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I'm more interested in seeing low-cost electric assist bicycles or motorcycles in urban/suburban areas. There is no easier or funner way to get around, and expenses are negligible.
I'm more interested in seeing low-cost electric assist bicycles or motorcycles in urban/suburban areas. There is no easier or funner way to get around, and expenses are negligible.
I love Zero motorcycles. I wish they weren’t so expensive though.
- It takes hours to charge EVs. It takes minutes to refill ICEs.
- Battery performances rapidly degrade. That 300 mile charge will be 150 miles inside of the 1st year.
- There are not enough EV charging stations and, there never will be because EV charge ports require more juice than we can produce, without more harm to the environment by way of more power plants.
- Lithium strip mines are exponentially more damaging to the environment than oil wells.
- When the EV batteries die, that's it they're dead. Engines can be repaired relatively easily to last decades longer than any battery.
- Dead batteries are big, heavy and, toxic.
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For all the damage that gets done on the production end to produce an electric vehicle, EVs NEED :
- To be fully charged within 5 minutes.
- Go AT LEAST 1000 miles on a full charge.
- Have that full charge last AT LEAST 5 years.
If an EV can't do those, EVs harm to the environment is actually much worse per vehicle!
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With current technology only commercial shipping vehicles are viable (since the economic impact of each truck is larger than its' expense) and they are parked in warehouses that can support the charging port infrastructure.
Excellent post. You are correct, there is nothing "green" or "renewable" whatsoever about electric vehicles. Actually, the "greenest" car you can buy is a used vehicle.
Currently my hopes are pinned on hydrogen fuel cells but I'm not an engineer and am open to that changing. Infrastructure is definitely an issue there, however.
Excellent post. You are correct, there is nothing "green" or "renewable" whatsoever about electric vehicles. Actually, the "greenest" car you can buy is a used vehicle.
Instead of taking about electric vehicles, we should be taking about creating compact and walkable communities where a car is not necessary.
That would be the ultimate goal. Unfortunately most places in the US are car dependent (with the exception of NYC, SF and a few other places) and this is why an EV can be a good option for many Americans.
They are starting to come into the market but they're 40k
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