If only you could fill the batteries with some kind of liquid that stored the energy....
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Still waiting! Any day now! I've been hearing that for the past 10+ years lol.
Just like propane tanks for barbecue grills. They swap those. No crisis.
You think batteries haven't improved in the last ten years?
EVs are indeed a big lie. EVs are soon discontinued and forgotten.
Petrol/diesel refuel time: 0 to 60 seconds. EVs charging time: Hours to some days.
When you get gas you spend 15-20 mins in the store? Each time? You do you, but when I get gas I fill up and get back on the road, 8 minutes tops which could include a bathroom break.
Nah, not discontinued. But we will have a mix of both for our lifetimes I would imagine. No way I see the mandates that all vehicles be electric by a certain year standing.
I use bucee as that tends to be the bigger stop were I also am grabbing a little food plus it is huge place.
I know when I was younger making the 10 hour drive more often I had 2 stops that were a little longer as it was food, snack buying and so on.
Now if you have little kids then the total time added might be zero as the kids tend to be a limiting factor.
Hence why I was pointing out in 1100 mile 30-40 min longer is not that much more insane. Yes it is slower but pointing out it is not the massive gap people make it out to be for anything but the true road warriors.
People scream about the 5 mins and go but that is for your weekly gas stop in your car not road trip stopping. Road trip stopping tends to be a slower thing as you are able to double up charging and other items.
Getting gas on a road trip there is no doubling up things. It is get gas, then take care of other needs instead of all of them happening at the same time.
They bought an electric truck. Their home is off the grid, in north Idaho!
They never even mention the environment, they just do what works. This is what intelegent, practical people look like. A nation ruled by whiners will fail.
(Note: They should have mentioned in the beginning, that that truck has a bigger battery then their house.)
They never even mention the environment, they just do what works. This is what intelegent, practical people look like. A nation ruled by whiners will fail.
(Note: They should have mentioned in the beginning, that that truck has a bigger battery then their house.)
I dont have the link off hand but they have done the math on it.
Turns out you need fewer charging sites than gas stations. Like 1/4-1/3 the total number of gas stations.
Remember our gas station network is built off the fact that is the only way for people to refill so we know everyone even living in the area has to go there. On EVs this is reduce to only people traveling long distance as a majority will be charging at home.
Now if you move over to public charging for road trips you will need to make quite a few huge sites with 100+ chargers on it but reality a lot fewer than gas stations. It might be several 20-30 stations sites place around and then a place like say buccess building a 200 charging stations. Hardest part is getting the site loading right and a way to handle some power demand spikes. Dont get me wrong it will a huge amount of power going there to handle it but it is not as base as you think.
See how the red dots are super close together on the east coast and west coast, and then how there is a bunch of white space in between in the middle? Now imagine my routes go in between some of the biggest areas of white space....
You've gotta account for the percentage of EV owners that very rarely (if ever) charge their cars away from home. An ICE car will always have to use a gas station.
Agree on most points. You're not changing the battery on an Xbox controller, but on a car that needs to have safety features built into the compartment and takes up almost the whole underside of the car. How long would a swap take? Not less than 30 minutes even for the most skilled techs. Not to mention just the tesla batteries alone cost over $20,000 each?
Then there is the question of manufacturer warranty. Who is going to pay for repairs if your battery is installed incorrectly and damages your vehicle? Think a shop owner is going to get into business to deal with headache? The car maker is going to "be nice".
How much would a shop have to charge you to be a viable business? Huge overhead for this business and a product that diminishes with every charge so it won't be cheap.
The only point I disagree with you on is the car being able to approximate battery condition and travel distance on that battery. That is a standard feature and the car can calibrate each battery installed.
As you said, it's sounds good, but is bad.
Everyone's different, but we pack everything we need for a road trip and don’t waste any extra time during gas stops. Plus my 15 year old ICE car would require less total stops so the extra time waiting around isn’t appealing to me.
How about having choice? We have both and I like them both for two very different things.
It’s WaRmInG don’t cha know? 😉
Yes, they already have. Ford has lost billions and is cutting back. No one wants them except the early
They don’t? What’s different? Or is it not being reported?
California just said “no” to hydrogen the other day.
And a battery to keep that battery warm. It’s turtles all the way down. 🐢🐢🐢🐢
😂 I can’t tell if this is sarcasm or serious. There aren’t enough cops to respond to emergency calls, thanks to all the defunding the last few years. And now we expect them to monitor extension cords on the sidewalk? 🤣
Yup, certainly blew up the whole argument with that one. 🙄 I’m willing to bet there have already been more EV fires than the entire history of the Pinto and original Mustang.
But a charging station is literally two square feet behind any existing parking space. A gas station is 100x larger, requires massive underground tanks, delivery by tanker truck, and periodic wars in the middle east. The needed infrastructure is laughingly small compared to things we have already done.
No. Because contrary to your suggestion, batteries do not become completely disabled in the cold.
Seriously, did you just join to troll against EVs? I mean you can if you want but do you even have an iPhone, iPad or Mac?
We need far more than a million vehicles on the road to make a dent. About 280 million vehicles in the U.S. alone...
Not sure why you think it's a myth... The U.S. can barely power itself in 2024. Here's a good (outdated) piece from the NYT. That article is from 2022. Since then, energy needs has increased by almost another 5%.
You can google, but to which part? Here's an outdated chart (about 7% higher than this as of 2024)
The point remains. Electric is not the future, which is why so many manufacturers continue to invest in hydrogen.
6 reasons why hydrogen is a fuel of the future | Spectra by MHI
Hydrogen has been used by humans for hundreds of years, for numerous purposes. Here are six reasons why hydrogen is likely to be a vital renewable energy source.
I think it is more those cars would only require 3.6% energey than the million ice cars it replaced.
One thing people forget about on EV is oddly enough will help with grid stabliztation as it increases base load a hell of a lot more than peak load.
Or system is designed for peak load and EVs do not increase peak load that much as most of the charging is done during off peak and super off peak hours. By increasing the base load it allow our bigger and more effluence power plants to keep running. Those same plants that can not adjust as quickly to power demands and are more efficient to run.
If we converted all transportations over to EV in the United states I believe total power usage would increase by less than 30% but peak demand will increase by no where close to that number most of that demand will be handled b y the off peak and super off peak usage.
Basiically saying our system today can handle the power needs of EVs due to load shifting.
Do not confuse total power usage vs peak power usage. Most of that increase in demand is during off peak and base load increases. Our system is designed for peak demand and EVs do not add that much to peak demend.You can google, but to which part? Here's an outdated chart (about 7% higher than this as of 2024)View attachment 2353971
The point remains. Electric is not the future, which is why so many manufacturers continue to invest in hydrogen.
6 reasons why hydrogen is a fuel of the future | Spectra by MHI
Hydrogen has been used by humans for hundreds of years, for numerous purposes. Here are six reasons why hydrogen is likely to be a vital renewable energy source.spectra.mhi.com
Not to long ago most homes did not have AC yet we handled that massive and rapid increase in power demands just fine.