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Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. * 2
    #27302853 - 05/10/21 10:57 AM (2 years, 8 months ago)

Electric cars are impractical.
I could see them working well for Europe just because of how much smaller it is geographically than the U.S

Imagine your tesla breaks down in some bumfuck town, you really think there's going to be someone who can work on your rolling computer?
Even if there was, I'm almost certain the local autozone carries almost 0 parts that are compatible with your car.

Not to mention if you are in some small town with a car like that you immediately come off as an ignorant city slicker with way too much money.

They aren't rugged enough to be relied on and you basically need a tech degree to work on them.
The infrastructure isn't there for the charging stations unless you live on the western most part of the west coast.
Anyone who owns a tesla seems like kind of a sucker to me.
Tesla has a horrible reputation for customer service, Ive heard multiple accounts where someone's vehicle broke down and getting it fixed was such a pain in the ass tesla just tries to incentivize you to buy a new one.

I think in a lot of ways trying to computerize cars is like trying to computerize firearms.
Tried and true machinery made overly complicated by technology, that ultimately makes reliability suffer.

A few weeks ago I saw an ad for an electric generator.... Like really? lots of use that will be if the power ever goes out long term.
We as humans we already way too reliant on technology, a move further in that direction just makes us more vulnerable to adversity.


New study explains why nearly 20 percent of electric car owners return to gas
https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/energy/551207-new-study-explains-why-nearly-20-percent-of-electric


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Edited by Buckomcdoogle (05/10/21 11:04 AM)


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Buckomcdoogle]
    #27302864 - 05/10/21 11:06 AM (2 years, 8 months ago)

I've had exactly the same thoughts. It would take an astronomically huge investment to have charging networks match, say, the cell phone network, which after twenty years of struggle is mostly pretty good. Maybe such an expenditure is in Biden's infrastructure plan, I don't know.

And your further point about breakdowns is spot on. Auto zones and garages themselves are not equipped, nor will they be for many years, to repair a conked out Tesla. What the hell is one supposed to do?


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: DividedQuantum]
    #27302926 - 05/10/21 11:55 AM (2 years, 8 months ago)

We’re reaching a point where there’s no longer a choice whether we transition to electric or not. Global warming isn’t a conspiracy, it’s real and it’s happening. I don’t own an electric car myself. I just read that by 2027 electric vehicles will be cheaper to produce than gasoline vehicles. I have no idea how they figure that, and it’s probably not as simple as the headline made it sound. It will probably entail even more tax dollars being pumped into corporations like Tesla and the existing American brands which have traditionally produced gas cars. It’s not going to end well


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: GnashingGnosis]
    #27302944 - 05/10/21 12:07 PM (2 years, 8 months ago)

It will definitely be a bumpy road. And we must remember that electric vehicles are dependent on the grid, and the grid is making a huge carbon footprint. The grid is not green. I've often wondered why people overlook this.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: DividedQuantum]
    #27302951 - 05/10/21 12:10 PM (2 years, 8 months ago)

You’re right. And neither is the manufacture or mining of components for the electronics and batteries. I read a scary thing earlier today that 60% of the planet’s population will be forced into large cities within a few decades


Edited by GnashingGnosis (05/10/21 12:20 PM)


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: GnashingGnosis]
    #27303305 - 05/10/21 05:16 PM (2 years, 8 months ago)

Yeah, the processes and materials they use for the components, especially the batteries, are filthy. The same is true of solar panel disposal. There just aren't many good answers.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Buckomcdoogle]
    #27304010 - 05/11/21 08:54 AM (2 years, 8 months ago)

If you're buying a tesla, you're probably buying the home charging station.

