Electric Vehicles here to stay, for good or bad?

[black_ice]

I love this channel, the guy is seriously legit.

In this one, he added a turbo to a Kubota diesel engine…and put it in a Tesla

He also completely fabricated the electronics to make it all work.

This happens with being bored, very mechanically inclined and having too much money, combined with getting clicks.

He reminds me of Jessie James switching from motor cycles to guns.


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[DoubleDuty]

The government is going start charging by miles driven so that cost would need to be figured in as well and that cost will only go up. Figure they will waste at least 40% or more.

 

[pronstar]

This happens with being bored, very mechanically inclined and having too much money,

Sign me up!

 

[black_ice]

Sign me up!

I fit the bored part


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[TheDan]

I love this channel, the guy is seriously legit.

In this one, he added a turbo to a Kubota diesel engine…and put it in a Tesla

He also completely fabricated the electronics to make it all work.

All that effort and he's not getting better MPG than a 1998 Camry.

 

[mroper]

I’m trying to figure out a place to live in Houston right now coming from Baton Rouge.

The city is so damn big and I have no idea which way to go at this point. I moved to Phoenix when I was 20 but that was 22 years ago.

Wife’s office will be off 45 between 99 and beltway 8. She said her only stipulation is she needs to be 30 minutes from the office.


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You might want to look at champions forest . however there are a lot of new developments springing up on the grand parkway between 249 and 1-45 so you could look there as well

 

[Havok1]

I’m trying to figure out a place to live in Houston right now coming from Baton Rouge.

The city is so damn big and I have no idea which way to go at this point. I moved to Phoenix when I was 20 but that was 22 years ago.

Wife’s office will be off 45 between 99 and beltway 8. She said her only stipulation is she needs to be 30 minutes from the office.


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Somewhere on the Montgomery county side of the county line.

 

[benenglish]

Somewhere on the Montgomery county side of the county line.

That's stretching the 30 minute envelope but it's do-able if traffic cooperates.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Someone posted in our neighborhood this morning asking if anyone had a Tesla charger.

 

[Havok1]

That's stretching the 30 minute envelope but it's do-able if traffic cooperates.

It is pushing it depending on if they are closer to bw8 or 99. I’m just thinking about the direction that Harris county is heading.

 

[Brains]

Ben, Cam, y'all lose power in last night's storm? We dropped at 9:41pm, didn't get power back until 10:19am. All those electric cars missing their charge window, oh the humanity

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Ben, Cam, y'all lose power in last night's storm? We dropped at 9:41pm, didn't get power back until 10:19am. All those electric cars missing their charge window, oh the humanity

Yes, about 9pm.

Still no power.
Could be a couple days.

 

[Brains]

Damn. We're back up, if you need help we're here. You heard from Ben? How are him and his sister doing?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Just told by a friend that went to Walmart close to our house, they have power, but they are not letting people use the Tesla chargers in the parking lot.
Due to the power issues.

They are really screwed.

 

[benenglish]

You heard from Ben? How are him and his sister doing?

We're getting by. I posted most updates in the post whore thread. No power yet but we're hopeful and patient.

 

[Grumps21]

Heard on the radio yesterday that I could be Sunday before the last folks have power. That’s a long time in this heat

 

[Slimshaddy]

China and India are making tiny EV's that are cheap, will we get them?
As to power, electric motors produce max torque at 0 rpm, that's why trains are pulled by diesel/electric engines/motors.
I read an article yesterday where an American company has come up with a new lithium battery that does not use exotic metals which will make production of car and home back up batteries much cheaper and reduce pollution during manufacture by several orders of magnitude.
If I were king, every building in America would have to have solar panels installed.
The Saudi and big oil can kiss my ass.

 

[Tnhawk]

Yes, about 9pm.

Still no power.
Could be a couple days.

Some of those ev drivers will have time to consider the wisdom of buying an ev. Maybe they can borrow a gasoline generator!

 

[benenglish]

If I were king, every building in America would have to have solar panels installed.

That is a gobsmackingly bad idea.

Solar panels deployed in the Pacific Northwest or New England will never produce enough power to offset the carbon cost of manufacturing them. Not enough sunshine. So little, in fact, that the ROI for the building owners won't be a net positive until long after the panels will have aged into uselessness.

Solar panels make sense in much of the southwest. For the rest of the country? Not so much. Usually, not at all.

 

[Tnhawk]

That is a gobsmackingly bad idea.

Solar panels deployed in the Pacific Northwest or New England will never produce enough power to offset the carbon cost of manufacturing them. Not enough sunshine. So little, in fact, that the ROI for the building owners won't be a net positive until long after the panels will have aged into uselessness.

Solar panels make sense in much of the southwest. For the rest of the country? Not so much. Usually, not at all.

There you go again. Confusing the liberals with facts.