Mad Manny's Meandering Motoring Musings

[Jadranko]

i see future in MCE
margarine combustion engines

[jakeslouw]

i see future in MCE
margarine combustion engines

Yes, we can make biodiesel

[grips]

Synthetic fuels will keep the ICE going for many moons to come.

[jakeslouw]

Yes, jokes aside, synth fuels are nice, but we don't have a shortage of fossil fuels YET. There is still half the world that needs and depends on ICE because of the lack of reliable electricity and the lack of power transmission infra in rural areas.
EVs are a European construct.

The large engine manufacturers (marine, agri, etc) are still doing a LOT of R&D around next gen diesels and even advanced two-stroke engines.
You can't use electricity to move a large cargo ship (well, you can, if you use diesel engines to generate it first).

[PsyPhin]

*Gets out crystal ball* Read in peril. Its probably a crock, but its my crock

For passengers cars, in a country like ours:
Plug in Hybrids. Small engines with EV in capable of EV only mode and charging but supplement from the small ICE.
More premium cars will keep the Large engines and use the hybrid tech for performance boost and not fuel savings.
Europe main cities, maybe even places like Cape Town will be strict EV where the infrastructure can support it.

While EV is pushed, battery R&D will be heavily invested and bleed out into all kinds of non-automotive areas. We sorely need large advances in energy storage across the spectrum.

ICE will still have its place, and will still continue by maybe taking advantage of growing EV tech in some parts like Toyotas MHEV where the ICE is still the star of the show. ICE will stick as the hobby tuner car. EV is boring AF but it is a direct transfer of power with little variables compared.
*increases voltage to motor #Tuned*

Once the reliance on ICE to be the main propulsion of a vehicle will be lowered, tech advancements can be focused on making the engines more energy efficient, simple and less purposed for peak bursts of power. A single point of power is no longer the issue and then different types of fuels, charging, regeneration xxx can be experimented on. The lovely H2 and Eth fuel ideas.
There isnt much more in a typical ICE engine that can be considered a breakthrough. Tiny refinements to thermal waste, efficiency, power etc are only coming out now. Its like me gymming while pushing 40 years old. It can have results, but not like a 20 year old.

This focus on split power sources will make the design ICE more predictable for various scenarios no longer requiring jack of all trades motor of power, economy and reliability.

I dont believe the major manufacturers are going this route to appease the tree huggers and save mother earth because ICE is dead. I think its just the next logical step to look into. Putting in deadlines is to appease the environmentalists but they wont stick.

[Mad Manny]

Let me take you on a Roller Coaster ride that will take you from exhilaration to disappointment in a few lines.

Ram Trucks is launching a new Bakkie the size of an Hilux! Yay!
It will be called the Dakota.

Ram is part of Stellantis and Stellantis is in SA.

Stellantis will soon start building bakkies in SA, so they could easily also build the Ram Dakota here.


That's the end of the good news.

Now the bad news.

The Bakkie Stellantis will build here is the PeeJoe Land trek.

The PeeJoe Landtrek is just a rebadged Changan Kaosheng F70.

The Dakota will be based on the Landtrek/F70.

So basically, you may soon be able to buy a Chinese Bakkie in SA with a Ram badge on it.

Stellantis ~ disappointing consumers for the past 4 years...

[Erin]

One of my clients works for Stellantis. He told me not to buy a Landtrek.

...in fairness, he also told me not to buy a Jeep, but here we are.

[Samaya]

EVs are not the solution.

People who believe that EVs are the future probably had an Atari & bought Blockbuster shares.
Type of people who replaced all their LPs with CDs as CDs were the future.


IC engines may eventually be replaced, but not by EVs....

A lot of sheeple here buy EV's but there has been a bit of a move to hybrids (petrol/electric) and getting rid of the EV's. Hybrids give the best fuel consumption and filling up is way faster than waiting for a charge to complete. Honda CR-V plug-in hybrid uses 0,8l/100km combined (electric and petrol combined). The electric part uses 15,5kWh/100km which is more than what Eskom can produce apparently... Standard use petrol is still at 5,5l/100km. <- ?

Oh and diesel here is seen as satan's blood - diesel vehicles are heavily taxed and I mostly can't buy a diesel vehicle as a private person - only companies or tax registered self-employed people can.

But we don't have minibus taxi's

[jakeslouw]

One of my clients works for Stellantis. He told me not to buy a Landtrek.

...in fairness, he also told me not to buy a Jeep, but here we are.

The only good Jeep is a Wrangler. The rest are either Italian garbage and/or over-engineered luxo barges.

(I had a WJ Grand Cherokee that nearly bankrupted me).

[Erin]

My WK is trying too.

[Johannes]

[Trolly Fan]

It always helps me to check in with the Jeep and Land Rover owners, so I feel less depressed about maintenance costs and fixes.

[Mad Manny]

One of my clients works for Stellantis. He told me not to buy a Landtrek.

...in fairness, he also told me not to buy a Jeep, but here we are.

I wouldn't touch anything Stellantis sells...

[LX]

Fusion technology is the future...
But .....existential threat...
what what...