Electric cars

[robert.]

Ezpass discounts don’t apply to every state or rates vary. You get your highest discount with the state you purchased EZpass for. I have a commercial vehicle. 12 ton box truck. I need to maintain a $1,200 balance with EZpass. Tolls are real costly for trucks. Pa trpk. Had a surplus. Then got robbed to fund politicians pensions

[up148]

Saw this link of the 1961 US Nationals on another forum. If you like cars and/or drag racing in the old days, this is enjoyable. I was only 12, but saw many of these cars in Hot Rod and other car magazines I would look at in the drug store, before buying a nickle coke at the soda fountain. Even more enjoyable, is seeing clean cut guys and no tattoo's, piercings or long hair. This was a period when men were men and not the pussies we have today.

https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go ... 8frlyrPWB0

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Ezpass discounts don’t apply to every state or rates vary. You get your highest discount with the state you purchased EZpass for.

I have yet to drive through a state that did not use Ezpass; a discount is a discount - take what you can!

[robert.]

I’m not a 109 percent sure about this statement. “ Florida may only take Sun Pass”.

[robert.]

Florida does except EZPass. Less than of our state use EZPass.

[HONDO74]

This is kinda interesting.
Driving 100 Miles in an EV Is Now More Expensive Than in an ICE
https://news.yahoo.com/driving-100-mile ... 00887.html

a recent report from the Anderson Economic Group (AEG) found that fueling costs from mid-priced ICE-powered vehicles are lower than similarly priced electric vehicles. Combustion drivers pay about $11.29 per 100 miles on the road. EV drivers who charge up at home spend about $11.60 per 100 miles. The price difference is more dramatic for those who mainly recharge at stations. Frequent charging station users pay $14.40 per 100 miles.

There were several factors AEG used in determining that owning an electric vehicle was more expensive, like home charging equipment costs, road taxes and deadhead miles. ICE-powered car owners have gas purchases taxed to fund road construction and maintenance. While EV owners don’t pay a gas tax, some states have introduced an additional EV registration fee to compensate.

The massive increase in the report for charging station users versus home chargers is accounted for by the deadhead miles to reach stations and the opportunity cost of waiting for vehicles to charge at stations. The difference highlights the lackluster coverage for electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the United States.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The difference highlights the lackluster coverage for electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the United States.

There are 3-5 companies working in that area looking at grabbing the future market share of charging stations.....sort of like the various oil company named gas stations you see everywhere.

[up148]

Hopefully the link works. This is the new Rivian electric pickup. They come in several sizes. But it has to have the ugliest front end I've seen on an automobile in my life. You talk about a nerdy front end......this ones got it to the Nth degree.

https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/up ... 048%2C1364

[Mitch]

That is butt ugly. Kinda looks like the rear of a '60s era Rambler. Turning those light pods sideways would make a big difference in appearance.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Turning those light pods sideways would make a big difference in appearance.

Yes. Wonder what they were thinking (if at all) or if there's some real reason for that orientation?

[HONDO74]

The difference highlights the lackluster coverage for electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the United States.

There are 3-5 companies working in that area looking at grabbing the future market share of charging stations.....sort of like the various oil company named gas stations you see everywhere.

The oil companies produce the products they sell. Are these 3-5 companies going to produce the electricity they sell by also putting in wind and solar farms our will the get it from the electric companies that produce it.

The more that is done to eliminate fossil fuels the more electricity that is going to be needed. Whose working on that. To turn this country into all electric is going to be one massive challenge.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The difference highlights the lackluster coverage for electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the United States.

There are 3-5 companies working in that area looking at grabbing the future market share of charging stations.....sort of like the various oil company named gas stations you see everywhere.

The oil companies produce the products they sell. Are these 3-5 companies going to produce the electricity they sell by also putting in wind and solar farms our will the get it from the electric companies that produce it.

I'm somewhat surprised that the oil companies have not tried to actively move into wind and solar farms - when you make $37 billion in profits in one year, it's not like you lack for capital to invest in a company's future. There's lack of vision in these companies; maybe Musk should have bought into a major oil company and redirected it to something for producing electricity instead of wasting his money on Twitter (only over paid by at least a factor of 2).

The more that is done to eliminate fossil fuels the more electricity that is going to be needed. Whose working on that. To turn this country into all electric is going to be one massive challenge.

Should be the oil companies, but they are dragging their feet, despite having the money to make the shift possible.

But someone is working on solar farms; passes a couple of fields when I was in PA Sun. that are being converted over to solar farm arrays. I'm curious as to who is doing that and who to talk to about it. I'd hate to convert my fields over to a solar farm, but maybe I could let a strip of forest barrier grow in.........but my view of the valley would be gone!

[robert.]

If farmers convert to solar farming. Who will grow corn and wheat? Every condo that goes up by me eliminates a few meals a year. Although small 5-10 acres plots it adds up over time. An old saying goes. " How to you eat an elephant? One bite at a time" We are chewing up are farmland and growing in population. That could equal two bites at a time. Roof top solar and solar over parking lots. will save a lot of green space.
People are starting to blame offshore wind farming for whale deaths. Another one washed up today. Not sure if it is a legit cause of death. They claim it is from mapping sonar done by a firm looking for ocean bedrock. Off the Jersey shore a company has been looking for solid ground to start building windmills. I think today marks the 6th whale to float ashore

[Rufus T. Firefly]

If farmers convert to solar farming. Who will grow corn and wheat?

We have more unused farmland than farmland in actual use; we have farmers that are paid not to farm. They make more money by not farming.

There are also large open areas that are not suitable for farming. Down the road they converted all the area around one of the schools to a solar farm that we just being mowed and kept clear and not used for anything at all.

And we grow more than we consume; we export a lot and we waste a lot.

[v8vega]

Electric cars don't charge very well in cold weather like now. It's unusually cold even in southern California.