Quote: Originally posted by JDCanuck  | Cliffy: You make a lot of assumptions there. There is very simple reasoning behind my wanting to support emerging technologies to replace the coal
fired thermal plants I began my career in. They are cheaper, cleaner and more efficient. The trips i talked of in my EV are 220 mile round trips and
we do them about once per week on average.
So we save about 87% in energy cost every time we make the round trip. The braking is 80% energy recovered (in the city i seldom use the brake pedal
to come to stops at red lights, almost never to slow to make turns) and the maintenance costs over all are much much cheaper as the motor is far less
expensive and simpler than the gas engine it replaces. Performance wise it accelerates about 30% faster than the gas vehicle. The batteries have a
250,000 mile usable life expectancy, about the same as a gas engine vehicle and are 95% recyclable. I am taking about a 6 year old design here. There
just isn't any downside and they keep improving, the latest from BYD can be recharged in only 5 min at the newest hi speed chargers due to their
battery design improvements.
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I don't doubt the advantages you cite are there for EV cars Its just they are not for everyone.
I tow a lot- boat and travel trailer. EV doesn't work too well for that
I find waiting 20 to 45 mins for a charge along the road to be something I'm not interested in doing,
I can go 600 miles before I need to refuel and be done in less than 10 minutes.
Again I have to say- for an "individual" car owner it may be a perfect fit
Now scale that up by 100 million and the detractions to the technology become apparent. Supply lines for the chargers, commonality between chargers
to fit each make car, where is all that power going to come from, where does the power come from for their manufacture (from cradle to grave) all
these questions are tossed aside in the mantra for EVs.
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