Going Electric?

[DBAILEY]

Controlling the pollution emission at the power plant generating the power to charge these vehicles is easier and more effective than trying to do it on every gas powered vehicle. Europe is way ahead of us as usual.

[PRND[S]]

I’m not for going all electric, the basic design of the ICE has been around for over a century, it’s time to keep improving upon it and making it more efficient.

You realize that electric motors pre-date the internal combustion engine, right? They have been around for nearly two centuries.

[mobiledynamics]

No for now..

Sidenote story. I had a a few hrs of time avail one weekend, so I ran #3 wire off the subpanel, disconnect, etc - all in lieu of prep as I had the notion of adding a EVSE to my fleet.

Test drove one and whitin the 1st couple of min, I already knew it was not my cup of tea.
Was it fast, yes.
But it was lacking soul.....

[TheMeanGreen]

;2124008`]You realize that electric motors pre-date the internal combustion engine, right? They have been around for nearly two centuries.

I realize it very much, thanks for checking

[LEDetailng]

I voted sitting on the sideline for now. It`s hard to weed through the BS out there, one side says batteries are better for the environment and the other says fossil fuels are when you factory everything in. I`m open to other cleaner fuel alternatives too, like hydrogen. I do really like Tesla though and having driven a MS100D at length now I can say the instant torque is very addicting. When I wired up my new garage I did try and future proof it by adding in (3) 50 amp outlets for EV charging so who knows...

How about a helipad for the autonomous passenger drones

[RaskyR1]

How about a helipad for the autonomous passenger drones

LOL

Side note, I`m not on board with the autonomous thing as I want to be in control and I enjoy driving. Hopefully by the time autonomous takes over I`ll be too old to drive.

[LEDetailng]

LOL

Side note, I`m not on board with the autonomous thing as I want to be in control and I enjoy driving. Hopefully by the time autonomous takes over I`ll be too old to drive.

I’m with you on that as well. I love to drive, even on long boring stretches of Interstate.

With that being said, the majority of drivers should not have licenses.

There will probably be a time in 20-30 years where vehicles will not be allowed on certain interstate or highway systems without a high level of automation. With technology advancing I could see sensors not allowing non-autonomous vehicles to access such roadways. Easy way to enforce the non-autonomous vehicles from driving, would be driverless autonomous enforcement vehicles that would be able to disable or rolling roadblock the violators. Totally a 1984/big brother prediction, but plausible. NY and California probably being the first states to adopt such policies.

[Dan]

Lonely interstate is fun to drive on. Bumper to bumper stop and go is where I want my car to drive for me while I surf or read a book.

[Dan]

Not sure if you guys have seen this, but the specs are pretty incredible:

Tesla Roadster release date, price and features | TechRadar

What is it? Tesla`s new sportscar, an update of its original vehicle
What’s the range? 620 miles per charge
How do I reserve one? On the Tesla website
When is it out? 2020
What will it cost? $200,000 (about £150,000, AU$265,000)
How fast is it? 0-60 in 1.9 seconds, top speed 250+ mph

[LEDetailng]

Not sure if you guys have seen this, but the specs are pretty incredible:

Tesla Roadster release date, price and features | TechRadar

What is it? Tesla`s new sportscar, an update of its original vehicle
What’s the range? 620 miles per charge
How do I reserve one? On the Tesla website
When is it out? 2020
What will it cost? $200,000 (about £150,000, AU$265,000)
How fast is it? 0-60 in 1.9 seconds, top speed 250+ mph

Wow, that is insane. Quarter mile in 8.9 and 0-100 in 4.2! That video of the Roadster accelerating and passing is just comical looking. It looks fake or as if someone sped up the video. I love the reference to Spaceballs “going into plaid” Ludicrous was already taken

[RTexasF]

Beats walking but I`ll stick with 87 octane.

[Tc99m]

What will it cost? $200,000 (about £150,000, AU$265,000)

That`s one heck of a monthly payment.

[RaskyR1]

I changed my mind after seeing the new Tesla Roadster...now if I can just find a way to afford it by the time its available.

[RaskyR1]

I’m with you on that as well. I love to drive, even on long boring stretches of Interstate.

With that being said, the majority of drivers should not have licenses.

There will probably be a time in 20-30 years where vehicles will not be allowed on certain interstate or highway systems without a high level of automation. With technology advancing I could see sensors not allowing non-autonomous vehicles to access such roadways. Easy way to enforce the non-autonomous vehicles from driving, would be driverless autonomous enforcement vehicles that would be able to disable or rolling roadblock the violators. Totally a 1984/big brother prediction, but plausible. NY and California probably being the first states to adopt such policies.

Makes me want an old carbureted or diesel vehicle with out all the computers, electronics, and sensors.

[DBAILEY]

Give yourself whiplash accelerating in that thing. Pretty damn cool looking too.