Maybe we should try to get more efficient with our vehicles, whether gas or electric. The new truck sizes are obscene. The eHummers are just a side show, but they are 9,000 lbs with 200 kWh batteries. An ebike uses .5 kWh batteries. We can build 400 ebikes or one eHummer. Both to move a person around.
But not everybody can or wants to ride an ebike. So we can make enclosed ebike-type-vehicles that get by with 5-10 kWh batteries. And they can charge from a 120 VAC outlet. That's orders of magnitude savings on resources, operation, and infrastructure. But they aren't safe with fast/heavy vehicles. So we expand protected and connected bike paths to allow these new vehicles along local commuting routes. We have solutions in hand, but they don't include an eHummer in every driveway. And with increased urgency every day, we really need to be smart about Building Back Better. If we leave it to Big Auto, they have a well-proven track record of being increasingly wasteful with our world's resources. Gary Krysztopik On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 3:37 PM EV List Lackey via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > "The rollout of solar panels and wind turbines is unlikely to be hampered > by > supply problems caused by the war in Ukraine, but the production of > electric > cars could take a hit ..." > > https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/solar-and-wind-rollout-doesnt-depend- > russian-exports-e-cars-do-german-industry > <https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/solar-and-wind-rollout-doesnt-depend-russian-exports-e-cars-do-german-industry> > > or https://v.gd/wQ0EYL > > Maybe this will boost LFP's fortunes. Or maybe it will lead to developing > more politically stable nickel sources. Or maybe certain automakers will > just use it as an excuse to carry on with ICEVs - which burn Russian oil. > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks > you take. > > -- Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20220312/0b44db79/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
