Electric Vehicles (the good, the bad, the ugly)

[Casey Jones]

Dodge's Fire-Preventing Ejecting Battery Patent Is American Individualism At Its Finest - Jalopnik

In the patent, the car's 12-volt battery is connected to the drive system, and is used to move the car a short but safe distance away from the burning battery.

www.jalopnik.com

"American Ingenuity at its FINEST!"

Who/what owns "Dodge," now? There is no Dodge Division and no Chrysler Corporation.

There is only Belgian global conglomerate Stellantis, which is trying to make less-durable cars than even Renault. Dodge is a brand, nothing moar.

And you need only five minutes of research to see that ALL Stellantis brands, and especially their battery cars, have had incomprehensible, unsolveable bricking issues.

 

[searcher]

U.S. electricity use for electric vehicles increasing at a slower pace in 2026 - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

 

[Goldhedge]

Anyone witness the new Tesla Roadster "Thrust"...

The future IS now.












30 min starts at 5min mark

 

[Goldhedge]

 

[searcher]

This one is a bit different. Mostly entertainment. I wouldn't take it as a serious post.

One electric truck's road trip to Norway | DW Documentary

Oct 18, 2026 #documentary #dwdocumentary #dwdocs
Trucker Tobias Wagner's mission: to get from Germany's East Frisia to Norway in an electric truck. A navigation buoy from the Juister Riff in the North Sea went missing and has turned up in Scandinavia. Now, it's Wagner's job to bring it back.
Tackling 900 kilometers, three countries and a ferry crossing — all in an electric truck. To make the trip work, Wagner has had to plan his route carefully. Weight, distance and road incline all affect the truck's range. Finding suitable overnight stops is also crucial, since not all truck parking areas have charging stations.
Many in his industry are still skeptical about electric trucks. But freight hauler Nanno Janssen has no doubt: e-trucks are the future. Sixty percent of his fleet already runs on electricity, and he plans to transition the remaining trucks in the coming years. Tobias Wagner is a believer, too. He regularly shares his experiences as "Elektrotrucker" on YouTube.
The film follows Wagner on this unusual assignment. It shows how today's electric mobility is already working for long-haul trucking — and looks at the challenges that remain.


28:21

https://www.youtube.com/@electrictrucker/videos

 

[searcher]

Hybrid sales rise while battery electric sales remain lower after tax credit expiration - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

 

[Casey Jones]

This one is a bit different. Mostly entertainment. I wouldn't take it as a serious post.

That's good, because this obsession with BATTERY powered stuff, is getting to be a joke in bad taste. I'm sick of hearing about it, being forced to look at preening Leftists virtue-signalling in their battery devices in traffic; seeing the primo parking spaces everywhere made into plug-in charge ports.

I'm about ready to start harvesting copper. EXCEPT, it's probably a Crime Against Humanity to bring that to recyclers. Scrappers can cart off all manner of metal from railroad property, much of it stamped with the company name, and they'll take it and pay for it; but don't you DARE bring a Tesla charging cord in!

The rule of thumb seems to be: The heavier the vehicle, the less likely it is to lend to battery power. Golf carts do fine, electrically. Even in retirement villages, as tiny-cars.

The Cybertruck, at 6000 pounds, not so much. Short range and longer charging time.

These silly monstrosities are gonna spend moar time plugged in than rolling, I can guaran-damn-tee ya. AND, there will be a lot of refrigerated cargo that is spoiled from dead batteries...

 

[Bottom Feeder]

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[searcher]

The rule of thumb seems to be: The heavier the vehicle, the less likely it is to lend to battery power. Golf carts do fine, electrically. Even in retirement villages, as tiny-cars.

I have a friend who moved from Philly Land to the Villages in Fl. She almost got a DUI while riding one of these. Her son told the cops she "was half baked" and they let her slide. lol