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#6761 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 02 December 2022 - 11:56 AM

It’s custom designed for start-stop urban deliveries. So it might be more odd than other vans. It’s different than what a plumber needs.

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#6762 Mike K.

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Posted 02 December 2022 - 12:02 PM

Aren't the UPS vans also custom designed for them? FedEx I think uses standard designs.

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Posted 02 December 2022 - 12:05 PM

It’s custom designed for start-stop urban deliveries. So it might be more odd than other vans. It’s different than what a plumber needs.

 

I think it's just that they take the max daily kms of their urban fleet and spec the van for that range. Chances are it's a very low range which wouldn't entice the average consumer. Depending on what trade you're in and what region you live in the range might be perfectly fine.



#6764 Matt R.

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Posted 02 December 2022 - 06:22 PM

Whoa. I didn’t realize it would have that giant logo!

Gotta love Stew Young's Langford!


It’s just a rendering, right?

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Posted 02 December 2022 - 06:24 PM

That is a sexy rig without question.
Will our masters be able to just disable them with a twitter post when the Freedom Convoy 2030 happens?


Gods I sure hope so!

#6766 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 03 December 2022 - 05:56 AM

3 Reasons to Care About the Tesla Semi Even if You'll Never Buy One

The electric 18-wheeler could help the environment and improve road safety.

https://www.cnet.com...-never-buy-one/




Semi trucks account for only 1% of vehicle manufacturing in the US, but 20% of emissions, Musk said. "You've got a huge vehicle, and it's being driven all the time," he said. "The mission of the company is to accelerate sustainable energy."

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Posted 03 December 2022 - 07:07 AM

Gods I sure hope so!


Maybe balance your propaganda intake and watch from their perspective? https://youtu.be/9iK4bv90Vxc?t=A300

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Posted 03 December 2022 - 10:38 AM

That was supposed to be time stamped. https://youtu.be/9iK...4bv90Vxc?t=306 


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#6769 Matt R.

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Posted 03 December 2022 - 10:57 AM

It’s ok I love it.

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Posted 03 December 2022 - 08:55 PM

Rumors are flying about in China that claim BYD plans to be producing sodium-ion battery cells in the second quarter of 2023 and use them to power some of its own electric vehicles. The company claims those rumors are false, but they come to us via CnEVPost, which is widely viewed as a reliable source of information about what is going on in the automobile business in China. CnEVPost attributes its news to a report by local Chinese news source LatePost.

 

BYD battery division FinDreams is said to be responsible for the development and mass production of the sodium-ion batteries, which are currently in the sample validation stage. According to the report, they could be used in the BYD Qin, Dolphin, and new Seagull models. The Qin and Dolphin range in price from $14,000 to $21,000. The Seagull will be priced between $11,000 and $14,000. EVs priced at less than $14,000 have accounted for over 36% of all battery-electric cars sold in China this year.

 

https://cleantechnic...uction-in-2023/

 

 

 

 

Sodium-ion batteries have great promise. They’re energy dense, nonflammable, and operate well in colder temperatures, and sodium is cheap and abundant. Plus, sodium-based batteries will be more environmentally friendly and even less expensive than lithium-ion batteries are becoming now. Sodium-ion battery performance has been limited because of poor durability, but this is about to change for the better.

 

https://electrek.co/...y-breakthrough/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sodium of course is heavier than lithium.  So until recently it was seen as a good candidate for battery storage (weight does not matter so much), but harder to get to work well in cars (where weight is of course a major factor in efficiency/range).   


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#6771 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 03 December 2022 - 09:15 PM

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Posted 05 December 2022 - 07:48 AM

Switzerland is planing to ban non-essential travel in electric cars this winter because of energy shortages.

Energy independence is critical. Energy diversity is ultra critical. I guess they don’t have enough wind farms and solar panels? Maybe they can burn some Canadian biofuel to get the electric cars back on the roads?

- https://www.telegrap...land-plan-deal/

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#6773 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 05 December 2022 - 07:51 AM

Lots also affected:


If the situation worsens, shops will be asked to close two hours early and electric vehicles limited to essential journeys.

Crisis measures could see hot water disabled in public bathrooms and the use of electric leaf blowers barred.

Next, escalators will be stopped and outdoor Christmas lighting turned off.

Cryptocurrency mining would then be banned if supplies keep dropping, along with swimming pools closed and lights in sports stadiums turned off.

If the most extreme shortages hit, sports matches, concerts and theatre performances will be cancelled, and all leisure businesses forced to close.




The proper way to curtail use of course is to increase prices. Like how the market works for anything else. Of course, governments like to meddle.

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#6774 Mike K.

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Posted 05 December 2022 - 07:55 AM

The best thing would probably be not transitioning to unreliable, low output new age energy alternatives.

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Posted 05 December 2022 - 07:58 AM

That’s true. But energy is tricky. You can build infrastructure and if your price is 1% higher than another imported source, your infrastructure goes to waste. It’s a lot harder than one might imagine, with interconnected systems. Then when you don’t have that kind of system, you get the possibility of a Texas Freeze problem.

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#6776 Mike K.

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Posted 05 December 2022 - 08:19 AM

It all worked out over the last 100 years. Now that we’ve started giving up reliable, scalable energy sources for whimsical alternatives, problems are already stark for some places, and in areas where the alternatives are still just a small percentage of the overall supply. What happens when they’re 50%. Or 75%?

Nobody’s got heat in a net zero home on December 25th if the power goes out. But the guy with a gas connection, a diesel generator and a wood stove will be alright.
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#6777 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 05 December 2022 - 08:27 AM

The other energy sources should not have been phased out. But politicians and locals alike appreciated the shut-downs. Until it affected them.

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Posted 05 December 2022 - 08:40 AM

Hopefully some learning happens now. It’s all rainbows when this stuff is being proposed.

You’ll notice all the forumers who forecasted renewables taking over from fossil fuels and self-driven electric cars dominating the streets by now have left for fresh audiences.

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Posted 05 December 2022 - 09:35 AM

A General Motors plant in Ingersoll, Ont., has been converted into an assembly line for electric delivery vans, making it the first full-scale electric vehicle-making facility in Canada.

The first BrightDrop Zevo 600 rolled off the line at the CAMI plant on Monday, marking the reopening of the facility that was temporarily shuttered in May in order to retool itself from making internal combustion engines, into one that builds electric vehicles.

https://www.cbc.ca/n...rsoll-1.6674348

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#6780 Matt R.

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Posted 05 December 2022 - 10:34 AM

Switzerland is planing to ban non-essential travel in electric cars this winter because of energy shortages.

Energy independence is critical. Energy diversity is ultra critical. I guess they don’t have enough wind farms and solar panels? Maybe they can burn some Canadian biofuel to get the electric cars back on the roads?

- https://www.telegrap...land-plan-deal/


What’s the Swiss uptake on ev’s? They are nowhere near as prevalent as they are here.

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