[Schn3ll]

Originally Posted by Condorll

Further down on your link:

"Workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., have voted overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers, setting a new trajectory for labor unions in the American South"

Hope the workers enjoy the UAW deduction on their paychecks so the local UAW leaders can ride around in new Cadillacs and enjoy their 3 Martini lunches.

Soon to be former Chattanooga plant, I’ll give it about 6 months before plans are unveiled for the brand new VW Mexico plant. Unions are hell bent on eliminating US jobs with their greed.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by eugenebmw

I am not worrying because I don't think I will be an EV owner anything soon. It has nothing to do with me

Well, HOPEFULLY, the Tesla Charging location is not at the Sheets Gas Station like it is in my small town. Bullets be-a-flyin'.


DUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

[Efthreeoh]

Happy Earth Day everyone.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Weather Man

Disposable cars that can't be repaired or recycled because the cost to do so is absurd. The black mass gets landfilled, incinerated when the warehouse or wrecking yard goes kerflooey or shipped to Africa. Do it for Gaia!

Maybe when I retire I'll pickup the training to be an EV mechanic. It can't be that hard to repair one.

[gonzo]

^
Get trained and licensed for the Bucyrus RH400 then.

[murderspice]

A new University of Michigan study finds that automation and electrification of long-haul trucking can reduce urban health impacts and environmental damages.

https://news.umich.edu/could-automat...ental-impacts/

Since we got a bunch of scientists in this mf.

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by Weather Man

Disposable cars that can't be repaired or recycled because the cost to do so is absurd. The black mass gets landfilled, incinerated when the warehouse or wrecking yard goes kerflooey or shipped to Africa. Do it for Gaia!

I think in this video he senses the shart. But it hasn’t happened yet. You can see it on his face.

[eugenebmw]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Maybe when I retire I'll pickup the training to be an EV mechanic. It can't be that hard to repair one.

Actually you may want to think twice. I have a good friend with 25+ years of experience fixing all kinds of Japanese and Germany cars and he own his own shop. He recently closed his shop and switch his career to something completely away from automobile at all. I asked him why you switch your career. Simple answer from him. 'There is no future in car repair when EV took over the market'

[eugenebmw]

Originally Posted by gonzo

^
Get trained and licensed for the Bucyrus RH400 then.

That will be fun to drive. Out of my way or you die

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by murderspice

A new University of Michigan study finds that automation and electrification of long-haul trucking can reduce urban health impacts and environmental damages.

https://news.umich.edu/could-automat...ental-impacts/

Since we got a bunch of scientists in this mf.

What's the "science" of the study? It just sounds like a mathematics exercise based on supposition. The article provides no scientific data to review.

[murderspice]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

What's the "science" of the study? It just sounds like a mathematics exercise based on supposition. The article provides no scientific data to review.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...24001445#s0015

Please point to the supposition.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Happy Earth Day everyone.

All that means to me is that I have to turf the weeds out

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Weather Man

Tesla announces major Supercharger changes to slash prices for all electric car owners across the UK. Cash flow push at Tesla.

Last gasp effort by them to stem the plunge in sales but too late with more ppl reading the bigger picture into the road to nowhere with EV's.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by murderspice

https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...24001445#s0015

Please point to the supposition.

"Nonetheless, for routes shorter than 300 miles, electric trucking can be attractive if the lower operating cost associated with electric trucks is large enough to offset the upfront cost, which some believe will be persistently higher than the cost of diesel trucks (Miller, 2022). Sripad and Viswanathan (2019) describe the circumstances under which this might happen: reducing the drag coefficient, an initial price difference not exceeding $150 k (possible with a battery pack cost of <$150 per kWh), electricity prices of <$0.20 per kWh, and a battery replacement fraction of < 50 % of the fleet. Other analysts (e.g., (Phadke et al., 2021)) believe that long-haul trucking is already ripe for electrification. In addition to the economic case for electric trucking, there is a strong policy push to decarbonize trucking: e.g., California will require all trucks on its roads to be zero-emissions by 2045, where feasible (California Air Resources Board, 2023)"

"Overall, they conclude that with a much cleaner electricity grid (80 % renewables), BETs would result in an 80 % reduction of climate (CO2) and health (local air pollution) damages compared to future diesel trucks."

"For long haul routes below 300 miles, electrification reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas damages by 13% " - how is this calculated. How are greenhouse damages calculated? The paper does not provide such data.

Also how are health impacts determined and calculated? The paper does not provide the data. It talks about "the environmental justice implications of freight pollution by analyzing the disparity in health impacts across racial groups". How are the health impacts of freight pollution segregated from the health impacts of smoking, vaping, drinking alcohol, drug use, and poor eating habits (which everyone does regardless of socio-economic situation)?

[Ugly Kar]

Don't buy one new.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...c31275e5&ei=16

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Weather Man

They make the numbers the same way they run the climate models, out of their ass.

