Electric cars

[inlinesix]

Using EV is not 100% emission free, if you consider the electricity that it consumes comes from a generation process that emits CO2, Nox , Sox and other gases. Govt uses a 0.4 factor to account for that. Users are shifting the emission location to elsewhere, but still emitting. The benefit is a cleaner city, and a cleaner Earth on a 0.4 factor.

If u stay landed, u can always do solar power.

 

The pollution is material and process of car making.

[inlinesix]

Even Elon Musk think that we are over relying on fossil, which is a strategic vulnerability.

[Hamburger]

I simple man.

 

 

Every time I drove past the charging port at where I stay, I drool.

 

I only get to charge and recondition my car battery.

[DACH]

Using EV is not 100% emission free, if you consider the electricity that it consumes comes from a generation process that emits CO2, Nox , Sox and other gases. Govt uses a 0.4 factor to account for that. Users are shifting the emission location to elsewhere, but still emitting. The benefit is a cleaner city, and a cleaner Earth on a 0.4 factor.

 

The issue is still not EVs, but the power stations. It's the power stations that pollutes using fossil fuels.

 

Of should we shift to use hydrogen or ethanol as alternative fuels?

[Wt_know]

how many Tesla sold in U S the Ass?

majority of homes in the US can install solar power and then charge their car and power their home right

how come millions and millions of cars in the US still run petrol/diesel?

Edited June 3, 2018 by Wt_know

[Yewheng]

Do your phone charged within mins?

 

Currently electric car takes 1 hr to charge from almost empty to full.

 

That's almost as fast as iPhone with USB-C charger.

 

I believe any Tesla with 100wh can do 400km range. Who gonna pay more than 0.5m for that?

With technology advancement.. Who knows maybe 20 yrs down the road it could happen. Edited June 3, 2018 by Yewheng

[inlinesix]

I simple man.

 

 

Every time I drove past the charging port at where I stay, I drool.

 

I only get to charge and recondition my car battery.

 

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how many Tesla sold in U S the Ass?

majority of homes in the US can install solar power and then charge their car and power their home right

how come millions and millions of cars in the US still run petrol/diesel?

 

Why do rural US of A supports Trump?

 

While coastal US of A against Trump?

[DACH]

how many Tesla sold in U S the Ass?

majority of homes in the US can install solar power and then charge their car and power their home right

how come millions and millions of cars in the US still run petrol/diesel?

 

It's all about the cost of buying and maintaining one.

And interest too. 

[inlinesix]

Jaguar i-pace

[Kb27]

Fast charge or quick charge is now the norm; like for electric car and mobilephones.

 

When the battery is near to empty, you can throw in a lot of amperes to quickly charge it up. to somewhere about 50~70%

Then the charging slows down.

[inlinesix]

Fast charge or quick charge is now the norm; like for electric car and mobilephones.

 

When the battery is near to empty, you can throw in a lot of amperes to quickly charge it up. to somewhere about 50~70%

Then the charging slows down.

 

I am using 30w USB-C charging plug.

[Bacteria83]

Where can we find public charging point? It seem like very hard to find.

[Victor68]

what i know is there are many types of charging stations/points. till type come up with a standard, it is going to be very cumbersome 

[inlinesix]

what i know is there are many types of charging stations/points. till type come up with a standard, it is going to be very cumbersome

There are 4 types

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charging_station

[Victor68]

There are 4 types

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charging_station

actually more than 4.even if you share the same socket, the charging stations also. different. 

[DACH]

Volkswagen ID R Pikes Peak: VW explains the all-electric race car faster than a Formula 1 car

https://www.financialexpress.com/auto/car-news/volkswagen-id-r-pikes-peak-vw-explains-the-all-electric-race-car-faster-than-a-formula-1-car/1200310/

 

https://youtu.be/RSw2wYun7do

 

Volkswagen ID R Pikes Peak makes its competition debut on 24 June 2018 in the US state of Colorado. Driver Romain Dumas’ goal is to improve on the existing track record for electric racing cars.

Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak's design was challenging for VW design team when they started out with a blank sheet of paper in October 2017. But eventually, in fact, they implemented the unique electric racer's design within record time. The I.D. R Pikes Peak has been built to break the current electric car record at the Pike's Peak hill climb, which is about 20 km long. The current record for what is coming considering the flagship hill-climb event across the globe is 8m 57.118s. The zero-emissions race car develops a combined output of 680 horsepower and a stunning 650 Nm and weighs under 1,100 kilograms.

