When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?
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The R2 D2 reference took me way too long to figure out.
I don't think that seems impossible, Tesla's US sales were down like 10% and their market share in California was down just a little more than that I think, so that tracks pretty closely.
Not surprised as Californians are expecting $8 gas coming their way with refineries closing.
Once a new technology reaches 5% adoption rate, it becomes inevitable. Unfortunately the US is fighting it the last couple years. We're behind in infrastructure, development and technology regarding EVs and battery tech. This puts the US behind with everything else as far as technology, including warfare. US needs to change course quickly.
Most EV batteries outlast their cars, real-world data shows
Study of 8,000 EVs finds average battery health above 95%, with even high‑mileage electric cars showing strong long‑term performance.
electrek.co
The batteries is the big problem. Ain't possible to make that many batteries. Without them, solar is just a nuisance source destabilizing the grid if used in mass. Idea is full of holes.
Yeah, when I put up my solar grid at my business, the batteries to cover even nights during the summer were going to be 2x the price of the array. That doesn’t even touch winter.
Now throw in that they aren’t coming close to producing what they claimed and it’s not a very realistic thing. May work for houses, but one business can consume more than even a small Iowa town does.
Imagine losing 15% of range just because of age. And thats not even on that old of a vehicle.Most EV batteries outlast their cars, real-world data shows
Study of 8,000 EVs finds average battery health above 95%, with even high‑mileage electric cars showing strong long‑term performance.
Was going to look into solar heavily on our next house potentially. Interested in what your set up is and what company installed it then.
I don't think the battery idea wholesale is the answer but I don't see how solar is destabilizing the grid. Energy sources in aggregate have to be scaled for the peak usage moments - often on just a few days out of the year. What are those peak usage moments? They are almost exclusively very hot summer days when home and business cooling demands peak. Daytime hours in the summer is peak solar production. So you are shaving off the peak demand so you don't have to build a whole bunch more production. Sounds more stabilizing than destabilizing to me.
Energy companies have for decades tried other methods to avoid those peaks. My workplace is on a plan where they get a lower base energy rate because when peak days are approaching they are notified by the energy supplier and the business fires up their emergency generators to take load off of the grid. Solar can do a lot of the same thing for the energy supplier.
I mean thats a far drasitc reduction in range for less then a 10 year old car. Meanwhile theres still tons of late 90s+ cars out there uneffected by that. I mean my 9 year old car still gets the same 26-30 mpg depending on driving it did when it was brand new. The wifes new SUV will still get the same 21-25 mpg at that age as well. I mean the article even mentions a 20% reduction on a vehicle that is barely used but maintained still.
You evidently have it in your head that EV's are bad, and no one is going to change your mind. If you can't look at that report, and see the positives, you're never going to be convinced.
You're comparing apples to oranges. You're comparing a storage tank to a fuel source. You're comparing capacity to efficiency.
Yes, the BEV's storage tank is now 15% smaller. What you haven't factored in is that your 9 year old car has went through 20 oil changes, probably a belt, some spark plugs, transmission maintenance, etc. and has used up a lot more than 15% of its life, unless you think you can keep driving that car for the next 51 years. Every moving part of that powertrain is now 9 years old and has been through 9 years of use. Your motor/transmission will give out before the rest of the car. The battery in the BEV will most likely outlast the rest of the vehicle.
YEP!
Fighting against batteries and EVs right now is like fighting against cars and wanting horses to be the main source of transportation in 1910-1915...
it is amazing to me that someone that works in Wind Tech doesn't understand that EV & battery tech keeps getting better and will continue to increase value of EV vs ICE vehicles
Switching out cars for horses now would actually be kind of sick.
Anybody who wants to dump their EV at salvage prices because of reduced range let me know. Obviously with 15% less range it is worthless. I will take it off of your hands.
