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Question of the Month: Will the next car you purchase be an EV or a Hybrid Electric Vehicle?

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dychen over 2 years ago

e14 Question of the Month

Fast chargers and improvements in battery technology are alleviating some of the concerns that people have with EVs; however, hybrids and ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles can still be great cars.  Take the poll and let us know what kind of car you would buy, and please tell us why in the Comments section below! 

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  • baldengineer
    baldengineer over 2 years ago in reply to Andrew J +5
    I haven't done the math. I'm just going on the assumption that since my car sits in the garage for up to 7 days not doing anything that there will be enough energy collected to drive it the couple of miles…
  • robogary
    robogary over 2 years ago +5
    I historically keep a car for about an average 20 years, 150k-200k miles. I do the mundane maintenance. Since my latest purchase is only 5 years old, it will be another 15 years until I'm ready to see…
  • Andrew J
    Andrew J over 2 years ago in reply to beacon_dave +4
    They'd have to have a lot of heavy duty lifting trucks for when the vehicles flew off round the corner!!
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  • beacon_dave
    0 beacon_dave over 2 years ago

    Scalextric scaled up ?

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    "Why we might soon drive cars on electrified roads"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/reel/video/p0gcbkjs/why-we-might-soon-drive-cars-on-electrified-roads

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    anniel747 over 2 years ago in reply to beacon_dave
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  • beacon_dave
    0 beacon_dave over 2 years ago in reply to anniel747

    The track might actually fill in some of the potholes Slight smile

    The vehicle still has a battery, just the potential for a smaller capacity one, so in theory intermittent power is less of an issue.

    I'd imagine a snow plough blade set too low might be something for them to consider though.

    At the end of the video they show some inspection of track being carried out for impact of weather and wear and tear.

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    0 anniel747 over 2 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Here they long abandoned this type of charging in favor of inductive. Just look at our roads you'll understand why. Corrosion is also a huge problem, salt eats up bridges and rebars. Salt also produce a conductive slurry when melting snow and ice.

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  • beacon_dave
    0 beacon_dave over 2 years ago in reply to anniel747

    They are currently testing it in Sweden alongside with three other technologies, so I would expect they will experience some winter weather.

    Looks like they are planning on electrifying 21km of the E20 motorway (between Hallsberg and Örebro) so will be interesting which technology they ultimately pick for it.

    https://bransch.trafikverket.se/contentassets/4f5faad7102c4b57b9ce6bbe78ea0176/eng-elektrifiering-av-det-statliga-vagnatet-leverantorsdag-20210923_till-webben.pdf#page=16

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    0 anniel747 over 2 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Here the STM mainly looked at options for their busses and the rail was ruled out quite rapidly.

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  • beacon_dave
    0 beacon_dave over 2 years ago in reply to anniel747

    I suspect that the lower cost per km and higher power capacity might make the rail appear more attractive on paper.

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  • beacon_dave
    0 beacon_dave over 2 years ago in reply to anniel747

    I'm not sure how they plan to handle snow, ice, sand, gravel and salt with this other 'Arlanda' system under test. Perhaps the idea is that each passing vehicle self-cleans the track a little and there may even be a maintenance bot that does a deep clean, but what if you have snow followed by a freeze or some stone-like object that has been wedged in there with a truck wheel.

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    https://bransch.trafikverket.se/contentassets/4f5faad7102c4b57b9ce6bbe78ea0176/eng-elektrifiering-av-det-statliga-vagnatet-leverantorsdag-20210923_till-webben.pdf#page=19

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  • anniel747
    0 anniel747 over 2 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Another doomed project.

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    0 anniel747 over 2 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Another doomed project.

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  • Jan Cumps
    0 Jan Cumps over 2 years ago in reply to anniel747

    Indeed. Pedestrian, cyclist, dog, toad?

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