The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: Elderberry on February 13, 2024, 01:11:07 am
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WND 2/12/2024
'Will only increase the probability of failure'
If all of the existing headaches for those pushing expensive electric vehicles on resisting American consumers could vanish, there's still a big one that may have no ready solution.
Already, it appears the U.S. could end up dependent on unfriendly nations for materials for all those batteries. Then there's the fact that the nation's grid simply can't support all that recharging – California already has been sending out advisories for owners not to charge. And then there's the limited range, extended recharging times, both worsened by bad weather.
But now a report in the Washington Times explains that those batteries are heavy, and EVs can weight up to 50% more than internal combustion motor vehicles.
And that weight damages roads, bridges and parking garages, with those vehicles easily plowing through safety guardrails while posing a higher danger to other drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists traveling the same routes.
"The problems associated with EVs are poised to grow as more consumers purchase the cars under the Biden administration’s plan to eliminate gas-powered vehicles and the tailpipe emissions that come with them," the report explained.
It explained engineers writing recently for Structure Magazine suggested construction companies, and building codes, need to make accommodation for the higher weight.
Parking garages, they said, should be redesigned to hold more weight.
More: https://www.wnd.com/2024/02/new-looming-ev-disaster-begins-emerge/ (https://www.wnd.com/2024/02/new-looming-ev-disaster-begins-emerge/)
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Is there anything about most EVs that isn't a dog?
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Is there anything about most EVs that isn't a dog?
Yes! They have tons of torque but otherwise worthless. (Don't race one from redlight to redlight)
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Can't wait to see this giant NY Times headline:
CONSERVATIVES WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG
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Can't wait to see this giant NY Times headline:
CONSERVATIVES WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG
Yeah... Don't hold your breath... *****rollingeyes*****