First electric tractor ride

[5030]

Farmers will love getting their tractor fuel from the sun.

So long as the Chinese don't cut off the essential elements to produce them...

 

[MossRoad]

The snowball from the west coast is rolling east...

Now if battery tech would have a breakthrough like LED for lighting that would really be something.

If this really happens my trailer hitch might do double duty towing a power module... it can take less than a minute to hitch up.

Funny thing...

I was daydreaming today while a friend was driving and thought, hey, if I had a tesla, maybe I'd find a front end wrecked tesla, cut the rear off, make it into a matching trailer, and throw a/some batteries in there to increase range for long trips. Of course, there's a trade off for weight towed VS battery life, but it's an interesting concept to me.

I've seen people take old cars and make a matching trailer out of the trunk of a donor car. It always looked pretty interesting with trailer matching the car that's towing it.

 

[MossRoad]

Why limit that to EVs? It should be factored in everything we consume, up front, instead of letting become something like a superfund cleanup thing and having the tax payers pick up the tab.

Bottle deposit for cars.

 

[5030]

Far as I'm concerned, the Zero hot swap idea is the best.

 

[cqaigy2]

Far as I'm concerned, the Zero hot swap idea is the best.

Hop out of the car, go into the store get some chips, pay for swap and chips, hop back into the car.

 

[MossRoad]

Hop out of the car, go into the store get some chips, pay for swap and chips, hop back into the car.

Oops, they put a Yugo battery in my Porsche. Guess I'll have to sit the right lane today.

Seriously, though, how many car companies are going to go with a universal battery pack, compatible across all brands and models? None.

I think quick charging, like under 10 minutes, will be the eventual norm.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I don't know about modern batteries but years ago rechargeable batteries performed better with a slow charge.
My guess is a low battery pack that could be recharged in 10 minutes would produce lots of heat.

 

[MossRoad]

I don't know about modern batteries but years ago rechargeable batteries performed better with a slow charge.
My guess is a low battery pack that could be recharged in 10 minutes would produce lots of heat.

Yep. But you know people. Busy busy busy. They want to get where they're going and not be inconvenienced by having to wait around at a gas/charging station.

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[5030]

Hop out of the car, go into the store get some chips, pay for swap and chips, hop back into the car.

Certainly better than sitting around for an hour at some charging dock, twiddling your thumbs. People today are always in a big hurry to go nowhere anyway.

 

[5030]

Interestingly, people whine about how long it takes to recharge the Bauer 20 volt tool batteries but so far for me, the slow Bauer charger hasn't degraded my batteries at all from what I can tell. I would think, same applies to a car battery.

 

[5030]

Kind of like buying a glider chassis (big truck) and putting a pre 4 diesel engine in it and titling it as new to circumvent the emissions mandates. Cannot do that anymore. Cannot title one with a new chassis and old engine. Same applies to tractors or anything with an internal combustion engine.

 

[charles todd]

Electric forklifts? Electric golf carts?

That could never work!!!

They work. For niche applications.

I have an electric, lifted cart. Limited range vs gas and I have to carry a generator to recharge when remote hunting.

We have a fleet of about 20 electric fork lifts, indoors, no emissions. But require a battery pack changeout between shifts. Takes 2 battery packs per lift to operate 2 shifts. That is 40 battery packs that require a crane to swap.

CT

 

[bindian]

Interestingly, people whine about how long it takes to recharge the Bauer 20 volt tool batteries but so far for me, the slow Bauer charger hasn't degraded my batteries at all from what I can tell. I would think, same applies to a car battery.

I started investing in EV charger installation companies, so I am reading up on charging solutions.

Slow charges are better for the battery. Fast chargers reduce the number of recharges you can get on the battery............and the fast charge costs more than a slow charge when away from home, because the faster the charger, the more it costs to buy and install.

Best idea I have seen on charging is embedding the charger in the pavement and using wireless technology to charge the vehicle. A handful of busses, in England, are already getting 5-10 minute charges at designated bus stops. Each stop charges enough to get to the next 1 or 2 stops.
A short test road (I think 10 miles) in Michigan is being built now with embedded chargers.
hugs, Brandi

 

[kenb1023]

Electric forklifts? Electric golf carts?

That could never work!!!

Electric Fork lifts are no good in the rain and are constantly needed to be plugged in. If it was raining or snowing we never took them out side. They were for indoor use only. Electric Golf Carts don't have the fraction of load on them as a tractor would.

 

[MossRoad]

We had electric fork lifts with rotator clamps for paper rolls at the newspaper. A full roll weighs around 2000#, is 4' in diameter, by about 5' long. They'd set one on end. Then pick up a 2nd, rotate it and stack it on top of the 1st. Then they'd make another stack of 2. Finally, they'd pick the bottom roll of the 2nd stack and lift the 2 up on top of the other 2. So a 4000# lift to get them stacked 4 high. Then they'd stack a final 5th roll on top. They could to hundreds of rolls in a shift. We always had two clamp trucks. One charging and one working

Eventually, though, they traded them all out for propane powered units that they leased. The batteries were just too expensive to replace.

 

[HighTwelve]

I’m told by an EE that battery technology continues to improve and Teslas next round of cars will have a life of the car battery guarantee. They estimate that the batteries will still be at 75% ten years out.

He’s waitlisted for a Ford electric pickup.

Unfortunately, the charge plugs and cords are NOT standardized. He won’t be able to charge up at a Tesla charge station, for example.

The more amps the faster the charge. He tells me that you really need 50 amps to the charging station to make an electric car a practical family vehicle. Just his opinion, not mine, as I just bought a new car and it’s gasoline powered.

 

[priberc]

Costs me about $25 to fill up my tractor with diesel.

I get A LOT in return for my $25.

Your tractor has a 5 gallon tank?

 

[4570Man]

Your tractor has a 5 gallon tank?

7.1 gallons for the model in his profile.

 

[hornett22]

Your tractor has a 5 gallon tank?

It's actually 7 but it seems to have a 2 gallon buffer so you don't run it out. I put 5 in at E.