Battery based electric vehicles of today and tomorrow.

cqaigy2 · Aug 5, 2021

Hay Dude said:
Looks like my “running out of voltage in the Holland Tunnel scenario“ is sinking in a bit with you, huh? Lol

Do they still block vehicles with propane from going in the Holland Tunnel?

I remember a youngster, alarms and red flashing lights, when my dad attempted to go thru the tunnel with propane on board.

I thought it was pretty cool, all the commotion, my dad not so much.

mwemaxxowner · Aug 5, 2021

cqaigy2 said:
Do they still block vehicles with propane from going in the Holland Tunnel?

I remember a youngster, alarms and red flashing lights, when my dad attempted to go thru the tunnel with propane on board. I thought it was pretty cool, all the commotion, my dad not so much.

According to my RV forums, yes.

buckeyefarmer · Aug 5, 2021

txdon said:
Drone video of the new Tesla factory down the road taken a few weeks ago. It is huge!

That’s what she said!!!!

Oh, wait, she’s a he. are you wearing khakis?

sd455dan · Aug 5, 2021

EV sales targets to be announced today along with new fuel economy rules for 2030
Executive order stating a minimum of 50% EV's by 2030 (this will include fuel cell and hybrid plugins).
Emission standards for 2023-2026 vehicles will also be stated.

Gale Hawkins · Aug 5, 2021

Developer Of Aluminum-Ion Battery Claims It Charges 60 Times Faster Than Lithium-Ion, Offering EV Range Breakthrough

I did not know about this Battery technology. I didn't think they could make an aluminum base rechargeable batteries. I thought they was all single use.

Jstpssng · Aug 5, 2021

MossRoad said:
At our first house, we had a small garage that was separated from the house by an 8' breezeway. So technically, it was attached because of the roof over the breezeway, but we had to go outside and walk 8' to get into the garage.

At our current house, we have a 1 car garage about 20' from the house, and a 2 car garage about 5' past that. So we've never had an attached garage in 35 years. It's never been a problem.

What I like is opening the garage door with the switch in the house, then using the remote starter to start the car to get it warmed up, and not having to worry about carbon monoxide getting into the house.

About the only thing I'd do if I had an attached garage is put a screen in front of the overhead door to use it as a porch.

I've often thought about putting a little electric radiator with a timer in my truck, so that it would start heating up the cab at around 3:00. It would ALMOST be safe to do so...

Egon · Aug 5, 2021

Jstpssng said:
I've often thought about putting a little electric radiator with a timer in my truck, so that it would start heating up the cab at around 3:00. It would ALMOST be safe to do so...

They have been around for many a year!

Jstpssng · Aug 5, 2021

Egon said:
They have been around for many a year!

They also have setbacks for safety reasons.

Gale Hawkins · Aug 5, 2021

Jstpssng said:
I've often thought about putting a little electric radiator with a timer in my truck, so that it would start heating up the cab at around 3:00. It would ALMOST be safe to do so...

Jstpssng you are like many of us. I just watched the above speech by a guy my age that did act on ideas that he would wake up with. EVs are here today because of visions people woke up with in the morning. While in high school I could rebuild an engine but Popular Science mags helped open my eyes to see the future was computers.

After highschool in 1969 I took my life savings of $1800 and did an 8 month computer programming study at Electronic Computer Programming Institute of Louisville. April 1970 I got my first job operating and programming on an IBM 360-20 card system. Output was by printer or punch cards.

As we know today cars contain 40+ computers enabling the EV revolution to happen today.