Posted on 01/29/2022 7:24:56 PM PST by DoodleBob
...woe to the urbanites. Chargers built into apartment parking lots are few and far between. And as if parking in a city isn’t nightmarish enough, competition for plug-friendly street spots leaves EVs stranded from the electricity that gives them life. Could you hack into the power lines above and snake a cord into your Tesla? Sure, if you prefer your biology extra crispy....
...convincing urban dwellers to pony up for EVs is tough. Even those who have gotten over anxieties about battery ranges will find there aren’t many places to charge them....
So the goal is clear: Build more chargers. But in dense places, the eternal question is, where? And how to guarantee that they will not only be accessible, but cheap enough for anyone to use them?
Whatever the strategy, though, cracking the problem is vital if cities—and the feds—want to stick to bigger goals for improving equity, accessibility, and racial justice, which many politicians have named as priorities. After all, low-income folks can’t switch from traditional cars to electric ones until they have abundant access to affordable charging infrastructure....
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But getting buy-in from residents in those places will be critical, because communities of color have grown accustomed to “neutral or benign neglect and sometimes even directly malignant [transportation] policy decisions,” says Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, the clean transportation consultant at GreenLatinos, a nonprofit. For communities unfamiliar with EVs, who might depend on gas stations or conventional auto repair shops for jobs, the sudden appearance of chargers could look like a harbinger of gentrification, she says—a physical sign that they are being replaced.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypressnews.com ...
“The Average life you can expect from an ICE is about 150,000 miles.”
I can’t help the way you treat your car. I get close to twice that.
“How many moving parts in your engine? When 1 part fails, you come to a stop.”
Toyotas don’t fail. If others want a UAW car, that will be their nightmare, be it electric or not.
The estimated life expectancy of the EV motor is over 1 million miles.
That’s one part. Ever see the rest of a car after 300,000 miles?
“The body of the Tesla is made from hardened aluminum (like an AR rifle, no corrosion).”
Big deal, my cars are made from STEEL, much stronger and they DO NOT rust in Texas.
“The batteries should charge and discharge enough for over 1 million miles before losing 20% of their new performance characteristics.”
Let me know when the warranties cover that, otherwise it’s hearsay.
“Further, AI allows performance characteristics such that the 0-60 mph of 1.9 seconds”
If I do 0-60 in 15 seconds, I’m fine, and so are the 99.999% of drivers who DO NOT take their cars on the track.
“AI will keep them from endangering themselves. Further the 360° radar tracking video and Radar (with IR assist) protects you from pedestrians, can be used in court if someone either hits you, or your system records a fatality. Further, driving assist includes lane changing, obstacle avoidance and fully automated driving in a future release”
Didn’t realize they were PROHIBITED in gasoline cars. Learn something new every day.
“Notice that one of us is simply offering options and not insulting the other? If you don’t want an EV, that’s perfectly fine.”
You don’t get to make that decision, the people you are in bed with get to make that decision, and they have been PERFECTLY CLEAR that buying gasoline cars will be soon OUTLAWED.
“It’s your money. It’s your life.”
WTF does that mean?
“But educate yourself and people like me won’t have to talk to a “kindergartener” trying to explain the benefits .”
SOME OF US are perfectly happy without having to plug-in cars. But the people YOU are in bed with will not tolerate our choices. So, regardless of what you really think of me and others here (and don’t tell the truth, or you’ll be kicked off the site), you are ENABLING the people are intent on destroying my lifestyle.
For warranty, 1.5 second performance on 0-60mph, unlimited mileage warranty on the battery pack with a 20 year warranty; please look at tesla.com.
Porshe, GM, Chevy, Ford and Chrysler are all following suit. Check their websites for warranty, performance and feel free to check Car and Driver for reviews
I am neither calling you names, nor making idle threats. Seem bullies like you come and go. Know very little about a topic; belittle others. Not intimidated. If you don’t want an EV; do not buy one. Don’t test drive one. Don’t educate yourself. The Amish love their horse and buggy, no oil change and they don’t care about the price of oil much either
The industry is speaking, if you don’t want to listen, that’s on you. I am not aware of anyone who is making a self-driving gasoline powered car. But they are becoming common in the EV market.
“For warranty, 1.5 second performance on 0-60mph, unlimited mileage warranty on the battery pack with a 20 year warranty; please look at tesla.com.”
Why must you LIE????
https://www.tesla.com/support/vehicle-warranty
It’s 8 years...basically 150,000 miles (unless you drive it 24/7, which is quite hard with a battery car). Not bad, but FAR from infinite, and where’s the 20 years? Is that also fictitious too?
Tesla ended its “Infinite Mileage Warranty” program in February 2020, but the vast majority of Model S and Model X vehicles built before then will still have it. You can tell if any given Model S or Model X has one by answering the two questions:
1. Was it delivered by Tesla to its first owner before February 2020?
2. Is its battery capacity 70 kilowatt-hours or more?
If the answer is yes to both of those questions, it will have an unlimited-mileage warranty.
If the Model S or Model X has a 40 or 60 kWh battery pack, its battery and powertrain are covered under warranty for 8 years, 125,000 miles.
Tesla Model 3 Warranty
New Tesla Warranty as of February 2020
All Tesla vehicles with a “New Vehicle Limited Warranty” (often referred to as a bumper-to-bumper warranty) that lasts for 4 years or 50,000 miles. This covers everything on the car from the Media Control Unit to door handles, suspension, trunk latches, and HVAC components.
The battery and electric motors are warrantied for different lengths based on the model and battery size. This breaks down as follows:
All Model S and Model X Vehicles – 8 years or 150,000 miles.
Model 3 and Model Y Standard Range and Standard Range Plus – 8 years or 100,000 miles.
Model 3 and Model Y Long Range and Performance – 8 years or 120,000 miles.
https://www.currentautomotive.com/does-tesla-still-have-an-unlimited-mileage-warranty/
That’s where the infinite mileage warranty claim originated. It has since been discontinued as detailed above. “Shockingly” there was not a whole lot of press about the discontinuation of Elon’s warranty. But it was not a lie
If the warranty ends in 8 years, it is NOT infinite miles. It is as many miles as you can drive in 8 years...then it ENDS.
Just because Tesla lies about their product doesn’t give you the right to repeat those lies.
As to why no one cared about ending the fake ‘infinite mileage’ warranty, it was because it was a gimmick, particularly for an electric car.
By the way, I’m still waiting for the 20 year warranty you claimed.
The fact is they lithium battery formulations, whether the LiFP or other derivative formulations are not only a increasing in energy density, they are charging faster as well. There are companies like Quantimscape that are showing that recycled Lithium actually performs superior to virgin lithium due to 42% increases porous nature created by the recycling nature
My company is working on reclamation of spent lithium (carbonate or peroxide) batteries in a green method, where we recover each element, and the reagents are continuously filtered and raises. Give us a spent lithium battery, and 4 hours later we give you battery grade Aluminum, Cobalt, Nickel, Manganese, Lithium and copper - which immediately go back into the supply chain
Cobalt, which is typically Chinese slave labor mined; once recovered is now considered both virgin, and “made in USA” regardless of where the original battery was made.
We can also extract lithium from clay, non-thermally. Which is a pretty big deal
Whether the energy storage is used for transportation, municipal power storage, personal use, or medical; the fact we can now efficiently and cheaply store and recover TW worth of power is a game changer
“My company...”
Ok, thanks. So now things make sense. You’re a special interest and I don’t debate special interests. Enjoy your evening!
No EVs in the convoys
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