Posted on 07/30/2021 6:53:49 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Getting off topic but those little battery electric chain saws now have a niche with ranchers. Light weight no stale gas etc. Work for many jobs that you don’t really need the power of a gas saw.
and what happens if the Alaska coastline suddenly has to evacuate en mass due to a tsunami warning and ALL the vehicles, including all emergency and roadside assistance vehicles are EVs? OR half of Florida or South Carolina has to mass evacuate because of an unexpected turn of an approaching hurricane? I tell you what happens: the world’s biggest permanent parking lot, with millions of stalled EVs that will take months to get all of them recharged, assuming any are even left after the tsunami or hurricane hits ...
But, but, but, but,
0 - 60 mph times!!!! Once, negates all your laughter.
The electric golf kart fan boyz are not amused with this ridiculing of their love objects.
“If I had the money, I’d buy (or build) a strategically placed electric car charging station.”
But, the EIS would strangle you before you could break ground.
Awwww. Too soon?
True...but they they CAN bring you a portable "Supercharger" to get you on your way quickly again...
XQ1000 GENERATOR
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Well duh
Heck, most folks have a difficult time keeping their phones charged.
Yes, EV works for short distances, daily commute and shopping trips. One really needs a gas car for other purposes. BTW, the reason gas costs a lot more is, because it pays lot of taxes.
Yes, The internal combustion is like 30-35%.
The electrical car are no better, if you calculate the efficiency of the power plant, the losses in distribution and the loses in batteries. Say batteries, 80% efficient, electrical motor 90% efficient, losses in grid 20%, Generator 50%. Boils down to about the same. (29% in this case)
What they list is neglecting all “external” losses, which are in EV by far the majority.
EV range is a another racket. Calculated in super ideal condition. People did realistic runs and came with range roughly half of what it is listed. (depends on run and model)
If you buy a used Tesla 2 or 3 years from now, it is unlikely to have lost much range unless it has been operating in extreme conditions such as heat, cold and excessive supercharging. Battery range is something to look into if you plan to keep the car for an extended period. At the end of 10 years the car might only have 80% battery capacity.
Tesla really ‘screwed the pooch’ a few years ago during a Florida hurricane.
In a moment of benevolence they gifted their short-range car owners with a temporary software ‘patch’ to extend the range X2 or X3 to help them get out of harm’s way farther. As I remember, the hardware set was identical in the X1 range cars and the X2&X3 range ones, but the sticker price differences were wildly different.
People were REALLY upset when they found that they were paying a lot more for essentially a couple of lines of computer code.
No doubt some code hackers got right to work on that issue
Imagine getting low on juice on I-95 in Newark and having to hang around a public charging station for hours. Someday something bad will happen to someone from this.
Surprise! Virtue signaling isn’t all its cracked up to be and has a few downsides.
Your range extender will be banned in 2035. I drive 80 miles every day for work. With my family we have five cars in the driveway. EV will be nothing but a pain in the ass.
“Plus, I’ve even replaced all my electric garden tools with gas ones. I can’t stand how they lose power so quickly.”
I have a Ryobi electric trim mower it is pretty good for what I use it for, trimming. I have a swale along with a frontal ditch, which is difficult to mow, and the incline is such that gas mowers we’ll run out of gas in the carburetor about halfway through the mowing lane at the incline. I have to mow and since the electric is pretty light it makes mowing a couple of those steep embankments a lot less difficult.
I also noted with electric mowers that when the crab grass comes in real heavy, like it is right now, the battery duration is cut in half.
Correct, appears that 20% of EV drivers learned that lesson.
Electric vehicles like bell bottom pants have a trend time limit.
Why?
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