Chinese hackers make Tesla drive into oncoming traffic. https://www.rt.com/news/455341-chinese-hackers-tesla-autopilot/
Oh, all of them were hacked, Toyota and onwards, so...??? Fun, eh? OK... I didn't see Tesla lose control like this, did you? It's just new, better technology, that's all - get over it... As far as "evidence" goes, nothing would be easier than to put up an ICE fire-show - like this - - but to what end? Facts are above... Btw: https://www.greencarreports.com/new...tery-production-set-to-grow-50-percent-a-year The scramble for batteries is on... Lithium battery production set to grow 50 percent a year
My old Chevy truck needed a patch on the rear tire....but I don't think anything updated. I know the upholstery didn't.
By trade I'm an electrical engineer (retired) not a chemist, but I can tell you the energy contained in a typical battery for a large model aircraft is around 1000 watt-hours. That would be 3.6 mega-joules. Not all that much in gasoline, but still a fairly small amount of ideally vaporized gasoline can make a pretty impressive explosion. In comparison an electric car carries a battery in the neighborhood of 30,000 watt-hours (108 mega-joules). In terms of all produceable energy that's quite a bit less than a typical tank of gasoline. It works out that way because the efficiency of conversion to mechanical energy is hugely better for electric motors compared to IC engines.
@Yen: R/C model fuel is a different mixture than Gasoline. See here: https://www.rc-airplane-world.com/rc-glow-fuel.html
There's all kinds of model aircraft engines, I have ones that range from nitro-methane two stroke diesels to four stroke ignition gasoline. Also single and multi-cylinder. You know what though, the electrics are most powerful. The IC ones are just fun for the sound effects. The electrics are the speed demons, second only to turbines. I have some electrics that blow through a kw-hour in five minutes, that's 16 horsepower average, much higher peak. One engine I'd love to have but costly is a 7 cyl radial 4 stroke like this; https://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/horizonhobby/EVOE777_a0
Interesting: https://www.offgridenergyindependen...-third-of-global-power-capacity?userfunid=250 Renewable energy now accounts for a third of global power capacity | Off Grid Energy Independence The decade-long trend of strong growth in renewable energy capacity continued in 2018 with global additions of 171 gigawatts News: https://www.greencarreports.com/new...byton-m-byte-lightning-strike-todays-car-news The Ford Escape Hybrid will make a comeback for 2020—with a plug-in hybrid, too. Chinese Tesla rival Byton reveals the M-byte testing in winter. The Lightning Strike electric motorcycle is out. And our latest Twitter poll asks what kind of electric-car racing matters most. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
There are too many variables left to make a proper prediction. I know. The substances used as fuel are a part of them.... I know from a friend who has made his own 'special' mixtures....He also used MeOH / MeNO2 and some dissolved lubricants...but his planes were very small ones.. I assumed larger models have a 'real' motor just using common fuel..gasoline or kerosene... Finally all depends on how's the mechanical impact on the battery / fuel tank when such an aircraft is crashing... The kind of fuel is actually secondary... This applies to any vehicle. Fossil fuel or EV Just watch (real) accidents and if there's fire at all...and how big is the fire...it's very very different (Except when watching movies. There has to be huge fire all the time, lol)
Yes cars can and do burn, both ev and petrol engines Your missing the point gorski.... local fire depts. can easily extinguish a gasoline auto fire but not so easy with an electric car battery fire
Fire depts have to use a foam fire retardant for ev batteries, and that in itself is also a health hazard: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighting_foam
