Electric Vehicle Anxieties

[Riddick]

If you were thinking about taking your Electric Vehicle on a road trip through Alabama for a Gulf Coast vacation, but you suffer from EV range-anxiety, there are now two “fast charging” EV car chargers in Fort Payne, Alabama. Two.

And each of these “fast chargers” can only get you up to 80% of battery capacity before it becomes a slow-charger. To “fill up” from 20% charged to 80% charged takes about 30 minutes. Therefore, these two chargers can provide up to four EVs per hour a whopping 60% charge. By contrast, just one typical highway travel center can provide over 100 cars an hour a complete tankful of gas.

Two fast-chargers along a busy interstate are as worthless as two bottles of water in the middle of the desert. If there were an actual need, they would be woefully insufficient. For a Tesla X, your 30-minute charge-up in Fort Payne will get you about 200 more miles of range, after which you will still be 150 miles away from the beach.

There is nothing that can be done to make an EV a long-distance vehicle. The Tennessee Valley Authority is planning on installing a whopping 80 fast chargers across its seven state network. Those 80 chargers are a statistical blip against the number of gasoline pumps in those states.

The highest purpose of an EV is to serve as a status symbol for the wealthy, and also to allow greens to flaunt their eco-conscious conspicuous consumption.

Speaking of EVs, guess how many electric vehicles General Motors sold in the 4th quarter of 2021. Twenty-six. That is really extraordinary, in the sense that the Hindenburg explosion was also extraordinary.

Was it due to supply chain problems? No. It’s because GM was dealing with the crisis of its existing EVs spontaneously bursting into flames. So how big was the recall? Every single Chevy Bolt - which is GM’s flagship EV - was recalled. Wow, good thing that EVs are just a niche vehicle for GM. Oh wait…

Unless all freedom has been lost in this country thanks to green communists, gas and diesel powered vehicles will still rule the roads in 2035. If GM does go all-electric, it will simply become a small niche vehicle manufacturer. But at this point, another bankruptcy seems more likely.

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[Malaria_Kidd II]

How EV's batteries catch fire

Copied this evening from 2,500 comments on a 50-70 vehicle pile up in snow/fog on I-81 North in PA @ 11:30 AM Monday where 5 deaths occurred. The news notes 3 but the comments report 5.

“During an accident, the pressure and temperature rapidly increase and if the interior of the battery is exposed to the air then it can catch fire or even explode. The presence of organic liquid electrolytes in the battery unit only serve as fuel to the fire as they can ignite when the rest of the battery undergoes thermal runaway and starts a fire!"

Riddick, I'll buy one, if you buy one. Thanks for having this EV thread.

When PENSKE Logistics bought TRANSFREIGHT the FREIGHTLINERS we began driving had their acid batteries ON THE CAB FLOOR under the passengers bench seat! We hated that factory brain fart.

I always said once the designers and builders drive new semi trucks and new "ideas" out the factory doors. They're trucks are never to be seen again, per se! We drivers inherit their problems that eventually put us out of service or just something new to piss us off in general!🌩


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