Electric cars.

[AlexBailey]

It probably wouldn't work at all if it were 56 volts DC...

If the voltage in the fence were only 56 it wouldn’t hurt a toddler.

Here’s the thing, two 1.5 volt batteries can power a capacitor and a coil that can provide a shock that a polar bear can feel - once it’s pushed it up to high voltage.


Every post you’ve made about electricity proves how ignorant you are. Keep testifying, counselor. You’re my best witness.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

If the voltage in the fence were only 56 it wouldn’t hurt a toddler.

Here’s the thing, two 1.5 volt batteries can power a capacitor and a coil that can provide a shock that a polar bear can feel - once it’s pushed it up to high voltage.


Every post you’ve made about electricity proves how ignorant you are. Keep testifying, counselor. You’re my best witness.

I keep giving him the hint....E=IxR, he's just too stupid to look...

 

[AlexBailey]

Lol, someone just figured out how badly the fucked themselves yet again.

So sad, not sorry.

You have no clue how clueless you are.

Your kids make fun of you behind you back, don’t they?

 

[HisArpy]

You have no clue how clueless you are.

Your kids make fun of you behind you back, don’t they?

It posts like desperation to me.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

It posts like desperation to me.

how to say "i have no reply" by posting a reply....

 

[AlexBailey]

It posts like desperation to me.

Sure, counselor.

Keep whatever fictional narrative you need.

 

[AlexBailey]

Oops, quick correction.

It was Briggs and Stratton who just bought LFP company Simpliphi, not Black and Deckar.

 

[ishtat]

And they're still burning while sitting in the lots.

No they are not. In fact I would be most interested if you could identify a single credible source where an LFP battery spontaneously combusted.

 

[ramoredrake]

 

[Fuzzy1975]

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This one is a bit clearer...

https://vedaing.com.mk/blog/statistics-vehicle-fire-causes/
links to NTSB included....

 

[AlexBailey]

Battery fires are more difficult to extinguish. Water does nothing. Firefighters need special blankets to cover the entire car to stop airflow. If electric 18 wheelers become common, then firefighters might need cranes to apply the huge heavy blankets.

Gasoline and oil fires are difficult to extinguish. Water spreads them. Firefighters need to use special precautions to avoid spreading flames as the fuel floats and to be cautious of explosions clauses by vapor trapped in confined spaces.

Spilled fuel can pollute surface and ground water.

Auto accidents have many potential sources of ignition, risking harm to trapped victims and emergency workers.



LFP batteries don’t typically ignite when short circuited and don’t allow fires to spread from damaged cells to un damaged cells. New standards are being proposed to require more interconnect fusing to prevent large scale short circuiting but challenges to regulations are slowing the process.

If you’re hanging on to Li-cobalt issues you’re going back in time and not paying attention to current technology.

 

[AlexBailey]

I might do some mods to make my truck less electric. Radio is not worth the effort of finding a station, so I could remove the radio. One seatbelt buckle is stuck, so I use the middle seat buckle. The dashboard nanny light keeps blinking while I drive. I could remove the seatbelt sensor and see what happens.

There is a simple elegance of the most basic machines. Classic cars have an intrinsic beauty, a testament to the technology of their time.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Part of a review of an electric truck:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/a-ride-in-ford-lightning.203835/

Crap like that is in all new American automobiles, but it's worse in EVs. An EV can be a very simple device with not much more than a battery and motor, but the people who buy EVs want the extra gadgets. They may be buying their scifi fantasies instead of practical transportation.

As someone who has driven a Lightning, I'd disagree with the summation. Hell the person doesn't even understand the system. The steering assists works by sensing feedback from steering wheel and the rear facing camera which detects the direction the drivers eyes are.

The brake effect will not come on if the rear radar detects a vehicle, in that case the horn goes off,and the throttle drops off. But hey, you take the word of some guy on a public forum....

