Another issue with solar panels is that although in use they are very green, the manufacturing process of silicone cells contaminates massive amounts of water and produces large amounts of toxic waste. Additionally, unless deployed in a sufficiently rainy location, the panels need to be regularly washed to maintain peak generation which uses more water (of course, if there's sufficient rain to keep them clean they're not going to be producing all the electricity they could). Production of lithium chloride for batteries also consumes large amounts of water.
The People's Republic of California wants to have only electric cars by 2030; right now the electrical grid can't provide enough electricity and it's gets shut down on windy days. Plus the average cost of a kilowatt of electricity is around .25 cents, compare that to how much it will cost to charge your car.
Scotties - TESLA has Proven cold weather Performance , the Tesla TMS or thermal Management system, keeps the battery pack WARM in Cold Weather and Cool in Hot weather. TESLA has TESTED is vehicles is both FREEZING and DESERT HOT conditions. it Passed with flying colors. the TESLA TMS and the Superbottle TM - is the Worlds most Advanced Battery TMS on the Planet, the Legacy car TMS is either NON EXISTANT ( Nissan LEAF) or is way LESS Efficient than TESLA currently. TESLA owners can plug in at HOME or a Destination Charger and as the Car is charging for 10 - 15 Minutes having been Charged to 100% overnight. the TESLA can heat the Cabin and PRE- Condition the batteries in COLD Weather, this also works at Public Chargers and Superchargers. this means your TESLA is optimized when you leave home, and the Battery STAYS happy for a long time. my Sister lives in Anchorage AK, she Drives her Tesla to work in back , often in Freezing Tempratures, she Drives the LONG RANGE RWD and only looses 35% in Capacity , plenty of range in a 400+ mile car that ONLY loses 35%, and there are Superchargers where she Lives. my POINT is simple, people have been LIVING with Tesla in the cold Since the 2012 Tesla models S the Longest Range BEV since 2012, and today Model S Raven gets very close to 400 Mile range. Tesla owners only need to Pre Heat the car REMOTLY before they leave 10 - 15 minutes.
I am amazed that people think LED lights are good...they are very bad for your heath and you eyes..research these lights and what they really do..I won't have them in my house..!
I am not Neil , from Canada , Great show Scottie , Electric vehicles look impractical Did you know that in California they are imposing electric fire trucks according to UA-cam channel "Stopthecrime.net " What a nightmare by doing this fire trucks will not have the range to send help from other districts to assist in large fires . It looks like dumb and dumber are running things ? I often wonder why they do not invest more in magnetic generators by making them smaller and more practical ? I suspect it is because if they did then the public would have free energy that corporations would not be able to harvest from to keep us poor . I understand that there is a serious problem with solar power panels regarding being toxic to land fills . And wind mills are a night mare to scrap do to there size . Great work Scottie the world needs more logical thinking that you demonstrate , which unfortunately seems lacking too much these days . Your example will hopefully inspire critical thinking well done .
Clive Flint , I am not Neil , A magnetic motor ( or magnetic energy generator ) can provide electricity without using fuel . They are typically built with magnets and copper wire coils to provide a greener alternative to electricity . see nuenergy , Adams motor .
Neil S if that is the case then not only do we have an unlimited amount of power from the self perpetuating machine with your magnet generator but you’ve broken a fundamental law that you can’t create energy. What turns the motor to generate the green electricity?
And if/when we do develop feasible fusion and the population keeps growing, just running an ever-growing industry will cause massive heat pollution... fun!
Thank you for this one. I live in Europe too and yes, they are talking about the end of gasoline and diesel cars by 2030-35. Just the idea to change the infrastructure in the cities to be able to charge all cars is also nuts. To me it seems that for later generations having a car will no longer be an option and indeed, nobody's talking about the carbon footprint of this massive energy consumption. We all know fusion is the answer, but even that is no longer questionable, they are riding the Green Train, we know it's a massive scam who mill make some billionaires even richer without any real benefit for humanity (as opposed to what we're always being told). Agenda 2030 anyone?
It is not the end of Petrol/diesel 2035. You just won't be able to buy new ones. To be honest by then electric will be a no brainer so not that big a deal
World isn't switching to electric overnight and it's a gradual change that can actually help stabilize the grid. Most people don't use full capacity every day, why not then sell the remaining charge at the quiet summer evening when demand is high and charge back up when wind blows in the night and electricity is cheap. Dinosaur juice has plenty energy but we still burn it at pisspoor efficiency end at some point, we'll need to put all the energy we released over last 100 years back not to get cooked trough for now we probably need to focus on finding other even temporary means to lower the sun's energy input as the extra heat that carbon keeps is currently roughly 10 times our total energy production. We need fusion, man! Till we get there, we have a prepaid source of enriched uranium (sometimes called nuclear weapons) that'll give us over 50 years with little cost and putting some research into thorium salt reactors can still save us even if the fusion won't be possible at our tiny floating rock scale.
@@richardouvrier3078 Which point would that be? That those who run it haven’t invested properly over the years? That those who burn oil and coal aren’t interested in making sure that the CO2 stays low enough? That the extreme weather events are getting worse?
@@SirHackaL0t. The extreme weather events are mainly solar drive with the magnetic poles shifting. You really think burning oil, which for the majority of cars could easily be replaced with synthetic fuels emmiting 80% less co2 but has been blocked in favor of these batteries on wheels, is what is the root cause ? Electric cars, with current technology, are not and will never be the solution, even Musk admitted this that there is a grid problem.
@@Charlemagne1367 lol. Which cereal packet did you get your alternative facts from. We don’t have the capacity for synthetic fuels if we want to eat. 🤦♂️
@@SirHackaL0t. 🤦♂Look into the VAG groups' synthetic fuel, e-fuel program, 80% less co2, which was blocked in first instance by the EU, but now given the green light. Just look beyond your bloody nose. Musk, the one that started the ev trend, has clearly said there is a grid problem, again no cereals, but ofcourse doesn't fit your belief.. You started talking cars and now you switch to wanting to eat, lithium isn't good for you...
We live in Alaska , our trucks are plunged in most of the winter, our electric bill is doubled around 400.00 averaged out..no one talks about the electric bills for electric cars..plugged in everyday..?
Since the bus is All Electric it is better in efficiency and thus has less emissions as the energy it does use is less. Plus it avoids local pollution in the city which causes health problems.
