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Man Discovers His Electric Hummer Will Take 5 days to Fully Charge
Headline USA ^ | January 18, 2023 | Molly Bruns

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.


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1 posted on 01/19/2023 5:56:46 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Alternate headline: “Man Discovers Ohm’s Law is still Valid”


2 posted on 01/19/2023 5:57:57 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Red Badger

Ladies, steer clear. This dude makes bad life decisions.


3 posted on 01/19/2023 5:58:05 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Red Badger

Watts = Volts x Amps


4 posted on 01/19/2023 5:58:59 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: Yo-Yo
Alternate headline: “Man Discovers Ohm’s Law is still Valid”

Very good!

5 posted on 01/19/2023 5:59:15 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Red Badger

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.”

Why not? The experts have been telling them this for years!


6 posted on 01/19/2023 5:59:24 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Blacks have placed stronger chains on themselves than the slave masters of old ever forged.)
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To: Yo-Yo
Alternate headline: “Man Discovers Ohm’s Law is still Valid”

"Who the hell passed that law?!?!?!....We'll get it repealed, pronto!...." -- Obama-Biden Acolyte (Actual quote).........

7 posted on 01/19/2023 5:59:57 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Yo-Yo

Probably would have been better. I was trying to figure out how an electric hammer works....


8 posted on 01/19/2023 6:03:57 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: Red Badger

I don’t think anyone really has any electric car who does not have a faster charging system than this. Even a Volt would be annoying on a 120 line.


9 posted on 01/19/2023 6:04:05 AM PST by babble-on
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To: Red Badger

Sucker!


10 posted on 01/19/2023 6:05:58 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: Red Badger

Never try to charge your EV with a laptop power supply.


11 posted on 01/19/2023 6:06:35 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why are you being so judgemental? I heard James Watt’s second cousin twice removed owned slaves!


12 posted on 01/19/2023 6:09:06 AM PST by gr8eman (Abortion! It's just a murderous ghoul thing!)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

Why can’t you charge your EV’s battery from one of those new onboard USB-C ports?


13 posted on 01/19/2023 6:10:15 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Red Badger

“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,”

They’ll have to do better than that. The Dems LOVE killing fetuses.


14 posted on 01/19/2023 6:14:21 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Red Badger

It would be nice to know how far this largest battery fully charged will take this vehicle before it runs out of juice.


15 posted on 01/19/2023 6:21:16 AM PST by ChronicMA
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To: Yo-Yo

Ohm’s law may be valid, but with a Soros funded prosecutor you can break it freely without any fear of repercussions.


16 posted on 01/19/2023 6:21:56 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Soon the January 6 protesters will be held (without trial or bail) longer than Jefferson Davis was.)
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To: Red Badger

If you do the math, at 110 volts and 20 amps, a full charge on 250KW would take 113.6364 hours or about 4.73 days.

However... That assumes 100% efficiency of the equipment used to charge the battery. I doubt the process is more than 85% efficient. It may be less. 85% efficiency would yield a charging time of 133.7 hours or 5.57 days.

I’ll check on cost per kw/hr and figure out the cost.


17 posted on 01/19/2023 6:24:28 AM PST by Poser (Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
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To: Red Badger

Used cars with internal combustion engines will one day be priceless if the lunatic Democrats remain in power.


18 posted on 01/19/2023 6:25:52 AM PST by allendale
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To: Red Badger

He can spend his time shoveling snow while he waits


19 posted on 01/19/2023 6:27:02 AM PST by butlerweave
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An EV in snow country... wait until this moron figures out that batteries don’t work so well when it’s cold out.


20 posted on 01/19/2023 6:28:32 AM PST by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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