TIDALWAVE
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The MN DOT has purchased quite a few electric vehicles in the last couple of years. They found that the average lithium-powered car had a 41% drop in range during the winter.
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Forbes published a study a few years ago that showed only place full electric vehicles have overall payback cost/pollution was the northwest with a lot of hydropower. Coal and natural gas generation were still negatives. Additional wind power will help some. Electric power transmission is very efficient. You can't just look at the amount of electricity used at your home to recharge because it starts out at the power plant higher.Also, your second question is common, but EVs are also cleaner, even if your grid is 100% coal. There are numerous studies that look at this, done by a variety of non-profits. EVs are not zero emission,but are far better for human health (air quality) as well as the planet (greenhouse gases).
Not quite. Here's the Forbes article. Note the title "Charging An Electric Vehicle Is Far Cleaner Than Driving On Gasoline, Everywhere In America": https://www.forbes.com/sites/energy...-gasoline-everywhere-in-america/#5d42434571f8Forbes published a study a few years ago that showed only place full electric vehicles have overall payback cost/pollution was the northwest with a lot of hydropower. Coal and natural gas generation were still negatives. Additional wind power will help some. Electric power transmission is very efficient. You can't just look at the amount of electricity used at your home to recharge because it starts out at the power plant higher.
That is probably the best way to explain it.Here's a similar article from Wired that puts it clearly: "To put everything on the same scale, the researchers turned their calculations into a familiar format: miles per gallon. An electric car driver in renewable-happy California is doing as much damage to the environment as a gas car that gets 109 miles per gallon. In Texas, that number drops to 60 mpg. In the center of the country, around Illinois and Missouri, it’s just 39 mpg."
https://www.wired.com/story/even-more-evidence-that-electric-cars-could-save-the-planet/
I agree with what you said. As states move further toward renewable power sorces and upgrade transmission effeciency electric cars impact will keep dropping. I had a 1957 Willys 4WD pickup with the L head 226 and 4.88 axle gears. Even with the Warn OD I got about 15 MPG, 12 without it.. The 230 was designed to be much more efficient, so I wondered what sort of MPG you get?Not quite. Here's the Forbes article. Note the title "Charging An Electric Vehicle Is Far Cleaner Than Driving On Gasoline, Everywhere In America": https://www.forbes.com/sites/energy...-gasoline-everywhere-in-america/#5d42434571f8
Here's a similar article from Wired that puts it clearly: "To put everything on the same scale, the researchers turned their calculations into a familiar format: miles per gallon. An electric car driver in renewable-happy California is doing as much damage to the environment as a gas car that gets 109 miles per gallon. In Texas, that number drops to 60 mpg. In the center of the country, around Illinois and Missouri, it’s just 39 mpg."
https://www.wired.com/story/even-more-evidence-that-electric-cars-could-save-the-planet/
Pollution is actually two things: greenhouse gases that lead to climate change, and air quality (NOx, SOx, etc.) that hurts us far more quickly, especially the very old and the very young. For air quality, the impact on human health is proportional to how close you are to the exhaust pipe of the car or smokestack of the power plant.
Don't get me wrong - my '64 Willys Wagon has a carb atop its stock 230 OHC Tornado, but electric vehicles simply are cleaner than gas, now matter how one looks at it. Lastly the grid is getting cleaner every year, largely due to natural gas being so cheap and replacing coal, so an EV actually gets cleaner over time. My Willys Wagon does not.
I have the Warn OD as well. Haven't put many miles on it since getting the Wagon running after buying it, but getting about 17-18 mpg... It will go 65 mph, but the engine out-performs the brakes and steering.I agree with what you said. As states move further toward renewable power sorces and upgrade transmission effeciency electric cars impact will keep dropping. I had a 1957 Willys 4WD pickup with the L head 226 and 4.88 axle gears. Even with the Warn OD I got about 15 MPG, 12 without it.. The 230 was designed to be much more efficient, so I wondered what sort of MPG you get?
