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Originally posted by CaptainBarnacles
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The EV hype re being environmentally friendly is an obvious fraud at this stage! I know nobody wants to hear it on this thread! It requires nearly all power being generated by solar or wind power (or nuclear???) to start to become acceptable. The numbers are quite simple: Increase the weight of a vehicle by 50%, replace 500 kg of components every eight years (or probably the whole car, as current EV tech will be out of date very quickly). Burn coal to power them. Even with solar/wind power, it is far better that the power is utilised as efficiently as possible, for the best environmental benefit. They are extremely environmentally unfriendly at this stage if you don't live in Norway. A massive positive though, is that they keep city air clean, (at the expense of more pollution at the site of generation, and initial resource production etc). A short range EV is far more environmentally friendly however, as the battery weight is far lower. But they are not really a useful car if they only cover 60-100 km or so.
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I can recharge my EV in 30 min to last me 4 days of driving. I do this with my solar panels on my roof of my house. You need to look ahead and see the possibilities. I drive on the sun
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