crazyal
Super Member
Electricity is still electricity. The faster you charge a battery the more power you are going to need. That's either a higher voltage, which will require thicker shielding, or more current which will require thicker copper wires. Can you picture Bill Murry in Caddyshack dragging the water hose? It'll also require a huge upgrade in our power grid. Sorry but solar panels at your house will not help you when you are in the field doing work much unless they are connected to a battery system. EV's are nothing more than a temporary step towards a technology like fuel cells.
I can remember when the energy crisis hit (multiple times) and some people jumped on the latest fad. One of the latest fads with EVs are if the power goes out you can use your battery to power your house. That has to be one of the stupidest ideas I've heard. So when your car or tractor battery is dead then what? You now can't even go to work or use your tractor to feed the animals. In the end people return to buy what they want, what they feel best fits their needs. Or better yet what doesn't impact their style of living. Diesel is going nowhere since almost anyone with a little land can make it. Nobody does because it's "too much work".
I can remember when the energy crisis hit (multiple times) and some people jumped on the latest fad. One of the latest fads with EVs are if the power goes out you can use your battery to power your house. That has to be one of the stupidest ideas I've heard. So when your car or tractor battery is dead then what? You now can't even go to work or use your tractor to feed the animals. In the end people return to buy what they want, what they feel best fits their needs. Or better yet what doesn't impact their style of living. Diesel is going nowhere since almost anyone with a little land can make it. Nobody does because it's "too much work".