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The Electric Vehicle Future: Where is all the power going to come from?
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GeorgeOfTheJungle:
Wait for the capacitors to start to dry...
coppice:

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Toyota has been shipping millions of hybrids, operated in all sorts of climates, for a very long time. Some people are obviously going to skimp on their electronics, to save a few bucks, and wreck the long term reliability of their products. However, Toyota has already set a benchmark for the long term reliability a reasonable implementation of electric drive and kinetic energy recovery can achieve in real cars in real world environments.
GeorgeOfTheJungle:
Still too soon and still too few pure EVs, but time will tell. At least a hybrid might be able to go on w/o the EV part, perhaps.


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Amen. I'm not going to argue with a hackers boss ;D It would seem you're liking that EV quite much, then, right? I guess you have taken it apart. Did you like what you've seen in there?
NiHaoMike:
There's a very simple answer for cold climates: run a generator at home, use less fuel than a conventional car, and actually make use of the heat as a bonus.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/tesla-ev-charged-with-diesel-generator-still-cleaner-than-conventional-car-61942/

--- Quote from: GeorgeOfTheJungle on February 18, 2020, 11:12:07 pm ---Wait for the capacitors to start to dry...

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They use film capacitors, not electrolytics.
http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/ginv/i1mech.html
Red Squirrel:
Don't even need to do that even using hydro with the crazy rates it's still cheaper than a gas car from what I've been told.
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