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Hermit-The-Prog

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9. It would help if we didn't try to make EVs that fit the most extreme situations

Reply to Think. Again. (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 27, 2024, 06:55 PM

Aug 2024

I don't need one that will haul 5 or six people, all their luggage, and travel 400 miles between charges. Most people don't. Even conversion vehicles using old flooded lead-acid batteries have been capable of handling over 80% of commutes since the '60s.

Check this list:
"Here's Every New Electric Vehicle Model for Sale in the U.S. for 2024"
https://www.caranddriver.com/features/g32463239/new-ev-models-us/

Most look like gasoline-powered cars that have had the engine replaced. It's like the engineers (or marketing departments) never heard of wind resistance. Strangely, the cheapest ones look the most like they were designed from scratch for electric power.

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Electric vehicles catch fire at Rivian's Normal, Illinois plant [View all] Caribbeans Aug 2024 OP

OMG 😟 how horrible. I don't want one. Don't trust them TommieMommy Aug 2024 #1

I just drove past that Rivian plant about 45 minutes ago. The parking lot is hundreds of acres and full of sinkingfeeling Aug 2024 #2

Whow--that is a huge fire. Brave firefighters for sure. riversedge Aug 2024 #3

As to that Tesla, the driver was drunk and speeding according to the NTSB and both died from blunt force trauma Wonder Why Aug 2024 #4

Thank goodness gasoline isn't flammable. Think. Again. Aug 2024 #5

OMG, people are sitting on about 400 KWh with full 12-gallon tank of gasoline! Yet the OP is scared of the 70. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2024 #7

Gasoline and diesel powered vehicles are 29 times more likely to catch fire than an EV Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2024 #6

Thank you for posting that.... Think. Again. Aug 2024 #8

It would help if we didn't try to make EVs that fit the most extreme situations Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2024 #9