For regional travel, not flying across the world. Back in the days before jets it took up to 12 days to reach Australia by air. That was on very light aircraft with no real safety.
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Is the end of Battery EVs coming?
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For regional travel, not flying across the world. Back in the days before jets it took up to 12 days to reach Australia by air. That was on very light aircraft with no real safety.
No, currently it's 3-4x, with expected advances taking us to 2.5-3.5x sometime in the future. Unfortunately, the effort of compressing, transporting, storing, and dispensing all reduce efficiency, and there's not really a way around the physics of compressing a gas into a tank.
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If only all cars were as reliable as your chunder posts.
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Can’t break laws of physics and chemical
binding entropy.
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Japan has thrown billions at Hydrogen tech, it’s essentially gone nowhere. Hydrogen generation costs a phenomenal amount of money, especially green hydrogen. I’m fairly close to the industry, all plans and trials have been shelved for the short term, that would not be the case if it was so ‘easy’ to harness. Let’s be realistic please.
Battery tech is here and present ffs, charge at your house or a station, it’s something we can all use in some form or other now. Can you say the same for hydrogen? It maybe a solution in the future, but it’s a long time away.
Battery tech is here and present ffs, charge at your house or a station, it’s something we can all use in some form or other now. Can you say the same for hydrogen? It maybe a solution in the future, but it’s a long time away.
Ford's Developing A Cheap EV Platform To Fend Off Tesla And Chinese EVs
Ford thinks cheaper vehicles are crucial for competing with upcoming vehicles from Tesla and Chinese EV companies.
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a metric truck ton of electricity tho.
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this is just wrong.... then people wonder why I get frustrated. just the tiniest amount of basic research shows this it as accurate as a flat earth.
EVs are not perfect but Jesus Christ. also EVs have continually been shown to be more reliable than ICE cars. sure they can break down ..... but not as much.
as for the mining...... mining iron makes a mess , and we mine a lot more iron than we do anything in car batteries, not to mention coal.
everything we use is either grown or dug out of the earth, why pick on battery materials ?
and there have been some pretty disastrous spills involving oil as well.
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The first indication of that is the word 'Nasher' above the post
Why would you get frustrated? It's Nasher, if he ever says anything accurate you buy a lottery ticket.
Just laugh at him and move on like everyone else does.
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I didn't realise he was a resident troll. call me naive but I try and post assuming people are being honest rather than deliberately making stuff up. however point taken.
I don't think he's a troll tbh, I just think that although wisdom has been chasing him all his life, he has always been faster.
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TBH the way I look at it, the amount of oil used for air travel is probably only a couple of % of the total for long haul, far more flights are short haul.
With that in mind I don't see an issue with allowing that to continue whilst they work on better options for long haul (which they already are).
Short haul they seem to believe commercial electric versions are only a matter of years away.
Total air travel is about 8% of global oil usage and maritime 7%.
I have said for many years, what ever he posts its almost certainly the opposite is the truth.
I love it when people (like Masher) mention liquid nitrogen. Its basically a bomb waiting to go off in liquid form, unless actively kept cold.
As it warms it needs to be vented to avoid that, and as such if you fill your car up you need to keep it at some absurd - value, or vent it as mentioned.
Problem is when you vent nitrogen you can't do it in an enclosed space (so under ground carparks or really anywhere enclosed would be a no go for liquid nitrogen vehicles) because the gas can replace oxygen and you can literally suffocate.
(We use nitrogen at work in enclosed spaces and we have two levels of nitrogen detection in these places to ensure people are safe to enter!)
With that in mind I don't see an issue with allowing that to continue whilst they work on better options for long haul (which they already are).
Short haul they seem to believe commercial electric versions are only a matter of years away.
Total air travel is about 8% of global oil usage and maritime 7%.
I have said for many years, what ever he posts its almost certainly the opposite is the truth.
I love it when people (like Masher) mention liquid nitrogen. Its basically a bomb waiting to go off in liquid form, unless actively kept cold.
As it warms it needs to be vented to avoid that, and as such if you fill your car up you need to keep it at some absurd - value, or vent it as mentioned.
Problem is when you vent nitrogen you can't do it in an enclosed space (so under ground carparks or really anywhere enclosed would be a no go for liquid nitrogen vehicles) because the gas can replace oxygen and you can literally suffocate.
(We use nitrogen at work in enclosed spaces and we have two levels of nitrogen detection in these places to ensure people are safe to enter!)
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I'm back in a diesel after 4yrs running both EV & PHEV. What needs to change to get me to go back?
Why I've gone back to driving a diesel after 2 years with an EV and then 2.5 years driving a PHEV as our family car. What needs to change to get me to go bac...
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I just can’t get on with his views on stuff like this. So far from a typical user!
Someone disagrees with the party line?
No offence dude but your inability to participate in conversations without making yourself look like an absolute melt isn't new, you've been doing it for as long as I've been on these boards at least, who know how much longer.
So no, it's not someone "disagreeing with the party line" it's just you being you. Nothing more, nothing less. Own it at least.
You're literally a meme on these boards, people actually coined the term Lolnasher just for you, but somehow it's everyone else?
Come on man.
And sadly Betamax was the far superior product and the worst product, VHS, won through............
Lease prices have dropped by up to £400 per month over the last few months on £70k-£80k cars. Less for cheaper cars. Finally. Lease prices had got ridiculous and way out of hand.