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Electric cars are retarded on so many levels. Where I live, it gets cold in the winter. With an internal combustion engine, the heat is free. It's there all the time, as much heat as you could possibly want or use. Gasoline engines generate massive amounts of waste heat, but in the winter, it's not wasted, it's used to heat the cabin and defrost the windows. Electric cars don't generate that kind of heat, and the heat they do generate is difficult to distribute through the vehicle. So a large portion of the storage power of the battery is used to heat the car in winter. And guess what? When a battery is frozen in sub-0 weather, it has only a fraction of its potential storage capacity.

If this electric pickup truck has a max. range of 300 miles (which, of course, is a complete joke -- It's probably closer to 240 miles), when towing a heavy trailer, it's range will drop to around 80 miles. That's the reality of electric vehicles.

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Yeah, that retarded on so many level, the heat isn't free, it cost you fuel. Plenty of it is still wasted in the winter.

A few things; if you have a garage, plug your car and set in a drive out timer. So while pugged in the car will heat up the cabin just before you leave and you won't have to use your batterie for that. Your winter mileage will be halved for short trips, so yeah, not great in the winter.

Not that far off with the towing: https://tfltruck.com/2020/01/electric-truck-towing-battery-weight-analysis/

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This is such a step backwards. Look at the infographic, you are always plugging this thing in and checking the "app" to make sure you can drive anywhere. What benefit does this have for anyone? You are going from "oh the gas gauge is getting low let me find a gas station to fill up in 5 minutes" to constantly checking your app, having all these variables massively affecting your range, always plugging in, always checking your app. The last major paradigm shift we had in personal transportation was going from horse to car. Obviously the car did well because it was far more convenient. This isn't convenient at all. In fact I think an electric car is a giant pain in the ass to own.

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>driver of a Tesla Model 3, said they saw a 40 percent range loss when towing a 750-pound trailer.

I've heard reports of Teslas having between 40-60% range loss when driving in winter. Add together cold weather, the heater running, and hauling anything - And the vehicle becomes useless.

Electric motors are superior to ICEs. But batteries are garbage compared to fuel.

Maybe, eventually, we will all be driving electric vehicles. But that will be decades or lifetimes from now. Until then, electric vehicles will remain impractical novelties.

But.... impractical novelties that people will pay a lot of money for. Many people love to show off how impractical they can be.

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Well sure. My gas mileage drops when I tow, therefor the EPA sticker on the window doesn’t matter. Mileage and range are always “downhill with the wind at your tail”.

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Problem is, with electric, youhave to wonder where to charge up. Imagine towing cross-country. Gas stations galore and five minute fill-ups. Electric recharging centers? Not so much.

That is what the article is about.

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One question I do have though, is why don’t these things have generators to charge the batteries while they are moving? Why does it have to be charged off of coal fired and supplied electricity? Am I missing something? Next up: nuclear powered cars. Why not, we have subs that roll this way.

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One question I do have though, is why don’t these things have generators to charge the batteries while they are moving?

They call this kind of thing a perpetual motion machine. It's a great idea, but since it violates the laws of physics, it doesn't exist.

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why don’t these things have generators to charge the batteries while they are moving? Why does it have to be charged off of coal fired and supplied electricity?

Here's a little known fact for you -

The regular everyday freight trains that you see in the US are electric.

The big diesel engines are generators. The wheels are driven by electric motors. There is no mechanical connection between the engines and the wheels.

Just mount a big enough generator in the bed of your electric pickup, and you won't have to worry about finding electric charging stations. You just have to keep your generator fuelled up.

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Generatoors must burn liquid fuel, making an all electric vehicle pointless.

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Oh, for sure. That’s the big issue with these things. It’s all bullshit and really just a circle jerk of posturing and virtue signaling. However, I’m a ford guy and I’m hoping to buy a new f150 in the next year or so. I drive 25 miles each way to work. I could put the charging station at work, which has 72 solar panels on the roof. The fully loaded electric truck costs the same as a fully loaded gas version. Hell, I might do it.

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Is the recharge gonna be free at work? Then do it!

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Yeah, range drops when you tow something. This isn't anything new. Everyone with a trailer knows this. It's not a problem limited to electric vehicles.