Our new home has a Tesla solar system with two powerwalls and we will be off grid completely. We can run our home and charge our car at night from the powerwall and it will recharge from solar during the day. Not sure where you got your 5,000 sq ft requirement for charging an EV but our system has no where near that area of collectors. I realize we are way ahead of the curve but the point is as more and more folks get solar with battery storage and as more utility firms expand their renewable generation along with gigawatt storage batteries we can eventually eliminate our reliance on fossil fuels. All this said I agree Fusion is the ultimate answer but in the meantime the entire planet needs to continue its transition to renewables and large scale battery storage if we want to curtail climate change.
I did the numbers for Germany and the grid would be fine her is way The total range driven in Germany is 630800000000 km an EV uses between 14 and 27 kWh/100km let's assume an average of 20 kWh/100km If all cars would be EVs that is a consumption of 127 TWh / year That sound like a lot but the total German electricity production in 2019 was 611,5 TWh with 242,6TWh renewable If all cars would be EVs tomorrow that would be a problem but over the next 10 years that is absolutely doable . The next point is that everyone will charge at the same time and collapse the system that way is also wrong most new EVs have a real range of 300 km+ the average distance a car in Germany drives is 14200 km / year -> 273 km /week, you would in most cases chare the car only once a week or every day only a bit. Ther are also flexible electricity tariffs coming where you pay to depend on production and demand with smart chargers and the fact that most cars are parked over 90% of the time you would be able to balance the grid with EVs. Ther is also positives effects on stability with vehicle-to-grid where EVs can power the grid in low production or high demand situations.
Found the numbers for the US The us drove 1.4 trillion miles ~ 2.25308 trillion km that would require 450 TWh / year at 20 kwh/100km The total electricity production is 4171 tWh
The reason the Internal Combustion engine is so inefficient is because all the fuel is not burnt during combustion, hydrocarbons fuels do no burn in liquid form but in vapor form, this has been proven by Shell Oil where engineers held a competition in the seventies to see who could get a car to travel the farthest, the winner got 376 miles per gallon (not sure whether it was a US gallon or an Imperial gallon), regarding running a car on batteries = there are problems, the cold being one and limited range, research is going on using graphne. The answer I believe is to run the electric motor on a fuel cell which is powered by a Brown's gas generator which has been designed to run in overunity mode
Thank you for addressing the electricity generation /supply issue. That's what always bothers me when I consider a future with many electric cars. Of course, that will also mean the present cost advantages will disappear.
electricity is something that will never run out.. whereas oil will. Solar, and Wind technology help us create electricity as consumers we become more independent. The beauty of solar is that as more of us adopt the technology it feeds into the grid to create more energy reserves. It's the closest thing to free renewable power we can get.
We have very few EVs in our area and still my server has to run on battery back up every night! If 10 percent of our vehicles become EV then we will no longer have electricity!
Not everyone lives within walking distance of their work, not everybody only needs to buy a few groceries every week to feed their family, not everybody has the time to walk two miles to and from school without walking in the dark.
@@agent_sus3273 Our ancestors managed with horses and the baby boomers managed with push bikes, they had much bigger testicles than whining millennials though.
What we need are massive hot air engines to drive our power stations....Most countries have enough idiot politicians spouting nonsense to keep the engines running from now until dooms-day. :-) PS Scotty, is that a Tribble you have there??
Let's not forget that global lithium production is nowhere near enough to supply the global car market... Hell, I think it'd only be about enough to cover 10% of the US market, and that's ignoring all the other places lithium is needed (non-car batteries, greases, etc.). And then estimates for US carbon emissions pin residential car use at ~15%. You'd think with the way people are screaming about it, it must be like 70%. Nope. There are hidden costs involved there too, like the maintenance for roads and such, but even EV's have those. The bigger problem is waste and overconsumption, but people love their cheap products, produced in countries devoid of regulations, and doomed for the landfill from day 1. Anyway, the answer is bikes. Far cheaper, great cardio, and no traffic stress. Irrespective of the environment, they're better. Covered about 4500mi last year, as opposed to only 1500mi in the car. And if you say "that's too difficult!" I'd like to direct you towards Rule #5: www.velominati.com/
@@SirHackaL0t. lol That's only because electricity is now generated by fossil fuel.....when generated by renewables it's much more expensive., and unreliable. Did you watch the video?
Scotties - what you FAIL to Understand BEV market is less than 10% of all ICEV produced, the FACT is it wont be and IS NOT Today going to be 100% overnight. but, YES as BEV sells more than a slight Demand up kick is Natural and can be MANAGED today with our Grid. as, Before mentioned Energy Producers are investing and Deploying MORE Renewable energy + Storage. most Retail consumers are Plugging in at NIGHT using Cheap off peak energy. Better yet, they can Lease Solar + battery for CHEAPER than their Current electric bill. with Solar + Battery the Entire home can be 90% Efficient in its Energy use. Retail Stores and Business have a Golden Oputunity to install L2 BEV charging stations. TESLA superchargers mostly Charge with Cheap OFF PEAK energy then the batteries discharge during the day, SOME Superchargers even have SOLAR at the facility.
Scotties - even MORE Bullshit from you. even IF a BEV owner driving a Legacy made BEV is BETTER off charging at home or with just a Powerwall. Most BEV customers charge using Cheap OFF PEAK energy at night, and the BEV SLOWLY charges overnight on 110/240v and can charge as fast as 4 hours on a 240v L2 charger. they are still better off as the Electrical grid uses MORE efficient power generation , even with some Fossil Fuel powerplants. COAL is no longer Profitable, last year one of the Largest coal companies CLOSED for good. All fossil fuels are Living on Barrowed time, there is only 5 years of OIL left in the Ground, we are now Burning LOW QUALITY oil Today. in 2020 Fossil Fuels are no longer Viable as an Energy source. Renewables on 2019 were cheaper than Fossil Fuels except for Natural Gas (METHANE), but NG is a Greenhouse gas, so it should be used Sparingly. so, the Electrical Grid in many Country's not just the USA are swithching over to ALL kinds of Renewable Energy but Primarly SOLAR & WIND, these will see an Explosion in THIS Decade. Solar & Wind power cost less than many other forms of Renewables and are Easier to Build. but, Renewables are ONLY part of the Solution. what is needed is Battery Storage along side Renewables, because the Energy need to be stored for when the wind stops blowing or the SUN sets. but a MEGAPACK storage battery can deliver PEAK energy in Times of High Demand and Deliver it FASTER than ICE power generation. it only need 4 hours of sunlight to Charge and it can Deliver stored Energy ALL NIGHT LONG, and in the Morning it takes 4 hours to charge again. Today a Retail customer can buy Solar & Battery for $100 Down and they can Lease the Solar for Cheaper than their Current electrical bill. but, IF they can afford it, the Retail Customer should BUY Solar if it can, because as a Owner they get to keep any Incentives, it could be several $ thousand depending on your State.
