Posted on Nov 26, 2019
GM president: Electric cars won't go mainstream until we fix these problems
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Another that i can think of is size to fit a family of 4 on a trip.
GM president: Electric cars won't go mainstream until we fix these problems
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - There are many issues to overcome I am sure... I had a Lexus Hybrid and that got tremendous mileage, but very slow on pick up... I did like it though... All electric is a different breed... It will happen when the all the kinks are ironed out!
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
That slow pick up is a big one with me as well, I've been a muscle/sports cars driver so you can see why. I honestly don't see them becoming more than a niche product, but can see a reason for that niche. Tesla just put a large charging station in near me but it's usually completely empty. A very long way to go to become mainstream IMO.
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PO1 H Gene Lawrence
I remember back in the mid 60’s, while stationed at NAS Miramar in the Weapons Division, we used electric fork lifts. They had a lot of lift power and were quite quick in speed.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - Tesla's are all rockets ships and the fasted accelerating motor cycle on the marker is electric, Hybrids have tiny electric motors, electrics do not. as a plus maximum torques is available from 0 rpm up.
https://insideevs.com/reviews/343552/tesla-model-3-0-to-60-mph-how-quick-is-it-compared-to-other-teslas/
https://insideevs.com/reviews/343552/tesla-model-3-0-to-60-mph-how-quick-is-it-compared-to-other-teslas/
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I don't own an electric vehicle. I know one person who does and he only uses it for his 5 mile one way commute and local driving. The concern I have is re-charge time. If I'm low on gas, its less than a mile to the gas station and I'm filled up and on the road in less than 5 minutes. I understand that depending on a variety of factors it can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 12 hours to recharge an electric vehicle.
I get frustrated waiting for the batteries to recharge on my screw gun.
I get frustrated waiting for the batteries to recharge on my screw gun.
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As a Trucker, I've been seeing plenty of obstacles for Electric Big-Rigs that are nearly identical to what Electric cars deal with, but on a grander scale. The biggest two are range and infrastructure.
On the average, an Over The Road tractor/trailer combo can go 1000-1200 miles before needing to fill up their tanks and drivers do around 550 miles, also on the average, per driving shift. So, on a two driver truck, they make that distance in less than 24 hours.
What's more, it only takes 7-9 minutes to completely fill both fuel tanks and get back out on the road.
Right now, the current prototype OTR truck can go around 500 miles on a single charge, after which, it needs to recharge for several hours before full. This cuts down how quick a truck can get from point A to point B.
For Day-Cab models, this is fine because the trucks only do a radius of 250 miles at most anyway and they can charge at their home terminal; OTR trucks don't have that luxury.
So the way the trucks recharge or where they can go needs updating. Either a way to swap battery packs on the rig pretty quickly or charging points in the parking lot, because even at the highest KWpH charging ports, it'll take a few hours, at least, to get them up to snuff.
On the average, an Over The Road tractor/trailer combo can go 1000-1200 miles before needing to fill up their tanks and drivers do around 550 miles, also on the average, per driving shift. So, on a two driver truck, they make that distance in less than 24 hours.
What's more, it only takes 7-9 minutes to completely fill both fuel tanks and get back out on the road.
Right now, the current prototype OTR truck can go around 500 miles on a single charge, after which, it needs to recharge for several hours before full. This cuts down how quick a truck can get from point A to point B.
For Day-Cab models, this is fine because the trucks only do a radius of 250 miles at most anyway and they can charge at their home terminal; OTR trucks don't have that luxury.
So the way the trucks recharge or where they can go needs updating. Either a way to swap battery packs on the rig pretty quickly or charging points in the parking lot, because even at the highest KWpH charging ports, it'll take a few hours, at least, to get them up to snuff.
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