ERCOT warning for this afternoon/evening

[Vaquero]

Toyota stopped production at 2p yesterday, citing the cost of power due to lack of wind generation as being too high. Said at current market rates, this will mostly likely continue for the rest of the summer.

That doesn’t sound good.

Sounds good to me.
Nobody buying Tundra anyway.
Trucks are over priced.
Drop a huge inductive load off the grid so folks can stay cool.
UAW should take care of the factory workers.

 

[Grumps21]

The problem is less increased demand and more too many renewables. The latter with the taxpayer subsidy competitive advantage has forced thermal generation out of business. This left us relying on intermittent generation resources.

Went through the wind farms of Texas on our way to Colorado over labor day weekend last year, and it struck me as odd that damn near 1/3 and in some cases almost half of the wind turbines were not spinning.

I also noticed just outside of Wallis, there’s a big solar array they put up a couple of years ago. Seems like a waste for what appears to be an otherwise fertile ground. The pastures all around are green and seem capable of producing, then you see this carve out of maybe 20 acres of solar panels. I’d be pissed off if I had to look at that the wind turbines every day

 

[Grumps21]

Sounds good to me.
Nobody buying Tundra anyway.
Trucks are over priced.
Drop a huge inductive load off the grid so folks can stay cool.
UAW should take care of the factory workers.

Ya the Toyota tax.

 

[Grumps21]

I cranked my a/c down to 65 yesterday just to see if I could be the one to cause the brownout. Weneed to be on a regional or national system.

Nope

 

[oldag]

Toyota stopped production at 2p yesterday, citing the cost of power due to lack of wind generation as being too high. Said at current market rates, this will mostly likely continue for the rest of the summer.

That doesn’t sound good.

The other day when supply got so tight, prices were at $5000/MWh.

And yes, we are in trouble. Winds typically die when the temps are extremely hot.

 

[pronstar]

Sounds good to me.
Nobody buying Tundra anyway.
Trucks are over priced.
Drop a huge inductive load off the grid so folks can stay cool.
UAW should take care of the factory workers.

Tundra has 1.5 days supply inventory…which means if dealers receive zero new cars, they will sell out their entire inventory in 1.5 days.

To put it in perspective, the industry targets 45 days supply. 1.5 days is essentially zero inventory…trucks are sold as they’re unloaded from the transporters.

Biggest issue is trucks can’t be built fast enough due to chip shortage, and we’re part of the problem along with many other suppliers.

No UAW for any Toyota plant in the US, but workers are paid when furloughed

 

[TheDan]

No UAW for any Toyota plant in the US

Great reason to buy Toyota!

I had a Tundra for a few years. It made sense at the time to sell it, but I kind of regret it now. The only bad things to say about it is it's only a 1/2 ton and is automatic. Otherwise fantastic truck.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Sounds good to me.
Nobody buying Tundra anyway.
Trucks are over priced.
Drop a huge inductive load off the grid so folks can stay cool.
UAW should take care of the factory workers.

It’s less about Toyota and more about a how trying to compete in a deregulated market against government incentives is a losing proposition. Same supply side manipulation creating artificial scarcity.

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

IF Toyota still used the V8 I would be interested.

 

[pronstar]

IF Toyota still used the V8 I would be interested.

It’s sorta crazy that Lexus is getting a lot of positive (enthusiast) press about holding into V8 performance engines, though they’re dwindling fast…

 

[Tblack89]

IF Toyota still used the V8 I would be interested.

I don’t know, I pulled a 16’ tandem with 1 of the v8’s and was far from impressed, empty trailer floored the truck and it did nothing, absolutely nothing no get up and go.

I feel like good gas mileage and reliability Toyota is good, pulling wise it sucked in my opinion.

 

[TheDan]

I don’t know, I pulled a 16’ tandem with 1 of the v8’s and was far from impressed, empty trailer floored the truck and it did nothing, absolutely nothing no get up and go.

I had the 5.7 in mine and towed a lot of cars with it. Ran great.

 

[Tblack89]

I had the 5.7 in mine and towed a lot of cars with it. Ran great.

Not sure what the 1 I drove was being it wasn’t mine. I just remembered It having terrible pullin performance. Compared to the 4.7 Silverado I owned at the time the tundra was not even close, as I pulled a lot of cars with that truck and could move fully loaded.

I drove a v6 tundra once that blew that v8 outta the water. So my opinion is solely based on the 1 truck that left a terrible impression.

 

[toddnjoyce]

… I drove a v6 tundra once that blew that v8 outta the water. So my opinion is solely based on the 1 truck that left a terrible impression.

Motor is the lesser part of the equation. Trans and final drive ratios play a huge role towing performance. No kidding, there was a time when the F250’s base motor was the 300ci inline 6 mated to a heavy duty three-speed trans with a 4.37 rear end that had a 4700-lb payload rating; it’s hard to find a 3/4 ton truck today with that kind of payload today.

 

[Axxe55]

Motor is the lesser part of the equation. Trans and final drive ratios play a huge role towing performance. No kidding, there was a time when the F250’s base motor was the 300ci inline 6 mated to a heavy duty three-speed trans with a 4.37 rear end that had a 4700-lb payload rating; it’s hard to find a 3/4 ton truck today with that kind of payload today.

My uncle had an old F250 with the 300 inline 6 engine, and in "granny" low gear would dang near climb up a cliff! Wasn't much that old truck couldn't haul or pull.

 

[no2gates]

Today the grid seemed fine. With the forecast temperature here in DFW at 107 tomorrow through Wednesday, it will be interesting to see if we have ERCOT warnings.

 

[FireInTheWire]

Today the grid seemed fine. With the forecast temperature here in DFW at 107 tomorrow through Wednesday, it will be interesting to see if we have ERCOT warnings.

They are showing gusts up to 20mph. Wind will be online and strong. But…. It’s gonna be burning out

 

[popsgarland]

9;45 PM it's 95 with a heat index of 97 with 31% humidity. Wind is mph SSE to NNW.

Tomorrows forecast is a low of 81 and a high of 106.

 

[pronstar]

 

[toddnjoyce]

If they were like a Nest thermostat, the Utility could control it themselves.