Electric Vehicle....

dennishoddy · May 13, 2021

Shoot Summ said:
It's interesting to see all of the comments. Makes me wonder if 100+ years ago when the "horseless carriage" was starting to take hold if the horse people stood around and talked about how bad the horseless carriages were? EV's are the next pivot, like them on not, that is the way it is going, just like the pivot to the "horseless carriage".

When in the first year college at Northern Okla College in Tonkawa Ok, I did a paper on obsolete laws around the country in one of the classes.
Surprisingly enough one of the best I found was in the very town I was going to school in.
Horseless carriages had to notify the chief of police before entering town. Upon entering, there had to be a human 100 yards ahead with a flag, firing a shotgun every distance, (I don't remember the distance) to alert people to control their horses.
I agree that we will probably go EV in the future.
I keep trying to see ways that they will not be, but it is the future I think.
Tech will keep improving the batteries and charging times.
We will still need more and more power plants as that tech improves to support the charging stations. 1 kilowatt of electricity is 1 kilowatt no matter how any charger works.

O4L · May 13, 2021

Weren't we all supposed to have flying cars by now...c'mon man, let's quit fooling with this primitive technology and get on with the real cool stuff.

TerryMiller · May 13, 2021

k4ylr said:
Come out this Saturday to the OKC Service center. Tesla Club is having a meet up and there will be tons of cars and *actual* owners around. We'll be there.

We've had our Model 3 for going on 3 years and it's been an awesome commuter and road trip car. Insurance was comparable to our previous vehicles, electric bill increase is insignificant and there is essentially 0 maintenance. Service will show up to your house or wherever to complete when able and we now have 2 service centers in OK.

There's a reason OK has been one of Tesla's (specifically) fastest growing markets.

There are superchargers literally everywhere

So routing for long trips is an academic problem. The cars know where all the chargers are so your route, stops and charging time are all baked into the navigation. The I40 east is a little thin but there are SCs slated to show up eventually.

We did OKC to Santa Fe to OKC. ~1,000 miles. Spent about $40 give or take and maybe an hour *in total* at chargers. Coupled with the fact I didn't have to drive for 75% or better it's a no brainer.\

A 110V/5A trickle charge will give you ~5 miles/hr of charging. A 30A dryer outlet will provide ~24 miles/hr of charging. It only goes up from there if you provide more juice in the form of a 14-50 outlet or HPWC from Tesla.

You see all those places in the west where it is all white? Those are the places I want to go. I don't want my vehicle "telling" me what route to take so that charging stations are available.

PanhandleGlocker · May 13, 2021

TerryMiller said:
You see all those places in the west where it is all white? Those are the places I want to go. I don't want my vehicle "telling" me what route to take so that charging stations are available.

it shows two just right below the Oklahoma panhandle and I’m almost certain there isn’t one. Guymon got a EV Charger but it’s not Tesla and it’s not a super charger I don’t think.

cowadle · May 13, 2021

remember the rush to use CNG? there were two stations not to far from me but now nothing. it takes energy to make anything like this work. i wonder what the total energy we get from the sun would be if we could harvest it all? wait a minute---then what would we eat?

O4L · May 13, 2021

cowadle said:
remember the rush to use CNG? there were two stations not to far from me but now nothing. it takes energy to make anything like this work. i wonder what the total energy we get from the sun would be if we could harvest it all? wait a minute---then what would we eat?

That brings up a question. Why don't electric vehicles have solar panels for recharging?

Aries · May 13, 2021

What ever happened to dilithium crystals? That's all you used to ever hear about....

trekrok · May 13, 2021

O4L said:
That brings up a question. Why don't electric vehicles have solar panels for recharging?

My guess is it would take days to charge one via solar.

cowadle · May 13, 2021

O4L said:
That brings up a question. Why don't electric vehicles have solar panels for recharging?

take to long to charge i imagine. does anyone know what voltage these ev cars use?

trekrok · May 13, 2021

cowadle said:
remember the rush to use CNG? there were two stations not to far from me but now nothing. it takes energy to make anything like this work. i wonder what the total energy we get from the sun would be if we could harvest it all? wait a minute---then what would we eat?

CNG should have been the next step while they are improving their batteries. Would have been good for everyone, especially in OK.

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