Oldgator73
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I would posit the load limit signs like the speed limits are just a suggestion.
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I can accept your posit, but I think I'd rather be stopped for speeding than suddenly find myself at the bottom of a ravine.I would posit the load limit signs like the speed limits are just a suggestion.
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I hope they also increase the weight related road taxes a like amount to compensate for the increased wear and tear on the roads.For electric tractor trailer rigs the Federal government is allowing for 1 ton beyond the current 80,000 limit due to the heavier weight, whatever that is. Removing the load capacity signs on the bridges should fix any over weight issues.
The Tesla Semi is allowed to be heavier than other trucks. Here's why
The Tesla Semi falls into a new category of alternative power Class 8 semis that are allowed to weigh 2,000 pounds more than other trucks to accommodate batteries.www.foxnews.com
Good thought.
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More taxation for going green!
"In Norway, a special road tax for heavy electric cars is already being considered."
Heavier electric cars wear out roads faster
www.brusselstimes.com
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DonTom
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The A/C only draws a few KW. Not running the motor, stuck in traffic, you're good for many hours. 100 KWH battery will last the A/C at least 25 hours on full, non-stop, say if it draws 4 KW steady nonstop (which is probably the worst possible case). But it should last a lot longer than that sitting in traffic.
When you're driving up a hill, an RV could be then drawing a couple of hundred KWs. But less than 1 KW when sitting going nowhere, with no motor running. Add around 3 KW for the A/C on full for a total of a four KW load. Save a KW of load by turning the motor off with the A/C on, if you're not moving at all, so it's 3KW load instead of four.
-Don- Auburn, CA
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DonTom
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There are many other differences too. Such as how much you're polluting the air to keep that A/C running.
-Don- Auburn, CA
RRR
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How many kids are killed in electric bus fires per year and how many are killed in school shootings?
garyb1st
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Unfortunately there's a cost associated with clean air and water.
DonTom
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And places like China discovered it all pays for itself in the greatly reduced health costs.
-Don- Auburn, CA
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I think it’s a 2.5 percent weight increase. So not sure how much they’ll worry about it.
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Babylonebee. AKA, "The fake news we can trust".Oh No! Scientists Determine We're Actually Headed For An Ice Age And We Have To Pump As Much CO2 As Possible Into The Atmosphere Or We're All Gonna Die
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-Don- Auburn, CA
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Are they electric or gas caused fires for the higher percentage of the Hybrid?
We have seen our electric school buses out and about. We had a a minus 28 C cold snap for the last two weeks. They seem to be doing ok.
In other news, this cold snap was the first of the year. Lots of people with their gassers getting jumped by electric vehicles in the last week. Our trusty little portable jumper thingy jumped 3 in the last week. (Although one was same guy twice).
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Happy to be driving electric. Our old grand Cherokee couldn’t hold a candle to our model Y in these conditions. And tomorrow brings freezing rain.
. Tis the season.
In other news, this cold snap was the first of the year. Lots of people with their gassers getting jumped by electric vehicles in the last week. Our trusty little portable jumper thingy jumped 3 in the last week. (Although one was same guy twice).
. Happy to be driving electric. Our old grand Cherokee couldn’t hold a candle to our model Y in these conditions. And tomorrow brings freezing rain.
. Tis the season. No idea. It’s an insurance company study. Might be able to google it.
DonTom
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See here.
"used data collected from the National Transportation Safety Board, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and government recall data from recalls.gov for the study, which found that there were only 52 EV fires in the US in 2021. This is compared to 16,051 hybrid vehicle fires and 199,533 fires for combustion (petrol and diesel) vehicles over the same period."
"But for electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles, fires are mostly caused by batteries."
But I question why because gas fires are more common than battery fires, so why would the hybrid have more battery fires?
-Don- Auburn, CA
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Hybrids have a longer history than electric vehicles. So the batteries are relatively older.
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