Posted on 05/11/2025 8:12:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
“We all could have our own nuclear power reactors the size of HVAC units sitting outside next to them”
Our new Chinese overloads are selling us the rope to hang our selves with.
"BYD's 5-Minute EV Fast Charging: We Tried It. It's A Game-Changer"
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
Given all the illegal aliens in California trying to stay cool this summer, fast charging EV batteries will only make California's poorly planned. overloaded power grid an even bigger problem.
With Its Power Grid On The Verge Of Failure, California Begs Residents To Change Their EV Charging Routines (6.23.21)
I understand that California now cannot find buyers for excess solar power, peak power availability possibly not same time as peak usage, insight welcome. Again, “one size fits all” elite desperate Democratic poor planning.
A frank assessment. Unlike China, became a leader at great loss of freedom, and as the Soviets shows, a nation can lead in tech under totalitarian control. But the US could only have a stable social environment and be a leader with freedom insomuch its populace was controlled from within by God and conscience.
The culture of today is increasingly not.
I think what is lost on EV geeks such as the author of this article is that many people just aren’t interested in owning a battery powered device. They don’t want a rolling smart phone loaded with complex nanny state gadgetry and the obsolescence that comes along with it. A lot of folks just want a simple driver’s car that can get them from point A to point B. I see very few if any advantages to an EV. Freedom of choice should be maintained.
In the 10 years China has moved into electric vehicles, the smog pollution in 8ts cities have decreased rapidly
most homes have 100 amps at 120 volts so 12 kilowatt service. A really large home might have 200 amp service so 24 kilowatts. This mega charger is using the electricity of 50 to 100 homes. And at any given time, most homes are using less than 50 percent of the power they could potentially use. there are 150,000 gas stations in the US and each of the mega charges would cost about $5-7 million. So the cost of replacing the gas stations is almost $1 trillion. With that money why not buy everyone in the US a Corvette and a Bentley and pay for their health insurance.
Voltage Burns, Amperage Kills
Hey dumbass. When the power goes out, gas pumps don’t work either
So you’re stalking me now? Nice try, Dim
Search does not equal stalk.
You really don’t get equivalence, do you ?
4 gallons of gas has more energy then the entire battery pack of a electric Ford F-150.
4 gallons of gas.
You really want people messing with 1,000 volts? How about when you want to fix the ‘engine’ you need expensive gloves that cost hundreds and a meter that can take the voltage. You can take it to a local shop and be charged an expensive price anywhere from say a new set of tires to a new battery to being told the cost exceeds the value of the vehicle. Tesla building cars that are disposable. Elon Musk has the money but everyone else cannot buy a new vehicle. Electric cars just go hummm and are boring.
We have plenty of oil to make gasoline. No need for a fire hazard and once on fire something that is very hazardous to everyone who breathes in a whiff of the smoke that will liquefy your lungs to the batteries flying like missiles embedding into vehicles and homes and business’s and YOU to fires that keep reigniting for weeks afterward.
The link to the Australian MGUY video says that if a second and a third etc car shows up to be charged then the amount of time increases as the electricity is reduced for each vehicle charging.
I have owned and driven no fewer than 8 vehicles that didn’t have a 250 ish mile total range none were over 300 with a full thank of petrol. Some were lucky to get to 200 in the city with the AC on.
69 F100
79 K5 Blazer
84 RX7
85 Jaguar XJ12 Vanden Plas
85 Jeep Wagoneer
86 Land Rover Defender (170mi range at best the worst of the group)
91 Blazer
97 Ford Explorer
Its irrelevant once you get to 5 min refuel times your bladder is then the limit. 250 miles at a real world average of 65mph is 3 hours 50 min in the seat.
At no time have I ever gotten better than 65 mph average moving speed let alone total average speed between any Texas city door to door even leaving at 3 am. Construction gets you then. On a recent trip to Biloxi my total avg speed excluding food stops was 62mph via Google MyTracks with analytical level stats on a rolling basis and total over multiple trip legs.
My current model 3 tests the limits of my bladder with it’s 375 mile range it gets a 15 min supercharge at 3 hour intervals to take it from 30% to 80% during which is just enough time to grab a BBQ sandwich or Cajun meat and three plate to go and a beer plus drain the main vein. Thats with 250kw supercharger rates , it would be four times faster at megawatt rates the V4 Tesla supercharger rates cover in its standard 1000 amps at 1000V there is no American can that can take those rates but the V4 was tested and got it’s cert for it. 500kw V4s are already being fielded for the Cybertruck and Tesla Semi sized packs.