Scotties - gas more Energy dense than LION ? nope, Buddy your Fundimentals are way off. the GAS alone might be more Energy Dense but the ICEV engine is ONLY 35% Efficient. A LION battery pack is a MORE Efficient in Storage of Energy and at Releasing it to the Electric Motors. the Legacy car makers use INEFFICENT pouch batteries however. TESLA uses Cylindrical LION cells with a Superior Battery formulation. TESLA today in 2020 can get 400+ miles on a Single charge and it can charge at Supercharger locations , some are V3 supercharger and can Charge at 1000+ MPH. this means you can charge a 400 Mile battery in 90% in 30 Minutes, you can also Hypercharge by charging to 80% in 15 Minutes.
ScittiesTech.info - Legacy ICEV are Useless today, as are Hybrid Vehicles. Hybrids still Combust fuels. the ICEV engine is ONLY 35% Efficient, and to get an extra 1 - 2 % gain in Efficiency will cost $$$$$ Trillions in R&D, its NOT worth it. TESLA on the Otherhand is 80% Efficient as a Whole System and its Motors are 98% Efficient on their own. the TESLA batteries are Perfect in Storing the Energy, the releacing it Efficiently when the Accelerator is pressed. TESLA is the ONLY Viable LONG RANGE Electric vehicle. the 2020 Model S Raven Exceeds 400 Mile range on a battery, that is at PARITY with some ICE cars. TESLA battery investor day is in APRIL 2020. new INFO on Tesla batteries will be shown. IF Legacy car makers invested 100% in BEV Drivetrain and Batteries and MAKE IT in their own factory they would see a Quicker payoff in Researching better Electric Motor design and better Battery cell Design. they would see an Exponential growth in Electric motors & LION Batteries but only IF they switch to Cylindrical battery cells.
Cities in Europe were designed more pedestrian friendly, given the technology at the time so the rich lived close to urban center (less walking) and the poor in the outskirts. When most North Americans homes were being made, the car was just invented so the pedestrian design city went out for highways and suburbs. Urban planning will get a overhaul and pedestrian/trains will make a comeback. And water levels coming up too so new ship routes
Good digest of Electrical Power requirement etc for EVs.....Much more clarity needed on this issue. I suspect that the driving force for EVs is simply...MONEY and PROFIT....The usual driving force in all human activity.
Hi, yes but no, assumptions and wild calculations are for dumb politicians. I do agree that fast chargers are a problem, not only for the grid but for battery life also. Fast charge / discharge cycles will undoubtably cause inbalances within the individual cells and lead to early failure, cheers
Extreme cold/heat negatively effect ICE cars as well. You failed to mention that ICE cars struggle at altitude and high heat/humidity where lithium manganese cobalt cell output efficiency increases up to 50C and is unaffected at any altitude. An average 10 to 15 kW solar system with an identical 15kW battery backup is really all that’s needed. I usually have more power than needed so once my Powerwalls are full I have to dump excess power from my panels into my car. You also failed to mention having to deal with power companies such as PG&E who has been convicted of murder (twice). Not to mention they’ll sell power to you for .32 cents per kW while buying it buy for .02 cents. Lastly, when was the last time you generated any of your own gas at home while sleeping?
As if the point -- avoiding climate catastrophe -- were not even in the equation. Never a mention! Yes, we have to use less energy overall. Unless you want to keep driving on gas even if the cost is to be among the very last generations to have the opportunity to enjoy life, WE MUST CHANGE. Three of the 17 panels on our roof are enough to keep the car charged. 95% of our electric use comes directly from those panels' production (direct or stored). The other 5% we import when the powerwall runs out. And we export more than ten times what we import. The energy "problem" is not intractable! (Also, remember that power comes in units of Watts or horsepower; energy is in kilowatt hours.)
Regular consumers consumption is a joke compared to factories. Strange how you don`t know it. Also keep in mind that power distribution itself isn`t very effective thing. Losses in power grid itself can go up to 40-50% lol. Which makes all this LED and household `energy effectiveness` even more of a joke. And there is no problem to charge electric cars at night when overall load is typically lower.
There are 2 issues that no Government will speak about. 1) The materials that go into electric cars are raw earth materials. Lithium, cobalt, copper, etc in the batteries all need to be mined from the ground and therefore there is only a finite supply. The batteries and electrical components all use these and are not easy to dispose of after they are no longer needed, often just ending up in landfill. 2) the majority of electricity produced actually comes from fossil fuels still! Coal, oil, gas again all come from the ground and have a finite supply. So your zero emmissions electric car belches out it's co2 from the powerstation instead of the tailpipe. If everyone turned to electric cars overnight and any powerstations that use coal/oil or any non renewable source stopped overnight the grid would just not handle the demand. So what's the solution? I think the sad truth is that with the constant, unstoppable global population growth, ever increasing demand for electronics and power, we will never be able to meet the demands. Personally I think consumerism needs to stop. - People need to stop buying new cars every few years and just keep and maintain what they have. - Manufacturers need to stop stuff like releasing a new iphone every couple of months which makes people bin their old ones when there's no real need. - E-bikes are becoming more popular but again the batteries and motors have parts in them that require mining from tge ground, just use a normal bike! - Governments need to hugely improve public transport links and reliability so that people are happy to jump on a bus or train instead of in seperate cars. Will any of this happen? Sadly I don't think it's possible
There is no power problem with EV's, but the is a BIG Problem with gasoline engine cars and the problem is where to store petrol, when you don't need it so much :) Even if the price is -100$/pb you still can't store it as much as you want, and when you don't have it is impossible to produce it at home. #go electric
For now I think a cobination of energy sources is all we can do untill magically we have some better options like 0 point energy.... Me and my wife have 1200W solar and 400W wind that is enought for all our house. For the car diesel is the only option, except using horses again... Going nuclear is just making the world rediactive and we do not want that, there is no magical way of storing nuclear waste... But the illusion of infinite power and the willlingness of big corportations to provide energy no matter the consequences can be our doom. Most people need to reduse their power consumtion a lot.