The range of new teslas is around 400 miles.  The average US commute is under 30.  Electric cars are more than sufficient to meet the majority of people's needs.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: badchad]
    #27304798 - 05/11/21 07:25 PM (2 years, 8 months ago)

But they're still no good if components break, or for road trips.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: DividedQuantum]
    #27305200 - 05/12/21 04:35 AM (2 years, 8 months ago)

Point taken.  I know nothing about car components or how abundant the charging stations are.  I googled "tesla charging stations in kansas" and there's a handful (15-20).  With some planning you could probably deal with the range issue.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: badchad] * 2
    #27340813 - 06/08/21 08:58 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

Most everyday commuters will probably go electric in the coming years, but I can't see commercial vehicles doing the same. It's not efficient for a working vehicle to run off of electricity. Not to mention maintenance costs once all these 1200 lb batteries start giving out.
Also fuck Tesla, and fuck Elon Musk


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: shockplague0]
    #27378502 - 07/08/21 01:21 AM (2 years, 6 months ago)

Maybe if the cars could use wind energy to keep them going and then have solar along with a plug in source to use for overnight/starting up, it would work a little better.

Instead of gas stations they would have plug-in stations.

It would be cool to be able to write code for your own car to personalize it. Is that like raspberry pi or whatever it’s called?


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Sleepingstar]
    #27380673 - 07/09/21 02:35 PM (2 years, 6 months ago)

You are correct. Electric cars are impractical.

The energy density of batteries is nothing compared to fuel. Biofuels also don't have the energy cap of batteries/solar, you have wayy more play. I do like nuclear for static infrastructure.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: paradoxlost]
    #27380682 - 07/09/21 02:43 PM (2 years, 6 months ago)

I think its funny how in parts of California they are raising taxes on gas to "incentivize" people to go electric.

Its literally just a tax on poor people....
What low paid worker wants to spend 20-30k on a car that can only be driven through very small chunks of the country.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Buckomcdoogle]
    #27381075 - 07/09/21 07:33 PM (2 years, 6 months ago)

The ugly thing is, is that Tesla is undeniably and 100% necessary 10 years ago. We can't keep doing business with Saudi Arabia


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Asante, I don’t think we should have any sympathy and should celebrate the deaths of antivax/antimask activists. They are responsible for far more American deaths than al Qaeda ever was. Every time one of them dies ther movement of death is weakened.ut[/quote]

[quote]koods said:
Chasing variants with vaccines is a dumb idea[/quote]


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: paradoxlost]
    #27381081 - 07/09/21 07:38 PM (2 years, 6 months ago)

Their oil is the only thing that backs the dollar internationally.

Too many people make too much money from Saudi - U.S relations.
They are also one of our strongest allies in the middle east.


Edited by Buckomcdoogle (07/09/21 07:38 PM)


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Buckomcdoogle]
    #27381140 - 07/09/21 09:00 PM (2 years, 6 months ago)

I know they do a decent job killing those pesky journalists.

And idk, there's more then one way to make money. People not wanting to figure out a better way just sounds like laziness too me.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: paradoxlost]
    #27382129 - 07/10/21 05:16 PM (2 years, 6 months ago)

"The powers that be want business to continue as usual."


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Buckomcdoogle]
    #27398625 - 07/22/21 11:01 PM (2 years, 6 months ago)

unfortunately you could probably make more money different ways of business. its not that they're greedy, they're lazy


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Asante, I don’t think we should have any sympathy and should celebrate the deaths of antivax/antimask activists. They are responsible for far more American deaths than al Qaeda ever was. Every time one of them dies ther movement of death is weakened.ut[/quote]

[quote]koods said:
Chasing variants with vaccines is a dumb idea[/quote]


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    #27403023 - 07/26/21 04:09 PM (2 years, 5 months ago)

AutoZone already exists. They can carry new parts.
Mechanics can learn too.

Dotting the entire US with gas stations a hundred years ago was already a bigger endeavor than adding charging stations to an already electrified country.

We went from horses to cars and im sure people had the same unfounded concerns about how much money it would be and how unreliable cars could be compared to a trusty horse. What if there's no paved road, what if there's no gas station, no mechanic or parts store. That's the advent of cars and yet it happened.

Electric cars need quite little infrastructure change.
20% of buyers return to gas sounds a lot like 80% of electric owners figured it out.


