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Ecological Transition: EVs will replace all ICE cars

Estro Felino

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
Revoltingest said:
Fuel prices.
Culture.

When I watch TV shows like All Creatures Great &
Small, I wonder how their tiny cars can ever pass
each other on roads the size of my driveway.
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This Ferrari's owner was so smart....really...
Happened in Rome.

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yes...it's stuck
 
lewisnotmiller

lewisnotmiller

Grand Hat
Staff member
Premium Member
PureX said:
The weather where I live is not going to allow anyone to bike to work, regularly. Neither will a lot of people's health. And trains cannot deliver people door to door. Your fantasy of eliminating individual transportation is a bust.

However, we could and should have moved to EVs a long time ago. SMALL ones that require little space and less energy. Weatherized glorified golf carts, essentially. Then use trains for longer distances.
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Whilst I think you have a point re: bikes, Copenhagen is pretty eye opening. Certainly has cold weather, but the high quality bike lanes means all sorts of people ride regardless.
 
PureX

PureX

Veteran Member
lewisnotmiller said:
Whilst I think you have a point re: bikes, Copenhagen is pretty eye opening. Certainly has cold weather, but the high quality bike lanes means all sorts of people ride regardless.
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The US is built for cars, with long distances and giant parking lots between all the places one wants or needs to go. And that isn't going to change for a long time. Bicycles aren't realistic, here, for most people. Neither is walking. It's unfortunate that we've designed things this way. But it's the way things are.

Your own country is pretty bad this way, too.
 
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lewisnotmiller

lewisnotmiller

Grand Hat
Staff member
Premium Member
PureX said:
The US is built for cars, with long distances and giant parking lots between all the places one wants or needs to go. And that isn't going to change for a long time. Bicycles aren't realistic, here, for most people.

Your own country is pretty bad that way, too.
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Indeed we are. I'm not judging the US harshly, we have much the same issues, for much the same reasons.
It's improving slowly, but it will take a looooong time.
 
metis

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
lewisnotmiller said:
Whilst I think you have a point re: bikes, Copenhagen is pretty eye opening. Certainly has cold weather, but the high quality bike lanes means all sorts of people ride regardless.
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Ever been to Amsterdam? I can't believe how many bikes you'll see anywhere you go there.
 
Wandering Monk

Wandering Monk

Well-Known Member
metis said:
Here in Michigan, I'm having trouble finding a bicycle with snow tires. :shrug:

Love your idea though.
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Yeah, you make a good point NW Europe is much milder in the winter than many places in the US. Frankfurt is 15 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in January than Minneapolis, though Frankfurt is 5 degrees farther north.
 
metis

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
Wandering Monk said:
Yeah, you make a good point NW Europe is much milder in the winter than many places in the US. Frankfurt is 15 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in January than Minneapolis, though Frankfurt is 5 degrees farther north.
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I hear ya. Some of my relatives live in Sweden, and there's a huge difference temperature-wise from the south to the north of that country.
 
Twilight Hue

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Revoltingest said:
Hybrids would be nice for me.
Electrical infrastructure for pure EVs is
a long long way off from being practical.
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Yea. If Texas and California is any example of that.

Endless blackouts and brown outs whenever the grid gets taxed.
 
Subduction Zone

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
PureX said:
The weather where I live is not going to allow anyone to bike to work, regularly. Neither will a lot of people's health. And trains cannot deliver people door to door. Your fantasy of eliminating individual transportation is a bust.

However, we could and should have moved to EVs a long time ago. SMALL ones that require little space and less energy. Weatherized glorified golf carts, essentially. Then use trains for longer distances.
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Did you say "SMALL"? I saw one of these about a month ago. It has a one hundred mile range and a top speed of 80 mph:

Meet SOLO - The Single-Seat EV Commuter

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"Solo" is its name and it is name appropriately. it is a one passenger vehicle. It does have good "trunk" space for supermarket trips. It is very good looking I know nothing about its rideability.
 
PureX

PureX

Veteran Member
Subduction Zone said:
Did you say "SMALL"? I saw one of these about a month ago. It has a one hundred mile range and a top speed of 80 mph:

Meet SOLO - The Single-Seat EV Commuter

626c492286fa90001905e705


"Solo" is its name and it is name appropriately. it is a one passenger vehicle. It does have good "trunk" space for supermarket trips. It is very good looking I know nothing about its rideability.
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The design is absurd, and it probably costs way too much, but the idea is sound. Most of us are driving short distances with one or two people on board a huge majority of the time. A small, lightweight, two-person EV that is safe and inexpensive would be a hit with many people. Unfortunately, no one wants to build one for some reason. Probably having to do with profit margins.
 
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