Electric Vehicles in Winter. Why don’t people learn
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About every 4-5 years we have winter weather where I live that leaves hundreds of people stranded on the highway overnight. A number of them run out of gas because they keep their car running so they have heat.
Right now, a truck can distribute gas cans and get everyone moving the next morning pretty quickly, but I'm waiting for there to be a bunch of electric cars stuck with no way to get them moving. As a bonus, they'll be blocking the gas powered cars, preventing them from leaving too.
It will take people dying before the lesson is learned. Everything about electric vehicles is retarded.
Oh no, even when people die, no lessons will be learned. They'll just say that the 1000 deaths are nothing compared with the million death worldwide due to traffic.
As for retardation, not quite everything. I'm pretty sure there are enough engineers here who can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that electrical engines are less complicated and more robust than combustion engines. I'd be most concerned about the fire hazard.
As long as the bearings remain properly sealed, an electric motor will usually run happily for years and years. And if it fails, it's often a simple (though expensive) component to remove and replace.
The problem is entirely with the batteries. The chemistry necessary to contain that much power makes them unstable as shit.
You'd think, but they don't work it that way. There are Teslas on the road that are on their 3rd motor in less than 100k miles. Apparently they're built to be swapped out like modules, with the batteries being more robust. One guy is on his 14th motor and 4th battery, though he's the current record holder for sheer mileage on the car. It seems like it depends a lot on the type of driving you're doing.