Posted on 02/19/2022 3:25:07 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
The massive electric pickup truck made some headlines these days because of its enormous weight. It already had raised concerns from safety specialists frightened with what a 9,063 pounds (4,103 kilograms) accelerating from 0 to 60 mph (97 kph) in 3 seconds could represent in traffic.
The battery pack alone weighs 2,923 lb (1,326 kg). It has a usable capacity of 212.7 kWh. Car and Driver calculated its gross capacity, and that’s 246.8 kWh. We have already mentioned it weighs as much as compact cars such as the Toyota Corolla ...
... The Rivian R1T achieves a 70 MPGe rating, which is 49% superior to what the GMC EV presents.
(Excerpt) Read more at autoevolution.com ...
You cant stop a 5 ton vehicle at 60mph in <175’ and at 0-60 in 3 SECONDS its a death mobile.
And he probably trailered another one so he had something to drive when this frontliner wasn’t running.
I can’t imagine what this would do on ice in winter as it hits other vehicles because it couldn’t stop.
9,000 lbs would crush nearly everything in its path.
If I get an EV the total cost of the EV and my solar system will pay for itself in 12 years (assuming I'm as right on my assumptions of the EV that I'm interested in as I was on my solar system). If I get an EV, I'm already thinking about upgrading my solar system to produce 85% to 90% of all the power I need (for both my now all-electric house and the EV), assuming I keep driving ~200 miles per week. Doing so would make the entire project pay for itself in 14 years (not as good as the 12 years of buying the EV without upgrading my solar system). But that assumes only a 3% inflation rate of power prices and gasoline prices (which I'd save by not having to buy gas at least for that vehicle) and natural gas (which I now save by converting my gas appliances to all electric).
I get your point about the comparative efficiencies of different energy sources. But to me that's academic if the Dims keep doing like they're doing, and like they openly state they'll do even more of. The ultimate in energy efficiency is how much of it I can do myself without breaking the bank, so that it'll be one less way the Dims control me and my family.
I think that is more realistic than 15%, frankly.
People always make the argument that the motors in the cars are 90% efficient, but they forget to take away those T&D losses and the thermal efficiency losses at the power plant.
Of course. The whole point behind green cars is to make cars so expensive that everyone but wealthy, left-wing urbanites rides buses or drives teensy-tiny plastic cars.
Making a macho EV truck causes hideous cognitive dissonance.
Thermal efficiency of diesel engine is around 42%
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/engine-the
Coal power plants have thermal efficiency of 45.5%
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0196890415007657
Factor in transmission losses and the electric car is less efficient.
When you go to AutoZone for a new battery will the guy behind the counter install it for free?
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They are anticipating being able to sell loans for New Battery Packs, packaged with 17k for disposing of old 3,000 pound battery pack.
People don’t know what they’re getting into.
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IKR? I’d hate to imagine what one of these things spontaneously combusting would do like inside a garage. Seems like it would be almost impossible to extinguish in any reasonable time.
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If your Dealer lives in Hollywood and you’re name is Hunter Biden, it’s all good.
If you’re leaving your Service level job and hoping to retire, where the 40k for the new Batteries and disposal fees is quite another issue.
Hint: Joe wants you to ride a Bus.
“About 68% of nickel is recyclable.”
Also cheap used batteries will be very useful. A Tesla battery after 10 years of use goes down to about 70% its original capacity and is ready for retirement.
But what if you don’t need the same energy density as in a car? Plug those cheap used batteries into the grid for the next 20 years.
If EVs take off, all of a sudden the problem of cheap energy storage is solved.
“and starts at $79,995”
Not bad. At that price it may just make sense for me to buy one. Not to drive it, of course, but to use its 250 kwh to store power from my home solar system. Basically, a low price battery, far cheaper than a Tesla PowerWall, for example (less than half the price).
Of course I won’t tell my friends that I don’t drive it, but I will show it to them, just for bragging rights.
“None of this retarded EV nonsense will end well.”
I feel posts like this show why conservatives are losing control of the world.
Why are almost all the billionaires leftists? It’s because they have an optimistic view of technology changing the planet.
Too many political conservatives are also technological conservatives. We scoff at the changes that are coming. We don’t start or invest in the innovative companies leaving everything from media to the auto industry in the hands of leftists.
“Too many political conservatives are also technological conservatives. We scoff at the changes that are coming.”
We leave the predication of ‘changes that are coming’ to fortune tellers, since most of the time they are wrong.
Repeal the laws of physics and you’re right.
“We scoff at the changes that are coming. “
No, Sunshine, we scoff at stupid ideas because we are educated and experienced. We are wise. We know better.
When I bought my solar system for my house I strong considered used EV batteries for my solar backup. There are already vendors selling them, and at a reasonable price. The catch is that the warranty on those is only a year, while my new ones have a 19-year warranty.
“No, Sunshine, we scoff at stupid ideas because we are educated and experienced. We are wise. We know better.”
You sure abut that? How many leftists are now millionaires because they bought Tesla 10 years ago. How many conservatives are still poor because they invested in gold?
Part of wisdom is learning from mistakes we made and correcting them.
—”Hit the accelerator instead of the brake by accident, or ON PURPOSE,”
About 1983 in front of the AT&T building, Naperville Il, some jamoke picked up his buddy in a Ferrari and hammered it.
I believe he tripped it on the curb because it landed upside down in the bushes a few feet off the ground.
The Ferrari probably weighed about the same as the Hummer battery.
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