Oh, I should test drive cars too - not because I am buying one, just to see what is out there. I think I will get an electric car, once there are solid state batteries that are cheep enough.
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Oh, I should test drive cars too - not because I am buying one, just to see what is out there. I think I will get an electric car, once there are solid state batteries that are cheep enough.
I don't think they are quite here yet. Insurance is ridiculous even on the baby models, and while they are quick 0-60.. top end is shit unless its a Tesla. Can't buy new diesels.. and most of my driving is motorway. I need a flying carpet, with a roof.. for my next vehicle.
I think this might be cultural appropriation.
The roof is most important, it rains here... a LOT.. 😀..
One of the things about not having a car is not having to pay insurance. Health insurance, on the other hand, is incredibly necessary given the driving skills propagated in my home country. And no, they don't have car insurance either, nor accident insurance or anything.
I don't have any choice, its a 30 mile drive one way to work. Trains would take hours, the train network here sucks.
Helicopter it is then! Or an Octocopter. Or a sandworm. Hyperloops? Electrically supported bycicles are the thing here. Or electric scooters, they now do 30miles I think. Or magic. Magic always works.
I'll be dead by 2045, maybe affordable SSB's will be out prior. I read Toyota are bringing out a hydrogen cell Hilux in 2028...I might also be dead by then though. Hopefully not. I think my next "small car" will be hybrid and possibly full EV...not my next truck though, diesel.
Hilus is the dream of many people here. Most have BT60s or DMAX, as affordable country cars. Those who have the Hilux are usually very happy with the performance and durability, but of course, gotta have the money to get one.
Hybrids are getting more common her, but especially full EV. BYD is expanding quickly, even in my little town we have 3 of them now, two SUVs and one small car.
BYD, Chinese junk.
There's a lot of pickups here, all the American ones of course and others. The three top selling cars - I mean vehicles, not just pickups - are the Ford Ranger, Toyota Hilux and Isuzu Dmax. That shows how popular the pickup is here I guess.
Isuzu DMAX is mainly Chevrolet here. The Vitara is represented by Chevrolet, Isuzu and Suzuki here, which is somewhat confusing, but that meddling of brands under the same Umbrella Foundation.
Are there any electricity worries with the EVs there?
We're getting so much rain now that the electricity worries are gone for now. Not that anything changed, in the next drought, we'll have black outs again. But out of sight, out of mind is the predominant philosophy here.
Yeah, it is the blackouts I was thinking of. The grid seems pretty unstable. I think in 22 years in Finland, I have experienced two short-lived blackouts
it's dependent on 85% hydro power... I think they're working on some Geothermal stuff, which makes sense with the thousand volancoes around, and also a solar energy plant - which does make sense, too. Ecuador is the perfect country for almost every renewable energy. Except wind. The getting those structures through the mountains is kind of impossible. They made it work in Loja, though, and the plants they have there helped a lot to power the city during the crisis last year.
geothermal is a good way to do things. More cities should utilise it where they can
Would you consider one?
Possibly, depends what the payload and towing specs are like, and the range. Although, the 2026 Hilux is a fucken abomination from a looks perspective.
You should get a Cybertruck then 😜
I'd rather kill myself.
Probably a common reaction. Could be an interesting approach to population control. "Congratulations! You just won a Cybertruck! No refunds. Will be stationed in your driveway tomorrow."
Elon Musk is a cunt and so is the Cybertruck.