All good points, Jonathan. I think mainly it's an education issue, and I
would like the industry to just not produce as many large vehicles, but
that's what Americans want, even if most don't need them...
Of course some need them, and so we do need a supply, but if auto
manufacturers would produce fewer big vehicles, maybe Americans would buy
fewer of them...
Don't get me wrong, I love the F-150 and I've owned 2 myself, (and if I had
the money, I might consider the Lightning!) but it's the larger trend that
I just think we should be mindful of. And of course would be great if we
could get some meaningful investments in electric public transit to
alleviate the need for individual vehicles. I'm still waiting on the bullet
train to Memphis ;)
And I agree with ya, Chet. But I think the root cause of many of our
problems, not just with energy/climate, is overconsumption. We simply buy
and use too much stuff. In the short term, getting folks to convert from
gas to EVs is great, and needed. I'm just trying to think long term.
Appreciate the conversation here!
On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 4:07 PM Chet Hunt <chunt51@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I’m for more people simply driving EVs. The efficiency will come when
markets strengthen from people converting. Not providing a truck like the
Lightening will prevent truck lovers from converting. Not to mention the
hauling industry converting semis. The conversion must be holistic, i.e we
transform the transportation industry to electric while transforming the
power generation and grid system, and the charging infrastructure. Better
battery technologies, like radioactive diamond (which needs no
electricity), sulfur, graphene, etc. will improve the emerging EV
industry. The next 5-10 years will see amazing achievements in battery
technologies that completely integrate with our homes, vehicles( Including
recreational) and other power needs. The main thing is to get people to
actually buy and drive EVs while working to eliminate fossil fuels from
generating the electricity.
Chet
On May 13, 2022, at 3:51 PM, Brady Watson <brady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Do y'all see any issues with swapping out one massive energy consuming
vehicle for another? I completely understand the EV is a net positive with
zero emissions and we need to electrify transportation, but this continues
our uniquely American problem of massive inefficient vehicles (even if this
one doesn't happen to burn gas). We should be aiming for LESS energy use,
not more, as we electrify everything. These massive and heavy EVs will
require more power on the grid, and for most of the country, that's going
to be mostly fossil fueled, at least in the near term. What I'd like to see
is more smaller, efficient EVs rather than all these big heavy ones that
still require a ton of energy to operate. After all, the cleanest electron
is the one you don't have to generate at all...
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 8:52 PM Markus Iturriaga Woelfel <
markus.iturriaga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You may also want to check out JerryRigEverything's video on the
Lightning. He's been converting a military Humvee to electric (great video
series) and currently drives a Rivian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_-xcaI0yYk
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 8:15 AM Jack Goodwin <rjgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
https://electrek.co/2022/05/11/ford-f-150-lightning-big/
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