I like the idea of 'charge while driving' - however not really interested in using a generator.
I have a SR and a favourite lake that is right at my limit for the round trip from the nearest charging location. Rather than a generator, I am working on a battery pack that fits in the bed with the...
If you consider the US personal auto fleet is approx 300-million cars/Lt trucks,
of those 4-million are currently EV/PHEV.
New car sales are 14-15 million units per year...of those 1-2 million are EV/PHEV units.
even if 100% of new passenger vehicles sold from now on were EV's - it would take 20...
Correct - there is no nation at 100% EV fleet. Even the countries with "95% of new car sales are EV's" generally gloss over the 70% of the active on the road vehicles remain ICE, and it will take a long time to fully replace ICE with EV's even with the very high EV sales in say Norway.
A search...
L-NMC 9.5.5 cells supplied by SK-On used in the Lightning are rated at 240Wh/kg
Sodium cells by CATL's Naxtra brand are only 175Wh/kg (other brands are even lower at 140Wh/kg)
37% heavier for the same energy content.
The voltage curve for Sodium cells is very wide (4.1v down to 1.5v) while the...
Norway - often quoted for their high 95% of new car sales are now EV's - but a deeper dive shows EV's are maybe 30% of the actual cars on the road, and we all know Norway is a small population.
China - often quoted for their 45% of new car sales are now EV's in a much bigger population, but...
Sad to see the Lightning sales never caught on, too bad really since the truck is a wonder of modern engineering - software could do with some work yes.
I bought the truck at a great price, (same as the 5L ICE) and although badged XLT, it came with a lot of optional features like bed lighting...
The places with high gasoline prices, but low utilty electric prices are a no brainer for daily communiting and running around. Our "ultra low overnight rate" 3.9 cents is amazing deal.
My last ICE (Ram2500) weighed more than the SR Lightning, and cost me $150/wk for gasoline (plus exhaust...
report back how the set up and everything goes!
I figure the ULO rate plus delivery regulatory charges etc at about 7.9 c per kWh approx. at least for the winter months, then 'almost free' Solar in the spring-summer-fall (ok "free" after the cost of the solar set up LOL)
At 10-cents/kWh it...
did you sign up to SwTCH ?
Grizzl-E waive the 120 fee for the first year, so anyone that is using them could cancel and go with SwTCH at the end of thier first year,... or the competition will force Grizzl-E to drop the membership fee...intersting to see anther pay to charge platform.
now that we are getting snow and have experienced some ice-covered hwy, I can say the Bridgestone Blizzaks make the truck feel like it's "glued" to the road. I am impressed with these.
Hope they last a few winters...
Plus the delivery and regulatory charges, i figure it nets out about 0.079 (with the new ULO at 0.039/kWh, up from 0.028)
With the Grizzl-E Club 3-centkWh credit, should average out closer to 0.049 now.
I highly recommend the solar route, as long as you have the space.