This is a well done video. A couple of things though. In your video I didn't notice you saying anything about the electricity used to refine gasoline which will be used to drive EVs instead. Also there is great payback in terms of fuel and maintenance savings on a Tesla vs Internal combustion engine, and with solar panels you can instantly save money on your electric bill by financing, since panels last 30 plus years it's a good investment as it can add close to the cost of the panels to the value of your house.
I have a an E tron. I love it. You're assuming every ev user would charge at the same time. You're also assuming every ev user would charge their vehicle from empty to full. Both scenarios would be unlikely in the real world so there load on the grid would not be as great as you assume. I charge my car at the most twice a week for about 3-4 hours on average. I also have a solar installation on my home. So even on a cloudy day I charge my car at a fraction of the cost and pollute way less than an ICE. Twenty year old solar panels are still effective enough to make them more efficient than fossil fuels. Every year, the ev and clean energy manufacturing become more efficient. Yes, people who live in extreme climates or ultra remote areas may still use ICE but the majority, EVs wil become the norm.
a did you see the ua-cam.com/video/_kI8ySvNPdQ/v-deo.html but want I really going to say, the power is 1 thing, and where will the power come from, the bigger question is if everyone in you street had an electric car that cable to your street is too small say you have 20 homes with 200A each, the cable to your street can not handle 4,000A it is closer too 1,000A so you would burn out the cables, overload the substations etc. in the UK a city put in a fleet of electric bus, but the grid on paper could handle it, but they ended up having brownout, and power cuts, so to keep the bus in the roads, they had to but in a big battery, (about the size of a tennis court) to handle changing the bus overnight and I think it was only 20 buses.
Why isn't there more information out there on the Internet like this guy? It's super informative I hadn't thought about some of these things. Like if I'm in a traffic jam am I gonna freeze the death Is an electric vehicle.
This video is really missleading, not everyone will change to evs at the same time, they will not be charged at the same time, you will never have to fastcharge at home, you charge at night when the power consumption in general is low. The energymix will never be only solar, there are many other contributing green energy producers. Also in an extreme and short perspective would tradition to evs in total, then all oil that used to be needed to fuel ice cars could be used in oil power plants and that would anyway bring co emmissions down a lot due to the inefficiency of ice cars..
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EV's have a place in fleets or 2nd car or urdan settings. I like they are quiet and no polution from the pipes. They are not going to save the world for the green crowd. Good breakdown Scotty
You may have heard that Pacific Gas and Electric in California has been turning off people's power when it is windy. This is because they have transmission lines which have a lifetime of 60 years and have not maintained them for 65 years. There are about 12,000 miles of transmission lines. They can replace about 200 miles a year. Why replace the lines, when all they really need to do is replace and hangers on the insulators. Well, the lawyers are running PGE at this point, and they want insulated wires on the towers and poles. There have been reports that the current PGE grid does not have the capacity to service more than a small percentage of households having electric cars in any given area. So why is PGE replacing the wires with the same gauge/capacity, just with insulated wire? Who knows, but that is probably the result of lawyers and politicians forcing decisions and ignoring the consequences.
On the other hand, it seems that some states are electric car ready - like Texas, which apparently has enough surplus capacity already. So, it does depend on the area you're talking about. But even then it's not so simple. What happens when one state or region then needs to pull extra juice from their neighboring region? Oops! Then they run out of capacity. It's a pickle.
ScottiesTech.info - you are Wrong - most Consumers Don't care about Acceleration , Powerband of say 0 - 60 in 4.0 is Acceptable and still Pretty PEPPY . but, TESLA is All About making PERFORMANCE cars , even the $35,000 Model 3 is Under 4.0 sec in Acceleration. and that is ONE reason People buy TESLA. Range is an issue for ALL OTHER BEV makers , specially from LEGACY car makers. RANGE is NOT a issue for TESLA however. TESLA has the MOST Energy dense LION Battery , and is Approaching 400 Miles per Charge. AND the Lowest price per kWh approaching $100. Legacy car makers use LESS Efficient Prismatic & Cheap POUCH batteries in their cars. the Cylindrical LION cell is Orders of Magnitude more Efficient than Pouch, its also SAFER as well. Legacy car makers DO NOT have a Battery Factory and so Cost are HIGH for them, thus they put LESS cells in a vehicle. Legacy is cell Constrained, because they buy from LG chem, SK, CATL, BYD. and ALL other OEMS building BEV are also buying from those OEM Battery supplier . YOU, have NOT Addressed another MAIN factor, INEFFICIENCY in BEV Design by Legacy car makers. the BEV Design is NOT new, we have had BEV since the 1800's in America, they were Efficient BEV with 100 Miles Range and 45 mph. Today, many some BEV makers have sub 100 mile range BEV. the Reason BEV makers are so inefficient is because they only make the BODY - using a inefficient ICEV Body, then mating it to a Electric Drivetrain & Batteries bought from a OEM. so the ICEV body Designed for a GAS car is being used to build a BEV. TESLA uses a BEV Specific body on a BEV specific Battery and Drivetrain called - the Electric Skateboard. some Legacy makers do have an Electric Skateboard but still use a ICEV body. Because TESLA makes a BEV Specific body , the can have a FRUNK, a Bigger than Usual cabin with seating up to 7 in a Compact Vehicle, and bigger than Usual rear Trunk , and Bigger than usual CARGO carrying Ability. the Model Y has 60 cubic feet. MOST BEV car makers do NOT have a Frunk, the Internal space is wasted , the Trunk is usually small, and the Cargo way Less.
The problem with traditional car manufacturers is that they still want to sell ICE cars becuase that's what they know, that's what they think people want and what governments are forcing them to make. Every time they produce a mediocre vehicle that only goes 100miles they get their feelings reinforced as customers don't want their products. Now when you look at Tesla you see products that people actually want.
@@SirHackaL0t. - Agree, Legacy car makers barely understand how a Hybrid car works. and Most of the Legacy car makers are still doing Catalog Engineering as opposed to doing Most of their own Engineering.
The problem with hybrids is that you get the worst of both worlds. You carry a battery and engine around when you are generally using just one or the other.
