Posted on 12/11/2022 11:16:12 PM PST by Duke C.
So it is with electric vehicles. EVs gained popularity some 120 years ago but range, lack of infrastructure, and purchase price stifled them.
But in 1899 there were more electric vehicles recorded in the U.S than gasoline-powered, 1,575 vs. 936, according to Quartz.
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I have a book from the early 1900s on the troubleshooting and repair of them. At that time, long distance movement of people and goods was by train or boat. Then getting those to their final destinations, or to the train or boat in the first place was by horse powered wagon or carriage or electric truck or car.
We should have kept on using the EVs all along for short distance local transport of people, goods and for services.
They primarily used Edison batteries which actually get better with time and use nickel and iron, not expensive rare earth materials.
By using EVs in urban areas, you move the pollution and other problems of generating the power outside of the urban area rather than concentrating it in the urban area.
EVs so far make no sense for those of us in rural areas or who otherwise drive long distances.
I have been gathering the materials and have the plans for converting one of my Land Rover Series vehicles to an EV for local use. The reason for Land Rover, is I can get a galvanized frame for it and the aluminum body, should last longer than I do. Plus there is an online community of people doing the same for ideas and help.
Now, my question.
Does anybody know where I can get a surplus or used 24 volt aircraft motor generator big enough to run a Series Land Rover?
“EVs have their place,”
Yeah....on a golf course.
*snort*
Teslas ripping around the greens.
At 90 miles an hour? 😎
I would totally do that.
:D
👍
Electric starters are what killed the early EVs.
The UK has had electric milk delivery vans for decades. We still get our milk delivered daily that way although supermarkets have killed it off in urban areas. We’re out in the country (by UK standards - 3 miles outside of a small town).
Granted the old “milk float” doesn’t go very fast but it is very silent. Which makes it pretty handy for delivering bottles right up to the front doorstep at 4 in the morning without waking anybody in the house up.
And these days they’ll deliver anything else you like, so we also get orange juice (glass bottled, and actually fresh squeezed not supermarket concentrate), and a custom blend of ground coffee from a local barista.
Our dogs don’t react to the milk float because it’s a predictable arrival. A car stopping on the road at 4am sets ‘em off.
The final advantage of this is, the milkman (like the paperboy, although that activity is disappearing too) is a very useful security presence.
Because the same people are on the same roads travelling at very low speeds around the time that criminals might be scoping out properties, they can spot something out of the ordinary.
It’s not unheard of for milkmen to spot burglaries in progress, householders in distress, and accident attack victims... and end up being the first responders.
OK, so I pay maybe 2 dollars a day more for the goods than I would do at the supermarket, but I think it’s worth the money not least because driving to a shop a couple of miles away for the daily essentials seems a bit pointless when someone is already delivering door to door.
https://electricmilkfloats.co.uk/
My grandfather was a milkman, 70 years ago, in New Jersey.
In the early days he had a horse drawn wagon. My dad would jog behind the wagon, running up to each door as my grandfather controlled the horse. As the wagon got lighter, it turned into a sprint. Mile after mile. 1940 - 1950. Then came the truck.
I have two EV’s in the garage.
BMWi3 and a Club Car.
The club car is mint condition, and I’ll be putting a lithium battery into it in a year or two.
This web page shows all the charging stations in North America. They also have an android and apple app, by the same name. It’s amazing how far we have come with charging stations. With this app, driving up and down the east coast is no big deal.
Duke Energy and Shell, they teamed up for some great charging machines. I just pull up, call the 1-800 number, start charging. Stretch the legs for 30 minutes. Good for another 100 miles. There is also an app on the phone.
30 minutes to recharge for only 100 miles?
“EVs have their place”
If a free market was sorting out where that place is, there is no problem.
Unfortunately, the government is driving here.
Dodge put a Hellcat motor in a minivan.
That works for you, I suspect that won't cut it for a vast majority of people. I'm more than content paying $4.00 a gallon for a less expensive hybrid getting 50 miles to the gallon, and 500 + miles of range. 5 minute fill ups for another 500 miles. For short trips around town, up to 40 miles give or take, one can run electric only.
Factoids
ALL OF US taxpayers are paying for some people to purchase an EV (tax breaks, subsidies, etc).
Fast charging damages the life of the battery. Finland recently announced their 15 minute super charging stations. No mention of the damage each time you super charge.
We have thousands of years of hydrocarbons: oil, natural gas, coal, etc. We have only drilled a few miles into the Earth. We could, quite possibly, never run out of the stuff.
C02 IS PLANT FOOD. The more hydrocarbons we burn, the greener the planet.
Play 18 holes in about an hour. 🤣
24 volt? I doubt if you will find one.
In my bookshelf in the living room is a book on the American Automobile. It listed all the makes from 1800s to 1980 (when it was printed). Of course it has Ford, Chevy, Dodge, but it has some old makes like Detroit Electric (sounds like the local power and light company), Corbin (made in New Britain by a member of the Stanley tool family) and Pope-Waverly (Pope’s electric vehicle). Cool book...
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