All getting played...Physics 101:adding 1200lbs to a vehicle consumes more energy. Notice Musk never discusses energy consumption, simply range, improving lethargic charging times, and the useless "wall to wheels" efficiency, meant to mask the truth. In true comparison, the system boundary for analysis includes combustion for both ICE and battery electric. Once you include the increased energy demand of overweight battery-electric vehicles (50 times less energy dense than gasoline), the inefficiency of charging through the high internal resistance of batteries you end up with no gain. Notice your chart shows energy consumption greatly increasing with electric vehicle expansion. The DOEs response to my challenge on this, and request for a technoeconomic justification is simply that they 'hope that someday this will make sense'. We'll end up with high-priced electricity, no way to choose where we buy it, increased road wear, and more power plants (big $$$) the most of which will be fossil fuel powered, meaning we only succeeded in putting the pollution in someone else's back yard. Good practice for technology transition is the stage gate process used in industry. Guess the government thinks they know better by pushing this agenda. They need a lesson in physics, and technology management.
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All getting played...Physics 101:adding 1200lbs to a vehicle consumes more energy. Notice Musk never discusses energy consumption, simply range, improving lethargic charging times, and the useless "wall to wheels" efficiency, meant to mask the truth. In true comparison, the system boundary for analysis includes combustion for both ICE and battery electric. Once you include the increased energy demand of overweight battery-electric vehicles (50 times less energy dense than gasoline), the inefficiency of charging through the high internal resistance of batteries you end up with no gain. Notice your chart shows energy consumption greatly increasing with electric vehicle expansion. The DOEs response to my challenge on this, and request for a technoeconomic justification is simply that they 'hope that someday this will make sense'. We'll end up with high-priced electricity, no way to choose where we buy it, increased road wear, and more power plants (big $$$) the most of which will be fossil fuel powered, meaning we only succeeded in putting the pollution in someone else's back yard. Good practice for technology transition is the stage gate process used in industry. Guess the government thinks they know better by pushing this agenda. They need a lesson in physics, and technology management.