- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Our Last Ford F-150 Lightning EV Pickup Road Trip Was a Nightmare
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:14 am to elprez00
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:14 am to elprez00
quote:
We had a guy that had to work remotely for three weeks after Ida because he evacuated to Florida in his Tesla and, well, you know……
Took him 3 weeks to charge? Hot damn
0
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:17 am to elprez00
quote:
Funny. We had a guy that had to work remotely for three weeks after Ida because he evacuated to Florida in his Tesla and, well, you know……
No, we don't know. I mean I know it's not because he couldn't charge his car.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:17 am to num1lsufan
quote:
EV vehicles are meant to save gas!! Not time.
If this is the case, and ultimately where we are headed then large corporations need to rethink their vacation policies.
Im serious, if this is all to work.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:20 am to Scuttle But
quote:
Funny. We had a guy that had to work remotely for three weeks after Ida because he evacuated to Florida in his Tesla and, well, you know……
No, we don't know. I mean I know it's not because he couldn't charge his car.
I'm assuming the guy was able to accomplish everything he needed remotely so him and the boss figured 3 weeks was fine. Meanwhile that poster was sweeping the floors fuming blowing smoke out of his ears over the other guy chillin in Florida while he was stuck picking up trash.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:23 am to Corinthians420
quote:
If I was evacuating with my family during a hurricane, I'd prolly just take the ICE full size truck rather than the compact car EV.
Tow the EV with your ICE until it runs out of fuel then just abandon it on the side of the road.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:27 am to Scuttle But
quote:
Unfortunately, that last one went out the window when my wife and I got the call Labor Day afternoon about a family emergency nearly 600 miles away. Should've driven his EV to the airport. I'm a big fan of EVs but a 600 mile road trip with a vehicle that doesn't have an extensive charging network isn't very responsible. You need to know their limitations.
Seriously. The EV proponents will say the same thing. The “green travel” experts are advocating for the USA to transition to a system where electric vehicles are used for trips 180 miles or less, high speed rail for trips 180-600 miles, and planes for anything >600 miles. That guy was an idiot for trying to drive that in an EV.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:29 am to Scruffy
quote:
I will not knock EVs, since they serve a purpose,
Which is?
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:33 am to rickgrimes
EV’s are for city/suburban based commuters and nothing else. It is utterly ridiculous to buy an EV for road trips or even less intelligent to buy an EV truck.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:34 am to rickgrimes
The biggest problem is Electrify America isn't interested in actually providing electricity. They're in the Bilking the Federal Govt for money business. So it looks new and working, but when you plug in it doesn't work.
They need to be sued by the govt and shut down, but too many politicians are making grift money off them. But that's how it works (or doesn't work) anytime the fedgov gets involved with picking who gets all the pork.
Without Elon bailing them out with his charging network that he built because he understood the actual mission, this EV farce would be dead. I realize the left hates Elon, but atm, he's the only EV company that actually did anything to move us towards where they say they want our country to be. Any dumbass can build a fast golf cart. It takes a megamind to build out thee charging network.
They need to be sued by the govt and shut down, but too many politicians are making grift money off them. But that's how it works (or doesn't work) anytime the fedgov gets involved with picking who gets all the pork.
Without Elon bailing them out with his charging network that he built because he understood the actual mission, this EV farce would be dead. I realize the left hates Elon, but atm, he's the only EV company that actually did anything to move us towards where they say they want our country to be. Any dumbass can build a fast golf cart. It takes a megamind to build out thee charging network.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:36 am to TigerDeacon
quote:
Which is?
Being able to drive back and forth from home to work or home and to the grocery store without ever needing to worry about stopping at a gas station, ever.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:37 am to OU812ME2
quote:
Without Elon bailing them out with his charging network that he built because he understood the actual mission, this EV farce would be dead
Damn i didnt even realize Elon was almost 200 years old.
quote:
Around 1832, Robert Anderson develops the first crude electric vehicle, but it isn't until the 1870s or later that electric cars become practical. Pictured here is an electric vehicle built by an English inventor in 1884.
This post was edited on 12/26/23 at 7:39 am
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:39 am to Turnblad85
quote:
Someone's never evaced from an hurricane.
Well if you wait to evacuate after it hits you are going to run into issues. Same as if you try to charge your vehicle after the power goes out.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:41 am to TigerDeacon
quote:
Which is?
Virtue signaling.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:41 am to TigerDeacon
quote:
I will not knock EVs, since they serve a purpose, Which is?
Commuting < hour each way and driving around cities/suburbs.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:45 am to rickgrimes
All of this inconvenience is a small price to pay to save Mother Earth
#DoYourPart
#DoYourPart
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:48 am to WeeWee
quote:
Commuting < hour each way and driving around cities/suburbs.
This is the vast majority of driving done by the vast majority of Americans.
Simply put, EVs are the better and more efficient way of driving for most people. But apparently everyone on the OT needs to drive 500 miles while hauling 2 tons of cargo at least 3 times a week and evacuate from hurricanes on a monthly basis.
Look, I don't agree with government mandates or regulations to force EVs on people. The free market will push people to EVs on its own because EVs are simply better machines for the vast majority of consumers. If it's not the best choice for you then feel free to stick with ICE.
And once the technology matures more and the infrastructure expands to where it needs to be, owning an ICE vehicle will be nonsensical outside of nostalgic purposes.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:50 am to WeeWee
quote:
Commuting < hour each way and driving around cities/suburbs.
This is the right usage for an EV with non Toyota technology. It will change over time, but time moves slowly in this environment.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:51 am to Scuttle But
quote:
And once the technology matures more and the infrastructure expands to where it needs to be,
Yes but it’s going to take 20-30 years to build the infrastructure. That’s why I think pushing EVs instead of hybrids right now is f**king stupid.
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:53 am to WeeWee
quote:
Yes but it’s going to take 20-30 years to build the infrastructure. That’s why I think pushing EVs instead of hybrids right now is f**king stupid.
I don't think it'll be that long. Capitalism is a miracle worker. L
Posted on 12/26/23 at 7:59 am to Scuttle But
quote:
I don't think it'll be that long. Capitalism is a miracle worker. L
It’s not just charging stations that need to be built. The amount of power that converting from fossil fuels to electric will require would crash our power grid. The power grid needs to double or maybe even triple its capacity to handle the load. It took capitalism plus government incentives and massive government programs like the TVA decades to build our current power grid and it will take decades to adapt it to demands of EVs. Not to mention the amount of new power stations that we will need to build to generate the electricity. Then we would have to build up intercity and high speed rail travel for trips > 180 miles. The political will for a TVA scale government or public-private partnership project to expand the power grid and/or high speed rail doesn’t exist today. 20-30 years to build up the infrastructure needed for conversion to EVs is an extremely optimistic estimate.
This post was edited on 12/26/23 at 8:09 am
Page 5 of 9
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News