Battery based electric vehicles of today and tomorrow.

[Hay Dude]

Actually, it's got a few decades on it...
"she's" Devine, a male transvestite. Used to do movies for an independent producer/director (John Waters) in Baltimore, MD back in the 70's and 80's. Never saw any "her" movies...but "she" and Waters got a lot of publicity back then

Ewwwww

 

[Hay Dude]

I am not opposed to ICEV but I am not as pro OPEC as some.

I am opposed to running an ICEV to keep cool or warm for an hour at 20% efficiency.

Our kids are 24 and if crude prices increase as much in the next 50 years as the last 50 years they are facing $1000 to $2000 crude oil prices.

What kind of father wishes $2000 crude oil on his kids when they can gas up on sunshine at home?

The “gas up on sunshine” thing is really getting long in the tooth.
Very, very few people are currently “gassing up on sunshine”. I bet 85% of EVs are charged using carbon powered power plants and most of the rest is nuclear. Solar has a very small impact on energy production.

Will batteries be the same price when your kids get older? Will the power plants burning fossil fuels be same price, or is crude oil the only source of energy you have slated to increase 1000% in price?

 

[3930dave]

Article on Autopilot.

Inside Tesla as Elon Musk Pushed an Unflinching Vision for Self-Driving Cars

Esp. if you don't fully appreciate how much The Valley values First Mover Advantage (above all else)... be sure to read the article....

Rgds, D.

 

[marhar]

To keep the battery power tool thread more focused on hand tools this thread can be for cars, trucks, tractors, etc that are here today and new ones of the future.

Clearly Europe is ahead of the USA in battery based vehicles and for several reasons. McDonald's putting in car charging stations in 100% of their stores countries like Norway and the Netherlands helped me see this is no small thing. Tax breaks are huge in some countries.

Yesterday I read at some point in recent years the USA government funded a $118 million grant and is one reason there are free charging stations in some areas per that article.

Today there was an article claiming a 620 mile range for the very expensive Tesla Roadster to be out like next year.

I think we will see 1000 mile battery ranges within the next 10 years and at a cost more like the 100 mile range vehicles of 5 years ago. While the technology may not pan out in the article below there is too much being spent on finding more powerful and longer life rechargeable vehicle batteries for it not to bear fruit going forward.

Tech Breakthrough: Is This The End Of Lithium-Ion Batteries? | OilPrice.com

While Cracker Barrel has been installing EV chargers for the last 10 years the rumor at a local dealership is that they are putting in some EV chargers soon in Murray KY. One of the new hotels has three charging stations for guest usage. The Ford dealership has two that have been in for several years. A Walmart in Paducah even reports having a fast 50 amp EV charger.

If the technology below comes to fruition battery power we be more readily accepted. Currently I am not a fan of battery power due to range anxiety; when one can charge a battery in 5 minutes and the charging stations are readily available it makes since battery power will be adopted.

Ford invents cable that can charge electric cars in about 5 minutes

Ford and Purdue University are co-developing a cable for use with electric car charging systems that can be used to recharge a battery in about 5 minutes. The patent-pending design uses a unique cooling system to allow for high power operation.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Hyzon Motors delivers 29 hydrogen fuel cell electric heavy duty trucks to reduce carbon emissions in the steel industry

China is serious about moving to EVs.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Solid Power ramps up solid-state battery race with public market debut – TechCrunch

After 40 years of work maybe solid state batteries are going to make it to real world applications.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Sodium Batteries May Power Your New Electric Car

Come 2030 if 50 million new EVs are hitting the roads annually we are going to need more than just lithium ion battery technology I expect.

 

[airbiscuit]

There are lots of EV deniers on this thread, but we'll soon see fleets of EVs on the road with familiar logos. So who is already headed down that road?

• Amazon
• Fed Ex
• Hertz
• UPS
• US Postal Service
• DHL
• ???

 

[Gale Hawkins]

2 Commodities To Beat Oil In 2022 | OilPrice.com

Interesting turn of events. EV related metals that may beat out oil.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Dave Lee reports EV rebates are being strongly debated and Toyota is involved.

More thoughts on EV rebates.