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This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:
This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on October 17th, 2019 in the Automotive News category.
Another V8 Bites the Dust as Mercedes Reportedly Goes Hybrid for AMG Models
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- crazybuttocks198
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And another one gone, and another on gone.
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gonna miss them, but this is how we switch... here's to speed regardless of its propulsion!
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Nor me.
Moby45
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I doubt that you’ll need a degree. The wyotech’s and uti’s do keep up with tech pretty well and not all those people coming out of there are clueless. Cars are already complicated with a ton of electronics and different systems all in parallel and the kids that will be coming of age and working on mostly electric cars will have a different foundation of knowledge and more examples of the same tech In other industries to refer too. It’s us old guys that are gonna be scratching our heads. But I’m looking forward to the change. I will miss the smell of racing fuel and bean oil. But I won’t miss that smell of stale fuel and old oil that permeates my clothes just from working in a shop. Times a changing. And they’ll keep on changing. Horses didn’t seem to mind our getting off their backs. I think. I haven’t really asked a horse I guess.
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Convince a Karen to just buy a hatchback/sedan instead of an SUV, even better if it's used as IIRC the environment has taken most of the impact of that car's life already.
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- bloodyboyblue
Eventually VR tech will get there.
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- wheelmansteve
IIRC, MB has a brand new I6 that could fit this bill... It's also worth remembering that small turbo engines are generally either powerful or efficient, but not always at the same time.
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I don’t think we get to choose the future. And the market probably wont be big enough to sustain the few people that still want v8’s. I work on the occasional AMG and trust me. Most Those people only think they are car people. They are using that AMG badge as just that,A status badge. If it goes faster and is more expensive than the non AMG version. That’s all they care about.
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I'm a simple man, I love the sound of the V8, no other hybrid has been able to replicate that. This is the only thing which concerns me, I'm all for future technology in all regards.
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- Pyano1132
I like me a good V8 as well, but when it comes to reducing environmental impact, sooner is always better than later.
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Except we actually do know how to recycle them.
https://auto.howstuffworks.com/can-electric-car-batteries-be-recycled.htm
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There are several problems with it though, I'll link the video tomorrow and edit my comment with it. I'm not saying that we won't figure it how to do effectively, because there are more and more hybrid cars coming, so the demand for it will increase.
Edit: The video is 3 years old, so I'll link some articles which are more recent instead.
https://www.theguardian.com/sustain...s-big-battery-waste-problem-lithium-recycling
https://www.cambridge.org/core/jour.../F37D3914A1F5A8FD0ED3EF901664D126/core-reader
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GTV0819
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Come 2020 and beyond, it shouldn't be that surprising anymore once hybrids become more common in the streets.
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500 horsepower out a stock 4 cylinder engine?
See, 500 out of a V8? Meh, doesn't seem hard to do. Now out of a 4 cylinder? Wonder how much R&D Mercedes put into it to make it reliable to be used everyday and be confident to warranty it for 3 years at least.
See, 500 out of a V8? Meh, doesn't seem hard to do. Now out of a 4 cylinder? Wonder how much R&D Mercedes put into it to make it reliable to be used everyday and be confident to warranty it for 3 years at least.
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Plus, I wonder how much more balanced the cars will be. Should be lighter than the V8TT.
