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What I took from this situation is how even the most devout EV supporter admitted that there were issues with charging/range after 100k miles. And I also found it interesting that the "new" battery Tesla installed into his Model 3 didn't provide the same range as a full up new Model 3 rolling off the delivery truck and that Tesla would only provide a meager one year warranty. Hence my statement at the end saying the guy still worships at the church of Tesla. Really drives home the cultish mindset that these people have. |
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Google’s 100% Electric Bus Loses Power, Causes Mayhem on San Francisco Slope
Google's Electric Bus Loses Power on Uphill Climb, Rolls Backward According to Newton's Law, Colliding with 9 vehicles on the way down. Castro Neighborhood. https://twitter.com/darren_stallcup/...00-electric%2F "The San Francisco Municipal Transit Authority (SFMTA) passed a resolution in 2018 to convert its bus fleet to 100% electric by 2035. The resolution requires SFMTA to begin purchasing 100% battery-electric buses (BEBs) starting by 2025." What could possibly go wrong? |
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Example. On an EV forum thread I read this morning. The EV OP wrote with pride about his "Go-box". A Pelican case full of 5 or 6 plug adapters so he could plug his EV in practically anywhere, hotels, RV parks, amusement rides, private garages with welding circuits. Half a phone page of text on how great it was, his collection of plug adapters. It allows him to make numerous long distance trips across this great land of ours. My thought was, jeeze dude, you all talk about the ease of EV ownership and charging, but you carry $500 of adapters in a Pelican case. I use a gasoline pump nozzle, anywhere in the USA. It's universal and ubiquitous. |
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I enjoyed driving today my cult car that rolls back and kills people and burns to the ground. And while I have only ever used the Nema 14-50 to charge it in my garage and don't have a Pelican bag it is still immensely fun to run it around town. I will note that all ASPCA guidelines were followed and no animals were harmed on the way to work today.
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I'm pleased for you. Your ability to ignore the environmental damage that is done in the construction and recycling of your EV is impressive. Maybe you will get a Christmas card from child labors in Democratic Republic of the Congo Cobalt mines when they get time to write.
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[1]"Tesla joins "Fair Cobalt Alliance" to improve DRC artisanal mining". mining-technology.com. September 8, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020. [2]Klender, Joey (September 8, 2020). "Tesla joins Fair Cobalt Alliance in support of moral mining efforts". teslarati.com. Retrieved September 26, 2020." wikipedia https://www.faircobaltalliance.org/ Last edited by gblansten; 11-07-2023 at 11:37 AM.. |
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Okay, then. You realize Chicago isn’t by any stretch of the imagination the only large U.S. city that is significantly inner city with roughly 50% street parking, right ? That’s one of the biggest issues for these kinds of cities. Winter is just a secondary issue. These issues are in no way “Chicago problems”.
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But the reality is that most cities in NA and europe have the same issue with street parking and no access to overnight charging. The target market for EV owners is big cities, and one of the great stumbling blocks is no access to home charging because of street parking.
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Post#3672 was my last comment I think. Last edited by gblansten; 11-07-2023 at 02:22 PM.. |
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Cobalt isn’t the only mineral causing problems for the clean energy transition. Demand is booming for lithium, graphite, zinc, titanium, rare earth elements, and others—all necessary to make solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, magnets, and other key bits of clean tech. Almost all of these have been linked to corruption, labor, and environmental issues in their countries of origin.
David Sturmes, senior programs and operations director at the Impact Facility, the UK-based nonprofit that oversees the alliance, said it’s nearly impossible for a company with a need for cobalt to shake artisanal mining from its supply chain. Even if it were, cutting off artisanal miners means dealing a potentially devastating blow to local economies; in its 2019 sustainability report, https://qz.com/1901367/can-tesla-hel...cobalt-problem Sometimes it better to look like your solving the problem that it is to solve the problem. |
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There have been all sorts of efforts to reduce child labor in numerous areas like smart phone manufacture and textiles. None of us are pure. The world continues to evolve and I think reasonable work is being done to correct these legitimate concerns. |
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