@deprecated_ii yes price conscious folk are gonna be buying the older EVs that need $8k on battery replacements instead of holding onto their still decent and reliable ice cars like grim death as they do now
>$8k battery replacement
Try 15-22 with labor.
Try 15-22 with labor.
@BroDrillard @Paultron-3030 @deprecated_ii Price conscious niggas DIY
@poastoak @BroDrillard @Paultron-3030 I doubt 1 in 100 shade tree mechanics can replace an EV battery unless it's one of those city cars with a small accessible battery pack in the ass of the car
a structural pack in the floor that weighs 1000+ pounds? I would have to *really* love the car to fuck with that
a structural pack in the floor that weighs 1000+ pounds? I would have to *really* love the car to fuck with that
@deprecated_ii @poastoak @BroDrillard @Paultron-3030 >city cars with a small accessible battery pack in the ass of the car
Yes. The Prius, which is not an EV, is very easy to DIY the battery pack replacement kit on. ChrisFix even put a video up showing how to do it. The 2014-2019 depreciated really heavily and is a great car if you drive long rural or semi-rural drives. I had one when I was in Kentucky for work and driving to and from sites 25+ miles I was pulling 58-65 mpg mixed rural highways.
Yes. The Prius, which is not an EV, is very easy to DIY the battery pack replacement kit on. ChrisFix even put a video up showing how to do it. The 2014-2019 depreciated really heavily and is a great car if you drive long rural or semi-rural drives. I had one when I was in Kentucky for work and driving to and from sites 25+ miles I was pulling 58-65 mpg mixed rural highways.
Buying an old Prius and replacing the battery with 250lb of cheap China LiPo would be a cool project if:
1. Electricity was actually cheaper than fuel
2. The Prius didn't look like ass
1. Electricity was actually cheaper than fuel
2. The Prius didn't look like ass
@cjd @Paultron-3030 @BroDrillard @deprecated_ii @poastoak The Prius doesn't look terrible, but that's all a matter of taste. As for the electrical cost aspect, the one I drove was not plug-in and only charged from wheel regeneration and the alternator/electric motor. It was neat to see the drive meter switch between these so actively and without any noticeable feeling in the driver's seat. Toyota engineered one of the best drive systems on the road with this.
@cjd @Paultron-3030 @BroDrillard @deprecated_ii @poastoak Also not directed at any of you, but the knee jerk "hybrid and EV bad" from rightoids is kind of annoying. I like the tech aspect and I know it's incredibly inefficient to charge batteries and haul around "spent fuel", but talking about how I like electric motors around some car guys IRL gets the thought terminating cliches rolling. We have plenty of electric drive or hybrid electric/ICE drive vehicles that use gasoline or diesel generators in use. Trains are the best example, and I seriously think over the road trucking is destined to go that way. Even mild hybrids like Dodge ram e-torque are silly to ignore because it's just foolish not to get that performance boost for so little weight and cost.
Diesel engines are better than gasoline, hands down.
Hybrid systems are nice because you can store energy while rolling down hill and then use it to get up the next one.
Charging off the grid would be nice if electricity wasn't a scam, hopefully AI power demands will force investment into molten salt nuclear and then electricity will go to it's proper price, which will make electricity cheaper than oil by a hilarious margin.
Hybrid systems are nice because you can store energy while rolling down hill and then use it to get up the next one.
Charging off the grid would be nice if electricity wasn't a scam, hopefully AI power demands will force investment into molten salt nuclear and then electricity will go to it's proper price, which will make electricity cheaper than oil by a hilarious margin.
Honestly, when power companies stop fiddle-fucking around with coal and natgas (not to mention fucking dumb ass renewables), power SHOULD get so cheap that electric cars are the only thing that makes any kind of economic sense...
@cjd @Paultron-3030 @BroDrillard @deprecated_ii @poastoak Natural gas is incredibly efficient and doesn't have fear mongering or the expense of building nuclear. I do want nuclear power though.
Current nuclear powerplants are poorly designed.
1. The whole reactor is a giant pressure vessel and if pressure is lost then the water boils out of it and it melts down, so it has to be way over-designed for the purpose.
2. The fuel is solid, and when 5% of it burns up, it can no longer sustain reaction, so 95% usable fuel is discarded as waste. With liquid fuel, chemists can extract the waste using chemical reactions and return the fuel to burn over and over again.
But it's the only source of energy that really makes sense - except maybe geothermal...
1. The whole reactor is a giant pressure vessel and if pressure is lost then the water boils out of it and it melts down, so it has to be way over-designed for the purpose.
2. The fuel is solid, and when 5% of it burns up, it can no longer sustain reaction, so 95% usable fuel is discarded as waste. With liquid fuel, chemists can extract the waste using chemical reactions and return the fuel to burn over and over again.
But it's the only source of energy that really makes sense - except maybe geothermal...
@cjd @Paultron-3030 @BroDrillard @BowsacNoodle @deprecated_ii @poastoak
We need more photosynthesis powered energy involving making people do work after eating sugar
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We could just feed people plants then have them exercise on some devise that provides electrical power for a paid job and reduce the government subsudies to pay for people with diabetees and heart disease by preventing it
