Posted on 01/19/2023 5:56:46 AM PST by Red Badger
Hummer EV Hummer EV / IMAGE: The Post Millennial Live via Rumble
The owner of an electric GMC Hummer recently posted a video showing that his car will take five days to fully charge using the basic home charging set up.
VIDEO AT LINK.....................
“This is a brand new hummer and it’s got the largest battery you can buy,” he announces. “250-kilowatt hours of battery in this truck.”
The narrator shows his car’s charger connected to a standard wall outlet, plugging it in and then showing the display that indicates the charge won’t be complete for five days.
“And that’s what happens when you try to charge the largest battery truck using a 120 outlet,” he adds. “Of course, you could have a level two or fast charger which would make it a lot quicker.”
According to the Post Millennial, the level two and fast EV chargers the man references are both significantly more costly to install, despite the increased charging capacity.
Several states, including New York and California, are barring the purchase of gas-powered vehicles. Many of those same states did not consider that adjusting for the change would involve producing more electricity.
In order to keep up with the demand, California implemented rolling blackouts in the summer of 2022.
EV owners in Florida discovered that the salt-water flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian caused their cars to catch fire.
The cost of producing electric vehicles is also significant.
Miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo dig cobalt out of the ground by hand. Many have been killed or crippled.
Even Alan Dangour, the Wellcome Trust’s director for climate and health, acknowledged the considerable dangers of mining cobalt in a panel appearance at the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland, according to the Daily Caller.
“There is now very nice evidence, in fact, on the impact it has on the health of women and children, especially it has substantial negative impact on fetal growth and fetal health,” Dangour said. “So—but that’s evidence that’s relatively new and relatively recently identified. So, the reason I’m saying this is there are trade-offs here.”
In December, President Joe Biden guaranteed that by 2030 50% of vehicles purchased in the U.S. will be electric, and the federal government will exclusively buy EVs by 2035.
California announced a similar plan, adding a ban of any non-electric vehicles by 2035.
Wyoming, meanwhile, has followed a different path. The state, which relies heavily on the fossil-fuel industry to drive its economy, recently proposed a bill to ban all electric vehicles by 2035, The Hill reported.
of course the grid cant take it so I assume they'll all have gas or diesel generators installed as back up next to their expensive garage chargers that have no juice when the grid is down .. Makes sense to me.... /s
As a side note, can that vehicle get into an accident and not be totaled, because it would cost more to repair than its worth?
I suppose like any vehicle the insurance premiums will reflect the cost to repair/replace. I know all these cars with 3000 dollar headlight systems are like that.
If it gets in an accident it will probably burn into a scrap heap...................
Is that the oversized electric golf kart I read about with the battery that weighs well over a ton?
What a disaster waiting to happen.
If you assume the national average of 23 cents per kilowatt hour and the vehicle range of about 300 miles, it works out to approximately 20 cents per mile for the electric bill.
Compared to $3 per gallon gas, the equivalent is about 15 miles per gallon. The EPA says the Hummer averages 12 mpg, so the cost gas is about 5 cents per gallon more than equivalent electricity at 85% charging efficiency.
Next question: How many miles, at 5 cents per mile savings, does one have to drive to recover the extra cost of the EV and all of the equipment needed to go with it. (Of course that doesn’t include the increased depreciation because of battery disposal and replacement costs.)
Answer: There is no chance the vehicle will last that long.
Analysis: The current crop of EVs are not a good option.
Note: The supercharging stations are rated at about 90% efficiency. Car and Driver rates home chargers at 85% during ideal conditions and less when not ideal.
In places where natural disasters are common, it makes no sense to own a EV as your sole means of transportation.
Hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, forest fires, all destroy the infrastructure of electricity distribution.....................
Thought the headline said “Electric Hammer”. Time to make coffee.
Did he get a hum dinger of a deal on it?
If I had a Hummer........................
Takes me 5 mins to fill my tank.
Man Discovers Hummers are still ridiculous.
YOU BE KILLIN’ DA ERF!...................
You’re #2....................
Thanks, RB. Pour a cup for me while you’re at it, LBI. Cheers!
A 5 day electric hummer?
I gotta me one of these!!!
Man Discovers Hummers are still ridiculous.
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Sometimes ‘Discovery’ is a very big deal.....
5 days is optimistic. With a 110 outlet and that snow he’ll be staying even with battery loss due to the cold. The EV uses some juice just sitting there, unless it goes into “sleep mode” after being unused for several days.
Get a 220 volt, 50 amp line minimum.
Here’s another interesting math revelation.
A 250 kW battery has the energy equivalent of about 7 gallons on gas!
So, you’ve bought a massively heavy SUV with the equivalent of a 7 gallon fuel tank.
And the tank fills at the rate of .06 gal/hr. Or about 1 mile range per hour on the charger.
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