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    #27403776 - 07/27/21 02:26 AM (2 years, 5 months ago)

what do you do with waste batteries


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Asante, I don’t think we should have any sympathy and should celebrate the deaths of antivax/antimask activists. They are responsible for far more American deaths than al Qaeda ever was. Every time one of them dies ther movement of death is weakened.ut[/quote]

[quote]koods said:
Chasing variants with vaccines is a dumb idea[/quote]


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    #27403812 - 07/27/21 04:42 AM (2 years, 5 months ago)

Recycling.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: bodhisatta]
    #27412547 - 08/02/21 11:45 PM (2 years, 5 months ago)

I have a buddy who has one and he says he is never going back to gas cars.. I agree with some issues brought up..it's a PR. job they are not clean...and we are just doing business with china instead of the Saudis.. I like the tec but it still has a way's to go; until the grid is clean solar wind etc..it is just again a transfer of wealth to another industry it went from Railroad co. to oil companies to tec companies.. prob just follow the players who own those companies and your find out they are the same families.. how are they going to charge you for the charging station.. will the electrical power get more expensive  As soon as we all switch over... or when ever they decide to charge more like the diesel prices skyrocketed once lots of people started driving diesel cars... but progress goes forward...


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Blackrainbow2]
    #27412683 - 08/03/21 05:57 AM (2 years, 5 months ago)

I want to get a hydrogen car. Those things are supposed to whip.


But Blackrainbowz its not that simple. what happens when a critical mass of electrical cars make it economical to mine landfills.


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Asante, I don’t think we should have any sympathy and should celebrate the deaths of antivax/antimask activists. They are responsible for far more American deaths than al Qaeda ever was. Every time one of them dies ther movement of death is weakened.ut[/quote]

[quote]koods said:
Chasing variants with vaccines is a dumb idea[/quote]


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Buckomcdoogle] * 1
    #27420842 - 08/09/21 10:40 AM (2 years, 5 months ago)

The drive train in electric cars doesn't really "break down". There is nothing to "work on". The battery will lose capacity over time, but the electric motor itself isn't going to just randomly "break down" without warning anytime soon. And, hypothetically, if it did it's called a dealership, my wife's leaf came with free towing and 24/7 roadside, even if it was just to a charging station because she ran out of charge.

The steering and suspension components are the same as IC cars. So I don't know what you mean by "rugged". If you can change a CV axle/tie rod end/low ball joint/shock on an IC car, you can change it on an electric car(and when you do have to work on its, it is SOOOO much cleaner and easier). It's not like I plan to go off roading in an electric car any more than I would in a toyota tercel.

My wife has owned/driven a nissan leaf in suburban/rural areas for years without much issue. Sometimes charging stations can be an issue in rural areas, but it just takes some planning if you veer from your day to day routine, but as long as you can fully/mostly charge your car overnight and its range is longer than you anticipate to use in one day, its a non-issue.

Her leaf as without a doubt been the lowest maintenance, most reliable, lowest cost to own, lowest headache car either of us have ever owned. No emissions bullshit to worry about or break, no oil changes, no transmission to fail, no spark plugs, no air filters, thanks to regenerative breaking the break pads last FOREVER, no seals to leak, no gaskets to blow, etc. And I say this as someone who does all the work on his cars himself. And it's a pleasure to drive, quiet, and pretty fucking snappy.

And I bold the transmission part, because for modern cars its the transmission failing which takes them off the road or causes the biggest repair bills, and is something most backyard mechanics can't handle. And this is why I would like to see hybrid cars with an small IC range extender, instead of the combined power trains we see today.

Low range electric cars aren't suitable for a families primary vehicle, but as a second vehicle they are fine....and now we are seeing electric cars with longer and longer ranges, and more and more charging stations are being built everyday.

The types of electric cars on the market has been dependent on the targeted demographics, and where charging stations are built depends on level of electric car ownership. As you see the "machismo" resistance to electric vehicles fade, you will see "rugged" electric cars and trucks just like IC cars, as more consumers in suburban/rural areas buy electric cars more charging stations will be built.

