Posted on 04/24/2021 6:21:22 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
—”So I can basically commute and get groceries in it?”
Yes, and you can do TANK TURNS!!!!
30 SEC OF EV TANK TURNS:
https://youtu.be/yzwM8KE2L3I
“Easy Peasy.”
Your assessment does not include GENERATION, which in many states is 40-50% lower at night.
“Alternative energy” is not 7x24x365.
See the California blackouts in the summer of 2020.
Or Texas later.
—”An Electric truck would be stupid.”
DO NOT BUY ONE.
Here in Florida, a big truck means you are a big shot in the trades.
We have lots of big shots apparently.
They often have to pull warehouses full of stuff to job sites.
More workers have died in oil refinery accidents than nuclear power plants by a factor of 10.
But I like my gasoline powered car. I will not deal with nuclear power in my car.
—”Smelting processes recover basic elements or salts. These processes are... ... ...”
MEGO-MEGO-MEGO!
Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt your meeting of the FR/AOC Green Club.
I didn’t even know there was one?
—“A South Korean sodium-ion battery managed”
Sodium-ion batteries.
Different chemistry.
Most EVs today use Lithium-ion.
But you can purchase a Tesla and others with Lithium Iron Phosphate. Lower cost/less range.
https://www.tesla.com/firstresponders
pages 12 & 13 of this:
https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/downloads/2020_Lithium-Ion_Battery_Emergency_Response_Guide_en.pdf
—”Where are the electric tractors and combines”
I have read of them!
Crazy money$$$
John Deere: ‘We believe in electric tractors. 100%’
If it was up to the engineers at John Deere, electricity will become the power source of the future. For more efficiency, better traction, lower costs and lower ground pressure. An interview with three experts.
“Your assessment does not include GENERATION, which in many states is 40-50% lower at night.”
Your electric company would love to turn its spare generating capacity into revenue.
—”these days you don’t dare to assume that just because something looks like a female connector,”
OH MY!
I could be in deep trouble.
But it is buried deep in the comments; no one will notice?
Then again, you saw it.
Woe is me.
—” about 12 kwh per day per possible electric car in the US, or about 48 miles per day.”
Motorists age 16 years and older drive, on average, 29.2 miles per day or 10,658 miles per year
—”I’m not used to working with such big numbers.”
That stuff makes my brain hurt, that is why you should work with QUADS:
The quad is a convenient unit for describing national and world energy resources. One quad is also equal to 293 billion kilowatt-hours or, for fuels of average heating values, the energy of 183 million barrels of petroleum, 38.5 million tons of coal, or 980 billion cubic feet of natural gas.
My adult daughter returned to school to study ‘alternative energy’ and she forces me to help with her homework.
And with my three grandkids, she needs extra help... it’s fun.
Also there on line converters that help.
You pull a trailer with a BIG generator...
What size battery does GM claim to use?
—”Your assessment does not include GENERATION, which in many states is 40-50% lower at night.”
GENERATION and LOAD tend to be reasonably close; with about 5% loss.
The loss can be mitigated with superconducting transformers $$$$ Extreme high voltage DC transmission could help$$$...
From #23 “For most areas of the USA average load is HALF of peak daytime load and the night time load is half of day the time load.”
And that matches very close what you said.
Electrics are cool. I can’t help but wonder how long of a cord does that Hummer have. I haven’t seen any news item about the discovery of that battery the EV folks have been promising since 1890.
It appears to me that replies to this thread are missing the point that impressive numbers are beginning to come from electric solutions.
I just bought a 2021 vehicle to discover that the power steering was electric. This has both advantages and disadvantages, but in the past was impossible.
The author is trying to say that those interested in some performance numbers may find themselves looking at electric.
The Dyke looking for a hummer and drooling over LeBron is undoubtedly a leftist wacko, in any event.
We have to burn coal to generate that electricity.
Don’t anyone tell that Swedish mongrel.
—”7 minutes? Then the battery would be dead.”
Not to worry!
Many EVs can not do a full quarter at the drag strip-— the battery overheats. Notice they push the 0-60 numbers.
The temp sensor/ controls cut back max output to prevent battery damage. HEAT!
746W/ HP, YES, and that was an elegant way to show it.
Nice.
The EV Hummer “crab walk” feature is useful. It can also be used for a reduced turning radius, and quick parallel parking while driving forward instead of in reverse.
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