@@SirHackaL0t. features such as idle-off, regenerative braking, power assist, and electric-only drive work to significantly improve fuel efficiency and lower emissions. Other than the cost of the car and replacement battery do you have experience that supports your statement?
@@hillwalker8741 Have you seen the MPG of hybrids? Great if you charge at home and drive 10 miles, but most hybrid drivers want to go further than that and then they're using the old ICE again and emitting CO2 and other gases. A friend went from a diesel car that did 60mpg to a hybrid that gets 45mpg because the tax was cheaper. He does a lot of miles every week up and down the country. Not really progress when the mpg gets lower.
@@SirHackaL0t. well most gas cars are presently getting about 30 mpg at best - so an increase to 45 would be fantastic for the country and world in general
Scotty, non-related question to follow up your earlier Q-Link pendant video. Any thoughts on the new tech device for EM protection from 5Gbioshield . com .. ??????????????????? THX
I liked your Solar illustration, but the technology is rapidly improving as more people invest in it. Perovskite cells are quite exciting as they've reach the same efficiency as silicon in a few years of development.... And yes, cold fusion would be awesome I agree =).
The grid is like a bagpipe. You have to keep filling it until the music stops. Or also like a tire with a bad leak that has to be constantly pumped up until the car stops. It should be completely overhauled with emf taken into consideration.
Great show! I was thinking about this very thing today. I don't think people realize it's going to be more nuclear power plants that going to be increased. More nuclear power plants is not a good thing. They're already talking about small nuclear plants being built for local government to run single cities.
I wonder how many people have money to do that, and wait that long to charge their car...I certainly don't, I don't even know anyone that has that kinda time and money.
Was hoping there would be actual proof from hearing your discussion here. So you picked the 75KW option to draw your conclusions on. Any chance you might provide actual demonstrations of your thesis here?
Simple math is pretty good proof! Unfortunately, I don't have a spare $76k lying around to get a fancy Tesla with 100kWh battery pack. Nor do I have the spare electrical capacity to keep it charged.
@@ScottiesTech I see what it is.. must be feeling guilty about buying that new gasoline auto. .. or perhaps the short on any stock shares.., I get it. Not that I own one, but your knowledge on the subject of Tesla might be dated.. or skewed. Their story is pretty compelling. Especially with the model-3 costs of right around 35K. Have you actually test drove one or borrowed one for any fact-checking "your math?" Less moving parts; regenerative braking; lower maintenance cost to run the car; fill-up at home as opposed to finding a station; safety, safety safety.. oh yea.. electricity is still cheaper than gas. But I digress.. so let me help; I think your best bet would have been to focus on health related issues being exposed to high voltage or potential EMF from a nuclear blast. Wait.. I think gasoline cars have the same issue in a different way... I'll work on the math part.
@@agent_sus3273 Waiting until then won’t help. Are you aware of the damage that burning oil is doing to the air and the population? How much electricity do you think it takes to power an oil refinery? When they start to close down there’ll be spare capacity.
@@SirHackaL0t. yes, then what are we going to use to power all the cars? Oh, and what do you think we currently burn a ton of to power the grid? Fossils fuels! How are we supposed to power millions of electric cars and switch to renewables at the same time??? Focus on switching to clean energy first!!
@@agent_sus3273 oh please, try researching how much power is produced by the various means. The amount of renewables is going up fast. In the uk we don’t use coal at all for most of the year anymore.
I really liked this idea I was reading about in Alaska. They dug a hole down way deep. Deep where is starts to get hot. Pumped some Freon down there. And drove a turbine off of the steam. Then cycle the Freon back to keep the cycle going. It wasn't a big hole. Just a core sample sized hole (less than a foot diameter.)
@@jooky87 yea, geothermal. But my point was, that the people have developed it to a point where it is extremely viable. The people the documentary showed using it. Were using it on an individual (each person's house had their own. Like, how most houses here in the states have their own well water. They could also have their own power generation well. If you go looking for the show. They used the power for an "ICE HOTEL". So the bricks would not melt in the summer. They had to keep them refrigerated. It took a lot of power.
Nope. It seems like that would work, but it requires work to turn a generator to create more juice, and that work has to come from somewhere... In this case, it comes from the batteries driving the front wheels. That's why there are regenerative braking systems - once you take your foot off the gas, the motors more or less act as generators.
"all of a sudden, If everyone gets and electric car" This is going to be a fairly slow but steady progress, over the next ten years. By which time, there will far more chargers, and a lot more solar and wind power available.
Ice powered cars... The best efficiency is to be generous about 18%. So your 13 times more energy dense petrol is mostly wasted. The, say, 400 hp capability of a tesla is never used continuously. Nobody can accelerate for 15 minutes continuously. That is simply ridiculous. Your 400hp ice vehicle is the same, however if you could use 400hp, your fuel consumption would be huge and your, at best, 18% efficiency would take a massive hit. Tesla now produces cars with a 400 mile range. I like your channel, but GET IT RIGHT. The future of car technology if it continues, is electric for many reasons.
Once a Tesla goes off warranty the cost of ownership skyrockets as all of the stupid little gadgets and components break-down. The scam is transparent, same as with today's refrigerators and stoves etc.; all is designed to fail and enslave. Total garbage and all in accordance with the same old method of "forced obsolescence" that turns us all into slaves. Elan Musk is a black-op stooge whose entire purpose is to carry on the same old scam of sabotaging the introduction of the electric care as has been in place for more than a century. He venerates the Freemasonic a**-hole Edison while denigrating the memory of the super-genius Nikola Tesla, again mirroring the same BS of the black-op cults of the oligarchy the manifestation of which is the cult of the binge-drinking frat boy at every University in the nation. Bullshit bullshit bullshit, the electric care as an economical alternative to petrol has been condemned from the start. By design. Tesla promised us free, wireless electricity with his Tower at Wardencliff demonstrating the viability of his design, but that's just a "conspiracy theory" anyway? Yeah, sure. The norm in the USA is nothing but a suicide cult of Kool-Aid-drinking bed-wetters in need of the nearest body pile. I'd kill this stupid fucking population myself. Nothing but witch-hunting psychopaths high on the smell of their own assholes, there are no rational conversations without witch-hunting bullshit artists wielding death threats via this "conspiracy theorist" canard. Time for us all to die of the tyranny imposed by way of the Covid-hoax. We deserve that outcome. I support the quarantine as a means of killing this herd and feeding its ass to its manifest master--Satan.
