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An interesting article that compares the total CO2 inputs for electric vs gas cars, including manufacture and powering.

https://www.alternativesjournal.ca/energy-and-resources/your-electric-car-really-green

"the total embedded CO2 for the making of a gasoline-powered car is 5.6 tonnes. By contrast, it takes 8.8 tonnes to make an electric vehicle and the
battery accounts for nearly half of that.

So electric vehicles arrive on the street with a higher carbon footprint even before you plug them in. And that footprint gets uglier if the
electricity comes from coal-fired power."

--
Bruce Hislop
ON Canada
77PB, 455 Dick P. rebuilt, DynamicEFI EBL EFI & ESC.1 ton front end
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=29001
My Staff says I never listen to them, or something like that
 
While an interesting read, that article is old and light on references...

Quite a long article - but lots of info here:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-how-electric-vehicles-help-to-tackle-climate-change

"EVs are responsible for considerably lower emissions over their
lifetime than conventional (internal combustion engine) vehicles across
Europe as a whole."

"In the UK in 2019, the lifetime emissions per kilometre of driving a
Nissan Leaf EV were about three times lower than for the average
conventional car, even before accounting for the falling carbon
intensity of electricity generation during the car’s lifetime."

Rob
Victoria, BC
76 Royale - Rear Twins/Dry Bath

> An interesting article that compares the total CO2 inputs for electric vs gas cars, including manufacture and powering.
>
> https://www.alternativesjournal.ca/energy-and-resources/your-electric-car-really-green
>
>
> "the total embedded CO2 for the making of a gasoline-powered car is 5.6 tonnes. By contrast, it takes 8.8 tonnes to make an electric vehicle and the
> battery accounts for nearly half of that.
>
> So electric vehicles arrive on the street with a higher carbon footprint even before you plug them in. And that footprint gets uglier if the
> electricity comes from coal-fired power."
>
>
>
 
Rob,

Here is a guy in BC with a Nissan Leaf that can't buy a replacement battery for it. He has a price of $15,000 for the battery if the Dealer can get
one.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/nissan-leaf-electric-vehicle-new-battery-1.5769998

After 45+ years in electronics I can tell you that "No longer supported" is a favorite response when trying to get repair parts. Its right up there
with "Works as designed"... to bad they are rarely designed to work as required.

Until things like batteries get standardized so you can pull into a "Service Station" and have your depleted batteries swapped out for charged
batteries and be back on the road in 20 minutes... I won't be getting too excited about electric vehicles.

--
Bruce Hislop
ON Canada
77PB, 455 Dick P. rebuilt, DynamicEFI EBL EFI & ESC.1 ton front end
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=29001
My Staff says I never listen to them, or something like that
 
Battery replacements as vehicles get older will obviously be an issue for some. A quick search found two places near me that mention they do Leaf battery replacements (one on the island and another in the Lower Mainland) and more across the USA border. As electric vehicles numbers rise - I'd expect more and more aftermarket companies will pick up the slack... Big bucks for battery replacements - I'm sure that will attract some businesses.

A few "80 km legs" down the road from the guy in Powell River - but these guys even post prices (USD):

https://www.evridesllc.com/battery-upgrade-service/ https://www.evridesllc.com/battery-upgrade-service/

On southern Vancouver Island - we have a TON of electric vehicles, with more and more on the roads every day. I've got a few friends with both old and new electric vehicles - I've not heard any of them mention range degradation, one way or the other. One friend has a *VERY* old Leaf (probably older than the one in the article) - I'll have to ask him whether he's had any concerns.

Rob
76 Royale Twin Beds, Dry Bath
Victoria, BC

>
> Rob,
>
> Here is a guy in BC with a Nissan Leaf that can't buy a replacement battery for it. He has a price of $15,000 for the battery if the Dealer can get
> one.
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/nissan-leaf-electric-vehicle-new-battery-1.5769998
>
> After 45+ years in electronics I can tell you that "No longer supported" is a favorite response when trying to get repair parts. Its right up there
> with "Works as designed"... to bad they are rarely designed to work as required.
>
> Until things like batteries get standardized so you can pull into a "Service Station" and have your depleted batteries swapped out for charged
> batteries and be back on the road in 20 minutes... I won't be getting too excited about electric vehicles.
>
>
> --
> Bruce Hislop
> ON Canada
> 77PB, 455 Dick P. rebuilt, DynamicEFI EBL EFI & ESC.1 ton front end
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=29001
> My Staff says I never listen to them, or something like that
 
That’s not a bug, it’s a feature!

