EV accidents

[alwaysFlOoReD]

A big problem is the advertised range. A college somewhere out West (Montana or Colorado, maybe?) did some testing on an EV with a 400 mile range at 70 degrees where the tests are done. Dropping the temperature to 40 degrees cut the range by 24%. It's most always below 40 degrees for months here, so, figure a snow storm at 10 degrees with wipers, heater, and defroster on, lights on, and traffic crawling or stopped due to road conditions. A 400 mile range becomes 100 miles- or less, most likely. Then you get home to find the power out. My generator will run the heat, fridge, well pump, a handful of lights, and the water heater. An ancient Chinese curse said "may you live in interesting times", the next few years will certainly be interesting.

Wtf you doing driving in a snow storm?

 

[RonD]

Seems its much simpler just to spend 5-10 mins at a gas pump once a week.

???

Spend 5-10 mins at a gas station, or never spend anytime at a gas station???
I would say the later is simpler


If if an EV only had 100mile range in cold climates it would satisfy 90% of daily drivers

 

[DeathRanger]

buy what works for you.

I own EV's and ICE. they have their purpose and do that job really well.

My commute to work is 100 miles round trip. This only cost me $2.50 in electricity. Our local power company has chargers installed in the business park I work in so I can technically recharge for free.

I also do lots of farm work around the house where I need a large bed to haul stuff. The Ranger suits this need perfectly.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Wtf you doing driving in a snow storm?

Pfft. Nothin.

Wat you doin in Cnada?

 

[DeathRanger]

I should also add I've had 1 EV in 3 separate incidents that required body work.
1 hit and run in a parking lot requiring light body work and paint
1 hit and stay in a parking lot that required new rear bumper and extensive body work and paint to rear quarter panels that are not bolt on replaceable.
and the most recent accident where other driver drove directly into side of the car while cutting lanes in a parking lot. doing significant damage to entire side of car.

The vehicle has been repaired 3 times with pretty extensive body work and usually 1/2 car repainted. The EV is now 4 years old with 165,000 miles on it and was still repaired by insurance company with 15-20k in body work..

not all accidents in EV's are going to be totaled.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

not all accidents in EV's are going to be totaled.

My lawyer has advised me to not shitpost the reply that I want to this obvious bait.

 

[DeathRanger]

My lawyer has advised me to not shitpost the reply that I want to this obvious bait.

No bait here, I'm not a good fisherman. I provided my experience owning an EV for 4 years and described the 3 times I've had body work repairs done.
All 3 times the insurance choose 15-20k in body work/paint vs totalling the vehicle.

 

[ekrampitzjr]

The electrocution problem with accidents first came up with hybrids. Toyota has sponsored training for first responders who might have to deal with rescuing occupants from a badly damaged Prius. With everything EVs, then everything on the road will potentially have this hazard.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

No bait here, I'm not a good fisherman. I provided my experience owning an EV for 4 years and described the 3 times I've had body work repairs done.
All 3 times the insurance choose 15-20k in body work/paint vs totalling the vehicle.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

???

Spend 5-10 mins at a gas station, or never spend anytime at a gas station???
I would say the later is simpler


If if an EV only had 100mile range in cold climates it would satisfy 90% of daily drivers

Except with your level 1 charging numbers.

I would not pay to install a charger at my house...why would i when i can use gas pumps.

Either way...at 2 miles for every charge hour....and my round trip drive a day is 30 miles. Rarely does my vehicle sit for 15 hours a day...actually...it never does.

So the whole "its fully charged while i sleep" thing is overblown.

 

[DeathRanger]

Except with your level 1 charging numbers.

I would not pay to install a charger at my house...why would i when i can use gas pumps.

Either way...at 2 miles for every charge hour....and my round trip drive a day is 30 miles. Rarely does my vehicle sit for 15 hours a day...actually...it never does.

So the whole "its fully charged while i sleep" thing is overblown.

My experience is 5 miles per hour recharge on a 120v outlet or level 1 charger, this is very dependent on manufacturer and how quality their engineering is.

I have had 2 different 220v solutions for charging
The initial setup was modifying a welding hookup and installing a Nema 14-50 outlet with 50amp fuse to work with the mobile charger the vehicle came with. This provide up to 30miles per hour recharge
The most recent setup was to install the real home charger for the EV with 60 amp fuse. Now I can charge up to 45 miles per hour.

 

[97RangerXLT]

My lawyer has advised me to not shitpost the reply that I want to this obvious bait.

I wonder if @KGB has seen rhis...

 

[cbxer55]

Solution for the range problem. And a possible lucrative new career.

 

[RonD]

My horse eats the grass in my field and drinks the water from my well, wagon requires very little maintenance
Why would I buy a stinky and noisy ICE vehicle for my trips to town, they are unreliable, its just a stupid FAD

If we only had internet and forums back in the early 1900's, lol

 

[superj]

they did but wasn't a guy walking from town to town reading collections of newspapers and the townsfolk would gather at the church or square to listen and comment?