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Tag Archives: electric car
Notes from “The Powerhouse: Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World” by Steve LeVine
[ My notes from 2015 “The Powerhouse: Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World” by Steve LeVine follow this introduction. I read this book because I’ve done extensive research on batteries and was surprised by all the … Continue reading
Who Killed the Electric Car and more importantly, the Electric Truck?
Preface. Who cares about electric cars? Civilization ends when trucks stop running, and trucks can’t run on batteries because they’re too heavy (93% of the cargo weight, 25% of the cargo space), and an all-electric truck fleet would require thousands … Continue reading
Posted in Automobiles, Batteries, Critical Thinking, Electric trucks impossible, Electrification, Transportation, Transportation
Tagged battery, BEV, capacity, efficiency, electric car, electric truck, energy density, EV, lead-acid, lithium ion
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All Electric Cars requires 4,325 TWh of new electricity generation & still, no better than high-mileage cars now
We’d need a huge number of new power plants If all 245 million cars were electric and driven an average of 20,000 km per year, we’d need 1,078 TwH (980 TWh or 980,000,000 MWh plus 10% more to account for … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Cars
Tagged electric car, electricity
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