1 Jun 2019
Electric Cars - NOT amateur radio
Most days now I see 1-2 electric cars. In other words they are not (yet) common. As the years go by I expect there will be far more. It is my view that we will have a "tipping point" when most of us will be driving electric cars and internal combustion care will seem "past it". At least one local amateur has bought an electric car recently, although unless you do mostly local journeys, I think the range is still too low. The tipping point will come, in my view, when most trips can be done in a day without recharging i.e.the range is over 300 miles. OK, most journey's are far shorter, but the battery technology is still "not there".
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For a while ago I was sceptic about the future of electric cars. But it seems there is a lot going on with new batteries that last longer and have more capacity. It seems the guy that invented Li-ion now developing glass batteries. We will see, in 10 years?? 73, Bas
We have often discussed the future of cars at work. Some of our predictions or suggestions are that driverless cars will become more popular or even compulsory, car ownership will be largely replaced by on-demand self-driving cars being called when necessary. Electric car batteries could be standardised so that a discharged battery could be changed for a full one in seconds at a service station. Cars could have much smaller batteries if there was a charging or power transfer infrastructure built in to the roads, this would make the cars lighter and more efficient.
Yes I have wondered about something in main roads allowing smaller batteries.
Induction from roads means millions of miles of conductors. Copper and alloys have to come from somewhere. Where will the power come from? Solar roads have already been mythbusted in Australia where they have plenty of sun. Do we expect developing countries to follow our lead?
I have been impressed with a friends hybrid vehicle. In rural environments this makes a lot of sense. Engines are better for long journeys. Batteries a batter for urban areas. The two can also work together.
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