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I know it’s semantics, but you’re never getting a quantum computer phone just because of the way they have to be isolated and shielded. But we already have cloud computing via phone and quantum computers will accessed sumilarly.Maybe with a MAJOR breakthrough in battery tech.
Tech innovation is not graphed on a linear scale, if they were my iPhone should be a quantum computer with a petabyte of storage.
I know it’s semantics, but you’re never getting a quantum computer phone just because of the way they have to be isolated and shielded. But we already have cloud computing via phone and quantum computers will accessed sumilarly.
I’m not an electrical engineer but I did go to school for computational astrophysics.
I don't live in Europe or California. I couldn't give 2 shits what they do.Like it or not, Electric cars are the future in the west because of politics.
It will be coming faster than you think.
For example, in Europe it will be illegal to sell ICE vehicles in 13 years, BUT already the emissions standards are so insane that unless your car company has a bunch of electric or plug in hybrid vehicles, you have to partner with someone that does and piggy back off them or be faced with impossible fines.
Commiefornia is also pushing that way hard.
With the way it is looking like the elections are permanently fixed and we will have single party rule with a token "loyal opposition" expect the politics around vehicles to only get worse.
I don't live in Europe or California. I couldn't give 2 shits what they do.
Fuck them.
I don't live in Europe or California. I couldn't give 2 shits what they do.
Fuck them.
Funny.This comment brought to you by Lee Greenwood.
Like it or not, Electric cars are the future in the west because of politics.
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Let's be frankly honest - in June 2022, EVs are owned predominately but not exclusively by the wealthy and upper middle class who can afford thousands of dollars to have an electrician put a 240V charging station in their suburban home.
Beats me - I’m not an electrical engineer. 120v charges the car to max in about six hours, but when that happens overnight it just feels like magic. A 240v would be much quicker but totally unnecessary. These kinds of plug-in 120v chargers are pretty much the norm, from what I can tell, though I do know one person with a 240v, but he was a very early adopter back around 2010.
Most houses already have at least 1x 240V outlet
I'm a bit skeptical that you are getting any kind of decent charge in 6 hours over 120v
I would be very surprised if you are getting more than 8kwh in 6 hours, it's just like not possible from a standard 15amp plug at the average 100-120v range.
The simple solution if you have an electric dryer is just unplug the dryer and plug in your charger.
Most dryers are on a 240v 30amp to 50amp circuit.
Its not just th voltage it the amperage you lack to fast charge , 300Amps at 480 is a fucking machine shop level current.
6 hours of 120V will give you 10-12miles !
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Yeah, beats me. All I know is my wife would drive to the office in the e-Golf and it would use most of the battery. While working it would be on a slow charger and then she’d drive home and it would charge overnight. She’s definitely not at the office for more than 7-8 hours and none of this would be sustainable if it didn’t charge to full overnight. The new car has almost three times the range, so it’s never fully drained.
I'm all for solar. But if enough people figured out how to convert solar into hp instead of using rechargeable batteries made in China, the government would levy a tax on the sun or tax the dogshit out of you some other way.China bought copper mining rights in the mountains around Kabul 18 years ago. They haven’t been able to produce because of the war. Western Sanctions against the Taliban hinder western investments. Some in Afghanistan would prefer western companies over dealing with China but western politicians have made that hard to finance.
We are literally shooting our selves in the foot. Kinda like all the sanctions on Russia’s energy in Europe artificially inflating global prices. Our current “leaders”are doing this on purpose.
Cant blame your sentiments one bit. But that doesn’t mean electric cars are trash, or not a viable transportation source.
Think of it this way, Solar array, battery power could be 100% off the grind source of transport. In a shit hits the fan energy crisis ie no liquid fuel. You could use solar panels to charge your electric vehicle.
The problem though is that each of those charging sessions is from a mostly drained battery to full. Drive to work, arrive with maybe 10 miles left. Charge during work. Leave on a full battery, arrive at home with about 10 miles left again. Charge overnight, leave on a full battery in the morning.That's a more clear and logical explanation.
If she was charging for 7 to 8 hours at work and then you plugged in and charged all night you could be looking at more like 16+ hours of total charging time per day which makes sense for 120v charging.
