Although it's still vaporware, it is getting closer to reality, the Aptera comes close to meeting your desired paramaters. https://aptera.us/ I saw, bit can't remember which one, that one of the car companies is dropping full EVs for hybrid series gas/EV cars. The gas engine powers the generator when needed, electricity turns the wheels when needed. Substitute Diesel for gas and I think you are in the sweet spot.
On Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 at 10:58 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
