quick question: E-cars

Ghostman said:
I haven't seen that many Gub'ment cars rolling around that are electric. Some of the Nissan Leaf's for sure, but nothing in the Tesla range. My area is flooded with upper level executives from Amazon, Microsoft, and Starbucks, so those are definitely private purchases.

The second issue I've seen pop up lately is the weight of these new Electric cars. The battery packs are so dense, the cars and trucks are insanely heavy. For example the Rivian is 7100lbs. Or how about the new E-Hummer that I've seen a few times, which is a whopping 9600lbs. Cybertruck, 6800lbs, or the X model, that are wildly popular here, another beast at 5400lbs. A Ford F-150 scales out around 4500lbs in comparison.

The reason this will be an issue is that the safety mechanisms on our roads are not designed to handle such weight. Rivians and Teslas are blowing through guardrails like tinfoil because of it. Imagine your average car getting T-boned by a Rivian. Oooof.
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Interesting, I have a 1989 f250 4wd pickup, it's a beast of a truck, 460ci engine and 4wd.
It weighs 5500lbs
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
Plutonium batteries, shat happens.
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I'm not saying electric cars are a bad thing, just that nearly all electricity is generated by burning fuel; it's not solving an environmental problem.
Until all electricity comes from non-fuel sources, moving the exhaust from tail pipe to power plant does not create a zero emission vehicle.

*between power plant and point of usage 63% of the electric power is lost in the transmission. Information from California
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You need to take your blinders off.
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Not a Tesla/EV Fire #shorts #electricvehicle #lithiumionbatteries #firefighter #fire #bleve

This is not an electric vehicle fire. Full video: https://youtu.be/FG1LGKieTxY
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Here in the south of Bavaria there are many Tesla cars around all the time.
To be honest I only see them driving in the spring/sommer time they are of no use in the winter when it is cold and dark and they need electrical power to drive.
But here people have more than one car, a solid car (fuel driven) and a Tesla for the fun having good weather.
Back in the days you had a motor bike for the fun today it is a Tesla.

More is more,
Robin
 
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