General vehicle thread

[Gman]

Nikola and GM team up to make this 900-horsepower super electric truck

Nikola (NKLA) and GM (GM) are teaming up to take on Tesla’s cybertruck.

The electric truck startup announced Tuesday it has selected GM to be its manufacturing parter for its electric pickup truck dubbed the Badger. The Badger will use GM’s widely acclaimed Ultium battery technology. Additionally, Nikola will hand over $2 billion in stock to GM — giving the automaker an 11% stake in the company.

Shares of Nikola and GM rose 40% and 8%, respectively on the tie-up.

“General Motors was the perfect fit,” Nikola founder executive chairman and CEO Trevor Milton told Yahoo Finance’s The First Trade.

Autoweek: GM’s Going to Build the Nikola Badger Electric Pickup Truck

Electric and fuel cell pickup truck maker Nikola just got a $2 billion shot in the swing arm from a new strategic partnership with General Motors. GM announced this morning that the two companies formed the partnership to build the Badger pickup, a sleek new model due in 2022 powered by your choice of electric batteries or fuel cell technology.

GM said in the deal's announcement that it would be “a strategic partnership that begins with the Nikola Badger and carries cost reductions through Nikola’s programs, including: Nikola Badger, Nikola Tre, Nikola One, Nikola Two and NZT. As part of the agreement, Nikola will utilize General Motors’ Ultium battery system and Hydrotec fuel cell technology, representing a key commercialization milestone for General Motors.”

Those other Nikola-badged products are big semis, an area Nikola specializes in. Nikola even has a side-by-side and a personal watercraft in the works.

[MrPrena]

^
I think it was smart move that GM did that
The GM tainted their EV side during the 90s with EV1 that some EV fanboys are still very bitter with what GM did with EV1.
Only way for then was to acquire or invest in other EV companies.


I just made an example to someone that diversification is good, but some not.
I like seltzer/carbon/sparkling water, but I do not know if I can carry a BUDWEISER seltzer water can/bottle while walking around the street.
Same goes with GM and EV.

[Irving]

Didn't want to start a new thread, so this article can go here. It's about turning carbon dioxide into ethanol.

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthroug...o-ethanol/amp/

[MrPrena]

Some guy sent me a link of same/similar article on popular mechanics (https://www.popularmechanics.com/sci...anol-catalyst/).
I think the energy difference between ethanol+3O2 ---> 3 water +2 carbon dioxide requires mucho energy. It would be nice to see what catalyst and ext molecules added to lower the cost significantly.

[00tec]

Didn't want to start a new thread, so this article can go here. It's about turning carbon dioxide into ethanol.

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthroug...o-ethanol/amp/

While neat, ethanol belongs in a glass, not in a fuel tank. Causes too many problems.

[Irving]

I figured that would be the main response. Sounds like this will be a catalyst for figuring out what else CO2 can be turned into.

[Gman]

Didn't want to start a new thread, so this article can go here. It's about turning carbon dioxide into ethanol.

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthroug...o-ethanol/amp/

Flora needs a better union. Humans stealing their food to make ethanol... Oh, the humanity!

[Gman]

I figured that would be the main response. Sounds like this will be a catalyst for figuring out what else CO2 can be turned into.

CO2 can be turned into food. It can be turned into new homes and fine furniture. It can be turned into toilet paper when people need to start buying it again in 2025.

[MrPrena]

Speaking of CO2, I remember Boulder environmental carbon emission hating Pendejo was throwing party.
He was using dry ice inside the beer cooler.

One of them was also driving old beetles which had much older emission and pollute.

Yeah, that car probably doesn't emit as much CO2 as it needs to be, but emits tons of carbon monoxide.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Cars are increasingly going the route of computers and smartphones. Tesla's approach to cars appears to me to be the most like Apple's. There are strengths and weaknesses in this approach but I am very leery of manufacturer's peering in for "unauthorized modifications". I can't imagine Porsche will take this approach with the Taycan (or Subaru or Honda, for that matter) given how much of their customer base likes to modify their cars.