There is NOTHING about electric vehicles which makes them more frail, if anything they are more reliable as there are FAR fewer components to fail, fewer moving parts, and they don't have to stand up to the stress of being inside an engine compartment.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: bodhisatta]
    #27420870 - 08/09/21 11:03 AM (2 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

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20% of buyers return to gas sounds a lot like 80% of electric owners figured it out.




And I bet the vast majority of those 20% of drivers had either bought one of the early, low range, electric cars...or they just went back to IC because it is cheaper.

Or what if they bought a hybrid/plug-in, does that count as a return to IC cars?(I would assume we are only talking about fully electric here).


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    #27421999 - 08/10/21 01:55 AM (2 years, 5 months ago)

Electric cars are inefficient in that if you run out of fuel 100 miles from the closest gas station, it's easier to carry a 5 gallon tank of gas out to the car then to get a battery with enough charge to charge the battery. I am VERY interested in electric motors. Now that is a different monster all together. The military came out with a troop transport that had an electric motor that ran off of a small diesel generator that powered a quick  discharge, graphene super capacitor. This shit got like 1000 mpg diesel and could move like a dozen troops plus multiple turrets. With a diesel engine you can now use biodiesel and get a carbon fixing fuel, rather then a carbon neutral fuel source. Because electric cars don't really solve the problem of no fossil fuels for transportation. They just deal with the problem of modular fuel sources.

And then the other issue is mining. I mean this isn't an issue with vehicle preference, but incentives. Yea probably electric cars could incentivize landfill mining more, but probably not until a lot of mountains are 100% gone.

That's the thing with biodiesel, you don't destroy mountains. Yes, it does take up a lot of land, but when you want to stop, you stop. Mining is like permanent damages, although some of the reclemation isn't terrible. Unforntunately lithium mining is its own worst nightmare of mining. Like, it is not gold mining AT ALL. It's wayyyy worse for the environment then even oil drilling. But localized. And then if you want to go into the energy density of a hydrocarbon based fuel source vs electropontial gradients. Combustion is just more powerful/unit of weight of fuel. Maybe not when graphene gets into the mix, but yea. This is just an argument against FORCING people to go all electric.


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Asante, I don’t think we should have any sympathy and should celebrate the deaths of antivax/antimask activists. They are responsible for far more American deaths than al Qaeda ever was. Every time one of them dies ther movement of death is weakened.ut[/quote]

[quote]koods said:
Chasing variants with vaccines is a dumb idea[/quote]


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: paradoxlost]
    #27423727 - 08/11/21 06:12 AM (2 years, 5 months ago)

Why would you run out of "gas" 100 miles from the closest "gas station"....that's just poor planning on your part. And I mean...how many people do you really think drive around with gas cans full of gas in their trunks???(let alone 5 gallon ones) This same scenario applies to IC cars for the VAST, VAST majority of people.

Your argument only apply to stupid people...you are right, stupid people may find it difficult to own an electric car. It essentially boils down to "electric cars are bad because you can't drive them out into the desert on half a charge"

Electric car technology is also evolving, and it may not be long before the magnets used can be made mostly from iron...as far as lithium, that's not how lithium is mined...

I haven't seen anything about "forcing people" to go electric. And it's likely to reduce carbon emissions we are going to have to adopt a plurality of transportation technologies, including bio-diesel, which can be paired with electric motors and batteries in hybrid vehicles for increased efficiency.

I think you will find that plug-in hybrids are the dominant "electric" car of the future...not full on electrics, but that doesn't mean that full on electric cars shouldn't be produced and sold...

You are grasping as straws.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Holybullshit]
    #27426723 - 08/13/21 11:27 AM (2 years, 5 months ago)

Anybody else blueprinting a battery charger from a stationary bike?

Might want to get on that. Especially u Californions with your rolling blackouts.

