesla water. See their "coverage" of the reckless firing of the Tesla Super Charging organization in 2024 and the 2025 attempts to spin this as being effective management. BTW, I am a Tesla Model Y LR owner and love the vehicle, but that does not mean I turn a blind eye to the childish corporate decisions (along with the reckless extracurricular activities) of the CEO.
Probably funded by Tesla 😂
Yep. The people involved in this channel are heavily invested in Tesla. Its against their self interest to say anything that makes Tesla look too bad. It's quite corrupt.
@use-oc4mj6n Probably.......TESLA sales tanking is the BIGGEST EV news this week, yet somehow she missed it. This is not the channel to find unbiased EV news.
She did nazi those reports.
New battery plant and new EV model for Toyota.😏
Does this mean the CEO will stop shouting the future is hydrogen and nobody wants EV's?😁
The lineup of 30 all-electric models at Toyota was announced in 2021.
www.thenational.scot/news/national/19782570.toyota-pledges-offer-range-30-fully-electric-vehicles-2030/
We recently reported on Toyota's continued hydrogen programming. Here is a refresher.
www.howtogeek.com/bmw-and-toyota-hydrogen-partnership/
-Producer Tim
@@MissGoElectric Thanks, I had a look at the link you sent.
Personally I believe there is a big place for green hydrogen in our future, but I doubt it is in cars. It is just too expensive, while electricity is cheap.
If I had to choose between spending $30K on a battery EV or being given a free Hydrogen car, I'd buy the EV.
Maybe I'd take the free hydrogen car, sell it, and then buy a battery EV.🤣
MGE and I are not fans of hydrogen powered passenger vehicles either.
-Producer Tim
do you have infos on the new ev plant from Hyunday motor group in usa
In the last few weeks we have reported about the plant. They are currently manufacturing and shipping product. For background on the gameplan (which is ahead of schedule) see episode 26 of The Current: th-cam.com/video/h2hBLXyXhsc/w-d-xo.html
-Producer Tim
Miss Adventure,
Extended range EVs cost more, weigh more, use more battery to move, take longer to recharge & god help you when it come time to replace that X battery pack. Most people do not require an X pack for daily commuting & around town shopping trips. Oh, yeah, that yearly or bi yearly 400mi trip
to go visit gramma takes an X pack. So, you are going to pay extra every day of your EVs life for those in often trips to see gramma? Rent a suburban.
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Each buyer has a unique level of price sensitivity and is motivated by different experiences. Some buyers (including me) will pay a premium for self sufficiency. More range means I have more control over when I stop and where I can go, what I can haul, and how I utilize onboard energy for cabin climate or exportation.
Don't you agree that consumers win when the marketplace offers solutions for all kinds of buyers. -Producer Tim
Sounds logical...but why is it that the most popular vehicles nowadays are pick up trucks, which at best "haul" a few bags of groceries >95% of the time ? Today's average pick up truck costs more than most Teslas and eat $$$ with fuel, insurance, finance charges and repair all the time.
You aren't wrong.
Pickup trucks represent a minority of vehicles sold. Last year in the USA about 14M automobiles were sold. About 3M were pickup trucks.
The F150 full sized pickup truck has held the title of "worlds best selling vehicle" for 41 years. I was raised in the midwest in a family of farmers and truckers. My first automobile was, in fact an F150. Outside of the city, tools, land, trucks, and wear durable clothes are enablers of productivity and markers of prowess and value. Working class America is rewarded culturally and monetarily for having the capability to perform tasks themselves.
Miss GoElectric's daily driver is a Rivian R1T pickup truck. Mine is a Tesla Cybertruck. We have quite a few other vehicles, but those are what we drive most of the time.
-Producer Tim
www.rugesford.com/blog/why-the-ford-f-150-continues-to-be-americas-best-selling-truck
How good is the new infrastructure for heavy trucks increasing?
At this time there is no mass market long-haul heavy EV truck product available in the USA. Later this year we'll see production volumes ramp. We suspect early networks will be private installations at the depots used/controlled by the purchasing trucking companies.
We have previously reported on some infrastructure:
th-cam.com/video/MRCsnJgS6WM/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for commenting!
-Producer Tim
Hybrid is neither a proper gas powered vehicle nor a proper EV. It is a dead end.
Not sure why any company would want to start producing these at this stage.
They are produced because buyers will pay a premium for them. Hybrids they prolong the profitability of internal combustion engine vehicle production apparatus owned by the worlds largest legacy automakers, millions of auto service workers and parts companies, and the gasoline business. Together, my estimates put the value of those motivations at $75B-$100B per month in the USA.
-Producer Tim
So Toyota is still trying to compete on EV's? "Better late than never?"
@@doug3691 😂
Better late than never... :) -Producer Tim
What type of batteries, Solid State?
CATL licensed LFP, is the rumor I heard.
For Ford, the plan was LFP. As we have previously reported, CATL has been targeted/throttled by US government policies/posturing. Ford has pushed back next generation EVs by about two years. Those factors open the door for a strategy shift. It could well be that a more advanced technology will debut at the facility by the time production begins. We'll report more when we know more.
If you're asking about Toyota, that has not yet been disclosed.
-Producer Tim
Most people don't understand the cost of "Solid State" Lithium based batteries. The semiliquid electrolyte universally used is replaced by solid Lithium metal, i.e. more Lithium per cell. Lithium costs more than the electrolyte. So more Lithium = more expensive battery.
