EVDL Administrator via EV wrote:
I'm no engineer, but it seems to me that ICEV efficiency today - despite the
fact that most ICEVs are (IMO) drastically overpowered - is already quite
good for a piston engine, thanks to tight microprocessor control. I wonder
how much more ICEs can be optimized, even when driving only a range
extending genset - whether it's enough to make up for the conversion losses.
With fast charging pushing into the hundreds of kW, and EV batteries
typically between 50kWh and 100kWh, I see a diminishing need for true
hybrids and their complexity.
Ah; but 98% of the cars on US roads are ICEs. Hybrids significantly
improve fuel economy and reduce pollution. So the more hybrids, the less
the pollution.
The greater the EV range that a hybrid has, the bigger the improvement.
They may not be the ultimate (EV) solution, but they're a step in the
right direction. You can "sell" an ICE motor-head on a hybrid (because
it saves gas), even though they would rather *die* than drive an EV.
"EVs are a liberal democratic socialist plot to destroy real 'murican
values!"
Could, could, could. Easy to say. Now just try to convince the general
public to actually do it! :-\
That's exactly it. We can do it technologically. But can we do it
politically and emotionally? I'm reminded of that old Groucho Marx song:
Whatever it is, I'm against it!
No matter how you reasoned or defense it,
I'm against it!
I agree with all you say; I'll oppose it anyway,
'Cause I'm against it!
Lee
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A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is
nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
-- Antoine de Saint Exupery
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