Tesla Inc. is no longer selling the majority of new electric cars registered in California, the state that accounts for almost a third of all
  • anotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.caEnglish
    81·
    1 day ago

    I’m currently driving that VW TDI – best car I’ve ever owned in 35 years. Next vehicle wasn’t going to be a Tesla, but perhaps an F150 Lightning if they ever get their head out their asses and offer a regular old e-pickup – I don’t want quad cab and a short bed, just two doors and a regular full size bed would be great. Alas, that’s hard to find in ICE, let alone electric.

    • parody@lemmings.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 hours ago

      That emissions cheating soured me on them

      (Though I do believe they used a clever method)

      Glad it’s so good!

      • anotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.caEnglish
        1·
        9 hours ago

        The dumbest part is that after I got my car updated (the Passat only needed a firmware update) the fuel economy was not even one MPG worse. It’s been a decade and I’m still regularly getting slightly better than 50MPG on the highway and low-30s in the city. There was no reason to cheat.

        • parody@lemmings.worldEnglish
          1·
          5 hours ago

          No way!

          Was the cheat focused on the rest of the fleet (larger cars?), but applied to all [JIC]? 🤔

          50+ wao

          • anotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.caEnglish
            2·
            4 hours ago

            It’s my understanding that the cheat was in all TDI models, but the smaller Jetta was particularly bad because it didn’t have a urea system and the fix for that model was to retrofit one. My Passat may have needed a more robust urea injector and not just software, but I can’t remember now. Either way on my year/model the fix was barely noticeable.