Test charging stop for large EV’s, busses, trucks, mohos.

Coon hunter wrote:
I am not for or against ev. But they have some major issues to figure out. The claim is less to no pollution. These vehicles are not using plastic,battery's tires. From what I have heard a prius battery lasts on average 50000mi.@ $6000. if i did the math right add.12 per mile. What happens to this battery when it will no longer take a charge. Where are they getting the "minerals" to produce these batterys. I'm sure they are not mining them that would be bad for the environment. Batterys to last the longest like to be recharged at the same rate as they are discharged. I don't know if the chargers are capable but they should be able to auto adjust the charge rate to the average discharge to get the most life from the battery. What is the plan to charge all these ev when a storm hit and the grid is down. Still will need gasoline to fuel the generator, water pumps, chain saws, the list goes on. Solar has issues as well. They have a relatively short life span. And they need to come a long way on producing them with less energy. Currently they require more energy to produce than they can put back into the grid within thei life span. Then when they go bad they go to the land fill. Still need oil make them too they are plastic. Another big strain on these batterys will be heaters and ac. These draw quite a few amps to run where currently the heat is free and the ac you might see a tiny bit more fuel consumption to run. These are just a few issues I see with ev in general and would like to know how they are planning on being more green before I truly get behind them. Gasoline was used originally because it was a by product from making kerosene for gas lanterns and was being thrown away the ice turned that into a usable product. Electricity is nice when it works. But there are so many times that it doesn't and when you are dependent on a single item it is easy to get screwed.

I know nothing about Prius batteries but most EV LI batteries Are warranted for 8 to 10 years and or 192000 km. Projected life is actually north of 500,000 km. The cab companies around us all run Tesla’s and many of their 2014 fleet have north of 300,000 km.

Cooling and heating don’t use much in comparison to the motive requirements. An EV is a good place to be stuck in a traffic jam in winter or summer. Ask me how I know. :). Most new EV’s utilize heat pumps to improve efficiency.

The battery’s have BMS’s to control charging rates and currents.