Thanks! Mine would cruise easily at 70 with the OD, but you'd have to leave lots of room for stopping and winding roads had to be taken very slowly due to the slow sloppy steering!I have the Warn OD as well. Haven't put many miles on it since getting the Wagon running after buying it, but getting about 17-18 mpg... It will go 65 mph, but the engine out-performs the brakes and steering.
Actually Billy he is correct. The whole world is changing. Once batteries give the same range as a tank of gasoline and the recharge time is the same, then the infrastructure will quickly grow and this is going to happen. Battery prices will come down. It is currently chaper per mile to use electricity from the grid than gasoline in most areas of the US. If you have solar panels on the roof or a wind generator it is no contest.Let's think about this slowly now. Would it make any sense at all to create 2 new drivetrains like the 2.0L Turbo, and the EcoDiesel, that would only be available for 2 and 1 years respectively, before canceling them all in favour of the hybrid, which also runs on gasoline by the way, and is not "completely electric"?
Your thinking was so off the wall on the first point. Might you possibly consider that you're not seeing reality clearly on these other points?
And nuclear fusion is only 10 years away...Actually Billy he is correct. The whole world is changing. Once batteries give the same range as a tank of gasoline and the recharge time is the same, then the infrastructure will quickly grow and this is going to happen. Battery prices will come down. It is currently chaper per mile to use electricity from the grid than gasoline in most areas of the US. If you have solar panels on the roof or a wind generator it is no contest.
Actually Nuclear Fusion happened alread in the 1940's, and large scale in 1951, but I get that it is not for everyone. In my small city, population 14,000, the downtown station (Union 76) charges $3.59 for regular. We have 5 others, but they are not that much cheaper. The next closest town has only one station and it costs even more (no data from Gas Buddy). Gas Buddy shows the single station in the town after that at $3.79 for Regular (Chevron). My fuel cost per mile would be far cheaper for electricity than for gasoline, and being somewhat remote, I drive a lot. But I live in a condo and each unit has a garage in central garage units that are centrally wired. I have 115V service, probably at only 15 Amps. So it would be a big deal to upgrade my indivual garage for charging on 220V service. But eventually it will happen. But when it does I am going full electric so I can charge at home except on long trips.And nuclear fusion is only 10 years away...
They just had a report on the news that if you live in a cold climate that the cold is cutting battery mileage in half including using the heater. And if you lived in a state that didn't kill you with taxes and high prices you'd be paying $2.29.Actually Nuclear Fusion happened alread in the 1940's, and large scale in 1951, but I get that it is not for everyone. In my small city, population 14,000, the downtown station (Union 76) charges $3.59 for regular. We have 5 others, but they are not that much cheaper. The next closest town has only one station and it costs even more (no data from Gas Buddy). Gas Buddy shows the single station in the town after that at $3.79 for Regular (Chevron). My fuel cost per mile would be far cheaper for electricity than for gasoline, and being somewhat remote, I drive a lot. But I live in a condo and each unit has a garage in central garage units that are centrally wired. I have 115V service, probably at only 15 Amps. So it would be a big deal to upgrade my indivual garage for charging on 220V service. But eventually it will happen. But when it does I am going full electric so I can charge at home except on long trips.
Your statement is only true because of the excessive taxes on fossil fuels and subsidies proping up solar and wind. It's trading on false economies.Actually Billy he is correct. The whole world is changing. Once batteries give the same range as a tank of gasoline and the recharge time is the same, then the infrastructure will quickly grow and this is going to happen. Battery prices will come down. It is currently chaper per mile to use electricity from the grid than gasoline in most areas of the US. If you have solar panels on the roof or a wind generator it is no contest.
You are correct about trading on false economies, however the amount of subsidies that fossil fuels receive dwarf the subsidies received by renewable. So while I agree that we should be concerned about subsidies you conclusion that subsidies "prop up solar and wind" could not be more incorrect.Your statement is only true because of the excessive taxes on fossil fuels and subsidies proping up solar and wind. It's trading on false economies.