Dodge going Electric

[Eddies66]

Interesting read on the advancement of battery technology. An 80% charge in 5 minutes by 2023...


https://www.pocket-lint.com/gadgets/...r-over-the-air

[Curt Rees]

You individuals that live in 70 degree temps year round need to come to South Dakota and make a customer trip of 300 miles in minus 10 degree temps with your lectric vehicle and we will see how far you get. Your heater will drain your battery/batteries in the first hour.

But, I will follow you with my trusty diesel and have my tow rope available to pull you to the next charging station, which is probably Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen, maybe Mitchell. Dress warm!

You can keep you lectric vehicle. Thank you very much!!

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Curt Rees

[MR DERBY CITY]

You guys are on your own with electric vehicles. I can see it now, lines extending for miles just to charge your battery at a charging station POWERED by a sooty, smoking diesel generator. Gimme a break........

[Kevin Panzino]

Originally Posted by Eddies66

Interesting read on the advancement of battery technology. An 80% charge in 5 minutes by 2023...


https://www.pocket-lint.com/gadgets/...r-over-the-air

Ahhhhh.... Not so 'fast' (pun intended)...

You have to remember the law of conservation of energy.
An 80% charge in 5 minutes of a 75 kWh battery (regardless of battery type or chemistry), would require a 720 kw charger. At residential 240Volt that is 3,000 amps.
Further down the article it mentions a 10-minute version with a 400kW charger.. That's 1,667 amps.
Anybody on here have 1,700 amp service at their house?

Trust me I'm all for more electric cars being sold (I'm the plant manager of a coal-fired power plant), but the misinformation being thrown out there about battery life, charging times and the practicality of a nationwide charging system in just a few years is abject nonsense.

Personally, I would indeed like to get one, then I can put a bumper sticker on the back that says "this car is coal powered"

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Eddies66

https://www.pocket-lint.com/gadgets/...r-over-the-air

This article IS a very interesting read on the state of battery evolution......
As far as a time frame though, they're probably just as far off as the 50 MPG carburetor.

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

This article IS a very interesting read on the state of battery evolution......
As far as a time frame though, they're probably just as far off as the 50 MPG carburetor.

Or the soy bean and chemical "Beef", that "tastes just like real meat!"

[KRatcliff]

I liked the Budweiser backed urine powered battery.

[lstanford]

How in the hell are they going to charge all of these battery powered cars in Texas? They can't even heat their houses. Nobody is talking about the infrastructure to power up all of these electric vehicles. I am waiting to hear about the road tax on these vehicles since the current road tax is covered in the price of fuel. Probably something like the harbor tax on boat fuel. Uncle Joe has a lot of explaining to do. In the old days, we would say they are putting the wagon before the horse.

[John Dinkel]

How good are solar panels when they are covered with 7 inches of snow?

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by John Dinkel

How good are solar panels when they are covered with 7 inches of snow?

About as good as a natural gas or oil well with a frozen well head. Except a broom won't fix a well head.

This weather screws most everything up.