Posted on 10/02/2022 10:17:48 AM PDT by qaz123
Congratulations. You’ve just purchased one of the most expensive high-performance electric trucks on the market.
You’ve gone green and you’ve done it in style with the GMC Hummer, starting at $86,645. That’s right — the Hummer’s now a green vehicle! What was once the biggest villain in the left’s war on fossil fuels is now the poster child for responsible off-roading....
The video begins with standard 120V charging — or Level 1 charging, to use official jargon. This is the standard current your home already offers.
“Right now it’s about 6 p.m. on Tuesday,” the man says. “And it says it will be full by Saturday at 10:55 [p.m.], which is four-plus days of charging. Wow.”
However, our intrepid Hummer owner had one of those — the JuiceBox, a 240v charger, installed in his garage.
How much difference did that make? Not as much as you might think. “Now it says it will be done tomorrow by 6:30 [p.m.],” the video narrator says. “So about 24 hours of charging from four percent to 100 percent.”.......
Car and Driver went to an Electrify America charging station, where it cost over $100 to “fill up” the Hummer at 43 cents per kilowatt hour....
(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...
HE HAS AN AFTERMARKET STATION IN HIS GARAGE. 240v
IT STILL TOOK 24hrs to charge.
HE SHOWS IT ON HIS VIDEO.
It’s so obvious that the day of EVs has not yet arrived.
The main problems are the pitifully inadequate batteries and the fact that many areas have an inadequate electrical grid that cannot handle mass EV use.
IMO, the ideal vehicle, given the current state of the art, is a hybrid diesel/electric. A hybrid can use the diesel to keep the battery topped up and ensure safety since it can keep the car warm in cold conditions. Utilize the diesel engine on the open road and switch to the electrical engine when in dense urban areas to cut down on smog. Diesel fuel is safer than gasoline in a crash so that is a plus...
Solar power is also being held back by a lack of adequate batteries... I have enough solar to squeak by in a very meager way if the grid ever goes down long-term...
Wind power is a complete bust...ugly and inadequate.
Shouting makes you sound dumb.
240v aren’t the big stations. He made his choice, he chose the slow ways, and the marveled at their slowness.
And that’s if you can get to a charger.
But, fear not, 95% of Tesla chargers are 100% operational. Until they’re not.
I have seen the video mentioned in the article. About the ford truck pulling an aluminum trailer etc. Good video for anyone even thinking about an EV.
Wow, I am shocked!
(no pun intended.)
(or maybe it was)
I just looked it up, and the Hummer’s battery pack is 800 Volts. I’ve never heard of a consumer EV being anywhere near that high a voltage before.
I was going to say “it isn’t so much the voltage available, but the Amperage available... Most houses only have 100 or 200 amp service) @ 230 V... But in the Hummer’s case you really need both for efficient charging.
I guess if I was rich enough and virtue signalling enough to buy an electric Hummer, I’d try to get 880V 300 Amp service for my charger.... Or about a half acre of solar panels for self-sufficiency. the Hummers 200 KWH battery could charge in an hour and a half (with efficiency losses) with that kind of supply.
So, what is he supposed to do EV-fanboy? Build a mini-fossil fueled power plant in his backyard? Install some 3 or 4 stage electric power source in his garage, like they have for the gigantic industrial welders? Will his home electric set up even be able to handle that much juice, regardless of what kind of outlet he has to have installed at an additional price?
Or maybe he’s an electrical genius and does it himself. And when his house goes up in flames and the insurance company asks: Who hooked up your EV charging station? I did. Insurance Adjuster Al says: Peace!!
So, what you need are two EVs one to drive while you are charging the other one.
I think I will build a strip club next to a big charging station. Guys gotta have something to do while waiting for a charge.
I hope he runs all his electronic appliances while charging the Hummer..
(Blow the
Main breaker)
Not an EV fan. A TRUTH fan. He should have bought the good charger. He bought a car that needs a level 3 charger, and didn’t buy a level 3 charger. This is 100% his making. He didn’t do the 5 minutes worth of research necessary to know what the vehicle needed before he bought it. And now he’s bitching.
“So, what you need are two EVs one to drive while you are charging the other one.”
When will stories about the electric bills for these virtue signalers start coming out?
buy two, one to drive while the other is charging...
I don’t let my lithium cells get above 90% or below 20% charge.. roughly... they should outlast me.
I’m also careful to never charge them if they are near to or below freezing.
I can assure you that an EV in Florida during hurricane season couldn’t adequately described without the abundant use of the word “cluster”.
All things us folks that drive ICE vehicles do not have to worry about.
But, whatever floats your boat.
This is actually very hard problem to solve.
You do not realize, but pouring gas into tank is equivalent of about electrical 4MW power.
That’s equivalent of small power plant output!
Our, decent size house has 200A fuses on 240V. That’s only 48kW.
So if I shut down everything, I could theoretically deliver 100x less power in given time. My EV would then take 100x time to charge with equivalent energy that my gas car!
As far home installations, that’s about all one can get.
The best, fast charging stations deliver 380kW power, still 10x less than my gas hose!
Oh so, in order to be a true EV connoisseur and take full advantage, he has to spend even MORE money to make sure his toy car works.
You must be an electrician or sell the super duper upgraded chargers.
While the rest of the world, folks that don’t worship at the EV altar like you, simply buy a car, make sure it has oil, dump some gas in the tank and drive away. Don’t have to worry about power outages or storms taking out the power grid. We can just stock up on some gas, like I do, so I have it in a pinch.
MONEY MAKER!!!!!
You’ll be printing your own money. Absolutely genius.
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