EVs are the future.  Koreans r ahead of Tesla. Polymer batteries,  solar roof charger, genuine automatic transmissions, highest hybrid MPG rating. LIFETIME warranty Hybrid Ioniqs are actually built on EV platforms.

Heavy trucks are transitioning to hybrid tech. Trains have always been hybrids. Class 6-4 hybrids are showing up on CL and have retrofitting options now. 1 tons are actually behind because that’s the big 3s money makers. Over $100,000.00 for a pick up? Ok boomers. Half tons have been hybrid options and Ford is all over with their new UNDERRATED EV.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Minion]
    #27429791 - 08/16/21 01:37 AM (2 years, 5 months ago)

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Anybody else blueprinting a battery charger from a stationary bike?

Might want to get on that. Especially u Californions with your rolling blackouts.
(no that is what dirty diesel generators and battery banks are for).. or solar panels...
EVs are the future.  (no they are not  the free (almost)energy of nuclear reactors are the future..)  because that electricity source is unrivaled so far.. Koreans r ahead of Tesla.  Polymer batteries,  solar roof charger, genuine automatic transmissions, highest hybrid MPG rating. LIFETIME warranty Hybrid Ioniqs are actually built on EV platforms. (no they they are not(since they are not being sold in the US like Tesla's are) I'd guess the Chinese are ahead of the Koreans.. in manufacturing and marketing ability's alone

Heavy trucks are transitioning to hybrid tech. Trains have always been hybrids. Class 6-4 hybrids are showing up on CL and have retrofitting options now. 1 tons are actually behind because that’s the big 3s money makers. Over $100,000.00 for a pick up? Ok boomers. Half tons have been hybrid options and Ford is all over with their new UNDERRATED EV.





I agree with you on some of your points but it's just a wealth transfering and emissions reduction bait and switch..until the grid is clean (nuclear)


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    #27429907 - 08/16/21 06:35 AM (2 years, 5 months ago)

Power plants are orders of magnitude more efficient than burning fuel in a car.

Charging a EV off a coal grid is still a huge improvement


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    #27429961 - 08/16/21 08:00 AM (2 years, 5 months ago)

Well charging a battery with a stationary bike is free and practical for someone that exercises. Pro nuclear is an unusual angle but my future isn’t tied to the grid I have nothing good to say about grid power.

Koreans are ahead of the EV game, they just aren’t scaled up like Tesla. Koreans are still tied up making hybrids among other machines.

Used EVs are another facet Id like to throw out. I’d feel more comfortable purchasing a used EV over gas/diesel powered car of the same miles. There’s too many areas of failure that manifest due to lack of maintenance. When was the last time someone changed their o2 sensors because it was time. Or for that matter ATF ?  A used EV is safer bet than a used car.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Minion]
    #27430210 - 08/16/21 11:25 AM (2 years, 5 months ago)

Nuclear could be the future. There's so many designs that are smart enough to mitigate danger enough to be a good decision as a species to go forward with them. Canada has some amazing technology in that area.

Tesla is dumb shit that Americans love. At least the ball is rolling and they're helping but eventually tesla will have to get their shit together and offer something approachable and utilitarian


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: bodhisatta]
    #27430320 - 08/16/21 01:05 PM (2 years, 5 months ago)

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bodhisatta said:Tesla is dumb shit that Americans love. At least the ball is rolling and they're helping but eventually tesla will have to get their shit together and offer something approachable and utilitarian




Low powered utilitarian EVs are on the used market. I’ll post ads to the next ones I run across. Jeep maybe on to a more robust EV, but I’m not holding my breath there. They’ve really made some questionable arrangements in their tiny Wrangler engine bays:  v8s,  v6 diesels and a 4 banger that requires medium or premium. :thumbdown: 

Jeep is the only (future) EV manufacture that has a dozen different gear ratios, on the shelf, to choose from.  They really have no excuse for failure.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Minion]
    #27430351 - 08/16/21 01:40 PM (2 years, 5 months ago)

I think ford has the potential to do well but time will tell


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    #27430411 - 08/16/21 02:19 PM (2 years, 5 months ago)

Fords truck EV range was calculated with 1000 lbs in the bed. So owners are squeezing out an additional 100 miles over EPA ratings.

