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> Wind is apparently a big factor in route planning so that also impacts the exterior design criteria as well. Wind is a big factor for all vehicles. The big d

> Wind is apparently a big factor in route planning so that also impacts the exterior design criteria as well. Wind is a big factor for all vehicles. The big difference is that combustion engines need a lot of cooling, so there's not that much that can be done in regards to aerodynamics on that front. They still experience the same losses with headwind, arguably even more. > For those who use their vehicles to do repair and other types of field or farm work the verdict is not at all clear. Then don't get a battery-electric vehicle? There are plenty of completely reasonable cases where currently battery-electric vehicles isn't the solution. But the vast vast vast majority of trucks on the road has never had anything in their truck bed that wouldn't fit inside a Fiat Punto. > I'd also prefer Fire, Ambulance and Police to stay on gasoline and diesel for probably the next 25 to 50 years, given the abysmal rate of infrastructure development that happens in this country. I mean - sure? I imagine the people actually driving these vehicles are more than capable of choosing something that gets the job done. How you're able to look 25-50 years into the future is beyond me.

akira2501 3y ago
> They still experience the same losses with headwind, arguably even more. Which is why having more total energy available in the fuel system is significant and means that EVs are not a "drop in" replacement for ICE. Which is what the assumption in these threads seem to be. > Then don't get a battery-electric vehicle? Sure.. I'll just move to a state where it's not mandated, then. Why are you going out of your way to pretend that there aren't actual impacts to real people when these decisions get made? > How you're able to look 25-50 years into the future is beyond me. Oh.. experience and training. You'll notice I used the word "probably" and invoked "abysmal rate of infrastructure development" as part of an effort to avoid this type of mindless bullying. Some of us are actually trying to navigate reality successfully without prefect information. It requires reasonable compromises that everyone should be plainly familiar with.

akira2501 3y ago

> They still experience the same losses with headwind, arguably even more. Which is why having more total energy available in the fuel system is significant and means that EVs are not a "drop in" replacement for ICE. Which is what the assumption in these threads seem to be. > Then don't get a battery-electric vehicle? Sure.. I'll just move to a state where it's not mandated, then. Why are you going out of your way to pretend that there aren't actual impacts to real people when these decisions get made? > How you're able to look 25-50 years into the future is beyond me. Oh.. experience and training. You'll notice I used the word "probably" and invoked "abysmal rate of infrastructure development" as part of an effort to avoid this type of mindless bullying. Some of us are actually trying to navigate reality successfully without prefect information. It requires reasonable compromises that everyone should be plainly familiar with.