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Expect ZERO flexibility. Get the diagnostic done at the dealer before the mileage is up. If that means not driving it (at all) until you can get a service appointment, don't drive it. If it's two miles to the dealer and there's one mile left on warranty ... get it towed there so that there's one...

Whyyyy ... If you are building a parking garage, there is nothing exotic about distribution panels, meters, conduits, switches, and outlets. Locally, an electrical installation like that would have to be inspected and certified, but so would the distribution circuits in the rest of the garage...

Since this car was subject to the huge VW emissions scandal and recall, another consideration is the extended warranty that came along with the recall work. Any aftermarket "tampering" will void it. And you really want to have that warranty in effect on those cars. My recommendation on the...

That's rough. Sorry to hear. My heart goes out to your family.

Compressing hydrogen for storage in a practical volume takes about a third of the energy content of the hydrogen itself, and there's no practical way to get that back when expanding it. Storing the hydrogen in some sort of chemical compound doesn't make the hydrogen just magically attach itself...

That covers the daily commute, or most of it, for a lot of people. Or the trip to the grocery store and back, or the trip to church and back, or running the kids to hockey and back. It ends up being enough to cover most of the daily running around for most people - and that was the whole idea...

EVs are not all things to all people YET, and they don't have to be. People doing thousands of km of constant driving without fuel stops are very much the exception rather than the rule. Back before this annoying little virus, my driving was quite a bit higher than average (annually 40,000 km...

Extreme range numbers won't be what gets EVs to be mass-market. Normal (300 - 400 km) range combined with competitive pricing AND fast-chargers (150 kW minimum) at every motorway rest stop (plus countless other places) is what will do it. Most people stop for a coffee, washroom break, or a meal...

Not saying you won't have any problems, but you won't have that problem. Did it have the VW dieselgate emission fix done, and is it under the extended warranty from that fix?

Simple advice here: Don't do it. Leave well enough alone.

https://www.autoblog.com/2020/03/15/vw-id-3-cost-less-than-golf-germany/

That particular Rivian-rebranded-as-a-Lincoln has been cancelled, but Rivian itself is carrying on (and they've got a contract with Amazon to build delivery vans for them https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a30768563/amazon-rivian-electric-delivery-van-revealed/ ) Ford owns a chunk of the Rivian...

The general point about economies of scale is true. The general point that EVs will soon be close to the pricing of combustion-engine vehicles is expected to be true because of that economy of scale. But don't be deluded into thinking that EVs are "simpler" because you took the covers off a golf...

I'm not sure what your point is. It's relevant for comparing a Bentley to a Lexus, but it's not relevant for comparing major powertrain engineering changes. I work in auto mfg on the engineering side. Electric cars are built the same way as combustion-engine vehicles. Some of the bits and...

EVs that meet today's consumer expectations are NOT simple. You can cherry-pick certain components that are simpler (the gearbox, for example) but the vehicle as a whole is just as complex and it's more expensive. It may be mechanically simpler but it is electronically more complex and...

Bodyshell is the same. No idea about the front crash bar but that's a bolt-on piece to the bodyshell anyhow. Engine-side wiring harness is very different. Don't know about the chassis wiring harness. What are you attempting to do?

Couple small things. If this is constructed as a solid model, integrate your three tabs and the circular piece properly into one solid. If it is lines and curves in 2D, trim off the unused parts of the circles and rectangles - the parts that you don't actually want the waterjet to cut. Ask the...

A flat piece like that out of relatively thin aluminum sheet should be capable of being cut by waterjet. Google-search "waterjet cutting" and your location to find a local place that can do it. I did just that for my own area and that turned up several possibilities.

Gasoline direct injection systems and diesel direct injection systems may have conceptual similarities and may have similar block diagrams and schematics, but they have very different operational characteristics and the parts are very different. Do you need the gasoline version of a direct...

Is the EGR system connected? Is the MAF sensor connected and located such that it reads the correct amount of air? No boost leaks (all air passing through the MAF sensor is making it into the engine, and all air going into the engine is passing through the MAF sensor)? Bear in mind that the MAF...

You're getting fuel to the high pressure lines to the injectors when cranking, but no start? Injection timing in the ballpark? What's the temperature like? Are the glow plugs working?

Nowadays, the diesels are more frequently subject to tampering, thus becoming high-emitters.

I can address this specific issue because my own hobby involves motorcycle roadracing. At a local (smalltime / hobby) level where I am ... On a typical weekend my race bike will use about 12 - 16 litres of petrol over the course of two practice sessions on Saturday, two qualifying sessions on...

Flat-out (or nearly so) is the best operating condition for your DPF. No active regen required. It will stay up to operating temperature without the engine's controls having to do screwy stuff with the injection timing.

They're designed for it. They're built there, they have to provide warranty coverage there. It's why the brakes are generally up to the task, too. Every German car has to withstand top speed, pedal to the metal, on the autobahn, because it's going to happen. For that matter, same goes for other...