EV vehicles

[TallTom]

I have noticed something over my life, people who are very smart in one field tend to think that makes them smart in other non-related fields. Like a technician I knew, a Wizard with an oscilloscope and a soldering iron who also thought he qualified as a builder. The structures he built were disasters but he kept at it, never connecting the dots? Teachers are the obvious example, oh they are so smart, but basically they just regurgitate the same stuff they learnt in highschool, stuff we all know turned out to be near worthless in the real world. I knew a sales engineer too, he'd forgotten more than he'd learnt after 40 years in sales but was convinced he was a financial expert. The GFC took half his wealth, if it wasn't for the houses he'd bought idling away in the background he'd have a very ordinary retirement now.

Actual smart people seek counsel, safety in a multitude of counselors the old saying goes. Even when I'm working on a bike I like to have a buddy looking over my shoulder. I know more than him but he sees things I miss, like bolting a coil pack on before I screw down all the other parts and put the airbox on. He saved me half an hour that night

And I've noticed in my life that the ones that think they have a superior education, are usually the ones that can't learn they are wrong. Universities of higher education are turning out more arrogance than intelligence.

Fortunes are being wasted on college degrees.

 

[Red05]

Universities of higher education are turning out more arrogance than intelligence.

I doubt we could find one university campus that supports your assertion. Although I agree that arrogance is a byproduct, education, ergo intelligence, still outweighs it handily.

 

[jellyrug]

I doubt we could find one university campus that supports your assertion. Although I agree that arrogance is a byproduct, education, ergo intelligence, still outweighs it handily.

Why are some engineers so arrogant?

Answer (1 of 13): I am currently a Computer Science student in New York so I am consistently exposed to CS and engineering pupils as the departments are in the same building. Most engineering students are not arrogant but stressed and bitter, and this bitterness often gets confused for arrogance....

www.quora.com

 

[sixpack577]

BMW now says that they are stepping away from EV's...as they claim they are perfecting hydrogen...like Toyota.

 

[TallTom]

BMW now says that they are stepping away from EV's...as they claim they are perfecting hydrogen...like Toyota.

Aww come on man. You know it's false information. We've been told how foolish hydrogen is. You just need to understand the problem better.

 

[jellyrug]

BMW now says that they are stepping away from EV's...as they claim they are perfecting hydrogen...like Toyota.

just saying, Toyota's hydrogen EV (It is still a battery, AKA a fuel cell) in CA is failing, because of the expensive infrastructure needed to support it.

Toyota has already perfected the solid state battery, they are now working on commercial production of that.

A Hydrogen fuel cell, is just another battery, using hydrogen for the chemical reaction, rather than recharging the electrolyte with electricity. It achieves the same end result, yet a whole lot more complicated and expensive.

 

[Oz22]

Toyota sold fewer than 150 fuel-cell electric vehicles worldwide last month.
What does that tell us... probably bought by governments. Everyone is stepping away from EV's but to keep their Green credentials going they have to make up cover stories. The whole auto industry is in a lot of trouble now and I suspect a lot of that came from having to waste money on EV R&D and all the ongoing emissions BS. To be expected though, the car in any form doesn't have a future. It was part of a 20th century experiment to see how fast we could burn through the billions of barrels of oil we found in the ground. I thought we did pretty well actually.

 

[Bumblebee]

I'll wait for them to perfect this thing so I can sit in my front bay window in my underwear and clear snow....

 

[TallTom]

I don't know how to link a live network broadcast. So I'm sure I'll be called something disparaging for what I watched.

They were broadcasting footage of the FD going house to house to order evacuations. In one of them, they knocked on the door, the lady answered. Said she couldn't leave because her car wouldn't start....brief pause in sentence.....because it's electric.

I hope that becomes searchable so we can link it.

I personally don't know why an electric car wouldn't work because of the LA fires.

I'm sure the highly educated experts will know.