@@noelgillett346 oh dear. There's a few glaring contradictions in what you wrote, but you seem like a very angry person who I would be very wary about giving a gun to. I feel you haven't practiced at procreation for a while, maybe you're a bit lonely and without children. Cheer up dude. Btw Musk, hate him or not, has put the electric car on the map unlike anyone else in the recent past. Your anger is better aimed towards GM. Anyway, try to have a nice day and try not to think about killing anyone. 😉😎
No this is not enough range. It is 520 miles, one way, to Death Valley. No charging stations where I am going. My current camping vehicle has a range of 600 miles. Fill it up before entering the wilderness and I can do considerable off roading while still leaving enough fuel to get back to civilization. EV's just don't work in applications like this.
What’s the range of a Tesla truck when you try to tow your 5,000 pound RV?.... 10 miles?
Buy the solar panel attachment, you'll get 10 additional meters a day.
Another issue with solar panels is that although in use they are very green, the manufacturing process of silicone cells contaminates massive amounts of water and produces large amounts of toxic waste. Additionally, unless deployed in a sufficiently rainy location, the panels need to be regularly washed to maintain peak generation which uses more water (of course, if there's sufficient rain to keep them clean they're not going to be producing all the electricity they could). Production of lithium chloride for batteries also consumes large amounts of water.
What's the manufacturing process of oil like? It's power hungry and produces lots of harmful substances.
Amazing video! very informative! You help humanity Scott! thank you
The People's Republic of California wants to have only electric cars by 2030; right now the electrical grid can't provide enough electricity and it's gets shut down on windy days. Plus the average cost of a kilowatt of electricity is around .25 cents, compare that to how much it will cost to charge your car.
Have a power grid for the major roads and use batteries for only the small town trips. Various ways for car to pick up power from a grid.
And how many billion tons of coal will we use just to make the hydro towers required?
Scotties - TESLA has Proven cold weather Performance , the Tesla TMS or thermal Management system, keeps the battery pack WARM in Cold Weather and Cool in Hot weather.
TESLA has TESTED is vehicles is both FREEZING and DESERT HOT conditions.
it Passed with flying colors.
the TESLA TMS and the Superbottle TM - is the Worlds most Advanced Battery TMS on the Planet, the Legacy car TMS is either NON EXISTANT ( Nissan LEAF) or is way LESS Efficient than TESLA currently.
TESLA owners can plug in at HOME or a Destination Charger and as the Car is charging for 10 - 15 Minutes having been Charged to 100% overnight. the TESLA can heat the Cabin and PRE- Condition the batteries in COLD Weather, this also works at Public Chargers and Superchargers. this means your TESLA is optimized when you leave home, and the Battery STAYS happy for a long time.
my Sister lives in Anchorage AK, she Drives her Tesla to work in back , often in Freezing Tempratures, she Drives the LONG RANGE RWD and only looses 35% in Capacity , plenty of range in a 400+ mile car that ONLY loses 35%, and there are Superchargers where she Lives.
my POINT is simple, people have been LIVING with Tesla in the cold Since the 2012 Tesla models S the Longest Range BEV since 2012, and today Model S Raven gets very close to 400 Mile range. Tesla owners only need to Pre Heat the car REMOTLY before they leave 10 - 15 minutes.
As if that isn't bad enough, there's this: www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/107058/uk-electric-cars-will-require-twice-the-world-s-supply-of-cobalt
I am amazed that people think LED lights are good...they are very bad for your heath and you eyes..research these lights and what they really do..I won't have them in my house..!
I agree so where can you buy safer light bulbs.
Get to bed earlier like we used to do before cable tv
Go back to using a candle instead.
load of nonsense
So we either destroy the environment and die or go blind and lose sleep and die. Either way, we’re all doomed, right?
I am not Neil , from Canada , Great show Scottie , Electric vehicles look impractical
Did you know that in California they are imposing electric fire trucks according to UA-cam channel "Stopthecrime.net " What a nightmare by doing this fire trucks will not have the range to send help from other districts to assist in large fires . It looks like dumb and dumber are running things ?
I often wonder why they do not invest more in magnetic generators by making them smaller and more practical ? I suspect it is because if they did then the public would have free energy that corporations would not be able to harvest from to keep us poor .
I understand that there is a serious problem with solar power panels regarding being toxic to land fills . And wind mills are a night mare to scrap do to there size .
Great work Scottie the world needs more logical thinking that you demonstrate , which unfortunately seems lacking too much these days .
Your example will hopefully inspire critical thinking well done .
What's a magnetic generator? a motor? Despite what you call it, something has to power the magnetic generator.
Clive Flint , I am not Neil , A magnetic motor ( or magnetic energy generator ) can provide electricity without using fuel . They are typically built with magnets and copper wire coils to provide a greener alternative to electricity . see nuenergy , Adams motor .
Neil S if that is the case then not only do we have an unlimited amount of power from the self perpetuating machine with your magnet generator but you’ve broken a fundamental law that you can’t create energy.
What turns the motor to generate the green electricity?
Clive Flint , I am not Neil , The magnets .
Clive Flint , I am not Neil , I do not take credit for what others created. I only share what I learn about .
And if/when we do develop feasible fusion and the population keeps growing, just running an ever-growing industry will cause massive heat pollution... fun!
Thank you for this one. I live in Europe too and yes, they are talking about the end of gasoline and diesel cars by 2030-35. Just the idea to change the infrastructure in the cities to be able to charge all cars is also nuts. To me it seems that for later generations having a car will no longer be an option and indeed, nobody's talking about the carbon footprint of this massive energy consumption. We all know fusion is the answer, but even that is no longer questionable, they are riding the Green Train, we know it's a massive scam who mill make some billionaires even richer without any real benefit for humanity (as opposed to what we're always being told). Agenda 2030 anyone?
Yes guys like Al Gore made lots of money and own very large homes.. Some would call that a scam
Yes.
It is not the end of Petrol/diesel 2035. You just won't be able to buy new ones. To be honest by then electric will be a no brainer so not that big a deal
Again, and I think the purpose of this video is to make us think a little about this, how are we going to power all of this?
@@hearyou4203 as far as power is concerned, EV's will actually be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem.
