EV Horror story

[Dragline]

EV for the masses, AND the infrastructure to support it all is 2 decades away at best. But everyone must get the latest thing. I'll always drive petrol till I leave this plane.

Edited Friday at 12:27 AM by Dragline

[Ace-Garageguy]

38 minutes ago, Dragline said:

EV for the masses, AND the infrastructure to support it all is 2 decades away at best. But everyone must get the latest thing. I'll always drive petrol till I leave this plane.

And don't forget how important it is to signal to the rest of the herd how you support the "consensus" and whatever the current "thinking" on everything is.

                                                          

                                                                             

[rattle can man]

I would consider a hybrid. But full EV tech and infrastructure aren't ready for commitment.

[iamsuperdan]

 

 

 

Horrible. Probably should have just crushed the empty rusty shell, right?

 

Sarcasm mode off.

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, iamsuperdan said:

...Horrible. Probably should have just crushed the empty rusty shell, right?

 

You know Dan, far as I'm aware nobody ever said they had a problem doing something like this with an "empty rusty shell".

This is called "comparing apples to oranges", or in less polite circles...a strawman.

What I said is that somebody asked me to gut a slightly rough...but-decent...daily driver XK-120 Jag and convert it to an EV.

And that I refused on the basis of being unwilling to destroy a perfectly good, operational original vehicle.

EDIT: I even went back and READ my own post, where I said specifically "if it was an empty shell I'd consider it".

My statement is right there, and the post hasn't been edited since Nov. 25, when I made it.

EDIT 2: And FWIW, if somebody wanted me to hack up a complete, functioning, survivor '32 Ford roadster into an ICE-powered hot-rod, I'd refuse on exactly the same grounds.

EDIT 3: Manual gearbox lead-acid EV conversions were fairly common the the 1970s. I've worked on more that a few that were brought in after being bodged by DIYers who'd never used tools on anything that had to function. Two I remember were a Fiat 128 sedan, and a Bradley GT on a VW pan.

EDIT 3A: One of my employers, an independent Porsche shop, wanted me to do a 914 electric conversion a long tome ago. The 4-cylinder cars were plentiful and cheap at the time, and I had no problem with converting one that had become a beater, was somewhat rusty, etc. But the shop owner seemed to be under the impression that because I'd been involved with relatively primitive EV conversions previously, I should be able to do it in a few hours for a couple hundred bucks. Wrong. As this was pretty much his attitude regarding everything (he was a trust-fund-baby who'd never had dirty hands), we parted company soon afterwards.

EDIT 4:  It would have been nice if the builders of this BMW had managed to center the RF wheel in the arch. It's forward placement is kinda jarring early in the video, but is either hidden by the cars position or has been put right later on.

EDIT 5: It still sounds like a golf cart.

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Ace-Garageguy

[iamsuperdan]

1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

You know Dan, far as I'm aware nobody ever said they had a problem doing something like this with an "empty rusty shell".

This is called "comparing apples to oranges", or in less polite circles...a strawman.

 

If you go back in this thread, someone else was adament that fixing up an old car with an ev drivetrain was the worst idea ever.

 

[Xingu]

I am all for customizing/modifying vehicles...as long as it can be reversed. That is my personal opinion and it doesn't mean squat to anyone else. I am OK with that.

EV is not my thing and I doubt I will ever buy one. My wife wants one though, so I can't say never. I also can say that people can do what they want to their cars and with their money, as long as it lawful and doesn't put me in additional danger. You better get out there and scour the fields for rusted out abandoned shells or someone else might buy it and do something you don't like to it. 

I drove a hybrid Ford Maverick for work about 2 years ago. It got up to speed quickly and I felt safe enough in it when I was on the highway. It got 50 mpg and our company CFO loved it.

I currently have the ICE version of the Maverick. It also gets up to speed quickly and I feel safe in it. It gets 32 mpg. I am not a fan of small engines (for fuel economy) that need power adders to make them usable. It's what my company provided and it does get the job done.

Fossil fuels WILL eventually dry up. Will we see it? Probably not, but it will happen.

The minerals and such needed for the current batteries will eventually be depleted. Will we see it? Probably not, but it will happen.

As far as I know, none of us are high enough up in the social, financial and influential echelon of society to be included on the list to leave this planet.

We are all going to die and the world will go on without us...probably.

This is my only long, meandering, meaningless post for the weekend...probably.