Battery based electric vehicles of today and tomorrow.

[goeduck]

My trusty 93 Suburban just bought the farm a few months ago. Rust.

Was out in Oklahoma last week and upgraded to a 2003!

You kids and your new fangled vehicles. Just have to have the newest and best.

 

[MossRoad]

You kids and your new fangled vehicles. Just have to have the newest and best.

Yep. I figured it was time for a replacement when I kept getting into the 93 in the mornings and I'd see a sparrow sitting inside with me. The windows were NOT down.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Yep. I figured it was time for a replacement when I kept getting into the 93 in the mornings and I'd see a sparrow sitting inside with me. The windows were NOT down.

What, you had air conditioning?

 

[goeduck]

I think Moss had the body panel delete option that kicks in after time.

 

[Egon]

Heck; I have the privilege of climbing into a twenty five year old truck or a seventeen year old SUV.

SUV is good for rust. The truck is also good after some home done rust repairs.

 

[MossRoad]

What, you had air conditioning?

YEP! There's an interior panel cover missing on the left that covers the jack location. The rust in the left wheel well is so large that the sparrows land in the wheel well on the tire looking for bugs. They look up and see daylight and fly up into the interior of the truck. Then it's all clear windows and they can't figure out how to get out.

 

[Grumpycat]

I expect the marketing objective of the Super Chargers to drive sales are no longer critical but may help boost end of quarter sales from time to time. Currently there is a one stall Supercharger 60 mile from my house.

The purpose of the Supercharger is to allow you to drive to Nashville (or wherever) and back with minimal inconvenience. Coming from the south I can make Nashville (or Birmingham) round trip, with care. Or with casual abandon including a stop at a Supercharger. This is the point haters are trying not to hear.

 

[MossRoad]

I don't think it's so much being a hater. However, I just made two 850 mile 13-hour trips with 1 fifteen minute stop on each trip for fuel and bathroom break. Had I had to stop to charge 2-3 times on each of those trips, I'd have also had to get hotel rooms and the trip would have taken 4 days instead of 2. Plus, on the trip there, I had a ton of stuff and the vehicle was packed, adding probably several hundred pounds of weight.

I could use an electric car around town. It might be in my future as a 2nd car. Especially with the wife working from home. But for highway use, winter time heaters, summer time air, etc... I won't do it. I want to be on my way.

One more question - in a ICE vehicle, if, for some reason, you run out of gas, you borrow/buy a gallon and off you go. What happens to an electric vehicle if you run out of battery? What's the procedure to get going again? I'm serious, not poking fun. I'd like to know how that's handled.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I don't think it's so much being a hater. However, I just made two 850 mile 13-hour trips with 1 fifteen minute stop on each trip for fuel and bathroom break. Had I had to stop to charge 2-3 times on each of those trips, I'd have also had to get hotel rooms and the trip would have taken 4 days instead of 2. Plus, on the trip there, I had a ton of stuff and the vehicle was packed, adding probably several hundred pounds of weight.

I could use an electric car around town. It might be in my future as a 2nd car. Especially with the wife working from home. But for highway use, winter time heaters, summer time air, etc... I won't do it. I want to be on my way.

One more question - in a ICE vehicle, if, for some reason, you run out of gas, you borrow/buy a gallon and off you go. What happens to an electric vehicle if you run out of battery? What's the procedure to get going again? I'm serious, not poking fun. I'd like to know how that's handled.

Call AAA. They will send somebody with an F-150 Lightning out to give you a jump.

 

[MossRoad]

Call AAA. They will send somebody with an F-150 Lightning out to give you a jump.

Thanks for the serious answer.