What is the Future? (2 Viewers)
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Jimbo
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There are many things that will come out of this and one is that is maybe drag strips that are located in areas where noise is a problem will be allowed to stay and not forced to close down.
Regardless I believe electric cars are here to stay like it or not! I am 74 years old, and I will certainly miss watching the drag racing from the early 60s but time marches on and either you adjust to it or you get left behind the choice is yours.
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I stand corrected Mr. Cook. One can charge an EV through a standard 110V outlet. I guess it was the Level 2 charging that got me confused (I'm playing the old man card here).
Home Charging Solutions: Level 1 & Level 2
There are two types of home charging: level 1 charging and level 2 charging.
• Level 1 charging happens when you charge an electric vehicle (EV) using the charger included with the car. These chargers can be plugged with one end into any standard 120V outlet, with the other end being plugged directly into the car. It can charge 200 kilometers (124 miles) in 20 hours.
• Level 2 chargers are sold separately from the car, although they’re often purchased at the same time. These chargers require a slightly more complicated setup, as they are plugged into a 240V outlet which allows charging 3 to 7 times faster depending on the electric car and the charger. All of these chargers have an SAE J1772 connector and are available for online purchase in Canada and the USA. They usually have to be installed by an electrician.
I have driven a doctor friends Tesla and I must admit, I thought I needed an HANS device it was so quick. As for drag racing, if it's not the future why was/is Garlits so interested in what he did to achieve 200 MPH in an electric dragster? I doubt I'll live long enough to see the total disappearance of the sound of drag racing, so I'm gonna enjoy it while I can.
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Just food for thought, would have to believe it would be super easy to program your index/dial in to go dead on with a zero with a EV
No love for hydrogen on here? That's the long term future, not electric. Cheaper to produce, faster refills, equal or better range than full electric.
And yeah, yeah, I always hear "Hindenburg" when this topic comes up. That's a red herring.
I remember seeing natural gas cars at a strip once.
And yeah, yeah, I always hear "Hindenburg" when this topic comes up. That's a red herring.
I remember seeing natural gas cars at a strip once.
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We already had electric drags cars since the 60’s their called slot cars! LOL
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Your car has its own I P address!
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When you live in a state with rolling blackouts due to electrical wires causing forest fires, and you have to have your car charged up for your family to escape the forest fires.....
When you live in a state that has no power due to freezing weather stopping all the wind generators, and you need to have your electric car charged up to move to warmer climates.....
When you live in a state that had no electricity for over a week straight because of Hurricane Sandy, and you find out all that gasoline you saved is useless for your electric car.....
When you live in a state that has no power due to freezing weather stopping all the wind generators, and you need to have your electric car charged up to move to warmer climates.....
When you live in a state that had no electricity for over a week straight because of Hurricane Sandy, and you find out all that gasoline you saved is useless for your electric car.....
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Wow, Bob, that's a very astute observation. One I had not thought of, anyway, but then I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, lol
Jim I did not mean to say electric cars are bad, very impressed with performance hp and range, just don’t like the carbon foot print they have before you even drive them off the lot because of the way most battteries are shipped back and forth across the oceans as well as what do you do with the batteries after there worn out, can’t land fill them, very toxic, Tesla has solar panels thet can charge real time 220 with good light, we need to solve these problems before I can embrace owning one
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I have always thought about hydrogen cars. Biggest fear was hydrogen exploding. The current technology may prove to be the best in the end. Would love to drive one of these & see how it runs in the real world. But where do you refill on hydrogen? That has to be solved if anything ever happens w/ these cars.
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There's your first problem. LOL
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My daughter and her husband just build a new home and the cost for 3 charging stations in their garages was around $30,000 dollars.
They were expecting the costs to be around $15,000 dollars, but there was some miscommunication between the builder and the electrical company and instead of just doing one of the garages and did three of the garages with charging stations.
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Tesla rented Bakersfield last Wednesday and one of their cars of the future went 9.23 at 153. Dont know anything about it other than it hauled ass..
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Cliff, GM played around with hydrogen cars in the 90.s and they only generate enough run the car so its not like a rolling bomb
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Toyota sells hydrogen cars right now in California.
2024 Toyota Mirai | Toyota.com
Experience pure innovation and cleaner power with the all-new 2024 Toyota Mirai. Hydrogen and oxygen combine to generate power to propel us into a future of possibilities.
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Like to see them bring hydrogen cars to Arizona, especially Phoenix. See if they can take the heat.
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That’s interesting info! I wonder what they have in the works...
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In SoCal most cities have gone to natural gas for their busses. They have worked great for years and the maintenance is very low on the engine side and they polute much less than diesel. GM offers NG for some of their vehicles. A conventional gasoline car can be converted relative inexpensively. Down side is refueling stations.
We don't much want you to move to Okla from California (unless your politics are more red than blue} but we have many NG refueling stations.. Very economical and efficient. Most government vehicles, public transportation and many company vehicles along with some private cars.
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