The Number one late model vehicle being scrapped in the USA is the Prius.

Seems the first replacement battery comes with the subsidy, but not the second one!

The rest of the top ten list is hybrids.

Dolph

DE AD0LF

Wheeling, West Virginia

1977 26’ ex-PalmBeach
Howell EFI & EBL, Reaction Arms, Manny Transmission

“The Aluminum and Fiberglass Mistress”

|[ ]~~~[][ ][] \
"--OO--[]---O-"

>
> Rob,
>
> Here is a guy in BC with a Nissan Leaf that can't buy a replacement battery for it. He has a price of $15,000 for the battery if the Dealer can get
> one.
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/nissan-leaf-electric-vehicle-new-battery-1.5769998
>
> After 45+ years in electronics I can tell you that "No longer supported" is a favorite response when trying to get repair parts. Its right up there
> with "Works as designed"... to bad they are rarely designed to work as required.
>
> Until things like batteries get standardized so you can pull into a "Service Station" and have your depleted batteries swapped out for charged
> batteries and be back on the road in 20 minutes... I won't be getting too excited about electric vehicles.
>
>
> --
> Bruce Hislop
> ON Canada
> 77PB, 455 Dick P. rebuilt, DynamicEFI EBL EFI & ESC.1 ton front end
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=29001
> My Staff says I never listen to them, or something like that
>
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Cite? I believe, I just wantto see which met the nine others.

--johnny
--
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
 
My daughter has a 2014 Prius with over 200,000 miles on it.

This is her second one the first one saved her life when a old man in a large American car( don't remember exactly what it was)
crossed the center and hit her head on the drivers side. It was determined that the man was dead before the accident and the structure of the the
Prius saved my daughter.

Other than tires oil changes and spark plugs the only other thing that's been done is a new wiring harness.

A mouse got into it for a week and ate it.

As far as scraping they made something like 4 million of these so I would expect quite a few have been scraped.

> That’s not a bug, it’s a feature!
>
> The Number one late model vehicle being scrapped in the USA is the Prius.
>
> Seems the first replacement battery comes with the subsidy, but not the second one!
>
> The rest of the top ten list is hybrids.
>
>
> Dolph
>
> DE AD0LF
>
> Wheeling, West Virginia
>
> 1977 26’ ex-PalmBeach
> Howell EFI & EBL, Reaction Arms, Manny Transmission
>
> “The Aluminum and Fiberglass Mistress”
>
> |[ ]~~~[][ ][] \
> "--OO--[]---O-"
>

> >
> > Rob,
> >
> > Here is a guy in BC with a Nissan Leaf that can't buy a replacement battery for it. He has a price of $15,000 for the battery if the Dealer
> > can get
> > one.
> >
> > https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/nissan-leaf-electric-vehicle-new-battery-1.5769998
> >
> > After 45+ years in electronics I can tell you that "No longer supported" is a favorite response when trying to get repair parts. Its right
> > up there
> > with "Works as designed"... to bad they are rarely designed to work as required.
> >
> > Until things like batteries get standardized so you can pull into a "Service Station" and have your depleted batteries swapped out for
> > charged
> > batteries and be back on the road in 20 minutes... I won't be getting too excited about electric vehicles.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Hislop
> > ON Canada
> > 77PB, 455 Dick P. rebuilt, DynamicEFI EBL EFI & ESC.1 ton front end
> > http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=29001
> > My Staff says I never listen to them, or something like that
> >
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1977 Kingsley 455 as stock as it gets except lots of Ragusa parts
 
Longterm friend is still driving her first year model on the original battery. I suspect they're like our coaches, using them keeps them in better
sghape than letting them sit.

--johnny
--
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
 
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