Topic: Electric Cars - The future ? - page 2. (Read 3675 times)

You would be surprised how some of them are well-built in terms of that or have some kind of hydrophobic coating. Of course, you can't just submerge them like a submarine, but they'll definitely cope better compared to ICE vehicles.

^^^ Mostly poor fuel mileage is because governments demand that car makers make the cars this way. Why would they do that? To get more gasoline tax money because people have to buy more gas.

I will say that new technologies are coming every day by day so electric car can be manufactured and it will be more economical than that because I'm a fool so I've never come across of these but the way it is mentioned I think that if it be manufactured it will be okay for someone to use instead of spending much for money for fuel consumption and the gas combustion

It is pointing towards the future but it will be difficult to be established in third work countries where load shedding or power outage is still experience  ,

And a lot more need to be done to reduce the cost of maintenance of electric cars,

 if not done  ,people might still stick with the idea of petrol engine running  cars unless the government place an embargo on them in order to preserve the environment from carbon polutions.

Thanks

To own an electric car in my country is not the best idea presently, I do not know how strong the cars are built, but I think they will be delicate and cannot drive in some conditions like if there is flooding because since it is an electrical vehicle, water will definitely do some damage if it touches some places. We experience a lot of flooding due to bad roads, bad drainages and so many other reasons, so it is best to buy vehicles best suited for my country conditions and maybe in the future consider electric cars.

Always using those when it's an option 

How about the walk-a-mobile? Wouldn't need to go to the gym as often.

In 5 - 10 years time when larger numbers of batteries are past the use-by date it will cost thousands of dollars to dispose of the toxic waste. Of course some rough elements will report it stolen and illegal dump it in lake or ocean. Electric will have the same faith as for the past 120 years, fail and fail again....  Without child labor, heavy subsidize and incentives it has no hope of surviving in open fair environment. 
Electric cars are between a rock and a hard place. Long range they cant compete with petrol, short range they cant compete with compressed air.  
Increasing the dead weight lugging around trifold is not environment friendly, decreasing it by a third is.
A air-tank will outlast its owner and is environment friendly, way cheaper than any battery, consequently the whole car.
Much saver no instantly burning to dead, violent burst/eruption is the worst what can happen to air tank, no fuel to explode.
City parking much easier. No hour long charging, open valve and pressure will equalize, done.
Literally anybody can be a fueling station as air can be compressed with wind, stream, tide, sun, fire, compressor donkey ......
Not depended on expensive imports as can be produced locally.
https://www.mdi.lu/airpod-2-0
https://www.mdi.lu/airpod-technical-sheet
Standard scuba tanks been around for a long time and filled to 3000 psi at normal fill or "high" up to 3500 psi
Paintball pressure tanks go to 4500 psi

 Modern version of BMW Isetta

From the point of an owner, I don't see that many expect having long trips + charging time in those cases, and charging station reliability. Thankfully, I don't do those that often. 

Their current price is also another thing, but that depends on what kind of financial background are you coming from, so it won't or will be a challenge, but I reckon that 5 to 10 years from now, it will level completely level off with mainstream options + the used market will be much larger.

Yet, gasoline and diesel cars are all over the place. What are the disadvantages of electric that makes it difficult to beat petrol?

I just came across a really cool piece from ColdFusion about the first commercial EV, the GM's EV-1 - https://youtu.be/eIHDyB9bgbA

He covered a good chunk of EV car history, it was interesting to see how people actually preferred EVs back in the early 1900s when presented with a choice, knowing that both ICE and BEV are basically within the same timeline of discovery.

Electric cars are a good innovation that help protect our ecosystem from further ozone destruction and are truly the future of the world.But in a third world country like mine, our case is different because of the lack of stable electricity. We are yet to see electric cars as the future until we have a good government that can help us have good electricity.
 

It is kind of hilarious that people actually think electric cars are running on clean energy while ICE cars are running on dirty energy.

The electricity you get from the grid is stored on lithium batteries but where does the grid get the electricity? Germany is right now burning coal (which provides 30% of Germany's electricity) to provide the electricity for their grid, so their citizens can charge up their EV's. How crazy is that? and that's happening because they can't get the Russian gas.

It is even more crazy that Germany actually shut down 3 nuclear reactors in 2021 which were actually a way to get "clean" energy.

The idea of owning an electric car is very appealing as electric cars offer a cleaner and more sustainable alternative to traditional gasoline-powered vehicles, which aligns with personal values and concerns for the environment. Additionally, the cost of electricity is generally lower than the cost of gasoline, which could lead to significant savings on fuel costs.

However, there are also some challenges that come with owning an electric car like the initial cost of buying an electric car can be quite high, and not everyone can afford to purchase one outright. The availability of charging stations is still limited in many areas, which can make it difficult to travel long distances.

Overall, the benefits of owning an electric car outweigh the challenges. I believe that with the advancements in technology, the cost of electric cars will become more affordable, and the availability of charging stations will improve. Additionally, government incentives and regulations to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles will make it more accessible for people to own electric car.

Exactly 50 or 60 times worse as a whole. 1hz vs 50/60 hz. But on a single body its way way worse because it is much more concentrated.
1hz = 299792 km wavelength
50hz = 5995 km wavelength
60hz = 4996 km wavelength
Mobile phones operate at mm length wavelengths.

More or less everything runs on DC or can be made to run on DC (tv, computer, phone, induction cooking/heating, anything with a motor can be made to run on DC ....    AC only useful to get power from A to B
The only 120 vDC batteries i know of are in forklifts or home-built arrays.

Greta Thunberg, everyone's favorite 20 year old (3 Jan 2003)
https://youtu.be/9Uh26skeFYA

Few people understand that gasoline engines are really steam engines. The various grades of gasoline all contain hydrogen atoms and carbon atoms. If the gasoline were burned completely, the result would be steam and CO2.

Right now the South West part of the country needs more water. So, the steam is good. And with all the threats of running out of food, CO2 is good... because it is one of the main food of plants.

The problem is that the gasoline makers, under orders from government, don't make gasoline that can burn completely. Also, the gasoline has additives that create all kinds of pollutants. So, we get a bunch of bad stuff from burning hydrocarbons in car engines.

If engines were made to run clean, they would be much better than any electric vehicles that are on the market. The only thing that might be better, is some form of the Edwin Gray motor.

Fluctuation is like AC. First it fluctuates one way, then the opposite. Fluctuation is naturally going against the flow. If the induction produced were exactly the same as the natural, biological, complex fluctuations, it might be beneficial. But to get that, one would have to induce loads of them at just the right places at just the right times. Too complex to even think about starting to do.

Both AC and DC are not good for health. But AC is worse, because it is constantly unhealthy.

AC is to body and nature like cruising down the highway and then engage reverse gear.  Fluctuation is natural, going against the flow is not.

Sorry I wasn't clear. But to really clarify, Alaska is a wonderful place. Far fewer car accidents there. I guess it's the induced electrical waves that make us think that we are safer in the induced-electrical-wave areas.

Besides all that, thanks for your input.

I thought we were talking about the danger of electrocution. If you're worried about migraines and cancer it's another thing, but with wifi and LTE signals all around us and high voltage power lines, there's not much we can do about it, unless you go to Alaska or something, but I've read that they have their own problems there. Last week a bear killed a woman and her child in the middle of a town, so I prefer to get some cancer rays than be eaten.