Posted on 02/13/2022 7:48:47 AM PST by rktman
biden will probably mandate the gas powered cars be crushed.
"600,000 electric cars?"
I'll just bet his daddy bought at least 2 Edsels and proudly parked them in his driveway and then borrowed money to build a bomb shelter in his backyard. Anyone else troubled that this guy might nuke Russia?
LOL! Stand by for the FReeper EV brigade to show up. How many acres you got to spare? The BOEM (bureau of ocean energy management?) is looking at 30 MILLION acres in the Gulf to supply power to 11 million homes. Uh, sounds like the cost/benefit ratio is a little wonky to me.
Perhaps the one-pedal drive system makes users uncomfortable with its unique operation?
I’m more interested in whether the Chinese will respect us in taking a time-out from combat so that we can plug-in our electric tanks to further project our forces.
I had a friend in grade school back in 1972. His dad was an attorney for the veterans administration. He had a Plymouth from the government which ran on LP tanks in the trunk. It was a great car. They took it away from him after about a year, never seen again. Government only rewards failure.
Bad timing for them to be buying these 600,00 vehicles since now we all have to compete with the government to buy one.
biden’s environmentally-ill would do more good investing in tulips
Doesn’t seem like folks are lining up in droves yet to buy the EVs so uncle sam will take some to keep the ball rolling.
My Mustang Mach e is very comfortable, luxurious and fun to drive.
Government workers should get cheap ICE cars that cost taxpayers the least amount of money.
Biden's a clueless bully.
“My Mustang Mach e is very comfortable, luxurious and fun to drive.”
Which model? The GT is almost as fast as my 750 hp Mustang!
Government workers should get the cars most suitable for their use.
can you imagine the fbi, in electric cars, caught in a “Miami - style” gunfight?
how fast would it take for the car to shortout?
Electric vehicles need LOTS of integrated circuit chips, already in such short supply that there are assembly lines halted for want of such computed chips, even for “fossil-fuel” powered vehicles.
And there are any number of energy distribution problems with the electric vehicles, not the least of which is a power generation and distribution grid that will be wholly inadequate in a span of less than a decade from now.
While using electricity to power a wheeled vehicle is perfectly good engineering, the means of getting this electric generation power to the vehicle means that an uncommonly great reliance has to be on some kind of storage battery, that needs to be recharged to provide for reuse.
Batteries have some HUGE limitations, in that recharge times are always much more that discharge times, that is, two hours run time probably needs 6-12 hour recharge time, depending of the facilities used, because only so much power can be delivered to the battery while charging without causing great problems with excessive heat and resulting damage to all components of the system.
Also, batteries are either very heavy, or very expensive to construct, or both. And means of disposal of spent batteries can be highly hazardous, or the materials difficult to recycle.
Therefore, “on-board” electricity generation systems, which have yet to be invented or perfected, would be the practical path to widespread application of electric vehicles. Perhaps using electric power to MAKE hydrogen from quantities of brackish or sewage water, collecting this hydrogen, and putting it into tanks that can be quickly swapped out at a fueling station, much like a propane tank, and run the vehicle with fuel cells. Or a small thermonuclear pile, making a tiny heat generation plant that is converted into electricity through a closed turbine system driven by steam or other heat exchange medium, producing electric power on the road. Of course, when the vehicle ISN’T running, there has to be some way either to throw all the generating power back into the grid, or throttle the output of the thermonuclear power in a predictable manner.
“”how fast would it take for the car to shortout?”
Longer than disabling an ICE car with a hit to the exposed radiator ...
“Batteries have some HUGE limitations, in that recharge times are always much more that discharge times, “
Tesla can charge 200 miles range in 15 minutes. That is 3 hours of operation in 15 minutes.
“Also, batteries are either very heavy, or very expensive to construct, or both. “
That weight also lowers the center of gravity improving road handling.
Electric motors have superior torque, adequate for the heavier weight.
EV’s recover 70% of the energy required to accelerate that extra weight.
They will be surplused within 3 years at a fraction of the cost to buy.
“means that an uncommonly great reliance has to be on some kind of storage battery, that needs to be recharged to provide for reuse.”
Compared to the ICE car that has an uncommonly great reliance on a gas tank.
“And there are any number of energy distribution problems with the electric vehicles, not the least of which is a power generation and distribution grid that will be wholly inadequate in a span of less than a decade from now.”
Source, please.
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