 

[Fuzzy1975]

That might be worse. What could go wrong? All of it. For example, sunglasses.

lol, idiots have to idiot....maybe try driving one...

 

[AlexBailey]

That might be worse. What could go wrong? All of it. For example, sunglasses.

OMG! Thank you for sharing this. You’ve convinced me! I’m never buying another vehicle with a computer chip! Technology is bad- all of it. Something is imperfect and it cannot possibly be improved.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

OMG! Thank you for sharing this. You’ve convinced me! I’m never buying another vehicle with a computer chip! Technology is bad- all of it. Something is imperfect and it cannot possibly be improved.

ah yes, lets return to the days of breaker point ignitions, teamed with aspirated carburetor systems....

 

[AlexBailey]

ah yes, lets return to the days of breaker point ignitions, teamed with aspirated carburetor systems....

Even better, stay pre ‘65 and we can avoid seat belt, collapsing steering columns, and EGR valves - pre-nanny state real cars!

 

[butters]

Even better, stay pre ‘65 and we can avoid seat belt, collapsing steering columns, and EGR valves - pre-nanny state real cars!

and the kind of glass that sliced people to bits when it broke, and suicide doors!

 

[wizzard426]

Like anything else in the industrial age, the automobile industry had a peak of its best years. Now we're in the declining years, the negative returns phase, when prices rise and quality drops. That can be seen in a growing trend of buying much older cars, because newer cars are too often fragile junk that won't last as long as the loan. But old cars still need new parts with current levels of quality control, and the mpg is mostly low in the old beaters, so anyone with a car has rant material.

I own a repair shop.......75% of the quality issues are owner issues. Going until the caliper welds itself to the rotor and rips out the entire show.

Today's cars by and large if maintained properly will go 300k easily.

A 1974 Chevy Chevette was dead and buried at 80k

Also, their isn't much difference in a Nippon denso alternator whether for a Mazda 6 or a Lamborghini diablo

 

[wizzard426]

I assume you're in a warmer state with less road salt. Not much here lasts that long. But there is a neighbor with a Chevette. I don't know the mileage.

I live in a warm state when the cold state is.........................cold!

that is a garage queen

 

[Mglen]

The battery disposal problem is well-known as is the reliance upon rare earths that come from China.

Then, of course, there is the lack of electrical infrastructure and charging stations.

Can you say, "Charging Brownouts?"

The Problem is there is No Plan. Biden and company shot from the hip, and hit their own foot.
True hopefully one day we will go EV, but first there has to be a plan (something lacking in all Biden's Brain Farts.)
and this plan has to be realistic enough to make it through several administrations, building something half way, then tearing it down because the Administration changed is not to smart.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

The Problem is there is No Plan. Biden and company shot from the hip, and hit their own foot.
True hopefully one day we will go EV, but first there has to be a plan (something lacking in all Biden's Brain Farts.)
and this plan has to be realistic enough to make it through several administrations, building something half way, then tearing it down because the Administration changed is not to smart.

Governments don't make plans, they make policy. EV's,Hybrids etc are not an "American agenda". They are a worldwide mutual government response to MMCC.

 

[AlexBailey]

I live in a warm state when the cold state is.........................cold!

that is a garage queen

Do you work on EVs and hybrids in your shop?

 

[AlexBailey]

Here’s an article from a Norwegian road service about ICE vs EVs in cold weather:

https://electrek.co/2024/01/17/electric-vehicles-fail-lower-rate-than-gas-cars-extreme-cold/


“Electric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas-powered cars in the extreme cold, according to a road assistance service in Norway.

To be fair, this data doesn’t adjust for the age of the vehicles. Older gas-powered cars fail at a higher rate than the new ones and electric vehicles are obviously much more recent on average.”


Those who live where weather conditions can be extreme know you need to be prepared for your climate. There are precautions EV drivers can take to manage the issues of extreme cold.

 

[butters]

5.This is what a children's car seat from the 1950s looked like.​