Re: Subaru +? Toyota, rumors about turbo ressistance

gamo <[email protected]> wrote:

> There are rumors that Mercedes + a big firm in turbochargers,
> make an addition of an electrical motor that reduces or eliminate
> the lag in the power supply.
> 
> There are rumors, too, that new motors around 2.4 liters with
> turbo could serve to a line of Subaru cars, including BRZ + GT86,
> offering you a power around 270-280 horsepower.
> 
> That's it, better motors with around the same or minor emmisions.
> 
> Was not predictable that petrol industry + gas services +
> mechanical services + autodealers + car industry + satisfied
> consumers hit back to the regulators of electric future???

Not sure where you were going or asking.

From your Subject, there is no question about Subaru + Toyota.  That
already happened back in February 2020.  Toyota raised its stake in
Subaru.  Toyota does not own Subaru.  See:

https://www.torquenews.com/1084/subaru-officially-joins-toyota-group-what-it-means-new-outback-and-forester-models
https://www.carscoops.com/2020/02/subaru-and-toyota-officially-affiliated-after-latter-increases-stake-in-partner/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/toyota-raises-stake-subaru-20-050033461.html

The article mentions Subaru moving to [hybrid] electric vehicles, but
those aren't in my foreseeable future.  I'm in an old house that would
require rewiring to 200A service to support charging a car.  Even if
that happens, I'd only look at hybrids because I do take my Subies
offroad, and there aren't plug-in stations in the forests.  What buyers
seem to neglect is that, yeah, they safe on fuel costs but the huge and
very expensive batteries need to get replaced every 5 years, so add
battery replacement ($3000 to $8000) to the Cost of Ownership for an
electric vehicle.  Pretty much eliminates the savings of going electric.

I didn't address your mention of Mercedes and some vague reference to a
turbocharger manufacturer since those are off-topic here.  Same for your
rumors.

Can't address your last paragraph since it rambled with no point.  A
condensed version is "Was not predictable hit back to the regulators of
electric future?"  Who are these regulators of "electric future"?  How
would they get impacted from increased sales of electric vehicles?  By
getting busy in regulating the efficiency, pricing, and recycling of the
batteries?