Don't worry, the original topic, while just something as a joke, had the underlying intent to get a conversation going about the wonders of electric cars as they are today.
Yep, we are still in the infancy of EV tech. It, like the original cars and computer technology, will rapidly progress as we try different technology and see what works. Plus, we are at a point technologically, where changes and developments will be coming, dare I say it...fast and furious.Dinosaursbecame expendable at some point . Horses got replaced by ICE vehicles and so on. I love my classic cars but time waits for nobody. I like the instant acceleration of performance electric cars. There are lots of hurdles to work out. We will see what happens. I’m not telling ANYONE they should drive a electric car.
Well, you do you. Just not in the left lane. LOL.
Ain't that the truth!
Ha the whole thing looks concocted.
I was scrolling through YouTube videos last night as there was f'all on TV. I saw that, or a similar video listed, but did not waste time looking at it.
My next EV will be Model S Plaid.....performance unmatched
Oh, don't get me wrong. There's nothing wrong with electric motors. They efficient, powerful, fast and all the good things we like about power. I just totally disagree with the BS we're being subjected to about pollution. Sure, the cars themselves while running produce zero emissions, but mining the Lithium sure ain't.
Yup. You're just shifting emissions from one place to another. My other issue is that when battery replacement is needed, it's $20k+. And you're going to need one eventually. You can buy quite a few 5.0 Coyotes before you hit $20k.
Sort of...yes, you are shifting emissions, but it is easier to reduce the emissions/pollution for a given amount of energy created if it is a centralized power generating facility. A power plant can be made to run at optimum efficiency and least pollution compared to each and every car running up and down the rpm range to produce that same power. It's one of the reasons diesel locomotives work. They can be set up to run at the most efficient, power producing rpm.
At this time in the EV evolution, hybrids are the better option. EV's that charge their own batteries would be better yet.
I was reading about one idea of running power conduits under the roads and using induction technology to charge as you drive. Probably something to combine with getting our power transmission lines out of the trees...
Yeah, I'm sure thing will develop and change beyond our wildest dreams in the future, just like the first cars went from basically horseless carriages to today's super cars. A gasoline engine was thought to be powerful if it produced 20-30 hp, but now your average is around 200 hp. Who knows, maybe the Jetsons were not too far from reality.
Our future is a lot closer than most of us think. It's that goody time perception thing. When you are young, everything that happened before you was slow and glacial in its progress...50 years of history was like eternity. But when you hit 60, or near enough, the last 30 years seems like it flew by.
