No substitute for energy. If you take it out of a battery bank in the form
of heat and motion exchange, it has to come from somewhere. Millions of
electric cars will need 10s of billions of kilowatts. We still need to
create it. Whether we do it at a central source or not, and run the
distribution network of chargers to handy places to use it, it will take
enormous amounts of investments to achieve. It can be done, yes. Just like
walking on the moon. Don't see any Starbuck's signs up there, yet.
MORE LIKELY WE WILL SEE METROPOLITAN AREAS AS CAR FREE ZONES SERVED
ONLY BY PUBLIC PEOPLE MOVERS, JAMMED FULL OF COMMUTERS. Glad I won't be
around to see it.
I hate population density, and all the problems it brings.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or.
> Jim,
>
> As I noted in my response to Chuck I reckon eventually the world will be
> driving electric cars. I reckon there will be two basic
> models one for commuting to/from work (electric only) and one for long
> distance driving (electric with an on board generator of some
> kind); perhaps a solar panel in the roof?
>
> I believe people with vision will see what is happening to the automobile
> and they'll invest in building resources to charge the
> vehicles. How many gas stations existed in the early days of the
> automobile?
>
> The Baker electric was a vehicle built between 1899 and 1914; I can't see
> why their demise relates to vehicles built over 100 years
> later.
>
> As far as 10's of thousands of electric cars creeping along 5 goes, at
> least they'll be green and not pollute or dump heat into the
> atmosphere. Yes the way the electricity generated will do that, however,
> hopefully the world will eventually stop relying on fossil
> fuels to do so. Also for the most part they'll be commuters so the
> vehicles can be charged at home or work. As I understand it some
> companies in the Los Angeles area have charging stations where employees
> can recharge their vehicles on the company dime.
>
> Recycling the batteries will have to be addressed; however, I'm confident
> that will be addressed by the battery manufacturers as I
> would assume it would be cheaper to recycle the materials that make new
> ones. Aren't there government regulations on how batteries
> are to be recycled?
>
> I'd say that by the time vehicles are all powered by electricity they will
> also be autonomous and drive themselves, you program the
> GPS where you want to go and hit GO! I believe this will reduce the
> numbers of accidents and cut down on traffic jams.
>
> The bottom line:
>
>
>
https://money.cnn.com/2017/09/11/autos/countries-banning-diesel-gas-cars/index.html
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> The Pedantic Mechanic
> Sydney, Australia
> AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
> USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
> USA '77 Kingsley - TZE 267V100808
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces] On Behalf Of James
> Hupy
> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2018 9:37 AM
> To: gmclist
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] GoodWood Festival
>
> Electric motors make as much torque at 12 rpm as when they are turning
> their max rpm.
> The problem is the cord. Doesn't matter whether you plug it into a
> hydro dam, or a nuclear power plant, or a gas fired or coal fired plant.
> You can't fool the basic laws of physics. At some point, we will get enough
> of these electric vehicles, that we will run out of resources to charge
> their batteries cheaply, and recycle their junk batteries efficiently and
> safely. It happened with the Baker electric. Read your history books.
> Now, think about Interstate 5 southbound of the grapevine on a Monday
> morning, with 10's of thousands of electric vehicles just creeping along.
> Boggles the mind.
> Yes, they have their place. But, we are going to have to scramble to
> build a charging network for huge numbers of them.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, Or
> 78 GMC ROYALE 403
>
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 7:03 AM Charles Boyd
>
> > Good morning Rob, Formula E has been around a couple of years.
> > https://m.
youtube.com/watch?v=OvD7WeEc0Eo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > You're probably right and they'll probably "infiltrate" the rest of
> > racing and I'm wondering what it would be like to watch electric
> > > grand prix cars? I reckon it will be like watching a bunch of big slot
> > cars race!
> > >
> > > Then there's drag racing - it will seem strange to go to a drag race
> and
> > not experience this:
> > >
> > >
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdvNMfYxNyo
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Rob M.
> > > The Pedantic Mechanic
> > > Sydney, Australia
> > > AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
> > > USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
> > > USA '77 Kingsley - TZE 267V100808
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces] On Behalf Of
> > GMC2000
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2018 4:26 AM
> > > To: gmclist
> > > Subject: Re: [GMCnet] GoodWood Festival
> > >
> > > I think the electric cars will top the hillclimb TTs again today. I
> > think we are only just a few years out from them dominating all
> > > forms of racing unless they are outlawed.
> > >
> > > my favorite so far is the AMC AMX Rally car but Rod Millens Pikes Peak
> > car would be more fun to drive.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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