What about ULEV vehicles? I'm not sure what the criteria for those vs lev vehicles. From what I've read Subarus with a ULEV engine what comes out the tailpipe is cleaner than the air in places like New Delhi. Recently a news report from New Delhi showed the atrocious air pollution, it looked like 1940's Pittsburgh.
Interesting comparison between LEV and EV
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Plug in hybrids are in the market, and they are more sophisticated than charging the battery from gas. Some are extremely economical on gas. Many people use only a few gals per year. 60-70 mpg using the combination gas and electric on some models is not unheard of. Cheaper than electric charging at a station on a highway.
Lighten up, Francis, nobody was “attacking” anybody. It was a rational discussion of issues. Of science.
@JeffKeryk charges on solar. Nearly everyone else uses the grid. If you use solar, good for you.
Harry Grepke, in the September 1975 issue of Popular Science, showed off his car that had a small gas turbine, which drove a generator, to charge the battery banks, that fed the electric motor.
So, such a car as you suggest was proposed, with a working prototype, 50 years ago.
However, it had a much larger battery bank, in mass, and weight, and capacity, than a modern hybrid.
To do what you suggest is basically how a plug in hybrid operates - with enough battery capacity, and a large enough electric motor, to drive the car on pure electricity, with a gasoline engine to back up the range and provide charging.
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The new RAM 1500 Ramcharger is this setup. Large (92kWh) battery with a 3.6L Pentastar that just runs a generator:
https://www.ramtrucks.com/electric/ram-1500-ramcharger.html
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Smog days were primarily a result of coal plants without scrubbers. With the shift to gas from coal, and the fitment of scrubbers, that pretty much eliminated those.
Coal produces considerably more emissions than gasoline or diesel, but yes, they are dispersed into the atmosphere, not emitted at ground level, which is why ground-level pollution in cities is such a problem, because it's localized.
Plenty of people are definitely polluting using their A/C, if it's powered by fossil fuels. ERCOT right now isn't looking too hot:
While my A/C is primarily powered by nukes and hydro, even when the wind decides to bugger off like it did today:
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AI generated data is not allowed.
Claude tried to tell me that 0W-40 was going to damage my Mazda 3 2.5. Then when challenged on the basis for that reasoning will reverse course. Aside from often being wrong, you can essentially guide any of these LLMs to whatever conclusion you wish it to reach if the topics you are asking about are not crystal clear. Any implicit bias in your prompt is often reflected in the output.
And that's still way more than the average EV would use to go 100 miles at 80mph. Maybe that's what a Silverado EV would use at 9k lbs.
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My e-tron had a range of 312km (194 miles) with an 88kWh battery. So we are pretty much bang-on for half the battery capacity to use up half the range without accounting for conversion losses or transmission
Being a staff member allows you to be a jerk?
Nor any proof that modern gasoline engines are polluting anymore than other sources.
You said it right here, 300 million vehicles on the road and the smog is gone and still improving as older vehicles are retired and commercial trucks require more emission standards.
Of course you are polluting the air running your AC if burning fossil fuel, no longer a concern of mine but if it is anyones, start lobbying to fast track back to Nuclear power.
If you think this was somebody being a “jerk”, and that he’s hiding behind his staff position to enable that behavior (clearly, neither of which are true IRL), well, here’s something you should probably by stock in:
Friend, I humbly suggest we take a breath. Spoken words can be taken in various ways; the written word is far more susceptible to interpretation. In my experience, @Astro14 can be direct, but he does not mean it in an offensive way. He likes to get to the point.
We have all been misunderstood (you, Astro and me included), and possibly have been knuckleheads at one time or another. I have.
I've been read the riot act a few times, but in my case I probably deserved it! Ha!
I've also learned to apologize when my words were wrong or taken out of my intended contest. Effective communication is hard.
Heck, try being a Tesla fan here in the ICE lion's den... Keep your guard up!
All good. BITOG for the win.
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Yikes. That’s not great numbers.My e-tron had a range of 312km (194 miles) with an 88kWh battery. So we are pretty much bang-on for half the battery capacity to use up half the range without accounting for conversion losses or transmission
The depreciation of EV is pretty insane now. It’s a massive factor with Tesla being the least worst however it’s bad. Slightly used is way to go with EV.
The first eTron was known for being a bit of an power guzzler.
My Curpa Born sits on the same platform as the Q4 Etron and I have been able to get 250miles out of my 58kWh battery on a few occasions now.
Whoever got our '18 M3 Mid Range got a pretty nice car for very low $20K.
A good used Model 3 is a great buy, IMO. If you can charge at home, you just might fall in love with the car.
Yes and better still is if the car qualifies for the $4,000 taxpayer gift. I think, those cars however might carry a premium from some smart dealers and be bought up quickly if the price isnt inflated because of it.
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Are you often going 80mph though?
