What a fool.
"A Business Insider reporter learned how “brutal” a road trip in an electric vehicle (EV) can be when he was forced to bundle up instead of using the heater in his car to try to maximize his range."
Firstly being chilly isn't brutal. I guess he never goes out for a walk, a cycle, uses a motorcycle.
Secondly, the heater in a car is what? A kW? So enough to use the battery in 75 hours! Nothing compared to the motors.
American is so far behind. Why employ someone to do something as simple as pump gas?
You're forgetting people are forgetful. If you leave it running and go do something else, you're very likely to forget to put the nozzle away and drive off with it attached, this causes a massive leak of gas and a massive fire.
Never found a bit of vapour to be a problem. And vapor isn't a thing.
Never found a bit of vapour to be a problem. And vapor isn't a thing.
I discovered that the 5% cheaper diesel returned 6% less mpg. I now fill up where its convenient, the pumps don't shut off if I fill at more than a trickle, and I go past it three times a week
At least gas cars don't generally go up in flames sitting in your drive switched off.
I see that UTAH has had record snowfall this year. 50ft deep in the mountains, extreme avalanche danger.
"Our children just wont know what snow is" etc..
Some do. A mate's Merc did that in his carport and damned near took the entire house with it. No one was home at the time and by a pure fluke someone who was driving past noticed and called the fire brigade just in time.
Interesting.
How does it work, you foot the brake pedal, and the car decides whether to apply the actual brakes or generator mode?
What happens when you release the accelerator pedal? Does it just coast along, or does it apply "engine brake" as in a gasoline car?
I'm just curious, I don't have an EV and I wonder how they do these things.
Wow.
It needs to know also the weight of the cargo :-)
It is a lot of vapour. If the station is in the middle of the city, you need getting a special permit, and if you promise to absorb the vapours you are more likely to get the permit.
Something like 40 litres of explosive vapours per car.
They can if shot at, something very common in the USA :-P
How long does it take to put out an EV car fire?
How long does it take to put out a gas car fire?
In general yes. The car will decide whether to use regen or friction brakes. For example mostly regen if the battery can take it, but at low speeds friction might be used for the last few mph down to zero where regen is weak. Also in an emergency stop both might be used.
That's called 'one pedal driving', and on many EVs you can adjust the retardation (regen) in a number of steps from coasting through to quite aggressive braking. Coasting is more like a regular transmission where you have to use the brake pedal, whereas with higher levels you can drive with accelerator alone.
Theo
By "regular transmission" you mean "automatic"?
Most cars here have a manual transmission, and on those the (gasoline) car brakes somewhat when the accelerator pedal is released. We use that to maintain the speed when going down long slopes, instead of using the brake. If we need more brake action, we shift to a lower gear.
But you seem to be using it for daily commuting, which looks like an abuse of the motability scheme !. Isn't it insured for only your wife to use ?. All the servicing and any new tyres etc are done for 'free' by motability (through Kwik Fit I believe).
Eurotunnel banned non-manufacturer LPG cars from the outset
Both. With a manual transmission you get some degree of engine braking, but you coast if you open the clutch. Without actively changing down gear the amount of engine braking is not massive - if you purely let off the accelerator doing 70mph on a flat road in top gear you don't get very much retardation.
It is possible to change down for more, but the engine isn't happy about it unless you match revs first, so in general it's easier to use the brakes.
Engine braking is not something you'd do around town or on a regular motorway unless you're in a hilly area, so most people don't use it very often.
Theo
In 2021, 0.9% of new vehicles sold in the U.S. had a manual transmission. In 2022, 1.2%. Thus far in 2023, 1.7%.
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