Here in PG&E land mostly nat gas, nuke and hydro, with a little solar and wind for seasoning.
Note that oil didn't make the mix.
Where does yours come from?
Posted on 12/14/2013 3:59:04 PM PST by chiller
Engineering breakthroughs like the Tesla Model S may be burning up the electric car market (figuratively and literally), but they’re leaving drivers cold and under-powered in the face of Old Man Winter.
Cold temperatures have adverse effects on batteries, slowing down the incoming and outgoing flow of energy and inevitably losing some in the process. The 250-mile average range of an electric car in normal climate conditions can see its performance reduced by 70-miles on a single charge in average winter conditions. The colder it gets, the shorter than range.
Not only that, the average winter driver tends to turn up the heat — a function that also puts a draw on the battery uncommon during other seasons.
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Makes perfect sense; thanks.
Model S is a high performance sedan with highest NHTSA safety ratings that has yet to suffer 1 death, paralysis, loss of limb, second or third degree burns. That can transport up to 5 adults plus two kids in comfort and silence. Like a Japanese made Lexus LS460 or German made MB S-Class but better.
How many are on the road? Hey, I think the F-22 Raptor has a similar safety record for similar reasons!
“So with the heat turned up those forty mile electrics can only go to the end of the block.”
Sorry, that’s funny as hell.
LOL!
Reaganez, and I mean this sincerely, no /sarc tag, bless you for being an early adopter. Technological innovation almost always starts at the luxury end of the spectrum, then trickles down to the everyday car. Without the early adopters paying the big bucks to keep the innovators afloat, we’d never progress beyond the Model T.
Did your bug also get the windshield fluid pressure from the spare tire. You had to hook a tube up to the spare tire.
I had one those while stationed at RAF Lakenheath in the UK! I had to remember to refill the spare everytime I refueled!
The passenger’s side was on the right and the door latch wasn’t very strong. I nearly lost my girlfriend (eventually became my exwife) on a sharp turn.
“Electric Cars don’t have alternators”
I assumed they did. My error; thanks.
If they did: You could stand in a bucket, grab the handle, lift yourself up and carry yourself around.
;-)
For $100,000, there are lots of nice choices. It’s really not as big as the Lexus LS or Mercedes S and competitors. More like the Mercedes CLS or Audi A7, and the extra money could get the CLS63 AMG or Audi S7! And there have been no entry-level Teslas.
Lol. The German engineers probably discovered it during the final test drive right before full-on production and thought — “hey, we’ll just hook it up to the spare tire.”
Hey, isn’t kludge a German word?
Your ex-wife? Maybe it was an omen. ;)
Lol. The German engineers probably discovered it during the final test drive right before full-on production and thought — “hey, we’ll just hook it up to the spare tire.”
It was made in the era before “Fahrvegnugen.”
Yes he does. Exactly the way you do every time you flick on a light switch.
Vancouver BC or Vancouver WA?
There's a good reason why production of the original Beetle and Microbus lingered down in Mexico and Brazil; the winters there favored the design. I recall leafing through the J.C. Whitney catalogs in the '70s - there were pages of auxiliary (12v electric) heaters and defrosters in the VW section.
I'd take an air-cooled VW over an electric, any day. At least I can modify the VW to improve its weaker features.
-PJ
Here in PG&E land mostly nat gas, nuke and hydro, with a little solar and wind for seasoning.
Note that oil didn't make the mix.
Where does yours come from?
Well that’s all true.
I just figured they knew that.
A fallback position in case the heater ain't cuttin' it.
They've been doing this for generations. Where have you been?
well THAT would certainly not be good for a relationship... tell the truth i don't remember using the washer though i prolly did, i do remember using an ice scraper on the windshield though
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