Electric Vehicles as Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2016-05-06
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920 words · ~4 min read
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electric vehicles they're fast they're futuristic and driving one is probably
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the closest you'll ever come to being Tony Stark but when we compare them to
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the gas powered vehicles we already have the question is are they functional
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let's start with a history lesson EVS have actually been around for over a
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century now and were even quite popular until the invention of the electric
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starter allowed travel over much longer distances thanks to tanks filled with
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petrol and additionally gas vehicles could be refueled quickly at service
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stations instead of needing to be charged over time a convenient feature
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to be sure so then why are consumers so
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amped up now compared to the early 2000s when GM's Fleet of ev1s was discontinued
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and crushed for a variety of totally aboveboard reasons that had nothing to
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do with an industrywide strategy to kill it a big part of it seems to come down
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to sex appeal and some of the recently released and upcoming vehicles are
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actually cool like really cool like sellon locking near Silent Running
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drivetrain power restricted to keep you from spinning violently off the road
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cool but for many Shoppers there are some other factors to consider too
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number one is the actual practicality and the good news is that this is
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rapidly improving with ranges between charges today above 400 km and even up
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to 650 km depending on conditions charge
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times are rapidly lowering with charge stations being deployed that are capable
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of delivering 270 km of range in half an
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hour and further Innovations coming like battery packs for your home that sit in
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your garage and allow you to stockpile energy from roof mounted solar panels or
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even from the grid during off peak hours when it's both cheaper and less
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environmentally impactful which ties into our second huge purchase
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consideration ecological impact because
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while the range and quick refueling of gas vehicles is certainly handy it turns
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out that they emit pollution that depletes the ozone layer the importance
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of of which caused our Global Leadership to spring into action with no regard for
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the profits of private corporations sorry I couldn't even make it all the
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way through that because even some of the more credible sounding arguments
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against EVS like pointing out that burning coal to generate electricity
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also damages the environment have easy counterarguments like well at least it's
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easier to regulate and maintain the modernity of a few large scale energy
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operations versus having stuff like this
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chugging around on the road but to be fair some government entities do or have
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begun offering incentives for electric vehicle purchasers and have even begun
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mandating public charging station allotments it's just that these
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initiatives often face resistance for more than just big oil for example since
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electric vehicles generally require much less maintenance and are therefore
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Cheaper to Keep many auto mechanics and
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parts Distributors are understandably upset that we won't need those regular
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oil changes or spark plug replac ments anymore so all that's left for this
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episode given that electric vehicles are amazing right lus is the gotcha shiny
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new tech or at least old but recently improved Tech is expensive and lithium
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ion battery production and recycling still has a ways to go before we can
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really call that eco-friendly either with a straight face but I hope that
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most of you watching can Embrace at least the idea of continuous
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improvements on electric vehicles leading to a better tomorrow unless
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that's a truth too inconvenient for you to
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face speaking of inconvenience you know
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what's inconvenient being a freelance worker or a small business and having to
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keep track of on paper or with like your separate accounting software and then
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you create a bill for your customer and you mail it to them and then who knows
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when they're going to pay it freshbooks is the easy way to manage this stuff
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online you can track your hours you can track your expenses you can send out
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invoices by email you can see read
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confirmations so you know that they got your bill and then you can allow your
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customers to pay online so the whole thing is easier and faster it keeps you
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running your business doing the things that you should be doing and makes it so
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you're not worried about the little details like you know what's cash flow
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like well it's all in one place you know what's the history of my invoices uh
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what's the you know stupid time sheet that I oh my goodness I can't remember
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if I worked that day don't worry about that if you're Your Own Boss you should
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