Posted on 09/07/2023 8:26:46 AM PDT by cba123
There really needs to be some standardized rating of these batteries. Have it rated at 32*F after 250 full charge cycles, rate the recharge rate in average miles per minute, lastly implement some fixed load requirement to approximate accessory loads. From what I can tell none of this implemented by the EPA.
Slightly off topic but: Those kids don't have helmets, goggles, mouth guards or elbow pads. I can't see it, but probably no padded gloves.
Completely irresponsible advertising by Hot Wheels.
(Wish I had one when I was a kid. ;O( )
"Will never give up ICE vehicles."
Even after the feral government outlaws sales of gasoline, diesel and other fossil fuels to Joe Nobody and other everyday taxpayers?
Of course government officials, bureaucrats and their well connected corporate enablers will still have access to all the fossil fuels they can burn.
After all - those Jumbo Jets Al Gore and John 'Effen' Kerry fly around the world aren't powered by Eveready batteries or anti-gravity nuclear fuel cells!
“434 miles on a charge? What time of year and what conditions? My friend has a Tesla and it’s rated about 323 miles per charge. In the winter he is lucky to get 225-235 Miles per charge....then has to look for another charging station, etc.”
My neighbor, who knows everything about anything and is never wrong brought an EV (I forget the name, but it was not a Tesla). Six months after he purchased it, there was a major recall due to a battery issue. However, there were not enough replacements and so the manufacturer brought the car back for the original purchase less six months wear and tear.
Instead of learning his lesson, he brought another EV (Ford Mustang). A year after he brought it, the battery would no longer hold a charge. The car was at the dealer for repairs for a month. Even though the EV has been repaired, his wife admits that the battery does not get nearly as many miles per charge in the real world as it does in the laboratory under controlled conditions. This past Labor Day Weekend, they drove ~200 miles to the beach, which is well within range of a fully charged battery — except when a four-hour trip takes six hours due to heavy traffic and heavy air-conditioning use due to an end-of-summer heat wave. At about the 3/4 mark to their destination, they went searching for a charging station. At the first station they found, two of the chargers were broken and two were in use with two EVs already in line. At the next charging station, one charger was out of order, and the other was in use. They waited 35 minutes for their turn, and then needed over an hour to charge to 80% at this level 2 charge station. No thanks. I’ll stick with an ICE.
How much will it raise the price the car?
Those boys talk WAY too much. That means they don’t know the subject matter so resorting to hand-waving and loud talking.
My BS filter hit the peg.
Mattel owns them now.......................
1. 15 min “fast charge” is still about 3x that of regular gas cars.
2. Tesla chargers don’t work with other EVs.
3. If the ENTIRE Rutabaga charging program as enacted, there would still be only about 1/4 the number of chargers as gas “stations.” But there are probably 450,000 gas PUMPS in the country, vs likely about (again, if fully enacted in six years) only 40,000 EV chargers, of which those cannot service all EVs.
4. This doesn’t include wait time at EV chargers. In Kollyfornia there is significant wait time, which has to be added to refuel time.
A head to head challenge of a Tesla vs. a gas car that had to actually be somewhere on a timetable would show how incredibly bad EVs are.
And the best, globally, is to jump past EVs straight to Hydrogen.
Note also, it depends on the WEIGHT. Full load in a car? That drops. In a truck, if you’re pulling a boat? Forget it.
The key words being “may” and “soon”
Almost every day we hear about huge battery breakthroughs. They never translate into the real world.
I read about CATL a few months ago, looked to invest but they’re private.
Well, isn’t that special. Have they made the batteries fireproof yet?
My vehicle has a 500 mile range and refuel in 5 -7 minutes at 50000 locations all across the Usa
"May...soon..."
I don’t believe them, and I wouldn’t park a car that might catch on fire in my garage.
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