Here's my dilemma - I'm an electronics engineering technician now with 49 years of on the job experience. I started in college in 1974 studying electronics engineering/process control electronics and in two years our senior class project - our final project - became necessary for graduation. What did we build? We built an electric car...without carbon fiber, without todays batteries (no such thing as lithium ion) and without magic. Long story short, we built a 2 person car of tubular steel/aluminum frame with lead acid batteries. We used rewound starter motors from Ford cars to get the needed torque. No such thing as neodymium or titanium. We built a car that could cruise at 65 mph for 180 miles. And we parked in a lot in Chicago, deployed the solar array and recharged the batteries in 7+ hours and drove it back to it's originating point simulating a commuter driving 180 miles to work, parking the car in the parking lot to recharge the batteries sitting in the parking lot for an 8 hour shift, and then drove it 180 miles back home.
In 1976. With lead acid batteries and solar cells and cheesy ass motors of rewound starter motors...without titanium, carbon fiber, or todays high yield batteries and solar cells. 46 fucking years ago we did with Sticks and Spoon what we are being told today can't likely be done. Bullshit.
Somebody be fucking somebody and lying and hiding information and technology. All of this could be done 40+ years ago with shit technology, no process control/computer aided energy manipulation and with solar cells that were literally a fraction of what we have now. We been fucked by Big Money Fossil Fuel and Big Oil for decades. And we will continue to be fucked until we can't cope with the trillions of tons of carbon we have already sent into the atmosphere and we still can't stop.
We been fucked by jackasses with no vision pulling free oil out of the ground and driving cars with it, full well knowing it would destroy the Earth and make it unlivable but we *didn't give a fuck!* because it's all about the money and power. It's all about an Oligarchs money (mo money) and zip about exploiting technology that doesn't benefit the %.01. We did it 46 years ago and now they claim it ain't ready for Prime Time.
Bullshit.
VooDoo
I'm all for solar. But if enough people figured out how to convert solar into hp instead of using rechargeable batteries made in China, the government would levy a tax on the sun or tax the dogshit out of you some other way.
They don't cotton to escapees that live off their grid.
It won't be a novelty in 10 years and EVs will be all over the place in 20 years. Think about how fast technology moves... 20 years ago smart phones almost didn't exist.
Then we hear people saying things like "Feasible EV technology is 50 years away! We dont have the power to support it!"
Seriously??? Think of where we were in the 1970s...
Bottom line: these things will be everywhere in 20 years. There's a huge push for off-shore wind farms as we speak. Plus, batteries will become more and more efficient over time.
This is how I see a lot of EV buyers and drivers. Not all, but a lot.They are the swastika armband of the leftist movement.
I noticed the people that are the most aware of the dangers of electricity are electricians. The more experienced the electrician, the more respect they have for it.I can't wait for the first 480v mishap.
I have seen it blow a 600 lb electrical cabinet about 75-100 foot across a shop before.
I have seen it turn a guys arm into jelly when he flipped a 480 breaker that had a short.
480v is NOT allowed in residences and neighborhood transformers *usually* don't have 3 phase 220, let alone 480.
It's a huge safety thing....HUGE.
Pro tip: if the wires are colored yellow/orange/brown....leave it the fuck alone.
Ever seen an electric fireball 15 or so feet in diameter no more than 50 foot from where you are standing ?I noticed the people that are the most aware of the dangers of electricity are electricians. The more experienced the electrician, the more respect they have for it.
Here's my dilemma - I'm an electronics engineering technician now with 49 years of on the job experience. I started in college in 1974 studying electronics engineering/process control electronics and in two years our senior class project - our final project - became necessary for graduation. What did we build? We built an electric car...without carbon fiber, without todays batteries (no such thing as lithium ion) and without magic. Long story short, we built a 2 person car of tubular steel/aluminum frame with lead acid batteries. We used rewound starter motors from Ford cars to get the needed torque. No such thing as neodymium or titanium. We built a car that could cruise at 65 mph for 180 miles. And we parked in a lot in Chicago, deployed the solar array and recharged the batteries in 7+ hours and drove it back to it's originating point simulating a commuter driving 180 miles to work, parking the car in the parking lot to recharge the batteries sitting in the parking lot for an 8 hour shift, and then drove it 180 miles back home.
In 1976. With lead acid batteries and solar cells and cheesy ass motors of rewound starter motors...without titanium, carbon fiber, or todays high yield batteries and solar cells. 46 fucking years ago we did with Sticks and Spoon what we are being told today can't likely be done. Bullshit.
