Today, would you buy an EV vehicle.

[cqaigy2]

I did the math one day and it would take 21, 1,000 watt solar arrays to charge a normal tesla battery each night.

That is a lot of roof space or land needed to produce that much watts...

Fortunately i don't drive my vehicle enough to have to fill it up everyday.

 

[bmaverick]

Owner Exposes Dark Secret About Electric Cars​

Tesla Owner Exposes Dark Secret About Electric Car Tires - Everyone Should Think Twice About Buying One

Tire-chewing electric vehicles use fossil fuels for new treads and spew harmful microplastics into the environment -- how is this better?

www.westernjournal.com

This is HUGE info and impact. Just how many gallons of oil is really needed to keep EVs on the road. We are talking oil, not oil refined into gas. If the calculation was done for oil to gas, the number would be higher still.

A great piece to read before pulling the trigger on an EV.

 

[Jstpssng]

This GM is slashing prices for the Chevy Bolt amid high demand for electric vehicles might get me to buy one. I would have to do some research to see if it would fit my needs for a second vehicle. (actually my third vehicle... I put more miles on my company truck than on anything else.)

 

[Jchonline]

I did the math one day and it would take 21, 1,000 watt solar arrays to charge a normal tesla battery each night.

That is a lot of roof space or land needed to produce that much watts...

Each night? No sun at night.

 

[Snobdds]

Each night? No sun at night.

Solar arrays usually have a battery bank, in fact they all do. I have yet to see a direct to inverter from a solar array type set up.

 

[Roric]

The vast majority of privately owned solar arrays are grid-tied.
These use the utility grid for a "battery".
Overproduction of AC electricity, the current that is not being used by the
house, goes to the utility - makes the meter spin backwards so to speak.

A Model 3 standard range charging at home goes like this:
Battery size: 60kwh of which 57kwh is usable.
Maximum charge rate: about 11kw (50/60 amp 240 volt supply nominal)
charging slows as battery nears full charge so lets say 7 hours from
empty to full.
*Fast chargers at Tesla power points are a different power supply.

Tesla:
57 kwh at 14 cents per kwh equals $7.98, 250 mile range.

Hypothetical car or pickup:
15 gallons of 87 octane gas at $4.50 per gallon equals $67.50,
250 miles per tank (16.67mpg)

I don't own a Tesla (but I do have a solar array)

Just figuring.

R

 

[Torvy]

This GM is slashing prices for the Chevy Bolt amid high demand for electric vehicles might get me to buy one. I would have to do some research to see if it would fit my needs for a second vehicle. (actually my third vehicle... I put more miles on my company truck than on anything else.)

Think about that for a second...if there is high demand, they wouldn't be slashing prices. The Bolt has to be slashed in price because it is inferior to other options.

 

[Hay Dude]

Owner Exposes Dark Secret About Electric Cars​

Tesla Owner Exposes Dark Secret About Electric Car Tires - Everyone Should Think Twice About Buying One

Tire-chewing electric vehicles use fossil fuels for new treads and spew harmful microplastics into the environment -- how is this better?

www.westernjournal.com

This is HUGE info and impact. Just how many gallons of oil is really needed to keep EVs on the road. We are talking oil, not oil refined into gas. If the calculation was done for oil to gas, the number would be higher still.

A great piece to read before pulling the trigger on an EV.

Its no longer about the environment. Its about compliance. States are banning ICE vehicles.
You WILL drive an EV, even if the pollution to build them, charge them and dispose of them is worse than ICE vehicles.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Oh, so now I only have to pay for a solar array, AND buy an EV.
What planet are people living on

 

[Cougsfan]

I bought a 2018 Chevy Volt in 2017 and has been my local driver ever since. Most of my daily commutes are under 50 miles so the only gas I normally use is when the engine starts up because the computer says the gasoline in the tank is getting too old and I need to burn it. I do use it for a longer drives on occasion, it works just fine and still gets 40 miles per gallon using regular gas. I couldn't be happier with any vehicle and am extremely disappointed that Chevy stopped making them. My wife hates it because it is too low to the ground and hard for her to get in and out of.

With all that said, today buying an all-electric car is quite sensible for daily short drives. The quietness, power, and lack of maintenance are not factors to overlook. You still would have to make all sorts of undesirable compromises thought to go on a cross country trip in an EV. If I owned a EV I'd prefer to own a second ICE vehicle for long trips. (or just rent an ICE vehicle for long trips). EV's definitely have a disadvantage for cold weather use due to reduced range and the lack of waste energy energy to heat the driver's compartment.

Today's EV trucks just doesn't make any sense to me. They are too expensive, have too small of range if hauling a load, and are just not ready for prime time. To me, if one chooses to buy an electric truck, he probably doesn't even really need a truck.

All the talk about the grid not being able to handle EVs and EV's polluting just as much as ICE's due to fossil fuel generating the electricity are pessimistic exaggerations by people who don't want to see change or who prefer to buy into negative environmental propaganda. The grid and generating power will increase as EV usage goes up (Do you really think there were gas stations all over the place in 1910 when ICE's started taking over transportation needs?). The efficiency of a natural gas electrical generation system runs circles around an ICE, even when grid losses are factored in. Every credible study ever done states that you pollute less with an EV regardless of how you get your power. No credible study claims that EV's are pollution free. And Nuclear power will return. Just wait and see.