Edison Motors Vocational Hybrid

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(10-22-2023 )JMBT Wrote:  That is pretty cool in theory but as they found out it doesn’t take much power to roll on flat ground. I would love to see how many KW on an 8% grade, and how long their batteries would last..

The biggest problem I see with electric vehicles is going to be the strain on the grid, and how they will produce the massive amounts of power to the grid when everyone is forced to have electrics.. in the end it will probably be as big of a carbon footprint or more in my opinion. A sketchy power grid will force anyone who can afford it to have a standby generator at their home which will still be burning fossil fuel if some kind.

It will also hike the price of electricity to the point where the average family may not be able to afford it..

I agree cool to see two kids actually doing something other then surfing the web or watching TV.. but I think there are many more viable options for clean vehicles then electric.

I'm actually a bit surprised it's coming out of BC. We have the rocky mountains here and some very punishing hills.

I own an EV, a Nissan Leaf. I average about 17kWh/100km. I drive the car pretty hard, so does the wife. That can be pretty easily brought down to 15 or 16. The energy it takes to bake a loaf of bread in an electric oven is equivalent to driving about 15km. The charging for the car fades into the background compared to many of the other transient loads.

The bigger concern to me is the push to force everyone onto electric heat, that's where the real waste is. That's what's going to overload the grid. The most expensive electric days are the ones with long showers and lots of laundry. EVs will certainly add to that, no doubt.

In terms of pulling weight on a hill with an EV, yeah, uhh... that's nearly an insurmountable problem. The trucks will be over weight in copper alone just to supply the motors to climb something like the rockies.

I think a true hybrid electric drive could do really well though. Pair a fuel efficient engine, with a helper motor between the transmission and the rear drive and use the electrics to smooth out the transient events and keep the energy draw from the diesel engine more consistent.

I think the concept is novel, but needs more thought. Anyone suggesting evs can replace internal combustion engines anytime in the near future is either a communist or retarded.

Diesel : ~12kWh/kg ( @ 30% efficiency, that's still 3.6kWh/kg )
LiIon: ~0.06kWh/kg