World isn't switching to electric overnight and it's a gradual change that can actually help stabilize the grid. Most people don't use full capacity every day, why not then sell the remaining charge at the quiet summer evening when demand is high and charge back up when wind blows in the night and electricity is cheap.
Dinosaur juice has plenty energy but we still burn it at pisspoor efficiency end at some point, we'll need to put all the energy we released over last 100 years back not to get cooked trough for now we probably need to focus on finding other even temporary means to lower the sun's energy input as the extra heat that carbon keeps is currently roughly 10 times our total energy production.
We need fusion, man! Till we get there, we have a prepaid source of enriched uranium (sometimes called nuclear weapons) that'll give us over 50 years with little cost and putting some research into thorium salt reactors can still save us even if the fusion won't be possible at our tiny floating rock scale.
Just build lots more nuclear power stations & dump the waste from them down the disused fracking wells.
BTW - this is the exact plan of our governments !
And fill the atmosphere with lithium...
Fortunately it’s not normal to use the full power of a car all the time.
Could you also do a ‘what is the problem with an ICE car’ as well.
Clive, you missed the far more important point about the grid.
@@richardouvrier3078 Which point would that be? That those who run it haven’t invested properly over the years? That those who burn oil and coal aren’t interested in making sure that the CO2 stays low enough? That the extreme weather events are getting worse?
@@SirHackaL0t. The extreme weather events are mainly solar drive with the magnetic poles shifting. You really think burning oil, which for the majority of cars could easily be replaced with synthetic fuels emmiting 80% less co2 but has been blocked in favor of these batteries on wheels, is what is the root cause ? Electric cars, with current technology, are not and will never be the solution, even Musk admitted this that there is a grid problem.
@@Charlemagne1367 lol. Which cereal packet did you get your alternative facts from.
We don’t have the capacity for synthetic fuels if we want to eat.
🤦♂️
@@SirHackaL0t. 🤦♂Look into the VAG groups' synthetic fuel, e-fuel program, 80% less co2, which was blocked in first instance by the EU, but now given the green light. Just look beyond your bloody nose. Musk, the one that started the ev trend, has clearly said there is a grid problem, again no cereals, but ofcourse doesn't fit your belief..
You started talking cars and now you switch to wanting to eat, lithium isn't good for you...
We live in Alaska , our trucks are plunged in most of the winter, our electric bill is doubled around 400.00 averaged out..no one talks about the electric bills for electric cars..plugged in everyday..?
So you pay for electricity to warm your car AND fuel to drive it? Somehow the idea of not having to pay for the fuel seems good to me.
The all electric bus route in DC area runs off juice provided by a dirty coal plant.
The bus is labeled as "EMISSION-FREE".
😂😂😂😂. "Kick the can down the road!" Lithium mining is pretty nasty business too. Greenwashers.
Once the state gets better energy sources the electric bus will improve its emissions.
Try doing that with a diesel bus
Since the bus is All Electric it is better in efficiency and thus has less emissions as the energy it does use is less. Plus it avoids local pollution in the city which causes health problems.
@@DrewSwagger I agree. Not having fumes spewed out in the town centres must be better. Over time the energy grid will improve.
Our new home has a Tesla solar system with two powerwalls and we will be off grid completely. We can run our home and charge our car at night from the powerwall and it will recharge from solar during the day. Not sure where you got your 5,000 sq ft requirement for charging an EV but our system has no where near that area of collectors. I realize we are way ahead of the curve but the point is as more and more folks get solar with battery storage and as more utility firms expand their renewable generation along with gigawatt storage batteries we can eventually eliminate our reliance on fossil fuels.
All this said I agree Fusion is the ultimate answer but in the meantime the entire planet needs to continue its transition to renewables and large scale battery storage if we want to curtail climate change.
@16:36 “WE NEED FUSION MAN”‼️
And we will have to spend about $50 trillion on a new grid
@@terenceiutzi4003 during a global pandemic where the economy is already suffering, no less.
Thank you, Scottie!!
I did the numbers for Germany and the grid would be fine her is way
The total range driven in Germany is 630800000000 km
an EV uses between 14 and 27 kWh/100km let's assume an average of 20 kWh/100km
If all cars would be EVs that is a consumption of 127 TWh / year
That sound like a lot but the total German electricity production in 2019 was 611,5 TWh with 242,6TWh renewable
If all cars would be EVs tomorrow that would be a problem but over the next 10 years that is absolutely doable .
The next point is that everyone will charge at the same time and collapse the system that way is also wrong most new EVs have a real range of 300 km+ the average distance a car in Germany drives is 14200 km / year -> 273 km /week, you would in most cases chare the car only once a week or every day only a bit.
Ther are also flexible electricity tariffs coming where you pay to depend on production and demand with smart chargers and the fact that most cars are parked over 90% of the time you would be able to balance the grid with EVs.
Ther is also positives effects on stability with vehicle-to-grid where EVs can power the grid in low production or high demand situations.
Found the numbers for the US
The us drove 1.4 trillion miles ~ 2.25308 trillion km
that would require 450 TWh / year at 20 kwh/100km
The total electricity production is 4171 tWh
Excellent breakdown on the electric grid topic Scottie, society is definitely breaking down slowly but, surely.
The reason the Internal Combustion engine is so inefficient is because all the fuel is not burnt during combustion, hydrocarbons fuels do no burn in liquid form but in vapor form, this has been proven by Shell Oil where engineers held a competition in the seventies to see who could get a car to travel the farthest, the winner got 376 miles per gallon (not sure whether it was a US gallon or an Imperial gallon), regarding running a car on batteries = there are problems, the cold being one and limited range, research is going on using graphne. The answer I believe is to run the electric motor on a fuel cell which is powered by a Brown's gas generator which has been designed to run in overunity mode
Yeah man you really did a good debunking people who want to install 150 kWh fast chargers in their home?? Strange.
One thing you didn't touch on Scot was how dangerous the electric car batteries can be Ie melt down fires.
Thank you for addressing the electricity generation /supply issue. That's what always bothers me when I consider a future with many electric cars.
Of course, that will also mean the present cost advantages will disappear.
Most EV’s charge overnight and amazingly there’s plenty of spare electricity available at night.
electricity is something that will never run out.. whereas oil will. Solar, and Wind technology help us create electricity as consumers we become more independent.
The beauty of solar is that as more of us adopt the technology it feeds into the grid to create more energy reserves. It's the closest thing to free renewable power we can get.
