Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

[airbiscuit]

How does it let you know it is not happy, and for what reasons?

 

[Eagle1]

My station wagon gets to 60 in 5 flat, and could be tweaked a bit more. So nothing exotic here... all motor.

 

[MossRoad]

Perhaps some are starting to realize there are many shades of green

In Unexpected Swing, Germany’s Public Now Favors Nuclear Power | OilPrice.com

Russia’s war in Ukraine is forcing a rethink of energy security not only in Germany but also by the entire continent, and nuclear power is one of the winners

oilprice.com

That's because they ditched coal and Russia has them by the heat exchanger.

Nuclear in your own country pretty much guarantees reliable power without external worries IF you can supply your own fuel.

For example, companies in the U.S. only gets about 5% of their uranium from inside of the U.S. That's a concern.

Where our uranium comes from - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Sources of uranium, how and where uranium is produced in the United States, and source of U.S. uranium imports.

www.eia.gov

 

[MossRoad]

Epiphany today: Gale's Model Y is his manifestation of midlife crisis!

He's going to live to 140?

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Gale needs some drag racing friends!

I may be alive because I don't.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

He's going to live to 140?

Not sure about that yet, but I plan to claim the 120 number and have invited a few to my 110th birthday party in 2061. It seems like many people have a very, very strong death wish. At one point in time I thought I would live to be about 33 and then I realized the folly of thinking that way.

 

[/pine]

Driving 100 Miles in an EV Is Now More Expensive Than in an ICE

Deadhead miles and opportunity costs make electric vehicle ownership dramatically more expensive than just your average car powered by a gas engine.

jalopnik.com

 

[txdon]

New term for me EV Deadhead miles. The extra miles driven to get to a charging station.

 

[Jstpssng]

New term for me EV Deadhead miles. The extra miles driven to get to a charging station.

I'm sure that it was the same for gas powered vehicles back in 1923. The difference was that you could toss a five gallon can in the back for emergencies.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Crazy to me all the work reducing ice emissions only to start all over again with ev.