My Power used to go out in a small sprinkle for YEARS and years. Then a gas &oil company came in started drilling and next thing you know all new 3 phase power got put in from the closest town all the way out to within 1/2 mile from the house. Then the electric line burned in half blowed up my refrigerator and my wifi router . Burnt a blackline clear across my yard. Grass never grew there for rest of the summer . Power company came out replaced all the lines way past my house for about another mile. And I havent had but one outage in 3 years . That was because a car wreck knocked a pole over close to town.
Tim Kuniskis (CEO of Ram) has talked in great length about how expanding EV doesn't make financial sense due to battery costs. Jeep is taking a financial hit by offering the 4xe. Jeep makes less profit off the 4xe than on their ICE vehicles which is why Ram has delayed or canceled at lot of their plans with EV. Basically, auto manufacturers were being subsidized by the government to offer incentives to move vehicles, but expanding EV doesn't make sense without those government subsides.
That's pretty much what Tim Kuniskis said. He said the technology is getting better, but it currently doesn't meet customer expectations.
Capacity restraints while towing would fail to meet customer expectations, which Tim Kuniskis as discussed for being part of the reason for not expanding EVs at this current time.
By your own vehicle admissions, you seem to be doing fine. Taxes could be state or possibly local. Aside from COVID years, California is still growing, both population and GDP.
New stock. I live here and took a look at the odd dealer lot every now and then
Touche. Still think the whole thing is overblown. People are touchy these days. I'm with ShadowsPapa on pushing back on knee jerk vitriol towards stuff.
Yeah, a lot changed, and know I believe it’s easier for CARB states to get new stock of any kind of wrangler they want on their lot. Back then I couldn’t find any brand new non 4XEs on the lot in CA. They had the odd 3.6L or 2.0L hanging around occasionally though but It was clear that the 4XE is all they wanted/were able to sell.
My understanding is that ZF already has a transmission with a superior electric motor that puts out more HP and torque, while taking less power, and reports I saw said the JL would get an added 5 miles electric range with it, if there were no other changes.
That's all I'd care about. If it was otherwise like our 23 4xe, I'd be happy - but they have to keep the towing ability, even 6,000 is fine with me - IF the electric motors don't overheat and there's no running batteries too hot. Handle what you refer to - I'd be at least willing to look with interest.
That first sentence - BINGO. I've read about that, and seen drawings - looks and sounds amazing. More range in the JLU using the same batteries we already have. Combine that with more battery capacity, I'll take a look for sure.
Yeah, 2020-2023 they lost population but the trend has reversed.......... so one has to refer to more current years, not memory from 3 years ago.
Essentially, in a truck hybrid config, you want a fuel/electric set up, a battery that never depletes, so you get the full benefit of that 470 ft/lbs, all the time.
My understanding from other 4xe owners is that if you travel for hours where it's flat - interstate traffic, no hills, no reason to coast or use the brakes, you can actually run the battery down to the point you don't have a hybrid. True or false, I read it from a guy at a dealership who knows the ins and outs of the 4xe. He said they rely on some hills or some braking to keep that battery up enough to still have a hybrid. I don't know what's REALLY left when it says "<1%" on the display, but it's far more than 1% in reality.
YEP. That's only because I am pushing 70 years old and have lived in the same house for 40 years.