Not arguing with you. Just adding an extra consideration. Someone will see the accelerated charging of a 480v system and think, "That's what I'll have installed."I agree you are not an electrical engineer. You are off by a mere 34 hours on your guess.
However, we can give you an approximate charging time if you have a dead Tesla battery and need a full charge.
Here are the estimates of how long it takes to fully charge a tesla:
- Level 1 (120 V): 20 to 40 hours
- Level 2 (240 V): 8 to 12 hours
- Level 3 (480 V): 15 to 25 minutes
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How Long Does it Take to Charge a Tesla?
Interested in buying a Tesla and want to know how fast you can charge it? Check out this article to find out how long it takes to charge a Tesla fully.mechanicbase.com
Not arguing with you. Just adding an extra consideration. Someone will see the accelerated charging of a 480v system and think, "That's what I'll have installed."
I work with 480 every day... Commercial stations are one thing. But I would never consider installing a 480 volt system in the average person's home... There's always going to be a certain percentage of dumbasses who have no clue but are "sure they can fix it themselves." The upside is their funeral will be cheaper if their burial plan pre-opted for cremation. Any system over 250 volts phase to ground is unforgiving to say the least
Then after a few hundred "handyman barbeques" we'll all be subjected to tear-jerker PSA's admonishing us to not mess with the charging systems in our homes... And enough mandatory interlocks to make the average person think they're prepping for a nuclear launch.
Mike
As far as I know most utilities won't run 3 phase to a residence anyway... Unless you want to pay for the installation up front... And that was $26k for 480 Delta to a shop... Back in the late 90's. (Guy had bought a Warner & Swasey lathe at an auction and wanted to put it in his dad's shop)Just as a note, if running a 48 Amp+ 240V charging plug for charging your car at home isn't fast enough, you could pay the big bucks and get a high speed DC Fast charger installed if your electricity supplier actually will be able to run the circuit for it to your house.
However all things being equal, I don't think most folks will find that they need more than 50 amps at 240V to charge their car at home since it will easily charge completely in less than an evening.
The super high speed chargers are really only needed by folks when they are on the road and want to be able to push 250+ KWh to their battery to minimize wait time.
Here's my dilemma - I'm an electronics engineering technician now with 49 years of on the job experience. I started in college in 1974 studying electronics engineering/process control electronics and in two years our senior class project - our final project - became necessary for graduation. What did we build? We built an electric car...without carbon fiber, without todays batteries (no such thing as lithium ion) and without magic. Long story short, we built a 2 person car of tubular steel/aluminum frame with lead acid batteries. We used rewound starter motors from Ford cars to get the needed torque. No such thing as neodymium or titanium. We built a car that could cruise at 65 mph for 180 miles. And we parked in a lot in Chicago, deployed the solar array and recharged the batteries in 7+ hours and drove it back to it's originating point simulating a commuter driving 180 miles to work, parking the car in the parking lot to recharge the batteries sitting in the parking lot for an 8 hour shift, and then drove it 180 miles back home.
In 1976. With lead acid batteries and solar cells and cheesy ass motors of rewound starter motors...without titanium, carbon fiber, or todays high yield batteries and solar cells. 46 fucking years ago we did with Sticks and Spoon what we are being told today can't likely be done. Bullshit.
Somebody be fucking somebody and lying and hiding information and technology. All of this could be done 40+ years ago with shit technology, no process control/computer aided energy manipulation and with solar cells that were literally a fraction of what we have now. We been fucked by Big Money Fossil Fuel and Big Oil for decades. And we will continue to be fucked until we can't cope with the trillions of tons of carbon we have already sent into the atmosphere and we still can't stop.
We been fucked by jackasses with no vision pulling free oil out of the ground and driving cars with it, full well knowing it would destroy the Earth and make it unlivable but we *didn't give a fuck!* because it's all about the money and power. It's all about an Oligarchs money (mo money) and zip about exploiting technology that doesn't benefit the %.01. We did it 46 years ago and now they claim it ain't ready for Prime Time.
Bullshit.
VooDoo
Yup. In addition, the green/leftist/Euro trash/white shame/pedo crew are busily destroying our economy and their future. In 10 yrs all these initiatives will be in the shitter. It’s already falling apart, but covid/gay pride/Ukraine is distracting the idiots for now.I care that the entire electric car thing is a scam built upon a foundation of lies. Yeah, they accelerate faster, that is a by-product of an electric motor. Thus far most electric cars and trucks are crippled when they go uphill or run at full power for more than the 41 seconds required for this race. They heat soak and it is far harder to cool a one ton battery so it does not explode than an ICE engine that creates similar power.
