You are prepared. You also have a genset (diff topic)
You wouldn't be in the situation to begin with.
Id bet (Even though you dont like them) IF you had an EV - you'd be on top of it and prepared as well.
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You are prepared. You also have a genset (diff topic)
You wouldn't be in the situation to begin with.
Id bet (Even though you dont like them) IF you had an EV - you'd be on top of it and prepared as well.
Maybe more likely given how premature the jump to EV's has been.
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That's been my argument all along on this site. There's no one here that doesn't take a vested interest in how their vehicles work and how to care for them or they wouldn't be here in the first place.
What EV's need to take off is a new battery that makes Lithium Ion look like Zinc carbon. That's a long way off.
Yep. Don't expect them to acknowledge it though. Jump starts have been common forever, never an issue, but they want to spin it as some monumental, almost impossible thing to do in a desparate attempt to deflect away from their EV debacle. Whatever, LOL.
"A Tesla" nor any other vehicle will ever "plan my route" for me, ever. I will go where I want, when I want, how I want. My car won't decide for me and dictate to me where I cannot go or what path I have to stay on. If I want to divert off path to see a mountain, or a waterfall somewhere, or even eat at a greasy spoon 50 miles off course I will do just that. I won't be beholden to superchargers or reduced range or any of that other nonsense. No offense but I won't give up my unlimited freedom of travel to any electric car.
Tesla has waypoints just for that.
Toyota says solid state battery's by 2027. If that happens current battery technology will be completely obsolete
I think there will be a but in here where it still doesn't charge much faster for heat protection though. That seems to be the case with every jump. It's a bit more incremental than they make it sound initially.
I really think solid state will be like going from horse and buggy to the space shuttle
Bring back the 100mpg carburetor.
People expect a battery tech revolution, but it will be a slow evolution just like with the combustion engine.
People expect a battery tech revolution, but it will be a slow evolution just like with the combustion engine.
I think this time is different. Solid state started Devlopment in the 70's if not earlier.
I admire your confidence and I'm just tempering my expectations for now.
Ah, I can go anywhere in my EV I could in my RDX, but I wanted to stop relying on foreign interests that were not friendly to America for my fuel. So now I rely on American coal to recharge my S. Korean batteries made using Australian lithium products. US friendly food chain all around. My motivation was performance, price/stability, politics, in that order.
Eh, I dont think so. It will slowly evolve, and SS batteries will have teething issues, too. I waited a full decade before doing EV, and my GT has still needed some software updates. I won't jump on the SS battery bandwagon just yet, but it does sound good.
The primary problems with batteries are
1. Cost
A) raw materials /rarety
B) support systems/software/cooling/heating
2. Durability
3. Density
Sodium batteries and sodium hybrid batteries are very likely going to eliminate most of the geopolitical concerns despite lower density due to better tolerance of being frozen/overheated/overcharged, and of coarse cost is much lower.
As we go into the future the need is for batteries that do not require heating or cooling and overcharging/overdischarging doesn’t matter.
China is already first to use sodium, as they ramp up
supplies of lithium, cobalt and other materials will be offset as battery types get developed that don’t require monitoring or heating/cooling 90% of the cost disappears.
Lithium Cobalt batteries were obsolete when Tesla first chose them, as we move forward the likelyhood of other pure commodity type batteries increases. Lithium cobalt isn’t long for this world, sadly cell phones and other toys are tied at the hip to them.
What I believe is needed for EVs to take off is lower price. So far all EVs are luxury vehicles that the rich people buy. And we are seeing a cooling off of the market because most of the people who could affors an EV got one. We need cheap EVs that average Joes can buy. A range of 250 miles is good enough for lots of people and there are lots of people that can charge overnight at home.
There's $35k EVs now, under the average of the vehicle sales here, but everyone thinks they need an SUV or truck. I think most buyer's perspectives are out of wack regardless of what the vehicle is powered buy. Sure the big name cars you hear of in EVs are expensive. So are the most popular trucks too.
Agree, in’s laughable that people bring up gasoline failures in older cars when massive amounts of new EVs are stuck all over the place and being towed away in the news reports because of frigid weather.
So divert that disaster by making up stories about gasoline engines with a dead $150 dollar 12 V battery
in an old cars.If I was you, I wouldn’t even play into that by responding.
