Fast-charging stations for electric vehicles coming to Trans-Canada Highway

coldstream

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I think, 20 years from now, with the AGW Scam in widespread disrepute, there will still only by 1% of the cars on the road being electric.

They just can't compete with the practicality, efficiency, economy, performance and reliability of the internal combustion engine. In fact if all factors including energy production, disposal of batteries, environmental cost of component production it'll become obvious that electric cars are far more harmful to the environment than gas.. and it will be looked on as little more than a yuppie fad.

In fact the whole hybrid technology which is notoriously complex and unreliable will go with it. Then we can take the these economy depressing punitive taxes off gas.
 

Twin_Moose

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Don't worry, there will be an electric pickup in less than 10 years.

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Hilarious. Two provinces make up Canada and there'll be 34 charging stations between them? Christ, how efficient ARE these piece of crap EVs? I could drive from North Bay to the other side of Manitoba on two, maybe three tanks of gas. Are there even 34 gas stations along that stretch of the Trans-Canada?

Not quite. For example, if you buy a Tesla you'd have to drive the car for 8 years before it became carbon neutral.

What's the life expectancy of the battery? Will the battery have to be replaced before it is neutral?

Oh I found this I answered my own questions:)

Life expectancy of Tesla battery
How long will an electric car battery last? The lithium-ion battery pack in the Tesla Roadster is projected to have a lifespan of about 5 years or 100,000 miles.

auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/vehicles/electric-car-battery4.htm

I guess it will never be Carbon neutral :)
 

petros

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Tesla batteries last 5 years? That means a gasoline car is still ahead in C02 emissions by 37% at the 5 year mark considering manufacturing a Tesla battery is equal to 8 years of driving a gasoline powered vehicle.
 

Bar Sinister

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Tesla batteries last 5 years? That means a gasoline car is still ahead in C02 emissions by 37% at the 5 year mark considering manufacturing a Tesla battery is equal to 8 years of driving a gasoline powered vehicle.

Is it? Have you factored in the energy used in the extraction and refining of oil and the building of internal combustion engines?

You also have to realize that the technology of the internal combustion engine has advanced about as far as it can. Modern batteries are far more efficient than those of a couple of decades ago and I expect they will continue to improve. After all, the first internal combustion engines were quite dirty and inefficient by today's standards and they improved. I see no reason why batteries cannot do the same, especially given the massive research into new types of batteries.
 

JamesBondo

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Have you ever noticed how technology is only expected to advance the troublesome areas like batteries and solar panels?