The Future Is Here, Introducing The eDart

72bluNblu said
100% bullshit.

Daimler is putting electric semi’s on the road THIS YEAR. 730 hp, 250 mile range, 80% recharge in 90 minutes. Will that replace all the diesel semi’s? Of course not. They’ll be on local daily routes with a regular schedule only.

Daimler ships out first electric Freightliner semi truck.

But that’s just right now. That’s the thing about technology. The batteries coming out right now are far more capable than the ones from just a few years ago. And there are battery technologies being tested now that will make lithium batteries look just as outdated as lithium made the last generation of batteries. But to know that you’d have to be reading tech papers and paying attention to some of the research currently being done.

What this thread really needs is more guys that barely graduated high school to comment on technology they clearly don’t understand. Throw around conspiracy theorist nonsense like it’s fact instead of farcical BS.

Sure, call me names, I’m some elitist that doesn’t want to explain things. I’ve tried. Post some actual science, post facts that show half the stuff being thrown around in this thread is just bad information, doesn’t matter. The problem is most people here would rather remain completely ignorant. It’s not even that they can’t understand, they just don’t want to. Although there are definitely some that can’t. But it’s easier to *****, whine and fear-monger about **** you don’t understand and don’t want to than actually try and figure out what you’re talking about.

Right but it’s easier to post memes about scary looking crap than actually figure out if they’re relevant at all. Which of course they aren’t.

I didn’t call YOU names, but if you think they fit that’s on you.

Ever drive a semi truck at 80k? Or a truck and trailer at 105K? I have. For many miles. If you think that electric batteries will power that junk **** out here where there are actual mountains, constant rain, snow and then blinding heat, all while pulling mountains you are nuts.

And, if IF they can do it, do you not understand how filth it is to build that junk? And how in the hell will it get its charge? Coal fired plants? Nope. Uncle Joe Chiden hates coal. What about Natural gas?? Naw, it’s a form of “fossil fuel” so it’s taboo too because, you know...the planet and the q2 year old girl who is being mentally abused by her family and the media...Greta whatever. So that’s no good. Hydroelectric power??? HELL NO!!! We can’t have a dam. We can’t have all the salmon not making it back up the river because, you know...the dam. Oh wait, the dam is about 1% of total fish loss. And not just salmon. Other fish get caught up in the inland gill nets. No one talks about THAT because, you know...the natives are the biggest inland gill netters around. Just use wind mills. Uhhhhh, no because to make them remotely effective you need massive storage batteries to deal with high use levels when there is no wind. So that’s not going to do it. We have the sun. Solar will do it. Well no, it can’t for the same reasons wind can’t do it. In order to supply demand when there is no sun you need to have huge storage capabilities. So that’s a bust. We have nuclear power. Oh wait, the tree hugging idiots have crucified that power source and since they have God’s blessings in knowledge and righteousness they can’t be wrong.

So where will ALL this power come from? And where will we store the generated energy for times when demand outpaces supply?? And where will all the power transmission lines and other related infrastructure go and at what cost?

I guess we could use local diesel generators, but we can’t do that either because it’s not “clean” either.

So for all the hype it’s ALL BULLSHIT. Once again, it’s about control. If you can’t see that, you need to step away from your computer and do some study.