Battery based electric vehicles of today and tomorrow.

Fixastuff · Jul 19, 2021

goeduck said:
I have been driving for a long, long time and I have never had an accident. So an average Tesla Selfie has a higher percentage than I do.

You might not have but I'm guessing you've passed a few accidents along the way?

Jchonline · Jul 19, 2021

NoTrespassing said:
Be careful what you believe from energystar.gov That agency has been duped many times. They take claims at face value with no research. Energy Star fraud - Green Living Tips

Yes but it is a good starting place. Anyone that is serious about energy conservation should be measuring their own loads, period.

You are talking to someone that lives off grid my friend. I monitor every single load on my system. Unlike most grid tied folks that blindly do whatever they want...I pay attention to the loads.

The article is for grid tied people who are ignorant to their usage...as they are most likely to be duped.

Gale Hawkins · Jul 19, 2021

grsthegreat said:
Same here. Never an accident. Have absolutely no need of a self driving car, and i can parallel park my extended cab f350 by myself thank you.

You guys are fortunate to have doctors convinced you will never pass out, blow an aneurysm, have a stroke or an heart attack, etc while driving.

Locally a person developed a medical emergency and crossed the center line killing the people in both vehicles.

The arthritis has totally fused my spine so I have no head movement and limited range of motion in my shoulders and arms so I really don't need to be in a vehicle crash regardless who may be at fault.

My wife and daughter were seriously impacted in our Leaf when the Toyota van ran a red light. Another half second and the van would have cleared the intersection. My daughter's focus was on the car signaling to turn left in front of her since the light had turned green.

Gale Hawkins · Jul 19, 2021

Jchonline said:
Yes but it is a good starting place. Anyone that is serious about energy conservation should be measuring their own loads, period.

You are talking to someone that lives off grid my friend. I monitor every single load on my system. Unlike most grid tied folks that blindly do whatever they want...I pay attention to the loads.

The article is for grid tied people who are ignorant to their usage...as they are most likely to be duped.

I picked up on that point in thinking about solar. I have to find the wasted watts before considering solar plus the daughter plans to move off after college.

Gale Hawkins · Jul 19, 2021

This person is charging with 120 volt AC for their Tesla and driving about 700 miles a month.

txdon · Jul 19, 2021

lman said:
We also have a 2020 Ford Escape hybrid that has lane keeping when on cruise control. I do get tired of the alert telling me to put my hands on the steering wheel. They actually are but I guess the sensor doesn't think I'm doing enough with the steering wheel. How is a guy supposed to take a nap with that alert.

My Ford Ranger and Kia also have lane assist which annoyingly tells me to keep my hands on the steering wheel when they are on the steering wheel, I just did not find the need to manually move the steering wheel to improve on the lane assist.

txdon · Jul 19, 2021

Gale Hawkins said:
This person is charging with 120 volt AC for their Tesla and driving about 700 miles a month.

Quick answer at 5:21. At 23 cents per Kwh - 700 miles - $36.14

Jchonline · Jul 19, 2021

Gale Hawkins said:
I picked up on that point in thinking about solar. I have to find the wasted watts before considering solar plus the daughter plans to move off after college.

Now is the time to start. It might take you months to get it all figured out.

Get a spreadsheet going and go room by room listing out everything you have that pulls a load. Get a Killawatt and use it to figure out loads on anything that plugs into a standard outlet. For everything else (240, hardwired) you will have to use a clamp multimeter if you have access to the wire (safely) or check mfg documentation (HVAC, etc). It will be an eye opener!

Jchonline · Jul 19, 2021

txdon said:
Quick answer at 5:21. At 23 cents per Kwh - 700 miles - $36.14

Her measurement is pretty flawed. She didn't track how many miles were actually driven. The car uses electricity for everything including AC, radio, etc. She is also in Palm Springs CA which is perfect weather for Lithium battery discharge efficiency. Take that to any state that has temps below 40 F and the discharge rates get bad (like 1/2 efficiency). In order to really understand it we need kWh used to charge and actual miles driven.

Really bad video and I will keep saying it...we need completely new storage technology if EV cars are to be viable replacements to ICE in the US. I suppose one could make the argument that they can be used in areas where temps don't drop...but what if one moves to a new state up North? Just doesn't work.