Battery based electric vehicles of today and tomorrow.

[MossRoad]

An EMD locomotive engine produces 1.75 MW of AC power.

Interesting, in that is the exact output of the generators we had to bring in to the newspaper to run at about 2/3 capacity. I'm guessing that some factories use less power than a newspaper printing facility, and some use more.

Oh, I forgot, that was only running 1 press. We had 2 presses. We could not run both at the same time on generator power. That would have taken over 3.5 megawatts.

Some printing plants have many more presses than we did.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I'm in agreement with you on this. I don't think solar or wind is the way to go, as I don't think batteries are a good thing in general. The environmental impact of battery production/recycling/disposal is rearing it's ugly head. I wonder how much environmental damage uranium mining would do to the world VS all of the other mining for all of the other fuel sources and storage batteries combined?

The problem with nuclear is that it is very inflexible. It takes weeks (2-3 months) to get a reactor to cold shutdown, and several days to bring one back online. Hydro is very flexible, as are natural gas turbines.

 

[kenmbz]

Nuclear still has a waste disposal issue, and the high cost and bureaucracy.
These 3 issues make any company not want to build in the US.
Also, Nuclear does not do well with natural disasters, ask Japan or Russia.

 

[Fixastuff]

I wonder how much environmental damage uranium mining would do to the world

My church does mission work at a Navajo reservation, their ground water is unusable from uranium mining....

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Nuclear still has a waste disposal issue, and the high cost and bureaucracy.
These 3 issues make any company not want to build in the US.
Also, Nuclear does not do well with natural disasters, ask Japan or Russia.

Water cooled reactors generally work well enough, but the basic design is over 60 years old. We have known how to build meltdown-proof reactors for many years.

Much of the waste problem is cold war paranoia, because spent rods contain plutonium. which can be refined chemically. They are afraid that if we reprocess the fuel rods, somebody will build atomic bombs. We have enough U235 sitting around to power the US for a century, except uranium makes such lousy reactors. Thorium breeder reactors make U233, generate way less waste, and can't melt down. The liquid sodium coolant does tend to leak, so containment needs to be tight.

 

[Oaktree]

Interesting, in that is the exact output of the generators we had to bring in to the newspaper to run at about 2/3 capacity. I'm guessing that some factories use less power than a newspaper printing facility, and some use more.

South Bend Tribune? The company I worked for in the 70s made typesetting/newsroom equipment and I think the Tribune had some of our equipment. I was a field service tech, but don't think I ever went there.

Also, Nuclear does not do well with natural disasters, ask Japan or Russia.

Russia? Were you referring to Chernobyl? Hardly a "natural disaster", though certainly devastating.

 

[MossRoad]

South Bend Tribune? The company I worked for in the 70s made typesetting/newsroom equipment and I think the Tribune had some of our equipment. I was a field service tech, but don't think I ever went there.

Russia? Were you referring to Chernobyl? Hardly a "natural disaster", though certainly devastating.

Which company?

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Car Dealers Are Selling More Vehicles Above the Sticker Price

With USA EV only manufacturers selling direct to the vehicle buyers at set factory prices I wonder about this chip shortage dealership marketing long term effects when they only have EVs to sell some day? Can they tack on a $5K or $10K surcharge to s lease agreement without upsetting customers and vehicle makers. Tesla has had several price increases but they applied to all new buyer's.

 

[/pine]

I drove my Tesla to the gas station and nobody noticed.

Bought gas for the lawnmower. But haters probably thought I was buying gasoline for a generator to charge my car. If they even noticed the car was electric.

LoL...as is typical (especially in this thread) you miss the point again...to see the humor/irony the EV has to be sitting at home with a dead battery...the trip to go buy gas for a generator would have to be in another vehicle...whether it's elec. or gas is moot...

I can explain things for you but I can understand them for you...

 

[5030]

Love reading along, always interesting. Far as an electric car goes, if someone gave me one, I'd use it, but buy one....never.