wilberforce15
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You can spit smoke while the cyber truck laughs at your pathetic torque levels, after it passes you on the 1/4 mile after it gives you a 1/4 mile head start.
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1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
We will have a steam to electricity plant fired on old pallets.
oldngray
nowhere special
We had a trash burning power plant. Had. The thing never worked right and cost too much to operate. Eventually it was converted to a coal burning plant.
Poop Head
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Diesel is the future. Get with the times . boomer
wilberforce15
Well-Known Member
I've already got my diesel whole-house backup power system hooked up.
It's a tank of diesel that hangs on my garage wall, and starts up on any outage.
The future is sweet, man.
iowa boy
Well-Known Member
I have nothing against electric vehicles, but, given UPS's past attempts with a front windshield defrost system that actually works, how in the hell are the drivers gonna keep that windshield clean and condensate free when it rains, and keep the ice and snow from freezing to the windshield in the winter?
Poop Head
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Probably with the defroster..
rod
Retired 22 years
Agree. That windshield will be a MAJOR problem causer. Especially now days when the trucks aren't washed but once a year it seems.
zubenelgenubi
I'm a star
Gasifiers running regular internal combustion generators. Or the new, low heat, meltdown-proof mini nuclear reactors. That's the sort of thing that will make reducing CO2 emissions even somewhat possible.
zubenelgenubi
I'm a star
I'm all on board with the benefits of electric vehicles, but you are going to have to explain how weight helps.
As for the heat, electric motors generate heat, even if not as much, but still plenty, like IC engines. That's not really a concern. Shouldn't need to add battery for that.
wilberforce15
Well-Known Member
In the winter, weight = traction.
That's why a rear wheel drive empty pickup is such a nightmare in snow. There is no weight on the drive wheels.
Electrics are easy to make all wheel drive, and the high weight low on the chassis is great. Internal combustion rides high and is lighter. Electrics are heavier and lower.
The electric motor doesn't need to generate the heat for a heater directly. I think he was just referring to any heating system draining the battery faster.
zubenelgenubi
I'm a star
Ok, I just thought we were talking about range and battery life. Weight does not help with that. And I understand the issue with a separate heating system, but I think the waste heat from the motor would be adequate without having to install a separate heating system. I could be wrong, but seems like most people don't think electric motors generate any heat.
wilberforce15
Well-Known Member
Yeah, no matter how you slice it, it's simply not an issue.
Thus, having half of Norway's market share while people here are saying "what about winter?"
rod
Retired 22 years
Can you imagine UPS paying thousands of drivers 15-20 minutes extra just to clean that monster windshield?
Overpaid Union Thug
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Looks like those are for England. Doubt we’ll ever see them here.
Poop Head
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i was talking about regular pc windows.
Ups would never buy any serious amount of the vehicles in that video. Good for PR cuz its neat looking, not for delivering packages.
However, bodies like the current trucks, on electric chassis will be sweet, once wireless charging is built into the floors in the buildings
wilberforce15
Well-Known Member
All of that is ready to roll and just needs to be purchased.
Poop Head
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So maybe 10 years from now, ups will invest
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Can the electric car drive 400 miles, gas up (charge) in 10 minutes and drive another 400 miles? That, and cost the same without tax money subsidizing it?
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