First Sight! $30k Midsize EV Pickup Prototype

[Chops]

It's just going to get better and better for EVs, and only an enthusiast would think of buying a ICE vehicle, if any are still offered.

Agree completely. There were about 20 million horses in the US in the early 1900’s - now there are about 5 million.

As long as you obey traffic rules, it is still legal to ride a horse on the street here in AZ. Nobody does - but you could if you wanted.

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[Prickly Pear]

A little off topic, but I recently saw where some drive-in diners are putting in charging stations, which I think is a fantastic idea. It sure gives an answer to "what am I going to do with the half hour I have to waste charging an EV on a trip"?

 

[Blue_Max]

“Feeling you’re being forced” does not mean actually being forced.

Volvo and the EU can definitely give some people that feeling. Market demands and consumer pushback sparked by that feeling have been successful so far in preserving the ICE.

A big delay in widespread adoption of EVs is lack of planning. I suspect lots more people would embrace EVs if there was widespread charging infrastructure. It would also help if there were industry-standard batteries and charger interfaces.

 

[Blue_Max]

A little off topic, but I recently saw where some drive-in diners are putting in charging stations, which I think is a fantastic idea. It sure gives an answer to "what am I going to do with the half hour I have to waste charging an EV on a trip"?

I certainly know of one such diner.
https://www.tesla.com/tesla-diner

 

[Chops]

A big delay in widespread adoption of EVs is lack of planning. I suspect lots more people would embrace EVs if there was widespread charging infrastructure. It would also help if there were industry-standard batteries and charger interfaces.

Not to mention all the fossil fuel required to help generate the electricity for the charging stations.

 

[Prickly Pear]

I certainly know of one such diner.
https://www.tesla.com/tesla-diner

God - the thought of eating at Elon's makes me want to lose my lunch. I didn't realize that Tesla was doing that too. The article I read related to Popeyes and a few others.

 

[scotty]

The points that burns my biscuit are threefold.

1: charging away from home costs a shit ton more and the guv is up charging EV’s I hear.

2: Range under load, A/C blasting, truck bed with 500 pounds of crap in it.
Heating up the cabin and keeping the lithium warm in the winter often cuts range by 50%

3:All EV’s should have a battery platform that allows the customer to add cells at home.
Going on a trip, get that second battery plugged in next to the primary, at home in the garage.

OR

Like you plug in a Ryobi 40 volt.
Say each one adds 25 miles of range. Plug in four, you should have slots for that.
Then throw four more in the truck for swap outs.
Stock range 350 miles, plus 100 miles for the four packs you plugged in.
Plus the extra packs you charge.

Take your eight removables in your hotel room with a charger or chargers to fully charge your packs.
Charger or chargers, plus the 8 batteries should all fit in a couple of boxes hauled in the room on a small foldable. luggage hand cart.

550 Mile total range is possible,
At least 450.
That and a quick one hour charge at your lunch stop should net a total daily range of
600 to 700 miles.

We’re talking about pick up truck here.
I have me a small digital gas generator in the back and a five gallon Jerry can of gas.
For the out back.
:’P

A customer could buy the extra small charger or chargers and the batteries along the way as needed. One at a time.

Lots if pre existing tech out there.

Like all you said

 

[Prickly Pear]

Not to mention all the fossil fuel required to help generate the electricity for the charging stations.

You would want to do your own research, but I believe generating electricity with fossil fuels, transmitting it, and consuming it in an EV is still more efficient (even if it is close) than burning gasoline in an ICE vehicle. Throw in the portions of US electricity that comes from hydro, wind, solar and even nuclear, and that efficiency difference becomes greater.

 

[kevinmccune]

Nope but plenty of glass metal and plastic in your entire front body, face and legs all mangled up

make the sumbitch out of "urethane" ever watch the video on the "RSV" circa 1980? things can be made a heck of a lot safer.

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