I’m hopeful for a few reasons:

* Built on existing platform
**That platform utilizes only aluminum body
**Aftermarket support is already abundant
* Most Ford part time 4x4s age better than competitors
**Aftermarket for the 4x4 system is already better than trucks 2 decades older.

The electric car. “Mustang Mach E”

Received way too much criticism. Die hards decried the use of the Mustang name despite the sales being higher and performance creeping up on the latest mustang gassers.

This may pay off. There isn’t much going on with it’s big 3 competition and the smokey/hazey sky’s will keep reminding people: Maybe we should try to reduce pollution.



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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Minion]
    #27430484 - 08/16/21 03:42 PM (2 years, 5 months ago)

The mustang EV is the first mustang I would consider buying vs all the boomer shit, midlife crisis on wheels, hot wheel toy shit they've been doing.


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    #27430512 - 08/16/21 04:11 PM (2 years, 5 months ago)

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The mustang EV is the first mustang I would consider buying vs all the boomer shit, midlife crisis on wheels, hot wheel toy shit they've been doing.




So true. I’m not even going to start. So many complaints, so little time. :mad2: :cuteshit:


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Minion]
    #27432610 - 08/18/21 01:34 AM (2 years, 5 months ago)

Do not get me wrong..I'm not Pro nuke power.. I'm just saying in the future.. realistically it has the best potential so far for a energy source.. that is clean.. checks all the boxes as far a efficiency but when they melt down malfunction it's a mess and the bi products spent fuel rods and cooling waters are also a huge negative points.. locations near fault lines and coastal areas ..all bad..I'd rather not have them.. I'd rather use solar panels... geo thermal wave and water energy..but the bait and switch.. I'm getting at is  the marketing of it being so clean .. when it's not.. Mining lithium metal to make Li ion batteries is a dirty business..strip mining and smelting transportation carbon foot print sending the raw materials  to china and back across then oceans..  I'd love a little electric car..for running to town back and forth to work...but I'm concerned about..a few facts.. I've transported a lot of cargo in my gas 2500  I've hauled a lot of heavy loads.. and transported it 200 miles one way.. in a day.. Time is money waiting to charge a battery for a extra hour will not sit well...and so people will need to own two or three cars to fill the nich they need.. the electric car is coming but it reminds me of the solar panels in the 70's..how that tec was dragged down, by the grid companies.. another point my 1988 ranger is still on the road.. wonder if the electric car will last as long...


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Blackrainbow2]
    #27432699 - 08/18/21 05:43 AM (2 years, 5 months ago)

I'd own a small nuclear reactor to power my mobile home, if I knew what I was doing, but I flunked chemistry.  So I'll stick to scaling up off grid power in small increments like the rest of humanity should be doing, but is not.

Lithium mining is dirty, but the drama behind the "Tiehm’s buckwheat" is dangerous and hyperbolic.  (In the context of the climate scientists latest assumptions)


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: Minion]
    #27443521 - 08/26/21 08:37 AM (2 years, 4 months ago)

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I'd own a small nuclear reactor to power my mobile home, if I knew what I was doing, but I flunked chemistry.  So I'll stick to scaling up off grid power in small increments like the rest of humanity should be doing, but is not.

Lithium mining is dirty, but the drama behind the "Tiehm’s buckwheat" is dangerous and hyperbolic.  (In the context of the climate scientists latest assumptions)





fuck yea dude, you heard about the Tiehm's buckwheat. I wouldnt be surprised if Musk personally did it


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    #27489929 - 10/02/21 01:21 PM (2 years, 3 months ago)

Yep. Unless we go full nuclear or able to extract electricity from good vibe and sun shine, hybrid is the most efficient way for cars.


