I looked into an EV and decided it was not viable yet. Considering that petrol will get very expensive, I thought I'd research them. Then I found the range of the vehicles were too limited, not enough charging stations, too long to charge and vehicle repairs were limited to large metropolitan areas. Of course, the vehicles are expensive. Battery packs are expensive to replace. I also noticed that the electrical grid was already taxed to the point utility companies put people on time of use metering plans, meaning there's barely enough capacity to run existing electrical loads. Adding hundreds of thousands of new electric vehicles will break the grid.
Naw, we're not ready yet.
Vehicle companies are being forced into selling these things because communist leaders want to control us. I'm going to keep my petrol vehicles as long as I can keep them running.
Hybrid makes so much more sense than full electric but I guess we're abandoning that tech.
Can't control the people if they have unlimited range.
Yes you can. It's called OnStar in GM vehicles.
By the time petrol is very expensive, electricity will also be extremely expensive.
The US needs 100 new nuclear reactors built to provide the electricity for what the Democrats are demanding.
Diesel is the fuel of the future.
And when I get my Tesla Cyber Truck I will charge it off solar panels on my roofs and probably a Diesel generator running on bio-fuels. And maybe the house's back up natural gas generator if my demand is high enough or the power is out.
Just be careful with the windows. I hear they break easily.
The batteries are about 200Kw, this means you'll need a lot of charging wattage. That will be quite a lot of solar panels to just charge the truck. Probably 50 x 400watt panels can charge it in only 25 hours.
25 hours to charge Basically 2.5 - 4 days depending on season and latitude.
People generally have no idea regarding the charge wattage solar panels make vs power needed to fully charge something like a tesla.
The US needs 100 new nuclear reactors built to provide the electricity for what the Democrats are demanding.
Wrong.
- There are about 1,050,000 million miles driven by light-duty cars and trucks every year in the United States (statista.com)
- Most electric cars drive about 4 miles on 1 kWh
- 1,050,000,000,000 / 4 = 262,500,000,000 kWh = 262,500,000 MWh needed to power all that driving
- At the end of 2020, the United States had 1,117,475 MW of utility-scale electrical generating capacity. (eia.gov)
- 1,117,475 * 24 * 365 = 9,789,081,000 MWh annual capacity
- In 2020, the US generated about 4,009,000,000 MWh (eia.gov)
- That means we generate 4,009,000,000 / 9,789,081,000 = 41% of our total capacity
- Running every car on electricity requires an additional 262,500,000 / 9,789,081,000 = 2.7% output from the grid
- Total capacity of current generation capacity used if all cars and light trucks are electric: 43.7%
Power generation is not the same as deliverability.
Right now there are power problems in the summer when too many people turn on their ACs.
If everyone plugs their cars in the same time, the peak power demand will overload the grid in that area.
Power is not the same as energy. You can have a billion joules go through your power outlet, but not a billion watts for very long.
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