Here is the basic problem with lying assed electric car cunts. The Electric Car Cunts of America claim the average battery shitbox will require about 2,300 KWH a year to power it thru Faggot land. The problem is that is you calculate the average number of miles the average person drives by the average number of KW per mile, even the most generous rendering of math says these cars will require 4,458 KWH, nearly 100% more. If your shitty product had real value you would not have to be a lying cunt to market it, the value would be apparent and people would flock to buy it.
This country has 290 MILLION privately owned vehicles. Let's say that only 1/2 of them are driven daily. That will require about 650,000,000 MEGAWATTS of electricity annually. That will require 645,000 new wind turbines. Those new wind turbines will require 52 MILLION ACRES OF LAND. Imagine covering an area 1.5 times the size of New York state in wind turbines. now imagine the tens of thousands of transformers and thousands of miles of wire required to connect them to anything else.
If we swapped every commercial truck and private vehicle to battery is will require a billion of those swappable battery packs, literally. That is just America.
Cobalt, lithium, manganese, nickel, copper and lead are all required to make an electric car battery. All of it will be strip mined from somewhere or dredged from the oceans and all of it will cause stunning levels of pollution. Here is the best part. The Electric Car Cunts of America claim making a battery for a Tesla model 3 only emits 15,000 pounds of CO2, far less than anything for an ICE car. They get this figure by forgetting the CO2 emitted in the mining, refining, processing and shipping of all the raw materials for the battery and only tracking the battery making process at the Tesla plant in Nevada.
Every ton of lithium creates 15 tons of CO2. In America a 100,000 tons of CO2 are emitted annually just to make and refine lead. Every ton of manganese processed creates 6 tons of CO2. 2.5 tons of CO2 per ton of copper. 11.5 tons of CO2 for a ton of aluminum and each Tesla requires nearly 500 pounds of aluminum. Hell you will still need 12 million barrels of oil a year just to make fucking plastic bags. Essentially a Tesla Model S produces as much CO@ as an ICE car that gets 20 mpg.
The real problem with electric cars is that they are built on a pyramid of lies and idiots think that because the car does not emit exhaust it is not creating pollution. Idiots are absolutely critical to the marketing of electric cars. Stupid motherfuckers who believe that if they are not doing the burning, it simply ceases to happen. You know..........................................people stupid enough to vote for Joe Biden.
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Tesla's Electric Cars Aren't as Green as You Might Think
Despite their green cred, Tesla cars create pollution and carbon emissions in ways that are easily overlooked by consumers and investors.www.wired.com
Well and good but the main point here was look at how fast this thing is and the technology that did it.Yup. In addition, the green/leftist/Euro trash/white shame/pedo crew are busily destroying our economy and their future. In 10 yrs all these initiatives will be in the shitter. It’s already falling apart, but covid/gay pride/Ukraine is distracting the idiots for now.
And the batteries can be tossed into the ocean to recharge the electric eels.It won't be a novelty in 10 years and EVs will be all over the place in 20 years. Think about how fast technology moves... 20 years ago smart phones almost didn't exist.
Then we hear people saying things like "Feasible EV technology is 50 years away! We dont have the power to support it!"
Seriously??? Think of where we were in the 1970s...
Bottom line: these things will be everywhere in 20 years. There's a huge push for off-shore wind farms as we speak. Plus, batteries will become more and more efficient over time.
Ran again, 40.06!!! .13 off the overall record.
Well and good but the main point here was look at how fast this thing is and the technology that did it.
Running off on the tangent of the political aspect has been done, most if, not all here get it. So shift the perspective to a glass half full vs my glass is empty and there is a turd in it. I enjoy speed. Very few things get my adrenaline pumping like playing on the edge of death in some sort of high speed contraption. So fuck the political bull shit and sit back and imagine what that 39.08 second blast up the hill would be like!!! Get into the potential of this tech not looking at it from a turd in the glass perspective. Shit man!!
I mean, yes, but if things move forward with battery recycling it will surely be a game changer.And the batteries can be tossed into the ocean to recharge the electric eels.
Got to be one of the favorites sort of a Group B rally car in Good Wood and just shows how fast the Group B cars could be , besting most of the specials with something that resembles a car with aerodynamics of a brick and a roof rack aero package