BYD has impressive tech, those blade pack is the only one which can take the steel spike test. The Blade LFP pack won’t burn it’s internally suppressed and LFP via chemistry don’t have high flammable electrolytes.
Here is the actual live footage of the spike test it doesn’t exceed the temp needed to light paper let alone liquid electrolyte.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CSGESKhtZD0
“Whatever. The electricity is still generated by oil, coal and natural gas power plants”
Virtually nowhere in the lower 48 is fuel oil burnt for electricity and the whole USA including Alaska is only 0.8% fuel oil. Coal is only 16% , gas is 43% , nukes 18% and (wind,hydro,solar) in that order are 21%
I see Texas in your name. Then you would know that Texas routinely gets 60-70% of all our ERCOT grid output from wind and solar especially at noon and around midnight to 4 am. Peak sun and peak overnight howling West Texas winds.
At noon yesterday ERCOT and therefore Texas was 51% solar, 20% gas, 12% wind, 8% nukes, 8% coal. This is typical solar levels, wind was lower than usual yesterday usually it’s in the @15,000-25000 megawatts in the evenings and overnights.
Here is the free access level, I get professional access being in the industry.
https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards
“The only reason I’m considering an EV for my next car is Tesla’s Full Self-Driving. The technology is fascinating, and when I’m ready for my next car in a couple of years, FSD should be far better than it is today, which is already damn good.”
You will love FSD in gridlock traffic and on road trips it’s the reason I got a Model 3 and loved it so much a Model Y followed it to the stable of vehicles. I have a F250, Expedition, and until a few months ago a S60 T5 AWD. The Volvo just sat there once the Model 3 outclassed it in every way possible, including being ten times cheaper by the mile to fuel.
People who have never ridden in FSD talking out their backsides about DUI , it would be virtually impossible to get a DUI if you let the FSD drive you home. It gives no probable cause for a stop at all. I know high end lawyers who own Tesla model S specifically to use FSD to not get DUI and risk being disbarred. In fact all of my lawyers have Tesla come to think of it all five of them. We all know each other from Tech Law.
Don’t hesitate to get FSD it is phenomenal, I routinely take it from my long drive to Shreveport nearly door to door it askes for hands at exit 19 in Shreveport at the curve and split with a light at the bottom of it then will go hands free to the right turn into the casino. Having been hands free from the left turn out of my drive. It askes for help at the four way stop before the right turn onto the US hwy south from then on it’s FSD to exit 19. Going to Houston it will go hands free all the way to the supercharger at the bucees North or Houston and then all the way to the exit at the Omni in the energy corridor no matter how bad the biblical level gridlock is in HTown. <<<This is the way. It just follows the flow of traffic like a champ.
As always hatters gonna hate it’s their small lives they are lashing out at, live your best life forget hatters. We won’t get it here but having ridden in BYD in China they blow away FSD it never askes for help and obviously their blade battery tech is far superior, I wish Elon would just pay the royalties and bring the LFP blade packs to the USA , Tesla China already uses CATL cells put those in blade packs and be done with it.
That is not exactly how it works if you have enough power being supplied to the charging station. Let's say there are 10 1MW charging ports. You don't need 10MW power input to meet full power demand since the battery can only accept the 1MW rate for about 40 seconds if the battery level is the sweet spot. After that the charge rate drops off considerably as time progresses. In order to handle full capacity for the station a 5 MW power source is likely all that would be needed, maybe a bit less. If you only have a 2 MW pipe, then it wouldn't be able to handle the full capacity charging rates.
It seems to me since they are made in China, there may be some yet unexplored hazards. With the kind of voltage they are using, you would need the appropriate home charger, especially here where I live. I think we might have one charger in the whole town as we have a couple Teslas running around & that’s about all. With thee higher voltage, I wonder if that doesn’t increase the fire hazrd possibility also. I will pass;someone else can take the chances. I would be happy if there were no more EVs until somebobody can solve ALL the inherent problems.
Seems to me that would be a call better unanswered. I can think of a few extra hazards that would/could go with this.
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