 

Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak makes its competition debut on 24 June 2018 in the US state of Colorado. Driver Romain Dumas’ goal is to improve on the existing track record for electric racing cars.“We already have a wealth of experience with high-performance cars and with racing cars, but a high-performance prototype like the I.D. R Pikes Peak was a world first for us,” said Klaus Bischoff, Executive Director of Volkswagen Design. “Our task was to transfer the unmistakable style of the I.D. family to such an extreme and emotional racing car.”

The design of the I.D. R Pikes Peak is meant to emphasise membership of the future I.D. family, the series of all-electric powered production cars that Volkswagen will bring to the market as of 2020, at more than first sight only. The chassis design of Volkswagen’s first electric racing car must also provide optimum prerequisites from a technical perspective. “My whole team was motivated to the core by this unusual challenge. We are proud to be part of the team that realised this remarkable project,” said Bischoff.

The design development for the racing car participating in the “Unlimited” category started back in October 2017 with the proverbial blank sheet of paper. In the initial briefing, Bischoff and his colleagues didn’t get much more info from the engineers other than the desired length, width and height of the chassis of the I.D. R Pikes Peak.

“And, of course, we knew that it was a hill climb,” said the car designer. An important factor since the physical conditions in the most famous hill climb in the world are unique for the car design.

Aerodynamics and the cooling system for the engine, batteries and brakes of the racing car need to cope with the unusual stresses, even for top-level racing, in the thin mountain air – starting at an altitude of 2,862 metres, with the finish line at an altitude of 4,302 metres.

“The close alignment with the engineers was very important during the design process,” said Bischoff describing the teamwork, in particular, between the aerodynamics specialists at Volkswagen Motorsport and Volkswagen Design. “Our task was to give a form to their requirements. Design and function formed a symbiotic relationship.”

 

[inlinesix]

actually more than 4.even if you share the same socket, the charging stations also. different. 

 

So, how many type?

[DACH]

Daimler reveals two electric Freightliner trucks

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/daimler-reveals-two-electric-freightliner-trucks/

 

Daimler Trucks' Freightliner brand revealed two new all-electric trucks that will be put into use for testing later this year. The eCascadia Class 8 tractor and eM2 medium-duty truck will hit the roads to see how they perform in real-world use.

The Freightliner eCascadia has a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 80,000 pounds and delivers 730 horsepower. Its 550-kilowatt-hour battery pack is expected to offer a driving range of 250 miles per charge, and can be recharged up to 80 percent (that's about 200 miles) in 90 minutes' time. It is intended for regional distribution. The eM2, meanwhile, has a GCWR of 26,000 pounds, a range of 230 miles, 480 hp, and can be 80-percent recharged in just 60 minutes. It is aimed at local, shorter-distance delivery and "last-mile" logistics.

The two electric trucks are designed for "dedicated, predictable" routes that average 45 to 150 miles per day, Freightliner says. Thirty of the trucks will join Freightliner's Electric Innovation Fleet this year, with the goal of putting them into series production in 2021. They'll join some existing electric truck models: theeCanter box truck and the Jouley electric school bus. Daimler also has the E-Fuso Vision One concept and the eActros is being tested in Europe.

Electrification isn't the only avenue of future development that Daimler Trucks is exploring. This week the company announced plans to open an automated truck research and development center near Portland, Oregon. It will work hand-in-hand with existing Daimler Trucks R&D facilities in Stuttgart, Germany, and Bangalore, India.

Though Daimler says it doesn't expect that autonomous trucks will be commercialized any time soon, the company is still working on developing technologies that would be necessary for such trucks. Daimler Trucks has been testing "platooning" technology, in which trucks drive together at much closer following distances than human drivers can safely manage. There are plans in the works to demo platooning tech in the US soon.

Daimler Trucks North America is also heading a project to develop a high-voltage standard for charging electric commercial vehicles. It's part of a working group called CharIn, or the Charging Interface Initiative.

Electrified trucking looks to be a growing business. Volvo Trucks is also launching an all-electric truck, called the FL Electric, while Tesla plans to launch its own electric semi.