A 220 connection will charge these overnight.
In 15 to 20 years, we will no longer care about OPEC. Or anyone's Middle Eastern wars.
In 15 to 20 years, we will no longer care about OPEC. Or anyone's Middle Eastern wars.
Electric Vehicle Stupidity - Update Post 288
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I know a stockholder in Tesla who must be real happy. Wish it were me.
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You should think outside the box and develop a trailer to haul a generator to provide the power.
That would be cash award worthy in the Government.
That would be cash award worthy in the Government.
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How much tax money do they generate for the government when filling the battery?
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I heard and interesting statistic yesterday. The total generating capacity of proposed solar/wind plants awaiting approval exceeds the current generating capacity of the entire country.
In the small town I live in, there is presently only one charging station downtown for EV. A Hyundai dealer about 5 miles away is installing a couple of charging stations at the dealership, but I don't know if the units will be available to the public or just for autos they sell. Bottom line, the infrastructure does not exist in Mississippi to support EV operation. There are several Air Force and Army installations in the state. If they are forced to switch to EV, it will be difficult for operations. A friend and former co-worker nearby just bought a Hyundai Santa Fe hybrid. I think that's the best option here.
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I'll keep my duramax diesel my corvette and Harley Davidson for as long as possible and maybe I won't have to even worry about this stupid electric car ****.
Well, then its OK because combat operations are never dependent upon reliable support equipment.
On what planet?
Recent history suggests that we can already be far less dependent on OPEC than we are. Aside from that, even if you could put a charging station in every house, there's no way that there will be enough electricity generated to power them all in the next twenty years. The irrational opposition to building more nuclear power plants and the war on coal will prevent it.
Easy fix.
Just trailer a bank of these (less the torpedo) from a retired diesel sub.
Just trailer a bank of these (less the torpedo) from a retired diesel sub.
Rich Richardson
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As in most great ideas to save the world, just follow the money. Also, keep the people at odds.
Now THERE is a realistic idea!
I read an interesting Road & Track article on this very subject the other day.
The problem is marketing. When people hear hybrid they think Prius, and frankly most are turned off by that thought.
So the article suggested marketing them as SELF-CHARGING EV's instead of hybrids.
However, rather than just a tiny engine, they need to have a relatively small, but efficient engine that is just powerful enough to push the car and charge the battery too, along with a battery that gives around 50-100 miles of range.
That way you can drive around town day in and day out on battery power, recharging at home overnight, but if you need to go father you can drive until the battery is drained, and switch to gas power to keep going AND recharge the battery.
Best of both worlds.
Still doesn't fully address the grid issues, but it is a good start.
That one isn't hard to figure out - look at the taxes and government fees on your electric bill!
venomballistics
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The EV as we more or less know it, has been a thing since before the first Tesla roadster of 2008.
The technology has been largely stagnant, coaxing minor gains in Li Ion performance along the way.
What do you expect to happen in the next 4 years that they couldn't address in the last 15?
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That is still a terrible charge/hours of use ratio.
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Little bit of physics
Conservation of energy dictates that energy is neither created nor destroyed.
In electronics, this energy is expressed in watts.
the relevant formula for this is I*E=P or Amps * Volts = Watts
If we compare 30 amps @ 110 volts, with 30 amps @ 220 we DO double the wattage, thus cutting the charge time in half.
This charge time was stated to be 96 hours on an unspecified system we are only assuming to be 110V.
How does four days turn into overnight?
Are Rodin coils employed in this system?
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McLaren P1 and Audi R28 were better implementations.
The Prius just shows us how much Toyota want's it to just go away.
Its not a universal solution. The strong point of Hybrid is it's ability to deal with variable speed driving environments, be it racing where you slow in the corners and hammer it in the straights, or urban stop and go.
Rural and freeway environments where speeds are maintained, it comes up as a loss as some energy is dissipated as heat in the conversion from the engines kinetic energy to electricity.
Standard guess has been an 11% conversion loss.
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