Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

[airbiscuit]

Waiting for a Ford Pinto EV

 

[MossRoad]

Waiting for a Ford Pinto EV

14 years ago…

 

[Gale Hawkins]

14 years ago…

Sounds like a dirty convert still having a transmission yet impressive. There were not wrecks to rob tran that era. Transmissions consume energy.

 

[MossRoad]

Sounds like a dirty convert still having a transmission yet impressive. There were not wrecks to rob tran that era. Transmissions consume energy.

No transmission. The comments say the lurching is switching the motors from running in series to running in parallel. Go watch it on YouTube and read some interesting comments.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

This guy that I have never heard of before is talking about different things in 2060 and he's talking about EV charging infrastructures and he mentions that the charging will be done on the road while driving and mention other things made from crude that are important.

 

[Fuddy1952]

This guy that I have never heard of before is talking about different things in 2060 and he's talking about EV charging infrastructures and he mentions that the charging will be done on the road while driving and mention other things made from crude that are important.

I didn't watch video but if you had a road with coils under pavement and coil under EV car it could charge while driving by inductive electromagnetism...right?

 

[MossRoad]

I didn't watch video but if you had a road with coils under pavement and coil under EV car it could charge while driving by inductive electromagnetism...right?

Sure. There’s been experimentation on that going on for years. However, it will be too costly.

 

[MossRoad]

In-road inductive charging tests demonstrate unlimited EV range

The world's fifth-largest automaker has built and tested a charge-as-you-drive system – a loop of road in Italy with wireless EV charging coils embedded under the surface, so that electric cars can charge as they drive and unlock unlimited range.

newatlas.com

 

[Grumpycat]

Just talked with a guy who has had a Tesla for 3 years now. He absolutely loves it. i wonder when we will hit the tipping point when more EVs are sold than ICE vehicles?

I've only had mine since December 2013.

 

[Grumpycat]

The tipping point will be if/when fuel prices drop & when people start paying high electric bills, having to buy batteries, locate & wait at a charging station, or get stranded while on vacation.

8.5 years and my P.O.S. Tesla battery is down to 95% of its original capacity. Doom, gloom! Nothing you know about cellphone, laptop, or car starter batteries applies to an EV battery.

Why would I wait on a charging station? I can have 250 miles of range every morning when I leave home. 148 miles last weekend cost $4.95 to my electric bill. Took 30 seconds to charge: 15 seconds to plug in the night before, 15 seconds to unplug before I left.

As for "waiting for a charging station", Tesla has 1430 sites in the USA, most with 8 charging spots, many with 16, others with 32. 98 more are under active construction and 196 are known to have building permits but not yet started.