You got it...plus the solid-state manufacturing processes (so far) have been absurdly unreliable and ..consequently...expensive. -Producer Tim
Toyota is wayyy too far behind to compete in China. The Chinese are falling in love with their domestic brands more and more every day. The are abandoning all legacy brands.
China has hundreds of EV automakers. Hundreds. The big ones have incredible scale and, thusly, deliver unprecedented value to their customers. It is impressive to see Tesla's Model Y hold the position of China's best selling automobile. We suspect Toyota now recognizes the urgency and severity of the situation. -Producer Tim
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I could be mistaken, but I believe that China is down to about 150 or so now. A few years ago president Xi ordered the automakers to consolidate and pair down the number of domestic automakers.
That is right. Estimates are between 100-200 now...down from nearly 500 in 2019.
-Producer Tim
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/chinas-booming-electric-vehicle-companies-eye-us-competitors-byd-tesla-rcna149974
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Yup!
The Chinese market is moving at a breakneck pace.
Thanks for sharing the link.
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I am a huge Tesla fan, and own $TSLA, but do own a Ford Lightning ER as well. It is a great vehicle, and I hope Ford keeps making it. It would be a shame if they stopped production in 2026.
Last year we reported about the pause of F150 Lighting. The franchise dealer lots we overstocked with inventory. We have not heard of any repurposing at the new Lightning factory here in Michigan. We expect it to be available for a couple more years. If that changes, you bet we will report on The Current.
-Producer Tim
How is Elon's DOGE effect on Tesla's sales not news?
@@user-si8zf9hy1b How about the Nazi salute?
We report about electric transportation.
The US Department of Government Efficiency has not yet had any known or measurable affect on our field of reporting.
-Producer Tim
Tesla's sales in January, 2025, were down significantly in Europe compared to January, 2024. I loathe Musk, but there just is no evidence his political activities had anything to do with this. If monthly sales continue to decline by this measure (monthly YTY), despite the introduction of the refreshed Model Y, Musk's lack of popularity among the group most likely to buy EVs might show itself to be a factor, but right now people who simply want this to be true are letting their bias cloud their objectivity. If Musk really is killing Tesla, it will become apparent to everyone soon enough.
There are many factors at play regarding sales. We work with hard data. If hard data proved that the side quests of 1/150,000th of Tesla's workforce were responsible for a significant change in the adoption of electric transportation, we'd report that. We do not consider 10%-20% to be a calamitous event and we do not extrapolate a trajectory based on a short-term trend. We are not alarmists and we will not sound an alarm unless there is good *reason* to do so. We'll leave the emotions and rhetoric to a very small vocal subset of commenters. -Producer Tim
Tesla really needs to add a lot more Superchargers.
Tesla's supercharger network is the largest DC Fast charging network in the USA and on earth. It is also the fastest growing network in North America. They are adding more than 1,000 dispensers per month. Some areas of the US experience seasonal congestion, but most Supercharger locations are mostly empty most of the time. Thanks for commenting!
-Producer Tim
x.com/TeslaCharging/status/1876303815907184852
@@MissGoElectric I know. But with all the other car companies added, and they take up two spots, it needs to continue to grow. Also, why couldn't they put smaller ones, three or four stalls, in rural areas? This would make a huge difference for many people on whether to purchase an EV or not. I wish the other companies luck, but we have a new EVGo one in my town, but it isn't hooked up!!!
Remember, most third party EVs do not take up two stalls. Even those which have sub-optimal port location are often able to use pull through and end-cap locations without blocking any access. Additionally, the V4 posts have long cables which enable just about every EV ever made to charge in a single stall. At the moment, more than 14% of the entire supercharger network is equipped with the longer cables. That is up from 2% a year ago.
The reason for installing large numbers of dispensers at any location is scale. The cost of permitting, transporting, installing, and commissioning the hardware is greater than the cost of the hardware itself. Expansion is extremely capital inefficient. Tesla has optimized the process, enabling an 70%-90% reduction of costs compared to competitors like IONNA and Electrify America. For that reason, most Supercharger locations in the USA are vastly underutilized. The whole network gets stress tested on a few days surrounding Thanksgiving and Christmas.
-Producer Tim
x.com/MdeZegher/status/1884379363107561573
Oh!Hell No!
Very articulate. -Producer Tim
As other automakers gradually produce more EVs and the prices start to drop I expect Tesla sales to fall more than they have been. Musk has become such a polarizing figure not only in the US but also throughout the EU. I predict within 5 years Tesla sales will be overtaken by either one of the Korean automakers or Toyota.
Thank you for sharing your perspective.
Don't you think the new Tesla Model Y (coming in two weeks) will further elevate Tesla's position as the world leader in EVs? What about the advent of full self driving?
We are a bit surprised that Tesla has managed to remain the leading EV producer in China where competition is outstanding. Do you think Toyota or a Korean automaker will surpass BYD, Geely, XPENG, and LiAuto brands by 2030?
-Producer Tim
@@MissGoElectric BYD surpassed Tesla in China in 2024
The Tesla Model Y is currently the best selling EV in all of China as was the case in 2023, and 2024.
Tesla offers 4 models in China, two of which are built in China. BYD offers 40 models, all of which are built in China.
As a manufacturer, BYD does sell significantly more EVs in China if you count all 40 models sold by their sub-brands including Denza, Yangwang, and Fangchengbao. BYD also builds and sells a lot of internal combustion vehicles in China.
-Producer Tim