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Interestingly enough, I just watched this:
Maybe I’ll see this Dr. Ana’s take on it as well.
It’s perplexing that, if this is happening to any significant degree, it isn’t causing more of an uproar. The phenomenon has been popularly documented since, at least, the “Died Suddenly” movie.
Huh. Well, I dunno, Eric.
Seems to be working well enough, now.
Thanks for the help.
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That movie was an unmitigated atrocity. I was hoping there would be a redeeming message somewhere, but alas, this movie was only a divisive and vindictive cynicism wrapped in a hot-pink nightmare.
Aptera claims you can get about 40 miles/day from the onboard solar input.
That isn’t a gimmick, but the whole day’s commute for many people. I had what I considered a long commute when I lived in Phoenix, and that would’ve covered it. Now, the total input will, of course, vary, but that’s a good start.
A solution to one of the biggest problems with electric vehicles is charging, as we’re well aware. Solar electricity is a decent solution in many areas, especially in a place like Phoenix. The problem with that is, most people go to work during the day, and then come home when the Sun is setting. This means they charge at night, when solar energy isn’t being produced. The obvious solution is, people must charge at work, but that entails a lot of expensive infrastructure. Unless, of course, it comes integrated into the car.
So, I certainly approve of that.
It’s the price that is still prohibitive. Make a shorter range (100 miles?) vehicle for about $10k, and I might be interested.
I bought my home solar batteries for about $4k, and if I’m correct in my math and they’re being truthful on the video in that link, that would give me ~123 miles at 80% depth of discharge. And if I never had to buy gas and just had to leave it in the sunlight, it should pay for itself.
Theoretically, I could get 4,000 cycles out of these these LiFePO4 batteries at 80% depth of discharge.
Let’s just day I get 100 miles/cycle and even half of those cycles. That would be 200,000 miles. For comparison, at $4/gallon in a 50 MPG car, that would 200,000 miles/ 50 Miles per Gallon = 4,000 gallons; 4,000 gallons x $4/ gallon = $16,000 in gas.
If you could get that car for $10k (I think it’s possible, but I could be wrong), that would give you $6,000 toward the cost of a new battery after 200,000 miles, compared to the efficient ICE vehicle.
That’s the kind of electric car I could support. I’ve always thought that if someone produced a good off-grid EV, not making it one of these cell-phones-on-wheels monstrosities, they’d finally have something.
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