lol totally!! Hopefully this is a very long time from now. But i fear it will be a lot sooner.
Is anyone working on a self sustaining battery?
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lol totally!! Hopefully this is a very long time from now. But i fear it will be a lot sooner.
There ya go Gummy a depleted uranium 18650, with the ability to hold 4.5 volts for say 900-1000 years. Only downfall would be after extended use, your head would start to glow.
As habitual users of battery powered devices, I would expect us to be keenly aware of the limitations of batteries. Gas engines didn't replace electric cars because of any great conspiracy, they took over because of their merits. batteries suck today, and they sure sucked worse 100 years ago.
A quote from the linked wikipedia page:
Today, electric cars are only marginally viable, even with massive subsidies, and for much the same reasons they fell from favor back in the day.
Viable means that it does enough of the things that the mass market consumer expects a car to do, and at a price the consumer is willing to pay. I think the tipping point will be around 100 miles/charge at 60/70mph for $15,000, maybe $20,000. Outside of those constraints, it simply is not useful, as a car, to enough people to take off.
Presumably someone has done the research for more accurate numbers. Oh, and don't hold me to those guesses if the economic (aka non-political) cost of gasoline makes a huge move (like sustained over $12/gal).
A quote from the linked wikipedia page:
Today, electric cars are only marginally viable, even with massive subsidies, and for much the same reasons they fell from favor back in the day.
Viable means that it does enough of the things that the mass market consumer expects a car to do, and at a price the consumer is willing to pay. I think the tipping point will be around 100 miles/charge at 60/70mph for $15,000, maybe $20,000. Outside of those constraints, it simply is not useful, as a car, to enough people to take off.
Presumably someone has done the research for more accurate numbers. Oh, and don't hold me to those guesses if the economic (aka non-political) cost of gasoline makes a huge move (like sustained over $12/gal).
im done.... PLEASE watch "who killed the electric car?" for a fresh look at why this happened AGAIN in the 90's. Find out how automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, and the US government limited the development and adoption of this technology. This is when the SUV came out. Talk about consuming!
Again i'm sorry for the off topic post but i thought this was common knowledge.
Again i'm sorry for the off topic post but i thought this was common knowledge.
I do think that "IF" we would have had the same 150ish years of tech. advances in an electric car market that we have had in the IC engine we would all be better off now. It is a shame that the electric car didn't remain in the market from the 1800's to see what it could have been today.
I'm sure that Edison looked at his battery and thought, "One day someone will figure out how to refill this sucker".
Flashlights are dark suckers. They don't provide light, they suck up dark. Open a battery one day and look at all the blackness and dark it sucked up. When it gets full, it can't suck up any more dark.
Flashlights are dark suckers. They don't provide light, they suck up dark. Open a battery one day and look at all the blackness and dark it sucked up. When it gets full, it can't suck up any more dark.
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Thank you for the link. It's fascinating to see people working outside of the box.
I would have jumped on that if the ST was not coming out. Been a focus fan since its inception in the US back in late 99. Pre-ordering an ST when it comes available. One more prius off the road,
Look up Tasslehawk's channel on youtube. He has a tutorial on a solar mod with an ipod charger.
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