EV alternative for light/medium duty trucks
So much wheel spinning on EVs, what if they are not the right path forward? The biggest problem with renewable power and EVs is storage, the second is storage, and the third is storage. Another pat...
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The biggest issue with EVs is they keep trying to claim it can match ICE and then build overpriced models that exceed requirements while still failing to match ICE.
Probably 60-80% of light/medium duty trucks are used in daily runs of under 200 miles (often less than 100-150mile) and then go into a storage lot for many hours each night where it would be fairly simple to recharge them. That's well within the capability of EVs and the smaller you go with the battery, the closer it gets to the cost of an ICE.
Even if the Tesla 500mile semi turns out to be true, it's still not going to solve long haul trucking because you have to recharge it while the ICE trucks are back on the road making miles.
Carbon capture is really just a feel good green washing. On a scale to have a meaningful impact would be massive and the energy to power it would far exceed any benefits.
The best return on the dollar spent by a long shot is in increased efficiency but better windows and lights don't get snazzy marketing campaigns.
An important item people forget about is fuel is only a portion of what we use crude oil for. If we were to cut fuel consumption in half, all the other products that use oil as a feed stock would skyrocket in cost. Take asphalt concrete as an example. It's relatively cheap but we use a lot of it for building and refurbishing roads. If we cut the supply in half, road construction costs would probably quadruple. It would also cause more damage to cars/trucks as road maintenance is put off.
Probably 60-80% of light/medium duty trucks are used in daily runs of under 200 miles (often less than 100-150mile) and then go into a storage lot for many hours each night where it would be fairly simple to recharge them. That's well within the capability of EVs and the smaller you go with the battery, the closer it gets to the cost of an ICE.
Even if the Tesla 500mile semi turns out to be true, it's still not going to solve long haul trucking because you have to recharge it while the ICE trucks are back on the road making miles.
Carbon capture is really just a feel good green washing. On a scale to have a meaningful impact would be massive and the energy to power it would far exceed any benefits.
The best return on the dollar spent by a long shot is in increased efficiency but better windows and lights don't get snazzy marketing campaigns.
An important item people forget about is fuel is only a portion of what we use crude oil for. If we were to cut fuel consumption in half, all the other products that use oil as a feed stock would skyrocket in cost. Take asphalt concrete as an example. It's relatively cheap but we use a lot of it for building and refurbishing roads. If we cut the supply in half, road construction costs would probably quadruple. It would also cause more damage to cars/trucks as road maintenance is put off.
