Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

[mike69440]

Still lots of hurdles…adequate charging station deployment, electrical grid support (need to grow capacity 2x), etc.

A Hybrid rechargeable currently make sense.
Cart is before horse regarding infrastructure.

Battery must also be callable of lasting 300-400 thousand miles, be recyclable, not be a crushing burden on the environment, and have a charge density of at least 500W/kg.

The above cannot be legislated, only encouraged and supported.

I'd still miss a good V8.

 

[Jchonline]

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With a 135 kwh battery, this 10kwh continuous generator would take 13 hours to fully charge. Normally we would charge at 20% up to 80%, so 60% of 135 kwh = 81kwh. It would take 8 hours to charge the battery.
Not to mention said generator weights ~250 lbs...good luck getting it in and out of the truck!

 

[California]

Also the way I read it - If you have you taxes deducted out of your paycheck and do not owe any at the end of the year - you get nothing.

Tax credits don't work like that.

If a tax credit reduces your taxes due, you just get it back as a tax refund same as anyone over-withheld.

Incidentally, the best strategy is to be a little under-withheld. 1) No exposure to the potential scam of someone else claiming your refund. This happens. 2) Why wait anxiously for your refund check? Or 3) worst of all, never sign a high interest refund-anticipation loan offered by a tax preparer.

 

[bmaverick]

My town up the road has 200 electric scooters. They have parking corals all over the town. No need for walking. All are free to use, can't be stolen as they have GPS tracking and 'live' data on their location at all times. The scooters are black and look similar to the Razor 48VDC scooters on the market.

Bird electric scooters come to Beloit

A flock of Bird, electric scooters land in Beloit and residents said they’re ready to fly. City leaders and riders share more on this new mode of transportation.

www.wifr.com

There is a weight limit for use. Scoot at your own risk too.

It's a seasonal project the town has.

Electric bird scooters coming to Beloit

“Scooters make for a useful way to bridge the gap between public transportation and a person’s home or work,” said Beloit City Manager Lori Curtis Luther. “More transportation options can bring a lot of benefits to the city.”

If a person needed to grab a bag or two of groceries or a pizza in a box, there isn't much on these things to help with transport. Otherwise, a nifty idea put to use.

 

[Dftodd]

With a 135 kwh battery, this 10kwh continuous generator would take 13 hours to fully charge. Normally we would charge at 20% up to 80%, so 60% of 135 kwh = 81kwh. It would take 8 hours to charge the battery.
Not to mention said generator weights ~250 lbs...good luck getting it in and out of the truck!

The funny part about that is a Ford tech sent that to me

 

[California]

US Tax codes have always been complex and why we have a CPA to handler ours. Not H&R Block either...lol

Our affairs aren't as complex as your farm operation. I've always done our taxes, after a first year long ago when I got advice for writing off tradesman tools. Years later I got pretty good at interpreting Federal regulations, working as an auditor in the Inspector General branch of a large public agency. One year I did taxes for us, both kids, wife's parents, Mom, and Dad. Then Dad's estate, he died that year. I found H&R Block PC software extremely useful for getting all the data onto IRS forms and correctly interpreted.

A year later for settling Dad's estate, I took the estate tax docs I prepared to a national firm and the office manager said this was way over his head. I learned H&R Block had one estate specialist in the region so I went there. She said I got it right and commented that all the preparer firms that advertise nationwide make most of their money on loans to the customers, not from the prep fees. At any rate my work was accepted by IRS without change.

I think using H&R Block PC software is just as easy as assembling all your source documents to carry them to a preparer. Turbotax is the principal lobbyist against having the government prepare taxes for the majority with simple affairs, as is done in nearly all other nations. So I don't use them on principle.

 

[NoTrespassing]

If charging from home and working night shift, I guess you have to pay a higher rate to charge in some locations?

 

[MossRoad]

Tax credits don't work like that.

If a tax credit reduces your taxes due, you just get it back as a tax refund same as anyone over-withheld.

Incidentally, the best strategy is to be a little under-withheld. 1) No exposure to the potential scam of someone else claiming your refund. This happens. 2) Why wait anxiously for your refund check? Or 3) worst of all, never sign a high interest refund-anticipation loan offered by a tax preparer.

I dislike getting a large refund. We try and aim for a few hundred owed to us or to them, but with tax laws changing just about every year, it's getting difficult. I'd rather owe at the end of the year than give a free loan anyway.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

0k who's holding for a $400K Rolls EV?

 

[Dftodd]

Interesting article on EV's and tire longevity.

2 Reasons Why Electric Cars Burn Through Tires Faster Than Gas-Powered Vehicles - NewsBreak

Here's a look at the two main reasons why tires for electric vehicles (EVs) burn out faster than tires made for ICE cars and require tougher...

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