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on Friday August 28 2015, @07:20PM
from the vroom-vroooooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmm dept.
from the vroom-vroooooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmm dept.
A score of 103 out of 100 could be called kind of... Insane. This is exactly what the Tesla Model S P85D in 'Insane' mode received during testing by Consumer Reports (CR), a score so off-the-charts good that it actually broke the scale and forced CR to revise how they measure things. The official score with the new, updated methodology will be 100/100.
What made the Tesla break the ratings was the combination of supercar performance and extreme energy efficiency. These things haven't historically been found together, and so CR never had a car that go such high scores in both columns.
Impressive, but alas...traffic.
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The New Tesla Broke the Consumer Reports Rating System With a Score of 103%
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Saturday August 29 2015, @04:13AM
There really is no reason to worry about disposal of alkaline batteries. Alkaline batteries can be safely disposed of with normal household waste. Even disposal in a fire presents no real risks other than they might pop open.
I think most people dispose of Lead Acid car batteries properly. You can get money for them.
Lithium cells might be the most abused, but with a drop bin at ever electronics store and builder's supply, most people are aware.
However, the other angle you touch upon briefly, there simply isn't enough generation capacity to pick up the entire transportation sector.
Luckily we have a few years to build lots of generation plants. To bad we don't have any acceptable fuel source for these plants.
Probably haven't got near enough solar either.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday August 29 2015, @08:07PM
I don't think anyone should worry about the grid's capacity to support EVs, because most EVs will recharge @ night while demand is low.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 3, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Sunday August 30 2015, @12:17AM
Could just be my personal experience, but lead acid battery recycling programs have had some environmental problems, search this page for "battery":
https://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/sites/byname.html [texas.gov]
In the 1990s, the primary waste stream in South-East Florida contained enough mercury (mostly blamed on batteries) that the incinerator plume over the everglades was causing top predators (including alligators and birds) to die off from mercury poisoning, they stopped using the incinerators and et'voila: the predators recovered in a very short time, though panthers have many other challenges...
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1993-08-25/news/9308250593_1_mercury-florida-waste-to-energy-plants [orlandosentinel.com]
When I bring my used up lithium (and other) batteries to the customer service counter at my local builder's supply store, they look at me like I'm high - then remember that training they had a few months ago and say, "oh yes, of course, just leave that here." I honestly think I'm the only person who ever does that there.
I'm all for more-better electricity, and I'd love to convert my sports car from gas to electric, but a conventional performance (250HP) engine replacement in my car runs about 10% of the up-front cost of an electric today ($10K vs $100K), and has about 5x the life expectancy (25 years and counting on my original, ~5 years before batteries are going to need serious refurb)... of course, the batteries are only about 30% of the $100K, but still.... the technology just isn't quite here yet.
Still, when I installed electric service in my garage, I spec'ed a 100A panel, just incase we do end up with a practical plug-in electric car, someday.
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