29 Dec 2021 | Electric Rolls Royce Spectre Seen Testing

Episode 1324,   Dec 29, 2021, 01:00 AM

Today’s big EV stories:
• Tesla’s V11 UI changes are receiving strong critical feedback from drivers
• BMW Interview “Making charging even easier and more convenient”
• Rolls-Royce Spectre EV spied up close in best spy shots yet
• China sets plan for L3 and higher-level advanced autonomous driving application
• Here's a First Look at the Tesla Model X Plaid
• Rivian warns of delays for EVs with biggest battery and smallest price
• Semiconductor supply and demand crisis intensifies
• Hyundai Home Will Bundle EV Charger, Solar, Home Battery
• $7M in grants to install electric charging stations in Bay Area
• Tesco to deploy fully electric heavy goods trucks in 'UK first'
• MET Group to install 4-MW Tesla Megapack battery in Hungary

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TESLA’S V11 UI CHANGES ARE RECEIVING STRONG CRITICAL FEEDBACK FROM DRIVERS

- Reveral Tesla owners have shared strong criticisms of Software V11’s user interface, particularly with how it made accessing some important functions more difficult compared to V10.

- A good number of these complaints could be seen in the r/TeslaMotors subreddit, a community of over 1.48 million users. Over the past few days alone, numerous Tesla owners have gone on the subreddit to share their displeasure at the UI changes that came with V11 — to much agreement among the online group’s users

- Tesla owners are not happy about the fact that some functionalities such as driver profiles, seat warmers, trip information, save dashcam, and tire pressure (to name a few) now require more taps to access than before. Some Tesla owners have gone as far as to state that since some features now require an extra step to access, their vehicle could end up being less safe.

- Tesla owners noting that the icons in the new update do not have the same uniform, polished look as those that were used in V10. Others noted that the position of information such as the vehicle’s speed had regressed as well, as the driver’s hand could end up covering the speedometer

- The fact that there are icons for Tesla Arcade, Toybox, and Theater — which are inaccessible when the car is on Drive anyway — and none for tire pressure, trip information, seat heaters, and lights, was deemed strange as well.


BMW INTERVIEW “MAKING CHARGING EVEN EASIER AND MORE CONVENIENT”

- Pieter Nota (responsible for Customer, Brands and Sales)

- Right now, charging infrastructure is failing to keep pace with sales of electrified vehicles. That is why we urgently need rapid infrastructure expansion – especially in urban, densely populated areas and over longer distances. This is also up to policymakers: Economical operation must be ensured – and, if possible, promoted – especially while infrastructure is still in the expansion phase.

- Who’s going to build a second charging post if the first one can’t cover its costs? But, in the long run, the market has to be able to regulate itself in the interests of the customer. What we need for this are clear objectives and incentive systems. The same applies to fleet operators, to support their transition to electromobility.

- We have set ourselves ambitious goals for electromobility next year: We aim to more than double sales of our pure electric vehicles compared to this year. In 2022, we will be focusing on two more approaches that will make charging even more attractive. First, we will be integrating charging even more deeply into our myBMW and myMINI app.

- This means our customers will be able to find everything related to their vehicle in a single app – including access to public charging points. Second, we will continue to promote charging networks – which will make the charging process simpler.


ROLLS-ROYCE SPECTRE EV SPIED UP CLOSE IN BEST SPY SHOTS YET

- Rolls-Royce promised it would be developing the Spectre electric car “in plain sight,” and here’s some decent proof of that in spy shot form. Outside of the initial teaser photos released by Rolls-Royce earlier this year, we haven’t seen any other details of the electric Rolls. That’s changed today, as one of our spy shooters captured a test Spectre both on the pavement and on a flatbed.

- The most intriguing angle of view is directly from the front. We can just make out that this Rolls appears to be wearing a version of the upcoming stacked headlight look previously spied on soon-to-come BMW models like the next-gen 7 Series and refreshed X7.

- One of the last intriguing items of note is the angle of the rear tire when the driver has the steering wheel at full lock. It’s not an extreme angle of rear-wheel steer, but the rear wheel does appear to be turned in the opposite direction as the fronts. This car being a coupe, it’s reasonable that it wouldn’t need a massive amount of rear-wheel steering to be agile in a city, but it’s still a Rolls-Royce, so coupe or not, it’s massive.

