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FearlessF

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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #42 on: February 06, 2022, 02:12:32 PM »
travelling rural South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa for the past 4 weeks

haven't noticed an electric vehicle or a charging station

last Friday I woke up in Pierre, SD, route was to Eagle Butte, Bison, Wall, then home to Sewer City, IA

750 mile day

gas in Faith, SD was $3.60 at the pump

doubt there's a charging station within 100 miles of Faith or Bison

Pierre probably has a few, but I don't know
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« Reply #43 on: February 06, 2022, 02:15:26 PM »
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« Reply #44 on: February 06, 2022, 02:38:11 PM »
Bison to Dickinson 116 miles
Bison to Cannon Ball 159
Bison to Spearfish 129
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« Reply #45 on: February 06, 2022, 05:24:11 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on February 06, 2022, 09:38:10 AM
EV Company Builds Road That'll Charge Cars As They Drive (businessinsider.com)
EV Company Builds Road That'll Charge Cars As They Drive (businessinsider.com)


  • Electreon Wireless is building a mile-long stretch in Detroit that will charge electric cars as the drive on it.
  • The company said the roadway will be fully functional by 2023 for EVs that install a special receiver.
  • Charging infrastructure poses a major hurdle for electric-vehicle adoption.
  • Axios estimates installing the special receiver will cost about $3,000 to $4,000 per car. Though, Electreon told the publication they hope to get the price closer to $1,000 to $1,500.
that's pretty damn cool and that could be a game changer for EVs.
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« Reply #46 on: February 07, 2022, 08:26:27 AM »
Op-Ed Says EVs Can't Handle Winter Stranding. We Check the Facts (caranddriver.com)
Op-Ed Says EVs Can't Handle Winter Stranding. We Check the Facts (caranddriver.com)

One interesting note is how EVs are being equipped now to charge other EVs in emergencies, in some cases, which is interesting.
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« Reply #47 on: February 07, 2022, 01:34:51 PM »
mobile charging stations

what a concept 
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« Reply #48 on: February 09, 2022, 10:44:43 AM »
Supposedly the Tesla Cybertruck is now delayed until 2023... Putting them at least half a year behind the Ford Lightning release and probably best case on par with the Chevy Silverado EV release.

All that for a hideously ugly thing out of Blade Runner when most of the people wanting an electric truck (people actually using it for work) probably want something that looks like, well, a truck. 

I don't understand, if there are other trucks available, who will actually want that thing?
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« Reply #49 on: February 09, 2022, 10:49:43 AM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on February 09, 2022, 10:44:43 AM
Supposedly the Tesla Cybertruck is now delayed until 2023... Putting them at least half a year behind the Ford Lightning release and probably best case on par with the Chevy Silverado EV release.

All that for a hideously ugly thing out of Blade Runner when most of the people wanting an electric truck (people actually using it for work) probably want something that looks like, well, a truck.

I don't understand, if there are other trucks available, who will actually want that thing?
Virtue signalers.
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« Reply #50 on: February 09, 2022, 10:53:04 AM »
Yeah, I think that Tesla "truck" won't do well at all unless somehow the metrics are astonishing.
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« Reply #51 on: February 09, 2022, 10:59:12 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on February 09, 2022, 10:49:43 AM
Virtue signalers.
Maybe, but how does the Tesla really signal virtue any more than any other BEV truck? 

Quote from: Cincydawg on February 09, 2022, 10:53:04 AM
Yeah, I think that Tesla "truck" won't do well at all unless somehow the metrics are astonishing.

Possibly true, but knowing Tesla, the metric they think everyone cares about is 0-60 time... For what is basically a work vehicle. 
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« Reply #52 on: February 09, 2022, 11:00:49 AM »
Things that matter for folks buying a truck to be used as a truck are pretty clear, and I think Ford and Chevy both hit the mark on that pretty well.

I think maybe a truck with less range, cost, and weight, would also be appealing in a work truck.
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« Reply #53 on: February 09, 2022, 11:09:14 AM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on February 09, 2022, 10:59:12 AM
Maybe, but how does the Tesla really signal virtue any more than any other BEV truck?

You said it yourself, those other trucks look like trucks, and therefore are not very good virtue-signaling devices.  If my goal is to signal my virtue, then buying an electric truck that looks almost identical to a regular truck, isn't going to be very effective.

You asked a question-- who will want it? I'm just answering that question.  I don't think it's a particularly large market segment, but it's about the only group of people I can imagine having any real desire to buy one.
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