Reality check on electric cars

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An entire cargo ship lost at sea due to fire started by EV batteries. This ship is now at the bottom of the ocean. It's not the only one suffering this fate.
 
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Electric buses DESTROYED while charging by an EV battery fire in one of them. All the buses you see here were destroyed, along with that SUV parked next to them.

Don't park next to a charging station!
 
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This EV caught fire while waiting for traffic. The driver was unable to escape without smashing windows. The doors wouldn't open because the computer was gone. (He did escape, fortunately!)

If you drive an EV, particularly a Tesla, pack something with you to smash out the windows quickly. It may be your only chance at escaping alive. Don't underestimate these fires. The car burns quickly, like a large firework, and will become totally involved in just a few minutes.
 
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Nordberg said:
If 40 million people bought anything tomorrow, it would be a nightmare. That is an absurd scenario.
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California has not remotely planned or figured out how to pay for what would be needed to make the grid work under the situation they are mandating through law.

That is a huge MotherFucking problem.
 
I was reading not long ago (no, I dont remember where, or most of the numbers) but California claims to know how much money must be spent to get the grid where it needs to be ten years from now to do what they are planning to make it do. That number is currently 2% funded....as in California thinks they know where 2% of that will come from.




Thats a problem.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
California has not remotely planned or figured out how to pay for what would be needed to make the grid work under the situation they are mandating through law.

That is a huge MotherFucking problem.
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Ah...let 'em crash to blackstart. The Western Regional Interconnect has already installed isolation switches when they get in trouble.
Maybe they'll wake to what they've done to themselves.
 
This happened last November when a couple bought a Rivian R1T, which is an all-electric truck that costs no less than $79,500.

Overall, the couple’s all-electric pickup truck expedition amounted to 2,700 miles and no less than 27 charging stops, which is too much for a high-performance vehicle.

The couple towed their Ford Mustang Shelby GT four-wheels, using their all-electric pickup truck in a flat car hauler trailer. The total weight was 14,260 pounds, while the trailer was 6,000 pounds, and this is standard weight.

On their first trip, the couple towed their truck from Los Angeles to Missouri and stopped 20 times to charge the electric truck. Therefore, they stopped every 100 miles, on average.
The second day was similar – they traveled 695 miles and stopped every 100 miles. Considering all the issues they had with the electric truck, it’s no surprise that the trip was uncomfortable.

It’s also worth noting that the owners spent around 20 hours charging their Rivian, which is too much for an electric truck.

Even though the truck was supposed to have a standard towing capacity, it still ran out of battery every 100 miles, which made the couple lose time trying to park it at the nearest stop to charge it again.

Finally, the couple also had numerous issues since the vehicle had to take up most of the charging station. This sometimes caused problems with other users, so they had to do their best to park the truck while not blocking anyone else.

https://ehlinelaw.com/blog/couple-tries-electric-truck-stops-every-100-miles
 
RB 60 said:
This happened last November when a couple bought a Rivian R1T, which is an all-electric truck that costs no less than $79,500.

Overall, the couple’s all-electric pickup truck expedition amounted to 2,700 miles and no less than 27 charging stops, which is too much for a high-performance vehicle.

The couple towed their Ford Mustang Shelby GT four-wheels, using their all-electric pickup truck in a flat car hauler trailer. The total weight was 14,260 pounds, while the trailer was 6,000 pounds, and this is standard weight.

On their first trip, the couple towed their truck from Los Angeles to Missouri and stopped 20 times to charge the electric truck. Therefore, they stopped every 100 miles, on average.
The second day was similar – they traveled 695 miles and stopped every 100 miles. Considering all the issues they had with the electric truck, it’s no surprise that the trip was uncomfortable.

It’s also worth noting that the owners spent around 20 hours charging their Rivian, which is too much for an electric truck.

Even though the truck was supposed to have a standard towing capacity, it still ran out of battery every 100 miles, which made the couple lose time trying to park it at the nearest stop to charge it again.

Finally, the couple also had numerous issues since the vehicle had to take up most of the charging station. This sometimes caused problems with other users, so they had to do their best to park the truck while not blocking anyone else.

https://ehlinelaw.com/blog/couple-tries-electric-truck-stops-every-100-miles
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Needing to give up on the gasoline monsters that we loved because we overpopulated the world with unprotected sex is our own fault as a species.

If there were a reasonable two or three billion people on the planet, everybody could have a collection of big block restomods and everything would be fine.
 
NiftyNiblick said:
Needing to give up on the gasoline monsters that we loved because we overpopulated the world with unprotected sex is our own fault as a species.
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So you feel the world is overpopulated, eh? Okay. You first. Go kill yourself.
NiftyNiblick said:
If there were a reasonable two or three billion people on the planet, everybody could have a collection of big block restomods and everything would be fine.
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You need to get out in the country more.
 
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