Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

[Larry Caldwell]

IIRC many of the Hanford issues are due to 1950s era tanks that were intended to be used for storage for 20 years, but are still in use, not for dry cask stored waste such as is produced by a modern reactor.

Aaron Z

You are thinking that fuel rods are the only waste created by nuclear reactors. The cooling water dissolves radioactive isotopes from the fuel cells, and even the tritium formed by neutron bombardment of the water has to be stored for decades.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

One down side of EVs that I recently discovered is that AM radio is difficult if not impossible in an EV. Entertainment has digital options, but an EV would require giving up AM ham radio and CB communications, at east while the vehicle is in operation.

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[Gale Hawkins]

One down side of EVs that I recently discovered is that AM radio is difficult if not impossible in an EV. Entertainment has digital options, but an EV would require giving up AM ham radio and CB communications, at east while the vehicle is in operation.

Will Electric Cars Make AM Radio Obsolete? - In Compliance Magazine

Electric-powered automobiles may offer many important advantages over conventionally-powered vehicles when it comes to environmental considerations. But

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That is a new one. If the main EV ownership interest is in the 35-45 age group they may not know about AM radio. Most of my in car listening
Is Youtube streaming. Not sure AM is around any longer but it was about the only game in the 50s.

i will check on the Leaf when I move it to stay in the shade.

 

[Fuddy1952]

I spoke with an LA friend yesterday who just got a Chevy Bolt. $35K and dealer had one left. He said two customers in showroom started a bidding war on it over MSRP.
He just returned from Vegas where at the Barrett Jackson auction an electric Mustang sold for $113K.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Is the Volt still hybrid, or did they go all-electric?

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I think the last Volt was 2019.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

That is a new one. If the main EV ownership interest is in the 35-45 age group they may not know about AM radio. Most of my in car listening
Is Youtube streaming. Not sure AM is around any longer but it was about the only game in the 50s.

i will check on the Leaf when I move it to stay in the shade.

Most AM radio has turned into alternate reality politics, but we have a local station that does an hour of noon news 5 days a week. The program includes a 20 minute interview with people of interest, like state and national legislators, county commissioners, county medical officer, county sheriff, officers of service organizations, business leaders, tribal leaders, etc. It does a lot to knit the community together, rather than ripping it apart like the national blather does.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Apparently Bolt, not Volt...my goof.

 

[MossRoad]

The Volt WAS a plug in electric hybrid. Ceased production in 2019.
The Bolt IS a battery electric still in production.

 

[Doughknob]

AM? What even is that?