The man who says something is impossible, is usually interrupted by the man doing it.
I agree, with the current battery technology that is available, distance is limited. If you believe some information that is floating around batteries could be made quite a bit smaller and last a lot longer with currently available means. Whether I think there's a big conspiracy that the oil companies are squashing it, well, I'm undecided. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it came out that they indeed were, but I haven't seen anything more than hear-say in the matter, so I'm not convinced.
I believe there's still lots of room for improvement where batteries are concerned, but I don't think going as far as onboard nuclear generators will be needed. If you look at the Volt it has a built in gasoline electric generator that is there to improve distance, while using a lighter battery pack, than what most people would use. Tesla is making the strides to get that long distance and quick recharge to happen. They offer different sized battery packs that allow for different distance capabilities. They have quick re-charge stations that can recharge to 80% capacity from near empty in less than 30 minutes.
people are just too used to gasoline cars and don't want to change. There would need to a slight adjustment in how some people plan their daily trips or longer distances, but the adjustment could happen with little to no change in ability to get everything done that a person needs to on their current schedule. The problem is that people have talked so badly about electric powered vehicles for so long that even after seeing what advancements have been made in the arena, they still don't want to believe it.
The man who says something is impossible, is usually interrupted by the man doing it.
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i hvae a lot of respect for tesla motors products; i also love how their flagship product was basically a supercar.
Seriously, provide then. You know what proof is? Hard facts from a reputable source for a EV car that people would actually drive daily.
Here. Take a look at the Tesla S charging calculator.
http://www.teslamotors.com/en_CA/charging#/calculator
Put in 65km which approximately equals your claimed 40 mile typical daily drive. Picking between different charging modes you can easily find that the most efficient charging mode says it'll take 13.4kWh of energy. At 60W if would take >223 hours to charge that car. 13.4kWh to drive 40 miles is HARD FACTUAL data from one of the leading EV car manufacturers which proves your claims have zero merit.
What are you claiming can be charged overnight, an electric bicycle or some mileage competition car? It's a complete pipe dream to believe anyone is driving a production-type electric car 40 miles in a day on less than 1kWh of energy.
........ in terms of electrification, i just want one of the MANY proposed add-in solutions to come to market. i seem to remember seeing a late 90s taurus that had some hardware added into the rear wheels/brakes that allowed for a battery(or, batteries) to power the rear wheels.
i'd be pretty happy if i could at least temporarily double the torque getting to the pavement and through all 4 tires at that. if i could use it as a short-range electric only solution as well.... that would be pretty neat too.
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