I expect the % of new ICE cars, trucks, and vans sold every year to decrease going further. The only question is how quickly will the % decrease. The ROI for new ICEs (just the engines) are going to be never starting real soon. Why sink millions into something that is only decreasing in volume...
And what % of the total ICE cars that make it to 200k+ miles? The answer is 1%. I am expecting EVs to be much higher than that because of so many fewer moving parts. (I tried to find numbers for higher mileages but I couldn't locate any sources for the articles I found so I didn't bother to list...
I was talking about having enough amps in the battery to start the ICE (aka running the starter), not fuel. EVs don't need nearly as many amps from the 12V battery, plus the 12V battery gets charged off the main.
The downside of getting an EV is the high upfront cost but the maintenance is...
Power goes out and you can't pump gas either.
I do 100% of my charging from home. Sure is nice not having to waste my time going to a gas station. It is also nice for budgeting as the price for electricity basically never changes where gas can be all over the place. I also like knowing that I...
This will change with solid state batteries (and the associated high voltage charging equipment) but those are still about 5 years out from being in a production car. You could also embed electric chargers on roadways with current technology and charge while you drive, but that would be...
Watching professional sports on TV is no different from watching pro gamers play on YouTube/Twitch. Change my mind. (Not that I personally do that but I do watch some casual gaming content.)
I have only see a hand full of videos from them, most of them I haven't even heard of before. I don't know about the rest on the list but I do know Markiplier has a brother. You all know what needs to be done.
My use is actually much higher in the winter as I have electric heat. Only my fireplace and drier are gas (strange, I know). I pay $118 a month for electricity (I am billed for like a 12 month average or something). Only Idaho, Utah, and Washington have cheaper residential electric rates than...
Well it is complicated, as there are multiple options (I can have different rates for summer and winter if I want). https://www.ameren.com/missouri/company/rate-options has the exact details.
You forgot to read my post where I answered this.
My exact rates are below (Summer: June through September):
Note I can set my car up so it only charges between 10PM and 6AM. Also note that holidays have the same rate as weekends (Holidays: New Years’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day...
If you want to reuse your DDR4 on a new system, just get a motherboard with DDR4 slots instead of DDR5. I am going to upgrade from my 6700k when 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 gets somewhere south of $200 and is at least as fast as DDR4 3600 (I have 2x8GB DDR4 2400 now). I bet I will have to wait at least...
I feel the same. I don't understand why people get so upset over a name for a car that they wouldn't have bought anyway, regardless of the name. Honestly I think it was a brilliant marketing strategy for Ford. It has name recognition for those who aren't car people, it gets everyone talking...
I have. I have time of day charging and average 5.1 cents/KWh if I only charge between 10PM and 6AM at home (that's like getting gas at ~$0.60/gallon based off my average 3 mi/KWh). Only scheduled maintenance is at 150k and 200k miles for my Mach-E. I am now 100% work from home and that won't...
LOL at the people complaining that the Netflix version is "woke." The 90's version was more "woke" then this one. Here is a good honest review and I mostly agree with it.
You are right but you can do geothermal power generation by using old oil and gas drill holes. I believe that this is actively being trialed in Canada for cost liability.
This is not how geothermal works. You can do it just about anywhere (for single home use) and usually you only need to dig 5-6 feet below the frost line, unless you are doing a vertical loop. https://www.geothermalforall.com/installing-and-buying/installation-process
You are wrong as this is false. https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/solar-energy-united-states
I assume that the source mentioned in the picture is crap since the site has been defunct since 2015.
Back in 2004 during finals week, a few guys from my college dorm floor did this to a printer and hung the parts from the ceiling in the hallway as modern art. One guy even punched it with his bear hands. Of course we played the appropriate music in the background while we did this.
There is already a de-facto standard in North America for everyone but Tesla, and that is the J1772 (CCS1 version is for fast charging). There are a few cars still using CHAdeMO, but that is a fading standard.
You don't need nearly as many public charging stations as gas stations as most people...
I don't think it is ugly at all, but I also wouldn't say it is beautiful either, just OK. I am seriously considering picking one up next week, if the one on a lot ~80ish miles away hasn't been sold by then (there is almost no inventory for these anywhere, something like a dozen within a 500 mile...
See below response.
I agree with this. The Mustang fans aren't likely to buy it anyway and the name recognition would bring in new people. I see naming it a Mustang as a win/win for Ford. The performance of the Mach-e (excluding the RWD, that one is a bit slow) isn't that far off the normal...
I don't get the hate on calling it a Mustang. I could care less what a car is named. The only knocks I see on it is it not having a heat-pump for heating and having miles of cooling loops in the thing. I think it looks OK but there is nothing out there currently that I think looks great. Sandy...
Did you even read what you posted? It literally sates the opposite of what you claimed. "The cells tested showed promising capacity fade performance: more than 95% of the original cell capacity remains after thousands of driving days worth of use."
Never mind that this is over 10 years old...
Where is your evidence that the battery packs need to be changed every 8 years? 300k-500k miles looks to be the estimate. I have seen similar estimates for the Tesla batteries. How many people own cars past 300k miles? Not many.
Here is a first drive review of the 2022 GT and GT performance models. Note that there is very little difference between the 2021 and 2022 models across all of the Mach-E models (with the 2021 getting some of the new upgrades via software later). I believe that the biggest change is the minor...
One thing I haven't heard is how much gas is used to get the gas to where it is needed. AKA what is the "transmission loss" for gas? You would need to take that into account when comparing efficiency numbers for the entire system for electric vs gas.
Your attitude is part of the problem. People should be encouraged to do what they can, regardless of how big or small the impact is. Something is better than nothing. Do we need to do more than this? Absolutely. But you shouldn't knock something just because the impact is small. Lots of small...
15% is not nothing, it is 15%. Every little bit helps. People like you are part of the problem.
Hopefully the F-150 Lightning will be a game changer to get more people to move to EVs. Yes, EVs are expensive but all new cars are more expensive now. Sales of >$20k new cars have been decreasing...
I did the math on the savings of fuel. If I only charge between 10PM and 6AM, I average 5.1 cents/kWh. Based off $3/gallon gas, it is 5 times cheaper per mile to use electric than gas to power my car. I drive about 6k miles a year now. It would only cost me $110 a year in electricity for those...
I am looking to lease one of these (2021 or 2022 model) in the next few months. I think leasing these is the smart plan as I am expecting the residual value to be trash in 3 years and let the dealer eat the loss due to constant advances in EVs over the next decade, until we get solid state...