EV List Lackey via EV wrote:
Lee Hart via EV wrote:
That's $400,000 per bus! ... You're not going to get many schools to adopt
them at that price.
Maybe some high school shop class should take on the challenge of
converting one?
Wouldn't that be great? Healthy for both the schools' budgets an
Lee, what you say seems possible, to me. I think the test would be to
inquire to some insurance companies. After all, that's where the
liability ends up. So, if they can be convinced the liability is
essentially no higher with an ebus vs the old bus, the project could be
feasible.
On the othe
A 2035 ban was agreed on in principle in June but with some resistance. As
of Friday they seem to have mostly worked things out. The upshot is that
vehicles have to show 50-55% carbon reduction by 2030 and zero carbon by
2035, with boutique / luxury automakers given only an extra year.
It's
It may not matter. EV's are hitting the exponential growth curve, and
ICE vehicles are hitting the reverse exponential curve.
EV's will continue to get less expensive as volume production increases,
and new lower-end models come out.
ICE vehicle manufacturers are already making very slim profits
I think the push helps. Yes, the momentum is there and the pace is
accelerating. But we still can't make an affordable battery that can
charge rapidly, uses readily available raw materials, and is compact and
light. The push will indirectly put more pressure on R&D: whoever comes
up with the be
On 29 Oct 2022 at 20:57, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
> There's been a move back to LiFePo because it doesn't use cobalt. What
> else can be done ?
Nickel metal hydride?
NiMH has significantly lower specific energy than lithium, but reliability
and cycle life are outstanding and well proven.
