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The electric cars have problems that have nothing to do with actually manufacturing and it has less exciting name, it is called power grid. If we would switch t
by _o_ 8y ago
The electric cars have problems that have nothing to do with actually manufacturing and it has less exciting name, it is called power grid. If we would switch to el. cars, the first effect would be light polution due to electrical wires glowing in the night. Then the complete collapse of system. To be able to power all the cars, we have to double the amount of high voltage transport wires between the power plants and consumers (cities) + additional transformators, and this is something where billions need to be spent, it will make electricity expensier (actually the other part of the bill - the power grid costs) for everyone and el. cars economicaly useless.
Electrical cars? Yeah, I want one. Does it make sense on large scale? Not really.
As far as I have noticed, there is a pattern, bad Q results, then Musk comes with a new revolutionary idea, just pumping the hype. I am eager to see what will be next, maybe electrical cargo ship or electrical magic carpet (I would have one if those :) )
- Robotbeat 8y agoThat is ridiculous. The electric grid is actually facing precipitous demand growth drop[0] due (in part) to efficiency improvements. Long range electric vehicles are able to charge when demand is lowest most of the time, and for long trips, they charge at Superchargers which are buffered with stationary batteries. Far from destroying the electric grid, electric cars are critical to making utilities profitable. [0]https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/energy-and-environment/2018/2/27/17052488/electricity-demand-utilities https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/energy-and-environment/2018...
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- _o_ 8y agoOh, sorry, I understand now. Looks like studying energetics 20 years back is something that is useful for anything else regarding electricity except electrical cars (and solar panels). My bad. I should understand that saying that king is naked will just bring downvotes from all the real experts who are learning from marketing and press (that is writing articles based on material given to them by marketing). I will just stop posting in this thread, as usualy on those two topics every average John Doe is smarter. Just go and buy more Tesla stocks.