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I'm guessing you don't understand the point of storage. That's fine. Maybe this'll help: More storage means more renewable generation can be used which means less is needed from the fossil and nuclear generation the country's replacing by design. And that means H2's less expensive than...

Electronic tropes can be allowed to die - recycling efforts are better applied elsewhere. :lol: In Germany, where excess renewable energy is being stored as H2, it's less expensive to drive 100 km on H2 than on diesel. http://www.h2-suedtirol.com/en/hydrogen/faqs/ One would have to be...

Not sure I'd call them improvements as much as changes, though Top Gear's biases towards ICE and history of getting too many things wrong when talking about hybrids and EVs makes me cautious about their nits as well as their idea of an improvement. :lol: I agree - this car's efficiency is...

It's a bit overdue, but herewith a 1 year anniversary hits/misses post. TL;DR - I love the car and am very glad I sold some Bitcoin for the down payment when I did. :lol: Most of my driving is local, within the 20-22 miles of EV range. I operate the car exactly as I ran my EV motorcycle...

The Shell truck's a joke of a publicity stunt. Luigi Colani's been doing aero semis since the 1970s. I bet his 80s designs without hybridization would give Shell a run, and his 2007 designs would probably beat Shell's truck in fuel efficiency...

https://reneweconomy.com.au/portugal-reaches-100-renewables-ends-fossil-fuel-subsidies-32820/ While fossil-fueled pundits in the US say it can't be done, the rest of the world is doing it. Move along - nothing to see here. :lol:

The seasonal nature of wind and solar is only a problem when one accepts paradigms that consider them to be a problem. The TIR process being used in a number of areas combines 100% renewable generation and a long-term storage solution that not only nullifies the seasonality of wind and solar...

Went for a drive today. 158 miles traveled round trip. Nearly all highway - less than 5 miles were on 45 mph secondary roads. Eco mode on, AC on, cruise control set on 65. I drove 10 miles in EV mode, then selected 'charge hold' until I got to within 10 miles of the destination and finished...

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/renewables-cover-about-100-german-power-use-first-time-ever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rybpaqhg5Qg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEh7V9_uIqM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEQQl-qpkCc

Yes, it's called the boring company because it's devoted to boring tunnels. https://www.boringcompany.com/ You might want to think about the meaning of 'bait and switch'. The companies he's started aren't selling the 'idea' of electric trucks - they're selling actual trucks...and cars...and...

Glad to help! Definitely cheaper than owning more vehicles. 8-) Folks are using the EVBattMon app as well as PHEVWatchDog to get cell-level data. Here's an example from the 69 vehicles in the PHEV WatchDog beta program (one of those is mine). Yes, most of those are in Europe where speed...

Decent review and the tech points appear to be accurate as far as they go. There are two really important points that are quickly passed over: he talks about fuel economy for longer trips when not plugging-in, and for his budget numbers he uses the EPA standard 15,000 mile year and their...

I guess you missed the part about the electric trucks they have on the road. I forget which US companies have class 6/7 EVs on the road as well. I wonder if Tesl@ were able to get any of the performance data from Fedex, UPS, et all trucks? The Euro truck market's a bit different than the US...

They were still running when I lived there in the early/mid 1980s.

Context is good. Note what Daimler's already doing. Can we all see in which industrial revolution Musk's living? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX3M8Ka9vUA

The rebate isn't a universal thing - I've purchased three plug-ins so far and haven't gotten a rebate for either the vehicles or even most of the EVSE rebate. The Outlander PHEV has three modes - EV, series hybrid and parallel hybrid. Because there's no transmission between the ICE and the...

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/02/27/tesla-semi-break-laws-physics/

You're not seeing it, are you? How about this: Tell me how many gallons of fuel I should reserve for a daytime/visual flight in a 1972 Cessna 172. Got any ideas? No? Not a pilot? Oh. Sure - I can play BS numbers too. Let's put a 20Ah main drive battery in a 5 ton submarine. If we put a...

The industry standard point for battery end of life is 80%, not 70 or 60. You're free to set your personal goalposts where you wish, but I'll be sticking with established standards. You still don't understand why I chose the vehicles I did, but you still think you do. This has been a...

No Guy - "anybody" doesn't derate range 40%. Yes - SOME might have to - but that is not a universal EV need. For example - I know the battery in my smart lost a few percent in 3 years but I didn't notice any loss of rang in the real world because other factors are far more significant. That's...