I 100% support this. Good Job Obama :thumbs:
I would rather see wind and solar pushed more.
Why not? There are already electric buses out there, so why couldn't we develop a truck?
Actually, it looks like Battery electric vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia some places already have:
That sounds more substantial than your average truck user's needs.
The fact that it doesn't yet work perfectly for one thing doesn't mean it's useless for all things. I'd guess that at minimum, 60% of the vehicles in this country could already be replaced with electric vehicles without requiring a significant change in day to day activity. As the technology gets better over time and they continue to expand the range, there's no reason why it couldn't replace combustion in nearly all vehicles.
As what, exactly? These technologies are decades away from being able to distribute energy on a large scale; they're also somewhat impractical and difficult to maintain. Why shift resources away from a proven technology (nuclear) to fanciful alternatives that are viable only as supplements?
As the technology gets better over time and they continue to expand the range, there's no reason why it couldn't replace combustion in nearly all vehicles.
Researchers at the University of Miami and at the Universities of Tokyo and Tohoku, Japan, have been able to prove the existence of a "spin battery," a battery that is "charged" by applying a large magnetic field to nano-magnets in a device called a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ).
The new technology is a step towards the creation of computer hard drives with no moving parts, which would be much faster, less expensive and use less energy than current ones. In the future, the new battery could be developed to power cars.
Spin Battery: Physicist Develops Battery Using New Source Of Energy
Can it pull 80,000 lbs+ over mountains? It would not last and would take to long to recharge.
I will not get an electric Harley
Can it pull 80,000 lbs+ over mountains?
It would not last and would take to long to recharge.
I will not get an electric Harley
The Tesla Roadster, which is already in use across the US, gets 244 miles per charge. Its next generation car, the Model S, will cost half as much and get 300 miles per charge once it makes its way into the market place in approx 2 years.
It cost $100K, plus....and I will bet you an apology that the model S won't be for sale at half the price 2 years from now.
UtahBill said:Electric cars at this point, and 2 years from now, are only good for SHORT commutes....
It cost $100K, plus....and I will bet you an apology that the model S won't be for sale at half the price 2 years from now.
Electric cars at this point, and 2 years from now, are only good for SHORT commutes....
It cost $100K, plus....and I will bet you an apology that the model S won't be for sale at half the price 2 years from now.
Electric cars at this point, and 2 years from now, are only good for SHORT commutes....
What's your point? Just because motorcycles and uber-enormous trucks might not be the best fit for electricity doesn't make the technology worthless for everything that ISN'T in those niches.
Can your truck?
With the current technology, that's probably true.
You seem to be operating under the impression that an engine powered by electricity is somehow fundamentally different in terms of output than an engine powered by gasoline. That's not the case. Assuming a powerful enough battery, it doesn't matter what's making the wheels turn so long as they turn.
While it's true that the current technology is not there yet to entirely replace gasoline engines, there is nothing to indicate that it won't be there eventually.
25 years from now, there will be electric Harleys that have twice the horsepower and 5 times the range of gasoline Harleys, all while costing 1/5th as much to ride. You think you'll still want a gasoline one then?
Almost...the retail price will be $57K for the regular version, or $65K for a premium model with a 300+ mile range. I think people underestimate how quickly the prices drop for emerging technologies.
By the time we could get nuclear plants online in 10 years, electric cars will be cheap enough and powerful enough to enter the mainstream.
Keep dreaming
What an intelligent, well thought-out rebuttal. You completely changed my mind. :roll:
I will keep my Harley that you can hear coming.
Big trucks use power and gears to climb mountains. To get an electric motor and batteries to do that may take to much room and have to much weight. It will be a longtime in coming.
Just saying don't hold your breath for an affordable electric car. Not all can afford 60 thousand dollars. Many can't afford 30 thousand.
****, they could design a recording of a harley engine that would be synced to the electric motor. Does that work?
Hahahaha!!! omg! I'm seriously cracking up just picturing this in my mind. It's like that South Park episode...
Me too, very good, Mr. President, although the idealist in me wants a Constitutional Amendment to go with it...
A hand held calculator was at least $100.00 when it first came out. Now they give them away. What's your point?
They need a lot of work to make them efficient and affordable.
Included in this proposal is a 10% increase in spending on nuclear weapons programs, although Obama said in his state of the union speech that he "seeks a world without them."
It cost $100K, plus....and I will bet you an apology that the model S won't be for sale at half the price 2 years from now.
Electric cars at this point, and 2 years from now, are only good for SHORT commutes....
I will keep my Harley that you can hear coming.
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