World's largest Lithium mine:
Posted on 03/23/2022 9:33:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
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A base ecoboost powered Mustang is probably still under 30k. Mine gets 23 MPG combined and over 30 on the highway. How far can I go on $22k in gas?
World's largest Lithium mine:
“Someday, you’ll wake up with no more Roush on the road. “
Then I will buy the 1.5 second 0-60, 9 second quarter-mile EV sports car.
“My lame reply to your lame point - sure, I can go months filling up at home. I have gas cans.”
Does your insurance company know you are storing hundreds of gallons of gasoline in your home?
Can you, or do you, bring extra home-charged batteries with you to go 962 miles?
It's inarguable that I will get farther down the road than you will when both of us fuel/charge our vehicles at home.
Be kind to earth, sell the Roush, otherwise Greta cries.
“Can you, or do you, bring extra home-charged batteries with you to go 962 miles?”
How many 5 gallon gas cans do you need to gon962 miles?
My insurance company doesn't need to know jackshite what's in my home. Rest assure, my home won't go up in flames due to fuel.
How about you - does your insurance company know the dangerous, though infrequent, hazards of lithium batteries, in bulk no less, being charged in your garage?
Last word is yours - I can only last a few rounds of pedantic debate.
A bigger risk is going to be all those do-it-yourself homeowner “electricians” out there rewiring their homes.
The recharging time after 300 miles can take from 8 to 13 hours, so a normal average 18.5-hour drive now is extended to 48 hours. Or better still an average speed of 19mph as compared to 50 mph.
“The recharging time after 300 miles can take from 8 to 13 hours, so a normal average 18.5-hour drive now is extended to 48 hour”
ROTFLMAO! Tesla superchargers can give you 200 miles in 15 minutes!
“The recharging time after 300 miles can take from 8 to 13 hours, “
The Lucid Air 520 mile range battery is rated at 118 Kwhrs. Their chargers go up to 350 kws. One hour would be 350 kwhrs or three battery worths.
However, charging is non-linear so they are stating 300 miles in 20 minutes.
Lucid Air owners who take U.S. delivery will receive three years of complimentary* charging at Electrify America’s extensive nationwide network of ultrafast charging stations that currently boasts 2,000+ individual chargers — 150kW through 350kW.
“ So if you are a middle class family that doesn’t live in the Southern US, and can only afford one car, EV’s are probably a bad move.”
If you live anywhere and can only afford one car IMHO an EV is probably a bad move.
It’s car #4 for me. All of the others are high mileage that we’ve owned for a long time, 2 of which were purchased used. This EV will help them all live longer.
“Thanks. I keep thinking an EV would be useful for short trips around town, out to the range, etc. I will keep it in mind.”
Very good commuter cars. As I keep saying they keep your gasoline cars in service longer as short trips are the hardest on them.
My convertible is about that old.
It’s not why I bought an EV, but it’s an added bonus.
Just how many of thes “fast Charging “ stations are out there and it still takes fossil fuels, whether it be coal petroleum fuel or NLPG to generate the electricity.
I see a fair amount of Model 3s in my part of flyover country. On paper they look good with plenty of range and supercharging stations along the routes I normally travel. The deal killer is winter driving and supercharger availability during peak events like holidays.
IMHO if you need to charge your car somewhere other than your own home it becomes too problematic to be worth it.
Plan trips accordingly.
Another thing I noticed is Tesla hasn’t upgraded superchargers in my area of the country. If they build new ones, they put it in the latest 240KW stations. Those are the ones that you can actually do a splash and go..
“Another thing I noticed is Tesla hasn’t upgraded superchargers in my area of the country. If they build new ones, they put it in the latest 240KW stations. Those are the ones that you can actually do a splash and go..”
Yeah, but.
Batteries are like BBQ; low and slow is best.
The superchargers push a ton of juice in over a short period of time. It’s hard on the battery for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is heat...especially in the summer.
It will eventually kill the battery.
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