Battery based electric vehicles of today and tomorrow.

[California]

California , do you believe the device outlined in the image will extend vehicle range ?

I guess it wasn't obvious to everyone that my post was a troll to see who would bite. Glad to see you figured it out! Or did you?

 

[California]

Meanwhile in Europe, in 2018 a firm started installing charging stations large enough for the new big Mercedes trucks. There's a link in that tweet to Mercedes' announcement.

 

[Jstpssng]

Meanwhile in Europe, in 2018 a firm started installing charging stations large enough for the new big Mercedes trucks. There's a link in that tweet to Mercedes' announcement.

glum + it won't work - Bing video

 

[Egon]

There is a solar thermal battery being developed.

 

[/pine]

What are you saying ? people feel RF or they feel/hear noise ?

I never mentioned noise of any kind or frequency because what I was describing had absolutely NOTHING to do with noise of any type...not sure what it is you do not understand about that...!

What I was describing was a shielded radiology lab that was shielded with lead...(my experience occurred during construction when there was excessive background noise etc.)

FYI lead is a conductor and may not be as efficient as copper, tin or aluminum but it does shield RF...Lead is used as a shield because it works for radiation (i.e., microwaves) but it still blocks a lot of RF...

In the original post I cited both RF and microwaves...What some sensitive people sense is a LACK of these emissions that otherwise they are constantly being bombarded with from a myriad of sources...

Do a little research on rf etc shielding...you will find that lead does indeed shield RF...just not as efficiently as other more conductive metals...

Everything from automatic door openers to airliner radars emit electronic energies that are constantly surrounding us...there are few places to escape it...shielded labs are one of them...

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Meanwhile in Europe, in 2018 a firm started installing charging stations large enough for the new big Mercedes trucks. There's a link in that tweet to Mercedes' announcement.

Sounds like MB perhaps got a jump on Telsa by building fleets of electric buses that are on the streets today.

Wiesbaden Orders 56 Electric Buses From Mercedes-Benz | CleanTechnica

The link below has some specs on their Class 8 urban truck with a 124 mile range that seems to be doing some road testing.

World premiere of the Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck: emission-free, silent and networked transport of goods in cities - Daimler Global Media Site

Innovative electric drives: clean and silent short-radius distribution
Powerful battery: range of up to 200 km
Larger payload: Urban eTruck has a permissible laden weight of 26.0 t
Innovative solution: electric motors adjacent to the wheel hubs
Revolutionary design: exterior with black panel grille, interior with an innovative display and operating concept
Intelligent networking: pioneering FleetBoard for urban distribution telematics service
Stationary battery storage units make the overall costs competitive

Innovative solution with electric motors adjacent to the wheel hubs

The outstanding features of the Urban eTruck include its drive with electrically powered rear axle and electric motors directly adjacent to the wheel hubs. The axle is based on the ZF AVE 130 and has already proved its worth in its basic version as a low-floor portal axle in buses from Mercedes-Benz. However, the axle has been comprehensively modified for use in the Urban eTruck. For instance, there is a new axle housing, which is significantly raised to give greater ground clearance. The method of axle attachment has also been reconfigured. Another characteristic of the axle used in this particular application is its super single tyres of size 495/45 R 22.5. The maximum permissible axle load of the drive axle is 11.5 t, which is at the usual level.

I was wondering about their truck drive line but they seemed to use the ZF bus drive as a starting point. I guess Telsa could use the same type off the shelf solution. It is shown on a bus chassis video below. Loosing the transmission, driveshaft and differential is huge.

ZF Electric Portal Axle AVE 13 (en) - YouTube

The Future of Electric Trucks is Now - ASME

 

[Industrial Toys]

I remember I once accompanied my Dad to look at a 40 foot highway trailer, totally lead lined being auctioned off by the military. It apparently had been used on a radar site or something.

Even as a HAM, I can't say I understand sheilding. They sell sheilded boxes for cell phones, but I put mine in a well sealed cookie tin, to avoid getting AMBER ALERTS, but the phone still functioned normally.

 

[Grumpycat]

Show me the battery in a diesel electric locomotive . The battery is what defines hybrid .

Hybrid is of multiple mechanical propulsion sources: Engine and Electric Motor make a hybrid. A battery and an electric motor is not a hybrid. An engine and a battery is not a hybrid. An engine and an electric motor makes a hybrid. A battery is not a propulsion source any more than a gas tank.

 

[Grumpycat]

There is a solar thermal battery being developed.

Impossible! We have been authoritatively informed that All Elements Are Known and All Combinations Thereof have already been tried!

Or perhaps the authoritarian was wrong?

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Impossible! We have been authoritatively informed that All Elements Are Known and All Combinations Thereof have already been tried!

Or perhaps the authoritarian was wrong?

Or just an ANTI science authoritarian?

Thermal Battery Could Power Solar Systems Overnight - Geek.com

'''Battery''' that bottles sunshine could bring a new solar revolution

How do thermal batteries work? - Ecohome

NREL Awarded $2.8 Million to Develop a Long-Duration Thermal Energy Storage Technology -

Can concentrated solar power act as energy storage? DOE wants to know more | Utility Dive