Hybrids Vs PHEVs vs All Electric

Originally posted by Sweetsound ↑

Plus not only does it take huge amounts of clean water to attempt to put the fire out, the water mixed with the chemicals is also very hazardous - and what if it ends up in waterways?? Then the hazards continue with possible reignitions after the fire has been 'put out'. How is any of this green tailpipe free less moving part emission free transport system good for the environment??

This from a report from 25th Oct '21:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-25/electric-car-solar-battery-storage-waste-recycling/100564234

Excerpt:

Processing the lithium-ion batteries inside these products is a new and complicated task for the Australian recycling industry. They come with a fire risk, contain potentially toxic yet valuable minerals, and are hazardous to the environment if dumped inappropriately.

Then this:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06...tery-waste-projections-uts-research/102417114

Excerpt:

Experts are warning of a "huge waste stream" that poses a triple threat: fire risks in landfill, environmental impacts, and health hazards caused if toxic chemicals leech into land and waterways.

Projections are that this waste stream will soar in coming years, and there are currently no overarching rules on how companies, consumers or recyclers should manage it.

Also this:

https://www.science.org/content/art...rs-are-coming-what-happens-all-dead-batteries

Excerpt:

...an emerging problem: how to recycle the millions of electric vehicle (EV) batteries that manufacturers expect to produce over the next few decades. Current EV batteries "are really not designed to be recycled

So, according to experts current EV batteries are not designed to be recycled - that should come as a bombshell to any clean and green energy enthusiast

Much of the so called other 'green' is equally hazardous. Very little recycling is currently done - much of it ends up either on the surface in vast areas or dug under - left on surface is cheaper.

Hard enough to recycle ICE vehicles - millions soon will head for the scrap heap if EV's are forced. And the landscape by 2050 will be a real tourist eye opener - green energy leftovers surely will appear on any bucket list must visit.

Some here are no 'qualified' experts but have already warned of the dangers of 'clean and green' - common sense does not need a uni degree - it seems the so called real experts are catching on too. Warning, warning hazardous roads ahead with fire and toxicity along the way.

But all good, as there is no more smoke from coal fired base load reliable energy, nor from ICE vehicle tailpipes - so where's all that black smelly smoke and fire coming from over there?? AIMO

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Cyber (shit) truck is virtually unrepairable.

Hertz has seen the light.

Hertz in the US is selling 20,000 electric vehicles to buy petrol cars instead.

Hertz, which has made a big push into electric vehicles in recent years, has decided it's time to cut back. The company will sell off a third of its electric fleet, totalling roughly 20,000 vehicles, and use the money they bring to purchase more petrol powered vehicles.

Electric vehicles have been hurting Hertz's financials, executives have said, because, despite costing less to maintain, they have higher damage-repair costs and, also, higher depreciation.

"[C]ollision and damage repairs on an EV can often run about twice that associated with a comparable combustion engine vehicle," Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr said in a recent analyst call.