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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I try to avoid the Starbucks drive-through.
The ONLY time I ever went to a Starbucks was one Election Day they gave away free coffee for showing your ‘I Voted’ sticker....................
Wonder what kind of side effects you have from sitting on a one ton battery?
How much of charge can he get in 10 minuets, over night?
I’ve been doing the same sort of calculations on solar panels for my roof. (I live in SW Florida). It’s getting very close to being worthwhile for a direct connect to the grid without storage batteries.
The EV isn’t close and the current power grid isn’t within years of being able to handle the additional load. The rooftop solar doesn’t require massive building and actually helps with the problem. I’ll probably install some solar next year.
The Indian sees the Eagle over the Rabbit.
So, you’re predicting the Eagles to win this weekend?.................
I always wonder what these peoples’ electric bills look like? It has to be insane.
A little Irish whiskey in yours, Glennaro! Cheers!
The biggest impediment, in my opinion, is the weight. EVs weigh twice what a regular car does and the infrastructure isn't designed for that sort of load. If we all started driving them tomorrow the roads would probably fall apart and parking decks and probably some bridges would have to close or heavily regulate the number of cars allowed at once because they'd be unsafe when full.
My mother used to say Fools and their money soon part company.
Fools and their money are soon partying..............
I’ve read that TIRES on Teslas don’t last very long..................
Makes sense.
They are heavy for their size.
And if you use the acceleration performance that is available, that’s hard on the tires too.
I can’t imagine how much tire wear a HUMMER EV would have!....................
I checked on TireRack and that size runs $350 to $450 per tire.
So $1600 or so a set.
Hmmm. . . !!!
If I had a Hummer -
I’d Hummer in the morning -
I’d Hummer in the evening -
All over this town!
A set a year or two would be tooooooo much for me!..................
Not if it was electric!..................
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