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    #27491632 - 10/04/21 12:27 AM (2 years, 3 months ago)

Electric cars are merely the next technological monopoly for corporations that plan on continuing to sell you the idea that you're saving the planet, whilst they continue to contribute 70%+ of all pollution they want to blame on average people for merely existing, etc.


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    #27491949 - 10/04/21 09:08 AM (2 years, 3 months ago)

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Electric cars are merely the next technological monopoly for corporations that plan on continuing to sell you the idea that you're saving the planet, whilst they continue to contribute 70%+ of all pollution they want to blame on average people for merely existing, etc.





I think there's a good bit of truth to this. After all, this is a for-profit industry that still has a gigantic carbon footprint.


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    #27492243 - 10/04/21 12:35 PM (2 years, 3 months ago)

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Yep. Unless we go full nuclear or able to extract electricity from good vibe and sun shine, hybrid is the most efficient way for cars.





bullshit,


unless you mean hybrid diesal supercapacitor engines


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: paradoxlost]
    #27506206 - 10/16/21 03:01 AM (2 years, 3 months ago)

Electric cars travel further and this will continue to improve, less mechanical parts which mean fewer points of error & less parts being replaced.

They are the future, it will still take time for countries to adapt the correct infostructure for the i.e Electricity stations, Garages to learn how to fix them... but investment-wise people will buy them. it's just a part of technological advancements, take Cigarettes and Vape for example, DVD CD Stores and Netflix streaming.


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    #27506265 - 10/16/21 05:57 AM (2 years, 3 months ago)

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Electric cars are merely the next technological monopoly for corporations that plan on continuing to sell you the idea that you're saving the planet, whilst they continue to contribute 70%+ of all pollution they want to blame on average people for merely existing, etc.





I think there's a good bit of truth to this. After all, this is a for-profit industry that still has a gigantic carbon footprint.





You could read their marketing strategy as well and you would come away with the conclusion not that there's a bit of truth in this, more so, oh this is true.

the book is called merchants of doubt.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: paradoxlost]
    #27523829 - 10/30/21 08:59 AM (2 years, 2 months ago)

Electric cars are impractical for the average consumer but you can make them work if you want to and it's even easier if you are a 2 car household.  I have driven electric for the past 10.5 years (7 years in a Nissan Leaf, 3.5 years in a Fiat 500e) and I have covered 170,000 miles gas-free.  You can't road trip in either of these but my commute is 52 miles (26 miles one-way) and I can handle that, no problem.  I charge at home every week night and rarely have to charge anywhere else. I have never been stranded any where but over the past 10 years, I have forgotten to plug in 3 times.


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    #27524974 - 10/31/21 06:59 AM (2 years, 2 months ago)

Sounds like a replacement for a bicycle in bad weather.


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    #27525087 - 10/31/21 08:53 AM (2 years, 2 months ago)

Or for the cardio-challenged.  I am no longer young enough to want to ride a bike 26 miles after a 12 hour shift.  :laugh:  Although, I guess if I had ridden a bike 160,000 miles over the last decade my gut would be flat as a board.


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    #27525484 - 10/31/21 03:57 PM (2 years, 2 months ago)

yea i sold my car, currently doing like 200 miles a week.


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Re: Electric cars are impractical. Change my mind. [Re: paradoxlost]
    #27539670 - 11/11/21 06:18 PM (2 years, 2 months ago)

Don't you think at the end of the day electric vehicles just give tech companies even more power over us?

I once had the power go out for 2 weeks, the one saving grace in situations like that is having technology that doesn't rely on electricity.


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    #27542232 - 11/13/21 07:43 PM (2 years, 2 months ago)

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Don't you think at the end of the day electric vehicles just give tech companies even more power over us?

I once had the power go out for 2 weeks, the one saving grace in situations like that is having technology that doesn't rely on electricity.



I don't see my electric company as a 'Tech' company.  It's more of a public utility.  When I lived in a house, I always charged at home.  Now that I live in an apartment, I have 4 different places I charge.  But that's not for everyone, the public charging infrastructure has a long way to go.


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