EV thread

[LukesfirstJeep]

He now has 20" wheels and can use normal tires.

Sounds like a good change.

I remember watching an episode of American Chopper, where they installed an electric motor in a build. Programming the motor delivery was a challenge.

If you compare an electric motor to a light, you flip a light switch, and it's full power in milliseconds. Use a dimmer switch, and power is delivered reduced, but still delivered in milliseconds.

 

[BlueC]

If the tires wear out so quickly, has anyone tried a LT tire? My Ford SD weight was comparable weight.

They're probably hemmed in between passenger comfort demands and physical size limitations considering how big the brakes and wheels have to be, yet how small the tires need to be for the vehicle.

I think that ^ will knock out most LT tires considering they're almost completely limited to low profile type tires. EVs are heavy, so they need larger than typical brakes, which require larger wheels to clear the brakes, but the body and general characteristics limits the overall size of the tires, generally speaking. The EV "trucks" can probably fit some LT tires in a heavier rating.

 

[BlueC]

If you compare an electric motor to a light, you flip a light switch, and it's full power in milliseconds. Use a dimmer switch, and power is delivered reduced, but still delivered in milliseconds.

I could be wrong, but the way I understand it is that electric motors have an operational window of sorts, and are not making "full power" instantly or at "1 RPM" as some like to suggest, mainly EV pushers.

This is how I've understood electric motors to deliver power. They ramp up and into a range, but fall off on both sides rather quickly.

 

[steelhd]

The Ford Lightning is dead from Cars and Bids.

 

[InOmaha]

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1AHR4UQnQY/

 

[FarFire70]

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1AHR4UQnQY/

If you want to see any other sarcastic car stereotypes, he has several of them. Most are pretty funny and right on point making fun of both the driver and sometimes the expected response.

I don't search him out but find his videos funny when they pop in my feed.

 

[srimes]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1994434081442984199

 

[Zorba]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1994434081442984199

Here it is on something a bit more publicly accessible:

So now the chinks are putting touch screens in everything too. Great.

 

[srimes]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1996448421314543651

 

[Apparition]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1996448421314543651

That's going to be a hell of a fire.

 

[BlueC]

That's going to be a hell of a fire.

That was my first thought too.

 

[lBasket]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1996448421314543651

3 weeks? Have they not heard of a nuclear sub?

 

[BlueC]

3 weeks? Have they not heard of a nuclear sub?

The battery fire will force them to the surface way sooner than that.

On a side note, I don't think I'd do well being trapped in a tube for very long, so I don't know how those guys can do weeks or months at a time.

 

[Apparition]

The battery fire will force them to the surface way sooner than that.

On a side note, I don't think I'd do well being trapped in a tube for very long, so I don't know how those guys can do weeks or months at a time.

 

[BlueC]

You know what, I don't know any Navy vets. Probably for the best.

 

[InOmaha]

They still need to charge the sub somehow. Unless they tool around Japan and stop at the ports every month.

Hybrid nuclear solves that, but gets you back into the extra weight issue again.

Drones (powered controllable long range missles) will probably be a big deal in future wafare. The battlefield might be a toxic mess of exploded and unexploded li-ion batteries.

You don't necessarily need to add explosives to a drone. Send it into a neighborhood and light the batteries on fire. It becomes a firebomb that won't go out.

 

[BlueC]

They still need to charge the sub somehow. Unless they tool around Japan and stop at the ports every month.

Hybrid nuclear solves that, but gets you back into the extra weight issue again.

That post describes that new sub class as being hybrid or battery only. My guess is the majority will be traditional hybrid set up with a few set up as battery-only, but those will be restricted to local waters and test platforms.

"Today, Toyota and Panasonic are leading the global race in solid-state batteries, with prototypes arriving in 2027–2028, mass production after 2030, and Japan’s next submarine class will be the first to use them, either in pure battery form or as a hybrid with a small reactor for onboard recharging. This hybrid would be similar to what the Chineses are developing."

 

[BlueC]

Drones (powered controllable long range missles) will probably be a big deal in future wafare. The battlefield might be a toxic mess of exploded and unexploded li-ion batteries.

You don't necessarily need to add explosives to a drone. Send it into a neighborhood and light the batteries on fire. It becomes a firebomb that won't go out.

I think that is the future, or potentially the present. Not only do the batteries pose an issue, but also the material leftover. Have you seen the fields in Russia/Ukraine covered in shimmering fiber optic cable? There's videos of guys walking and it collecting/tangling on their boots like snow pack.

 

[speeding_infraction]

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[srimes]

1902 Studebaker EV