I am not a real fan of the electric vehicles being pushed upon us by the
fools who think they are wonderful, but I see enough propaganda on a
daily basis to make me think about them.
Some of you folks are engineers etc and likely have a better grasp of
this sort of thing than I do, so here are my current thoughts on the
subject.
It appears to me that most of the current crop of electric vehicles are
high powered and very quick. Some or perhaps most are also all wheel
drive. They are also generally quite expensive. They require high
powered chargers to charge in reasonable periods of time and the
batteries do not last for the long haul and are expensive to replace.
I am wondering why. Would it not make a lot of sense, if one is trying
to make a wholesale change to the vehicle world to build lesser
vehicles. Use smaller motors that use less power. That should either
extend the range or permit smaller batteries of perhaps both would be
possible. That should also result in lower electrical use for charging
purposes so it would be less expensive to operate them. If the battery
was smaller, it should weigh less and special tires might not be
required and the tires should last longer. Most would not require all
wheel drive so there would be maybe 2 motors rather than 4 of maybe
even, only one motor like we have enjoyed in the past. Smaller batteries
should be less expensive to replace. Maybe they could even be swappable
entities rather than require a lot of work to replace. Despite the fact
that "luxury" cars are popular, there must be a market for more basic
cars without all of the electronic gadgetry in cars like the Tesla.
Randy
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