Posted on 04/24/2021 3:53:39 AM PDT by sodpoodle
Don't rush to buy an electric vehicle.
Can we show a little forethought and practicality?
Has anyone thought about it? If all cars were electric ... and were caught up in a three hour traffic jam with dead batteries! Not to mention, that there is virtually no heating in an electric vehicle.
And if you get stuck on the road all night, no battery, no heating !!!
You can try calling 911 to bring women and children to safety! But they can not even come to help you since all roads are blocked! And when the roads become unblocked no one can move! How do you charge the thousands of cars from the traffic jam?
Same problem during summer vacation departures with miles of traffic jams. This will make cars run out of "fuel" and cause never ending traffic jams.
But that, nobody talks about, of course!
Let’s see a battery powered air foce won for
president elect to set the example on/in.
then we’ll talk about ton miles per ton of battery.
Long sigh......
All
Government sponsored and subsidized “Tingling leg syndrome” promotion
Battry power’s like a short pecker, it’s alright around home but ain’t much out on the road...
Never did I think we were involved for anything other than energy policy.
The inconvenience of USA energy independence is being regulated away to ensure continued power for the swamp.
No more emergency services next time TX freezes.
Did you get demoncrap from me, or come up with it on your own? Anyway, its genius.
Who thought slot car racing would come back in a big way?.
“Most gas cars have 300 mile range with a 5 minute “recharge” time. Hard to beat that.”
Oh I agree that recharge time is a huge weakness, but I don’t understand how that could make them more likely to die in the middle of the highway.
I guess if it is cold and you are stuck with the heat on it could happen. Not sure.
I don’t live in a area where there is any chance of being in a traffic jam. If I were in one, I would probably turn my diesel truck engine off. If traffic was creeping along, put in low gear and idle along. Very little fuel used.
I see your point. Frankly if I have to choose between investing in technology or sticking our noses in everybody else's business, well, I've made my point.
Given that the oil won't last forever, EVs would be a worthwhile long term investment.
And note I said long term. I understand that our power grid is nowhere near ready to handle EVs in the numbers of the gas powered cars out there.
Electric cars are great to drive and make a lot of sense for a large part of the population. Take one for a test drive and find out. Many folks buy them for their daily 50-75 mile commute and love them.
They also have drawbacks. Right now, there is a Beta vs. VHS style format war waged over the various connectors. Some for the very fast direct DC current charging are simply incompatible with each other. Range and price are obvious problems. And then there is the odd issue of privacy. To charge an electric car, you typically need a phone app or credit card to pay. This documents your travel. Then too, your electric car is connected to the internet to help find charging stations. Compare any of that to handing an attendant a couple of $20s to fill up and going 300 miles no one knows where.
I have no need to signal virtue. I think Global Warming is bunk, peddled by frauds and fools. I love my gas cars and motorcycles. But I am intrigued with the possibility of having an electric car in my driveway that I could charge from roof top solar panels, and which I would use for short daily commutes.
Electric cars are indeed the future....and always will be.
The original post describes a scenario where EVs would run out of electricity while sitting still in a three-hour traffic jam. This is a stupid scenario—EVs use only just enough electricity to run their computers while sitting still, unlike gas-powered cars, which typically have their engines running in the same scenario. The EVs are the cars *least* likely to run out of fuel in a three-hour traffic jam.
thanks.
Electric cars will not fare well in cold weather. Imagine driving on a snowy night with temperatures well below freezing. You would of course depend on the cars lights, wipers and defroster. Unless you were dressed for the Arctic you would also need the heater. All of these devices draw power from the batteries. In below freezing conditions batteries are very stressed and do not hold as much charge. Bottom line..you won’t get very far.
My neighbors with electric lawn mowers were not able to keep their grass cut. I was able to cut my grass, no problem, with my gas mower, and my lawn was the envy of the neighborhood. Especially when I fired up the propane grill.
Two years ago, I bought an EGO 56-volt battery powered lawn mower.
It is vastly superior to the many gas-powered mowers I have owned.
Those of us who do not obsess over un mowed lawns during a slight power outage fare better than those still using a gas-powered mower
Look up “bonding wire” in connection with static electricity generated by an operating helicopter. This allows electrical discharge at a poorly conducting landing pad before cargo and especially fuel transfers occur. Riggers use discharge poles to safety a flying aircraft from the rotor Corona charge.
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