- Rolls-Royce says the production car is coming in 2023


CHINA SETS PLAN FOR L3 AND HIGHER-LEVEL ADVANCED AUTONOMOUS DRIVING APPLICATION

- China’s Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission released the informatization plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025)  (the Plan), including plans for V2X and autonomous driving development within the country.

- an energy network is also included in the Plan. Specifically, the government aims to build an optimized and balanced energy management system, allowing real-time monitoring, online analysis, and dispatch for regional energy information. The government will push forward the mutual interaction between electric vehicles and intelligent grid, forming an intelligent and efficient charging infrastructure system with ample charging piles.


HERE'S A FIRST LOOK AT THE TESLA MODEL X PLAID

- The Tesla Model S and the Model X share the same platform. It makes sense then that both would end up getting premium-level Plaid tri-motor speedy goodness.

- the first Model X Plaid SUVs have made their way into the hands of the public.

- Of course, the new car has a landscape infotainment system which is a big upgrade over the old portrait-style version. It's also got the rear-seat screen that controls media and climate controls.

- It's important to note that while not discussed in the video, there are clearly some hilariously mismatched panels. Most notably, the Falcon-wing doors look like they settle too low on each side. This causes them to not line up with the front doors or the rear quarter panels.

- We know that the Model S Plaid has had some major braking problems. It seems to go without saying that the much heavier Model X is likely to have similar if not worse issues reigning in its 1,020-horsepower.


RIVIAN WARNS OF DELAYS FOR EVS WITH BIGGEST BATTERY AND SMALLEST PRICE

- Rivian is pushing back its most expensive, furthest-driving configurations of its electric pickup truck and SUV, warning R1S and R1T reservation-holders that they could face another year’s wait if they stick with their original choice. Deliveries of the two EVs are now underway, albeit in small numbers, but Rivian has more than 70,000 preorders to work through.

- As of December 15, the CEO wrote, “we had approximately 71,000 preorders for the R1T and R1S in the US and Canada.” Of that, “the large majority” opted for the Adventure Package trim, with Rivian’s Large pack battery.

- Rivian also has a Max pack battery, which costs $10,000 more but promises 400+ miles of range. However that configuration – though available for reservation-holders to select – wasn’t expected to go into production until later in 2022. Now, Scaringe says, that timeline has been pushed back further.

- Of the roughly 71,000 preorders, only around 20% are for the Max pack battery.

- Rivian will be reaching out to those customers – who, the CEO acknowledges, could have put down reservations as far back as 2018 – in January, with the offer of changing their preorder


SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY AND DEMAND CRISIS INTENSIFIES

- The release date of customers highly favored electric vehicles has been delayed by more than a year due to the imbalance in supply and demand from the shortage of vehicle semiconductors. Even if consumers sign a new contract on the remaining days of this year, they won’t be able to acquire the car in 2022, but in 2023. There are cases where the price of a used car overtakes the price of a new car or even gives up subsidies to purchase as shortage of the supply becomes more prevale

- Front-line branches are waiting 13 months for Kia EV6, 12 months for Genesis GV60, and 8 months for Ioniq5 from contract to shipment are required. The actual delivery date may change again depending on the status of subsidies by local governments. An official from the Kia branches said, "The EV6, which uses a lot of semiconductors, has been delayed for more than a year, so it is difficult to confirm when it will be shipped if you sign a contract now. We only received an official letter from the head office telling us to announce change in delivery schedule from time to time to avoid customer complaints.”

- As the delay in shipments becomes a serious issue, the price of a used car are even exceeding that of a new car. The longer the delivery period lasts, the higher the used car price becomes.


HYUNDAI HOME WILL BUNDLE EV CHARGER, SOLAR, HOME BATTERY


$7M IN GRANTS TO INSTALL ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS IN BAY AREA


TESCO TO DEPLOY FULLY ELECTRIC HEAVY GOODS TRUCKS IN 'UK FIRST'


MET GROUP TO INSTALL 4-MW TESLA MEGAPACK BATTERY IN HUNGARY
 

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