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Father; husband; mechanical engineer. Posting from my self-hosted Lemmy instance here in beautiful New Jersey. I also post from my Pixelfed instance.

  • Tesla Installing Countermeasures as People Are Hacking the Cables Off Superchargers

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  • What you're describing only works if an increasing number of parking spots have chargers installed at them. I just don't think it's sustainable or feasible.

    My main contention is that long range BEVs are a bad idea. They might mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, but that comes with the above infrastructure problems, increasing demand on the problematic battery industry, and in turn creating more battery disposal problems. Furthermore, they perpetuate the living room on wheels paradigm that holds us back from the real solution to transporting people over land: rail. Meanwhile, short range BEVs are great because they make the most of their batteries, barely require any new infrastructure, and save their owners the hassle of needing to visit a gas station or find a "fast" charger at all.

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  • BEVs aren't compatible with the gas station model because they take too long to charge. ICE vehicles and even FCEVs are in and out of a gas station in five minutes, so you don't need a big footprint to fuel up a lot of vehicles. BEVs need to park for a while to get a substantial charge, not even full one. The fast chargers get Teslas to 80% in something like thirty minutes. So, if these fast charger were installed adjacent to gas pumps, the price to charge your BEV would have to be something like 6x the cost to refuel in order to cover the missed fuel sales.

    As for what type of vehicle a someone should own for the scenario you describe, a long range BEV is overkill. Either keep a ICE car for all your driving or keep a small BEV for local trips and rent a more appropriate vehicle for infrequent long trips. Better yet, take a train or bus for those long trips and rent a short range BEV closer to your final destination.

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  • Fuel pumps are operated by gas station attendants by law in NJ.

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  • Maybe there's a battery range/charge time sweet spot, but I think it's easy to underestimate what common enough would look like. These chargers are going to have to be everywhere and they're probably not going to be taken care of properly. It's just more e-waste.

    To answer your question: no, that is not my suggestion.

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  • When these batteries burn, they can't be put out except by cooling them down somehow because they contain their own oxidizer. So fire departments tend to just let them burn and send whatever metals and other chemicals into the atmosphere. A gasoline fire can be put out with fire suppressants that deprive it of air. Apart from that, the batteries are also hazardous in terms of their manufacturing and disposal lifecycle and also just by making vehicles heavier. Heavier vehicles mean more energetic collisions and they also require bigger brakes, which means more brake dust pollution.

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  • Aren't EV batteries already big enough? As in, you probably shouldn't drive more than 8 hours or so in a day without taking a long break and getting a good night's sleep. There many models on the market with that capability, right? Also, if that's the type of driving you're doing frequently, an ICE vehicle or ideally an FCEV would be a better choice, just in terms of avoiding battery wear and tear and reducing the amount dead weight you're schlepping around. If you're only going on long drives occasionally, just rent a suitable vehicle or consider another from of transit like a train or a bus and then rent a little EV near your destination.

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  • If you take a lot of long distance trips that it probably makes most sense to just keep a single ICE car. If you only take long trips occasionally then just rent one. Hopefully, buses and trains are also on option for you.

    If you've got one of those BEVs capable of hundreds of miles of range, but you're only driving tens of miles everyday, you're not any better than an F150 owner with a clean bed.

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  • Which buses are those?

    My position is that the development of long range BEVs (and all the externalities associated with manufacturing and disposing of these batteries) has been an incredible detour. We already had the technology for fuel cell EVs with as much range as ICE vehicles. Meanwhile, short range BEVs are great because they solve the problem of refueling and avoid the problem of recharging, since you can do it while you sleep work. Long range BEVs just trade refueling for "fast" recharging, which is actually slower and more inconvenient than refueling. Where we really need innovation and development is in mass, public transit.

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  • Take a bus or a train. Public transit is of course the real solution. Transitioning from ICE personal vehicles to personal BEVs doesn't really solve much and arguably creates more problems.

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  • I just think installing these BEV charging stations everywhere is a bad idea in the first place.

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  • I'm inclined to agree that all motorized personal vehicles and their attendant infrastructure should be eliminated. However, you're making a false equivalency. I live in New Jersey, so it takes maybe five minutes for me to completely refuel my car with gasoline. My understanding is that it takes six times as long to charge a big EV to ~80%. Therefore, a single fueling station can serve many more people with a much smaller footprint. Furthermore, fuel gets consumed, whereas batteries are mostly dead weight that occasionally do the thermal runaway thing.

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  • That is an interesting position. How do you figure?

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  • I don't care about any particular EV brand. Trying to use battery powered EVs for such purposes means that they need to built with heavy, oversized, extra hazardous batteries. The responsible, proper use case for BEVs is short trips with plenty of time for charging at home or work.

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  • Instead of socializing the cost of putting charging stations everywhere, landlords and employers should be forced to provide outlets.

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  • Not joking. Why do you think EV owners need charging stations everywhere in order to travel? They're not restricted to using only their EVs, right?

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  • l'd say that it's pretty necessary for long-distance trips.

    Battery powered EVs should not be used for long-distance trips.

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    Tesla Installing Countermeasures as People Are Hacking the Cables Off Superchargers

    futurism.com /tesla-installing-anti-theft-supercharger

  • China urges citizens to trade in 'old lithium e-bikes' for newer lead acid electric bikes

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  • The article provides a decent explanation.

  • China urges citizens to trade in 'old lithium e-bikes' for newer lead acid electric bikes

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  • Makes sense. Thanks, Gayhitler.

  • China urges citizens to trade in 'old lithium e-bikes' for newer lead acid electric bikes

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  • The headline means newly manufactured e-bikes with lead acid batteries.

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    China urges citizens to trade in 'old lithium e-bikes' for newer lead acid electric bikes

    electrek.co /2025/01/29/china-urges-citizens-to-trade-in-old-lithium-e-bikes-for-newer-lead-acid-electric-bikes/
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    Vistra's battery storage facility goes up in flames, spurs evacuation orders

    www.yahoo.com /news/vistras-battery-storage-facility-goes-142306463.html
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    What hardware and software do you use for home surveillance?

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    Light-powered catalysts destroy ‘forever chemicals’

    www.science.org /content/article/light-powered-catalysts-destroy-forever-chemicals
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    Bop Spotter compromised!

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    Toyota builds experimental hydrogen-powered pizza oven and grill.

    www.autoblog.com /2024/07/04/toyota-builds-experimental-hydrogen-powered-pizza-oven/
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    Green hydrogen producer signs first-of-its-kind agreement with major steel company: 'Increasingly necessary to ensure the long-term survival of our industries'

    www.yahoo.com /tech/green-hydrogen-producer-signs-first-073000076.html
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    Transitioning from GnuCash

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    Hello, World!