And that's the point. While I'm sure if people of low economic status didn't work or live in or near industrial environments some component of their health would be better, I think it's is very hard to quantify into percentages of improvement and tie a dollar figure to it. Does using battery electric trucks make sense for dock level movement of cargo, sure if it is feasible. Will it improve dock worker health? Maybe, but the human animal has a wide range of tolerance level for environmental stress.

In my case for 15 years I sat in an automobile 20 hours a week commuting in traffic. Near 85 minutes daily of it in heavy stop and go traffic. Studies say that is not good for humans either. I'm well above low socio-economic status.

We all have life burdens.

[King_Leonard]

Originally Posted by Ugly Kar

Don't buy one new.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...c31275e5&ei=16

The tax credit is a huge reason people buy new EVs, so why would anyone in their right mind buy used?

[eugenebmw]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

And that's the point. While I'm sure if people of low economic status didn't work or live in or near industrial environments some component of their health would be better, I think it's is very hard to quantify into percentages of improvement and tie a dollar figure to it. Does using battery electric trucks make sense for dock level movement of cargo, sure if it is feasible. Will it improve dock worker health? Maybe, but the human animal has a wide range of tolerance level for environmental stress.

In.my case I sat in an automobile 20 hours a week commuting in traffic. Near 85 minutes daily of it in heavy stop and go traffic. Studies say that is not good for humans either. I'm well above low socio-economic status.

We all have life burdens.

Exactly, we all have life burdens, why add one big one called range anxiety by owning a EV.

[eugenebmw]

British Columbians are becoming less keen on going electric for their next vehicle, a new survey finds.

The survey, conducted by AutoTrader, reports that interest in electric vehicles is dropping year-by-year nation-wide.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/0...rest-dropping/

[Equilibrandt]

Originally Posted by Weather Man

California, Wright said, is likely a "really sad test case" for what the rest of the country could face, where he said it currently costs about $250 an hour to service an EV. The state has made a strong push for EVs under Gov. Gavin Newsom, and Californians will by 2035 not be allowed to buy new gas-powered cars and light trucks."

Fox News, the CIA, Texas' opinion, and California slander all in one neat package. I thought the right deeply mistrusts the CIA/FBI? If I were a Texan, I'd be more worried about a statewide power outage bankrupting my neighbors. And Fox News... well, y'all showed your hand with that one.

Can't wait for the new threads that're about to pop up after today's reveal of the revised Tesla Model 3 Performance. Faster 0-60, weighs about 100lbs more, about 40 miles less range, and 7 more horsepower than the 2024 BMW M3 Comp I was considering. For about $30k less, before Federal and State rebates.

Regardless of the love or hate of EVs, I don't think anyone can refute the performance at that price point.

[eugenebmw]

Originally Posted by Weather Man

Why anyone in Canada would want an EV, even with home charging is a mystery to me because every part of the country gets first shot at a polar vortex.

That why I say no thank you for EV. I know a lot of people (including a few of my friends) switched to EV strictly because of the EV incentives. They forgot there is no free lunch in this world. You pay what you get. Range anxiety, expensive when they are new and no value in second hand (no one want to buy), battery blues, charging hasseles, eat your tires like no tomorrow unless you drive like grandpa/grandmom.

[x622]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

"Nonetheless, for routes shorter than 300 miles, electric trucking can be attractive if the lower operating cost associated with electric trucks is large enough to offset the upfront cost, which some believe will be persistently higher than the cost of diesel trucks (Miller, 2022). Sripad and Viswanathan (2019) describe the circumstances under which this might happen: reducing the drag coefficient, an initial price difference not exceeding $150 k (possible with a battery pack cost of <$150 per kWh), electricity prices of <$0.20 per kWh, and a battery replacement fraction of < 50 % of the fleet. Other analysts (e.g., (Phadke et al., 2021)) believe that long-haul trucking is already ripe for electrification. In addition to the economic case for electric trucking, there is a strong policy push to decarbonize trucking: e.g., California will require all trucks on its roads to be zero-emissions by 2045, where feasible (California Air Resources Board, 2023)"

"Overall, they conclude that with a much cleaner electricity grid (80 % renewables), BETs would result in an 80 % reduction of climate (CO2) and health (local air pollution) damages compared to future diesel trucks."

"For long haul routes below 300 miles, electrification reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas damages by 13% " - how is this calculated. How are greenhouse damages calculated? The paper does not provide such data.

Also how are health impacts determined and calculated? The paper does not provide the data. It talks about "the environmental justice implications of freight pollution by analyzing the disparity in health impacts across racial groups". How are the health impacts of freight pollution segregated from the health impacts of smoking, vaping, drinking alcohol, drug use, and poor eating habits (which everyone does regardless of socio-economic situation)?

Conceptualize if you will, the inability to understand what a peer reviewed paper entails and how little requirements it has to have outside of citing and format requirements. You can make a peer reviewed study on anything, but that has nothing to do with it's merit. Thanks for taking this one apart, I didn't want to read it, but it's the usual fantasy trope as we all anticipated. I think people just read the headlines on phys.org and then think they're scientists.