Battery based electric vehicles of today and tomorrow.

[radios1]

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Yes they say it may be 2025 before the EV is cheaper than its ICE cousin.

The fact remains many retired persons have more vehicles than they can ever wear out before they lose the right to drive. The self driving vehicles will help us from losing our driver licenses.

As More Electric Cars Arrive, What's The Future For Gas-Powered Engines? : NPR

the price of electric to charge those batteries will kill it..

 

[cqaigy2]

The future is going to be interesting!

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Don't dump any of that beer on that laptop!

 

[cqaigy2]

the price of electric to charge those batteries will kill it..

How much is it?

 

[radios1]

How much is it?

where I am, it's $.18/KWH. so if the charger is 50 amps at 220V, that's 11 KW per hour of charge, I imagine it takes a lot longer than 1 hour to fully charge the batteries at that low rate..

 

[buickanddeere]

a lot of money and power in getting everyone scared via promoting some dire threat. Then to just happen to come along with a solution for that same dire threat, for a modest fee.

 

[grsthegreat]

Just saw that a city in Calif was thinking of paying 1.1 million for en electric firetruck..... goes 18 miles between charges.

Electric fire truck was set to operate in Menlo Park, California before being vetoed - Business Insider


their tax dollars at work. i wonder how many REAL firetrucks you can buy for 1.1 mil


then again, heres another article that lists the price at 6 million? who knows
This $6 million electric fire engine is coming to the US - Electrek

 

[drssg]

Just saw that a city in Calif just paid 1.1 million for en electric firetruck..... goes 18 miles between charges.

Electric fire truck was set to operate in Menlo Park, California before being vetoed - Business Insider


their tax dollars at work. i wonder how many REAL firetrucks you can buy for 1.1 mil

According to the article, they did NOT buy the truck. The idea was considered and vetoed.

 

[Grumpycat]

the price of electric to charge those batteries will kill it..

Speaking from ignorance?

Is easy to research power consumption of EVs. The EPA's website Fuel Economy estimates high, contrary to their gasoline/diesel MPG ratings. My old 2013 Tesla Model S 85 power hog is rated 0.380 kWh/mile as measured from the 240V 40A outlet. 40A is all one can draw at 100% duty cycle from a 50A nominal circuit.

Now I know in this modern computerized TV-fed generation that math is impossibly hard. If there isn't an app, you can't do it, so I'll do the math for you and show my work.

My electric rate is essentially $0.10/kWh. That is to draw 1000 Watts for an hour cost 10¢. My car will go 1 mile on 380 Wh. Note I'm freely flipping between Watts and kiloWatts.

0.380 kWh at 10¢/kWh is 0.380 * 0.10 = $0.0380 per mile. In the expression: kWh/mile * $/kWh the first kWh is canceled by dividing the 2nd kWh into it leaving $/mile.

If gasoline costs $2.50/gallon then for the same cost as a gallon of gasoline my Tesla will go $2.50/0.0380 = 65.8 miles.

At $0.18/kWh others mention: 2.50 / ( 0.18 * 0.380 ) = 36.5 miles

Or at $4/gallon: 4 / ( 0.18 * .380 ) = 58.5 miles

The Tesla Model 3 gets 0.260 kWh/mile, significantly better than my S. I'll let you do that math.

 

[cqaigy2]

where I am, it's $.18/KWH. so if the charger is 50 amps at 220V, that's 11 KW per hour of charge, I imagine it takes a lot longer than 1 hour to fully charge the batteries at that low rate..

I was going to ask, how much is it, but it looks like Grumpycat did it for you.

 

[buickanddeere]

Unless the Almighty adds some new elements to the periodic table . There is no new battery materials and tech in the future .