Best Comments on EV Stories

[Jason71]

Have you tried reading the comments on any story about EV's in the mainstream press. Particularly the Daily Mail.
They are sooo funny. give it a go and post the best ones here.

Here are some genuine ones from today:

" What they don't tell you is: if you want to keep the batteries in good health you must fully discharge them at least once a week. That happens usually when you are nowhere near to a charging point.""

"You are likely to be receive a 3.5k bill every 4 years or so to replace the lead batteries on these electrical monstrosities"

 

[Toumal]

Not an internet comment, but I had people at a restaurant loudly discuss my Model 3. They knew all about how the batteries will die in a few years, and also did you know that all EV chargers are actually powered by diesel generators?

 

[Rooster6655]

Makes me wonder if people who choose an EV are smarter than the average bear

 

[Daverh]

Makes me wonder if people who choose an EV are smarter than the average bear

I'm not sure about EV owners but it definitely says something about DailyMail readers, my parents included.

 

[Epico]

One of my work colleagues asked why can't my car just recharge itself while moving...surely you can just connect something to the wheel and recharge the battery as you move along, then you would never need to plug in to charge...much frustration and trying to explain GCSE physics (conservation of energy) to him I just gave up, he was adamant he was right and everyone else was just a bit thick for not realising what he had

 

[LEE3]

The father in law has decided they are all silent killers as we will all be running people over whilst fiddling around with the iPad screen and not watching the road.

He cannot accept how you are not able to switch off the car completely whilst sitting in it like you would with an ice car and you walk away with it ‘on’ and hope it locks and turns off!

That’s just one person. I have dozens of these. This thread will be a ten pager by Sunday.

 

[WannabeOwner]

did you know that all EV chargers are actually powered by diesel generators?

Your EV will travel further on the electricity from a gallon put into a knackered home-generator than the average Diesel car will drive on a single gallon [generator runs at optimum REVs, car has to have emissions control for full range of Revs]

Tesla Model S charged with diesel generator still pollutes less than a diesel sedan - Electrek

(EV will travel further on the energy used to make a gallon of Petrol than the average ICE will drive on a refined gallon)

One of my work colleagues asked why can't my car just recharge itself while moving

Whilst having my tyres changed someone in the queue with an ICE said "Does it charge from Alternator?"

The "lowly" tyre fitted said "No mate, that would be perpetual motion".

ICE driver : <BlankLook>

 

[LukeT]

One of my work colleagues asked why can't my car just recharge itself while moving...surely you can just connect something to the wheel and recharge the battery as you move along, then you would never need to plug in to charge...much frustration and trying to explain GCSE physics (conservation of energy) to him I just gave up, he was adamant he was right and everyone else was just a bit thick for not realising what he had

I've only had an EV for a fortnight and I've had this one twice already. I really really hope my weekly average goes down...

It does make me wonder what message is really being received from the marketing of Toyota et al's "self charging hybrids".

 

[pdk42]

Daily Mail yesterday - "Electric vehicles depreciate twice as quickly as petrol cars and almost as fast as out-of-favour diesels". Whilst the general point being made is fair (based on an Irish study), this table from the article itself shows that the magnitude of it is not what the headline claims:

The BMW 330e depreciates by 53%, but it's a real light-touch PHEV. However, the Volvo XC90 T8 is pretty much the same tech, but that's only 31%. I contend that the large depreciation of the 330e probably has more to do with the fact that the 3-series has just had a complete new model released (F30 -> G20).

Also, the average depreciation for any car over 3 years is about 50% (e.g. Calculate Car Depreciation By Make and Model), so it's really not a particularly balanced article. Average Audi depreciation is 40% for example, almost exactly the same as the Model S.

 

[Epico]

I've only had an EV for a fortnight and I've had this one twice already. I really really hope my weekly average goes down...

It does make me wonder what message is really being received from the marketing of Toyota et al's "self charging hybrids".

This made me laugh! Sums it up for me nicely

 

[Yev000]

Just read an Australian article that EVs produce more CO2 than petrol cars... Mainly because they use coal to generate 80% of the electricity.

The comments section is ... depressing

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/08...port-electric-cars-have-higher-co2-emissions/

 

[pdk42]

This made me laugh! Sums it up for me nicely

I'm speechless!

 

[Epico]

This made me laugh! Sums it up for me nicely

I should add that the guy knew what he was talking about and was making the same comments we are about 'self charging' cars... Aka BS

 

[Tony Hoyle]

One of my work colleagues asked why can't my car just recharge itself while moving...surely you can just connect something to the wheel and recharge the battery as you move along, then you would never need to plug in to charge...much frustration and trying to explain GCSE physics (conservation of energy) to him I just gave up, he was adamant he was right and everyone else was just a bit thick for not realising what he had

Technically that's what regen does. It's been done in one case with an ore carrier in a mine somewhere. But unless you're going to run your car up and down the sides of a mine you still need to charge

 

[Adopado]

This made me laugh! Sums it up for me nicely

Though in this case it was just a joke as a wind up over this self charging promotion ... very funny but does it count, I ask?

 

[pdk42]

Technically that's what regen does. It's been done in one case with an ore carrier in a mine somewhere. But unless you're going to run your car up and down the sides of a mine you still need to charge

Unless there are no energy loses due to friction, air resistance etc, you'll need to charge in any case. In the real world, perpetual motion is a physics unicorn.

 

[LukeT]

This reminds me of Dave Gorman's Found Poems. From what he found in the bottom half of the Internet. The man is a genius.

 

[WannabeOwner]

Just read an Australian article that EVs produce more CO2 than petrol cars... Mainly because they use coal to generate 80% of the electricity.

Its a narrow view, of course, because it assumes that driver chooses to use Coal-electricity, but even if they have no choice then almost certain that their fuel will green-up during vehicle's lifetime ... whereas pollution from ICE will deteriorate as parts wear etc.

Unless there are no energy loses due to friction, air resistance etc, you'll need to charge in any case.

In the case mentioned the ore hauling truck came down the hill full and went back uphill empty, so regen on the way down was all it ended to recharge.

e-Dumper all electric mining truck becoming a reality in Switzerland - International Mining

Also a railway in Scandinavia that carries mined coal (I think?) from top of the mountain to bottom, and generates more in regen on the way down that it uses on the way back up empty

But definitely a couple of Unicorns ... unless I can find a location to work at which is downhill both ways

 

[Jason71]

Technically that's what regen does. It's been done in one case with an ore carrier in a mine somewhere. But unless you're going to run your car up and down the sides of a mine you still need to charge

So what you are saying is that you need to pick up hitchhikers at the top of every hill then kick them out again at the bottom.

 

[dazzleh]

"I'm not going along with this EV fad, Hydrogen cars are the future".