Posted on 08/25/2022 10:40:46 AM PDT by Hojczyk
far more than it would cost to fill up the gas tank of a large gas-powered truck of similar quality
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20 gallons (small for a large SUV) at $5 (low in many places) = $100
Article fails.
The oversized electric golf kart fanbois will not be amused.
My friends who have trucks restore houses and simply pass the cost on to the customer.
However they are independent contractors, not employees.
The EV Hummer will never go as far as a gas or diesel truck. The energy density in a battery is 100 times less than in regular fuel.
And it also depends on whether you have a load or if you are driving in cold weather.
If you tow something heavy like a camper the range is pitifully low:
https://electrek.co/2022/05/31/ford-f-150-lightning-loses-range-towing-23-foot-airstream-trailer/
Why electricity doesn’t cost anything.
You just go to a free charging station .
You must be racist; or something?
Right? Isn’t that how they respond?
“The current rate at the station was $0.43 per kilowatt-hour”
At my house I pay about $0.12 per kilowatt-hour. Seems like EV charging station rates have always been a lot higher than what it would cost to charge at home.
And at 43 cents per kwh, it’d be cheaper to run just about any plug-in hybrid on gas!
But they are saving the planet. Just like the couple that drove with pride in a Yugo, in a Yugo.
“The current rate at the station was $0.43 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Bringing the Hummer EV to 90 percent charge cost the publication $81, including sales tax.”
Charging at my house at night rates would be less than $20.
Less than 1% of autos and light trucks on the road in America are electric.
And autos and light trucks are the easy part.
“I’d love to have an electric version but 100 miles for over $100 is simply not practical.”
Where do you get 100 miles. The range is 329 miles.
“Electric plants use fuel to make electricity.”
And more efficiently than gas engines.
Only a fool would buy and electric vehicle.
Love the ad!
(Snicker, snicker)
Ping
i don’t get it.
no, i get that, i just don’t get it.
Then that electricity has to go down lines and get stored in batteries. Unlike gasoline which you just dump in the tank until you need it.
“Then that electricity has to go down lines and get stored in batteries. Unlike gasoline which you just dump in the tank until you need it.”
And after dumping it in the tank you get 20% of the energy to the wheels.
With combined cycle NG plants you get twice the energy to the wheels.
And EV’s can use electricity generated by nuclear and hydro plants.
One member here powers his EV with his roof solar panels.
“Then that electricity has to go down lines and get stored in batteries. Unlike gasoline which you just dump in the tank until you need it.”
You can plug in an EV at home. You have to go to a gas station to fill up.
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