Yeah, yeah, heard it millions of times already - new is dangerous... When steam engine powered trains started operating the speed was "a killer"... Tech developments waits for no one.... DANGER!!!! New fuel cell lasts ten times longer | Electric Vehicles Research Advancements in zero-emission fuel cells could make the technology cheap enough to replace traditional gasoline engines in vehicles. electricvehiclesresearch.com https://insideevs.com/news/349545/fully-charged-electric-ferry/amp/ Video Description via Fully Charged on YouTube: 100% Electric Ferry Crossing One our recent Tesla Model 3 test drive we crossed from Denmark to Sweden on a 100% battery electric ferry. The 4 kilometre crossing between Helsingborg in Sweden and Helsingor in Denmark doesn't seem that far, but this ferry is crossing up to 46 times a day, and charging for a few minutes each side. The route handles more than 7 million passengers and almost 2 million vehicles each year with crossings every 15 minutes. Plug-in Vehicles in the United States Displaced 323 Million Gallons of Gasoline in 2018 http://no_short_urls_allowed/2VB6smV Grid connected wave farm for Lanzarote http://idtx.com/VUdE #energyharvesting #lightweighting #greentech #renewables Diversifying: "Market Needs Move Against Lithium-Ion Batteries http://idtx.com/X8cE #ev #solar #wind #lithium #agtech" Solar-powered hydrogen fuels a step closer http://idtx.com/QFdE #printedelectronics #perovskite #solar Lincoln plug-in hybrids and EVs are part of its renewal, not just for California The 2020 Lincoln Aviator and 2020 Lincoln Corsair that arrive this year both have plug-in hybrid versions, and they pave the way for a 2021 Lincoln e... Vivarail and Arcola to bring emission-free trains to the UK | Electric Vehicles Research Vivarail has already designed and run an emission-free battery train whilst Arcola lead the market in supplying power systems for efficient fuel cell e... electricvehiclesresearch.com UK injects £52m into solar power plant in Kenya | Off Grid Energy Independence £52 million of UK investment has been raised for a solar power plant. This innovative project, run by British-headquartered power company, Globeleq, and funded by CDC, the UK's development finance... offgridenergyindependence.com
And how do you figure out how many more slaves will be required to get more raw materials as ev cars get more popular? https://www.greentechmedia.com/arti...ution-powering-social-and-environmental-risks
That is THE issue in all this, for sure. And as you can see, the move away from such options is already under way... I would charge UN with removing the very causes of such a possibility, so Congo (etc.) becomes a decent country, where it would be illegal and close to impossible for this to happen - but that's me... Still, all the concerted efforts from the established industries against the new ones, as usual, are fruitful up to a point, I see...
I am not totally against ev vehicles. But for me personally they are not yet ready for prime time. If they could fix that range issue, the re-charge time and the idea of using rare materials for mass production is well... do I even have to say anything about that. (there's still a lot of world oil supplies...maybe even more than those rare materials needed for batteries) I could change my mind about them if they come up with solutions for those issues
EV are the prime-time today, there is no doubt about that! Sadly, they still cost more initially. However, when lower maintenance and fuel costs are calculated in, plus lower pollution rates - EVs win, yet again... Range is increasing, all the time, batteries are getting better and better and newer, different technologies are getting in on the game, as it were, so I have no doubt whatsoever that Human ingenuity, creativity, imagination will win that battle sooner or later in all minds... Be that as it may, the range in more expensive models is already over 500km, so not bad at all... Re-charging is a non-issue, really. Covered here many times. It is actually advantageous you can recharge at home. Very, very few rides are longer and need recharging on the go. But in that case, even with ICE owners stop to eat, we stretch one's legs, go to the loo, so no problem, really... You are right re. raw materials and sourcing them properly. then figuring out a sustainable strategy. But the current one is NOT a viable alternative, so trying new ones is not a worse option, for sure. You are right to ask the Q: what can I do in all this? Inform yourself and if you can't contribute research-wise (like most of us), we do swing the market, bit by bit... Oil and fossil fuels in general should be left for other, non-energy purposes only. We should switch to renewables ASAP, no doubt. And even in those areas, all that should be carefully monitored, inspected at all times, legislated and considered positively dangerous, just like pharmaceuticals, subject to similar tests...
It is a trap. Prices today for ev batteries are low but once everybody gets dependent of ev cars because they stop making ic engines, then expect to see "shortages" of rare materials like lithium and cobalt.... You'll know they have you by the short and curly's when you pay outrageous re-charge fees and there won't be a damn thing you can do about it But by then they will convince everybody to start riding bicycles... to save the Earth! (of course)