Posted on 10/17/2017 10:52:16 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
A global tipping point for electric cars could come as early as 2022, as battery costs decrease and concerns about range and infrastructure ease. That’s from analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, who in a little over a year’s time have turned even more optimistic about the future dominance of electric cars over internal-combustion vehicles. In a Tuesday note, the analysts forecast that one in three cars will be purely electric by 2030; their July 2016 prediction was one in 10 by the same year. “There are several factors converging that have led us to revise our thinking — a combination of changing customer preferences, increasingly viable product, regulation, and infrastructure,” they said in the note.
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Very interesting.
Toshiba's new fast-charging battery could triple the range of electric vehicles
In just about the same amount of time as it takes to fill up and clean the windshield the new tech can charge up. The problem is really about the batteries themselves. They are made of expensive hard to get cobalt which is mined by child labor. Another company is working on a fix for that. Now if the two could be combined safely; e-cars will likely start becoming more popular. I still think the market should decide and not some government yahoo. Things like this always progress better when allowed to happen organically.
>> 95% of charging is done at home while the driver sleeps.
Plus, that’s during off-peak hours, when base-load production often goes to waste anyway. EVs actually make our power infrastructure more efficient.
“Doubt we will ever see complete phase out of combustion engine.”
Likewise for typewriters, film cameras, wired telephones, etc.
...oh, wait, um...
Those all died while I worked at Smith Corona, Kodak, Nortel, etc.
Charging a Leaf was about the same as running a hairdryer overnight.
CRT tvs
Does anyone remember those tube radios in cars?
I’ve had more problems with the gasoline “grid” failing than electrical.
Look again at the new Civic, or new Corolla.
Or, the Ford Focus for that matter.
They are nice cars. Relatively stable at high speeds with lots of extras.
These new, cheap cars have me convinced electric is a long ways off for the masses.
The ecowackos know that electric cars as the only option will be a societal disaster. Their every initiative is bent towards the goal of reducing the planetary population to around 600 million. Electric cars with low ranges make it impossible to flee very far. None of the electric cars meet the range claims.
Yes but now only by a tiny mimority of the neighborhood. The current undersized neighborhood transformers are not set up to have a significant portion or more charging cars overnight.
“...the dirty little secret about electric They are not “long distance” cars. Yet.”
Don’t forget about HEAT.
Up here in cold country, the “waste heat” from a gas engine does a nice job keeping you toasty in stop & go rush-hour traffic - when the temp is -20°F.
Electric cars? using HEAT =less available drive time/distance.
(imagine the stress of being stuck in traffic with a low battery - and the temp is sub-zero...)
Yeah, electric cars are great. Except in the Summer when it’s 105F outside and you’ve got your AC on. How much that that cut down on your mileage?
“I invite you to make a trip on I-80 from San Fran to Chicago.”
42 hours: https://abetterrouteplanner.com
THE JETSONS.
Meet Geroge Jetson, His boy Elroy...
Was on Simpsons last night. The Jetsons where on the Simpsons.
Yeah, I have no life.
Freegards
No it is half that. Tesla puts them at intersections to save on construction costs. /s
“I’ve had to drive that far twice in the past 6 months.”
So rent a car/truck instead.
1200-1500 watts for 8 hours. Now all houses current loads plus that all night from all houses with two cars because everyone has their own car, those neighborhood transformers never get to cool down overnight.
Thanks for helping support my point.
The Tesla has brutally high acceleration
A max performance launch in a Tesla has as many gs as an aircraft carrier catapult launch
The author of this article would read the Wikipedia post and say, "Well, that's simple. We just need to convert all of our cars over to 'Mr Fusion' units. It worked in 'Back to the Future'...."
I'm actually surprised that the energy density of batteries is as minimal as it is, particularly in comparison with other options.
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