Comment Re:Same solution as with ICE (Score 1) 283
Recharges at a supercharger is closer to 15 minutes today than 40. I said and meant 15 minutes.
Recharges at a supercharger is closer to 15 minutes today than 40. I said and meant 15 minutes.
Ya'll are gonna make him the first king of Earth.
Trading on inside information should be illegal.
Correction: It is illegal.
Unfortunately, most members of Congress have large stock portfolios before they enter office. What's your plan? Make them turn it all over to a financial advisor?
Well, that seems advisable. Unless you think they're sitting up late at night, making online trades themselves.
A Congressman can still see something in the works that could in general drop the stock market or cause it to rise. For the former, they can just suddenly need some money for personal needs and ask the advisor to sell some stock to raise X. Pretty tough to track. Having a "windfall" and turning money back over to the financial advisor before a rise - also hard to track.
Unfortunately, this is all pretty plausible.
That is just being dishonest. You specified that you park 2 cars in the garage and more in the driveway, so I answered that.
Now you switch to finances arguing that somebody would only have 1 car?
Holy shifting goalposts Batman.
Charging 1 EV with a 30A circuit is easy mode.
Actually, the solution to those problems is basically the same as if you have an ICE car with less than a quarter tank left. Stop and refuel/recharge at a supercharger or similar. It will just probably cost a bit more than home electricity, but get you back on the road in about 15 minutes.
Emergency at night: call an ambulance for a medical emergency.
Or realize, oh wait, I still have 200 miles left because I didn't run the EV down to darn near empty.
Your MIL in the next province needs immediate help? How about calling somebody local before you go driving the 3-4 hours it will take to drain the battery and almost certainly require a fill up with a gas vehicle.
Slower charging is generally good for the battery.
Unlike gas pumps, the EV charges while you do something else.
So as long as it can match the driving load, it is all good.
Drive the average 40 mile total commute, even a 120V outlet can do around 4.5 mph. So in less than 10 hours one can be fully charged again.
A 30A@240V circuit could do this with 4 cars.
As said, you can charge at 6kW without significant modifications.
Slow charging is generally better for batteries, remember?
Also, EVs can be smart and divy up the supply intelligently.
6kW is roughly 18 miles of range per hour.
That is 180 miles in a 10 hour period.
So, even if you have 4 vehicles to charge, how likely is it that they average 200+ miles a day? 50 miles per car? I barely average 12 with mine.
Finally, nothing stopping you from getting 1-2 EVs and keeping the rest gas for the moment.
Plus, the more cars you have, the more likely somebody has access to a charger(or will have access) while out and about.
They're called woketards.
A fork of open source VS Code, no less. So that code is obviously not what they're purchasing, but the people who built it, were able to bring it to market, and the developers who now use it.
Generally speaking, making an EV go faster would start with just buying a sporty EV. Then installing grippier tires, because EVs just have so much torque that they'll beat drastically more expensive ICE sports cars off the line.
Modding an EV to be faster, not from the factory? That might come up eventually, but would be beefing up the electronics to be able to deliver more and higher voltage to the motors, and replacing the motors with more powerful units.
But that still runs into that many EVs can absolutely smoke tires as is. They don't need more power.
If you're living in an apartment with no garage, how are you doing an oil change yourself? Most places don't let you work on a car out in the open.
It's also like boasting about how you only need to wind your mechanical watch once a day so it is superior to a electric quartz that only needs a new battery once a year.
Maintaining an ICE might be pretty easy (I've done my own work for years except when a special has the dealer doing it for less), but the point is that maintaining an EV is even easier.
No need to regularly change the oil at 5-10k miles. No sparkplugs to change. Cabin air filter only, which can generally be done just by replacing it from the glove box (every car is different though). No need to replace the alternator.
Brakes and rotors generally last orders of magnitude longer due to regenerative braking. So that maintenance goes from a regular event to maybe once in the car's life.
Power steering pump? That isn't what I'd call routine maintenance.
Most CANNOT replace that in their driveway or garage.
No, not "everything" has to be done at the dealer or "authorized" shop. Tire places can still replace the tires and do work in the wheel area, like brake jobs if that becomes necessary.
Computers? ICE tends to have almost as many of them as EVs. And they're just as easy (or not) to swap. I've read about F-150 headlights that need dealer programming to replace correctly.
Not have a car with a in-dash computer: almost impossible today, EV or ICE.
Closest thing to what you say today would actually be the proposed Slate EV.
Gobs of money in this case could be as low as $200.
Think of it like installing a faucet or shower head you like better than the original. If you are to be there long enough...
Besides, they can also take the charger when they leave.
Still doesnt change just using a regular extension cable.
Do elaborate?
I wasn't "taught" it by anybody, just like you were never "taught" how to spell. But slavery exists in modern-day Western society, just as human trafficking still exists.
There's got to be more to life than compile-and-go.