 

[Red05]

I personally don't know why an electric car wouldn't work because of the LA fires.

I'm sure the highly educated experts will know.

No expert but I’ll WAG it. She normally charged her car at home but the power was out and had been, and in the mean time she had driven it down to a very low charge, while hoping the power came on soon.
Remember giant wildfires don’t happen in L.A. often, the last big fire was over 50 years ago. It’s not something that is dealt with yearly in SoCal. The devastating wildfires are usually in Northern California.

 

[Oz22]

Amazon EV delivery vehicles charging in the snow

 

[TallTom]

Amazon EV delivery vehicles charging in the snow

Quit muddying up the EV water with alternative facts.

You're going to make their calculators explode.

 

[Red05]

Amazon EV delivery vehicles charging in the snow

Makes no sense? One generator running is worse emissions wise than all those delivery vans would be? EV is perfect for the delivery vans. One decision, with all consequences considered, at a time.

 

[OldBusaGuy]

Amazon EV delivery vehicles charging in the snow

There was a similar video going around recently about a charging station in California that was supposedly being powered by a diesel generator. One of my ex red hatted facebook friends posted it. I did a google search about it and found out that the diesel generator was used in the construction of the charging lot, before the power to charge vehicles had been run to the lot.

Anyone that would think that there are widespread charging stations being built that are run solely on diesel generators must be a little bit slow. They probably also wear a red cap, even if they are from a country that is far away from the USA.

And I don't understand why they mentioned it being in the winter. Did they think that Amazon only delivers in the summer?

 

[Oz22]

Quit muddying up the EV water with alternative facts.

You're going to make their calculators explode.

It's interesting, if you were to ask the average family man if he thought his school child should be taught the intricacies of homosexual life and encouraged to go transgender at a pre-pubecent age they'd probably say "Hell No, that's not what school is for" Yet in the media it's all the rage, and the Federal Government is 100% behind it. There are many other things in society that are forced upon the population, always with a consensus media push that's it's the right thing. The EV is no different, and you have push aside the overwhelming propaganda to get to a point where you look at it dispassionately. I look at all that sexual stuff and wonder what's behind it? Population reduction measures would be one logical answer. I look at the EV push and wonder too. I have my thoughts about it but no point voicing them here, too many people believe in unicorns.

 

[Bumblebee]

Quit muddying up the EV water with alternative facts.

You're going to make their calculators explode.

I wonder here the money, materials and more importantly the labor will come from to update the power infrastructure of cities to accommodate EV?

I can only imagine bringing a city like New York up to a standard where it can support millions of EVs.......

....and then where would all these people charge these EVs? Especially since many of them park on streets as they have no driveway or garage.....what about people living in apartments or such?

Crazy talk.....

 

[TallTom]

I wonder here the money, materials and more importantly the labor will come from to update the power infrastructure of cities to accommodate EV?

I can only imagine bringing a city like New York up to a standard where it can support millions of EVs.......

....and then where would all these people charge these EVs? Especially since many of them park on streets as they have no driveway or garage.....what about people living in apartments or such?

Crazy talk.....

Well truthfully if the worst thing that can happen is an upgraded electrical grid, that's not an awful outcome. Our grid is ancient and in need up some attention.

 

[Bumblebee]

Well truthfully if the worst thing that can happen is an upgraded electrical grid, that's not an awful outcome. Our grid is ancient and in need up some attention.

For certain.....however, around here it takes all summer for crews to fix one city street's water and sewer lines.....I can only imagine how long it would take to completely overhaul a power grid in a major city.....

 

[TallTom]

For certain.....however, around here it takes all summer for crews to fix one city street's water and sewer lines.....I can only imagine how long it would take to completely overhaul a power grid in a major city.....

Yeah well there isn't much we can do about govt inefficiency.

 

[Bumblebee]

Yeah well there isn't much we can do about govt inefficiency.

I think that can be said anywhere in the world...