The real irony is that nobody here is trying to convert anybody. Yet every time a discussion opens up there are a chosen few who chime in with comments about why EVs wont work, despite the fact that they apparently are.
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Back when the Prius came put, I considered one. Not for the electric motor drive part but as a portable welding source. Set of Tweco QD connectors, welding cables and I'd be good to go as a power source.
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If I believed every conversation here was trying to convert me, I would no longer be here. Thanks to all of you for sharing your facts and thoughts about the subject from your perspective.
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Why in the world would you interpret an impartial discussion of interesting and evolving technology as an assault on your personal religion? 'NEVER!' implies you feel personally attacked.
Calm down, this whole topic is something you can ignore. Don't take it personally, nobody intends that. It's all in your head. Get help.
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Someone did something similar with a Prius after Sandy hit, but they used it to power an inverter to run their house.
Someone also makes an inverter specifically to run off of the Prius main battery, then you leave the car in "on" and it runs the engine as needed to keep it charged.
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Why in the world would you interpret an impartial discussion of interesting and evolving technology as an assault on your personal religion? 'NEVER!' implies you feel personally attacked.
Calm down, this whole topic is something you can ignore. Don't take it personally, nobody intends that. It's all in your head. Get help.
All I can say is WOW.
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My wife is the same way. It's either gas or not worth even looking at. It was that way with things like heated seats. Now I couldn't get her to buy a car without them. To her a hybrid is an evil thing but once she gets use to the idea of having to fill it up less in the dead of winter then she will change her tune. Getting her to think about an EV will be much more of a challenge. Her vehicle is our trip vehicle and it's nothing to decide spur of the moment to drive 600 miles for us. There's not much chance of me saying "no, we can't go that way because there's only slow charges". So an EV for us would just be for commuting. Since we have her car and my truck (I will never own something as ugly as that Tesla truck) and towing hundreds of miles is something I do so I can't see an EV truck or car fitting with our lifestyle.
I see EV's as just a stepping stone for hydrogen. Hydrogen has too many advantages over batteries. The speed at which it can be transferred to a car's tank is the same as gasoline. It can be made where power is made and transported by pipeline or truck. It can be turned into ammonia to be safer. All these "by 2050" predictions have no clue what the future will bring.
I see EV's as just a stepping stone for hydrogen. Hydrogen has too many advantages over batteries. The speed at which it can be transferred to a car's tank is the same as gasoline. It can be made where power is made and transported by pipeline or truck. It can be turned into ammonia to be safer. All these "by 2050" predictions have no clue what the future will bring.
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Fact is, if the new EV stuff works for most of the population, they don't care if it doesn't work for you.
Look at what people in China and other places carry on a motorcycle. A whole family and more cargo than you can carry on your half ton. Where there's a will . . .
Look at what people in China and other places carry on a motorcycle. A whole family and more cargo than you can carry on your half ton. Where there's a will . . .
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Here's what apparently inspired the Cybertruck design. The truck isn't quite as unique as we thought.
1976 Lotus Esprit sports car used in the filming of the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.
Couple paid $100 for abandoned car they found in a storage unit, Elon Musk bought it from them for nearly $1 million
1976 Lotus Esprit sports car used in the filming of the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.
Couple paid $100 for abandoned car they found in a storage unit, Elon Musk bought it from them for nearly $1 million