Killn em with math lol
We have very few EVs in our area and still my server has to run on battery back up every night! If 10 percent of our vehicles become EV then we will no longer have electricity!
Even Elon himself has said we don't have enough juice...
The answer to all these problems are right under your noses, LEGS.
Not everyone lives within walking distance of their work, not everybody only needs to buy a few groceries every week to feed their family, not everybody has the time to walk two miles to and from school without walking in the dark.
@@agent_sus3273 Our ancestors managed with horses and the baby boomers managed with push bikes, they had much bigger testicles than whining millennials though.
What we need are massive hot air engines to drive our power stations....Most countries have enough idiot politicians spouting nonsense to keep the engines running from now until dooms-day. :-)
PS Scotty, is that a Tribble you have there??
No, it's a Cletus. He monitors your thoughts.
Very good video. Thanks
Let's not forget that global lithium production is nowhere near enough to supply the global car market... Hell, I think it'd only be about enough to cover 10% of the US market, and that's ignoring all the other places lithium is needed (non-car batteries, greases, etc.).
And then estimates for US carbon emissions pin residential car use at ~15%. You'd think with the way people are screaming about it, it must be like 70%. Nope. There are hidden costs involved there too, like the maintenance for roads and such, but even EV's have those. The bigger problem is waste and overconsumption, but people love their cheap products, produced in countries devoid of regulations, and doomed for the landfill from day 1.
Anyway, the answer is bikes. Far cheaper, great cardio, and no traffic stress. Irrespective of the environment, they're better. Covered about 4500mi last year, as opposed to only 1500mi in the car.
And if you say "that's too difficult!" I'd like to direct you towards Rule #5: www.velominati.com/
Blackouts, $5,000 monthly electric bills due to extreme electric use + 5 times higher renewable electric cost......that's where we're going.
The cost of electricity is much lower than the cost of petrol or diesel.
@@SirHackaL0t. lol That's only because electricity is now generated by fossil fuel.....when generated by renewables it's much more expensive., and unreliable. Did you watch the video?
Scotties - what you FAIL to Understand BEV market is less than 10% of all ICEV produced, the FACT is it wont be and IS NOT Today going to be 100% overnight.
but, YES as BEV sells more than a slight Demand up kick is Natural and can be MANAGED today with our Grid.
as, Before mentioned Energy Producers are investing and Deploying MORE Renewable energy + Storage.
most Retail consumers are Plugging in at NIGHT using Cheap off peak energy.
Better yet, they can Lease Solar + battery for CHEAPER than their Current electric bill.
with Solar + Battery the Entire home can be 90% Efficient in its Energy use.
Retail Stores and Business have a Golden Oputunity to install L2 BEV charging stations.
TESLA superchargers mostly Charge with Cheap OFF PEAK energy then the batteries discharge during the day, SOME Superchargers even have SOLAR at the facility.
Scotties - even MORE Bullshit from you.
even IF a BEV owner driving a Legacy made BEV is BETTER off charging at home or with just a Powerwall. Most BEV customers charge using Cheap OFF PEAK energy at night, and the BEV SLOWLY charges overnight on 110/240v and can charge as fast as 4 hours on a 240v L2 charger.
they are still better off as the Electrical grid uses MORE efficient power generation , even with some Fossil Fuel powerplants.
COAL is no longer Profitable, last year one of the Largest coal companies CLOSED for good.
All fossil fuels are Living on Barrowed time, there is only 5 years of OIL left in the Ground, we are now Burning LOW QUALITY oil Today. in 2020 Fossil Fuels are no longer Viable as an Energy source. Renewables on 2019 were cheaper than Fossil Fuels except for Natural Gas (METHANE), but NG is a Greenhouse gas, so it should be used Sparingly.
so, the Electrical Grid in many Country's not just the USA are swithching over to ALL kinds of Renewable Energy but Primarly SOLAR & WIND, these will see an Explosion in THIS Decade.
Solar & Wind power cost less than many other forms of Renewables and are Easier to Build.
but, Renewables are ONLY part of the Solution. what is needed is Battery Storage along side Renewables, because the Energy need to be stored for when the wind stops blowing or the SUN sets. but a MEGAPACK storage battery can deliver PEAK energy in Times of High Demand and Deliver it FASTER than ICE power generation. it only need 4 hours of sunlight to Charge and it can Deliver stored Energy ALL NIGHT LONG, and in the Morning it takes 4 hours to charge again.
Today a Retail customer can buy Solar & Battery for $100 Down and they can Lease the Solar for Cheaper than their Current electrical bill.
but, IF they can afford it, the Retail Customer should BUY Solar if it can, because as a Owner they get to keep any Incentives, it could be several $ thousand depending on your State.
Scotties - gas more Energy dense than LION ?
nope, Buddy your Fundimentals are way off.
the GAS alone might be more Energy Dense but the ICEV engine is ONLY 35% Efficient.
A LION battery pack is a MORE Efficient in Storage of Energy and at Releasing it to the Electric Motors. the Legacy car makers use INEFFICENT pouch batteries however.
TESLA uses Cylindrical LION cells with a Superior Battery formulation.
TESLA today in 2020 can get 400+ miles on a Single charge and it can charge at Supercharger locations , some are V3 supercharger and can Charge at 1000+ MPH.
this means you can charge a 400 Mile battery in 90% in 30 Minutes, you can also Hypercharge by charging to 80% in 15 Minutes.
ScittiesTech.info - Legacy ICEV are Useless today, as are Hybrid Vehicles.
Hybrids still Combust fuels.
the ICEV engine is ONLY 35% Efficient, and to get an extra 1 - 2 % gain in Efficiency will cost $$$$$ Trillions in R&D, its NOT worth it.
TESLA on the Otherhand is 80% Efficient as a Whole System and its Motors are 98% Efficient on their own. the TESLA batteries are Perfect in Storing the Energy, the releacing it Efficiently when the Accelerator is pressed. TESLA is the ONLY Viable LONG RANGE Electric vehicle.
the 2020 Model S Raven Exceeds 400 Mile range on a battery, that is at PARITY with some ICE cars. TESLA battery investor day is in APRIL 2020. new INFO on Tesla batteries will be shown.
IF Legacy car makers invested 100% in BEV Drivetrain and Batteries and MAKE IT in their own factory they would see a Quicker payoff in Researching better Electric Motor design and better Battery cell Design. they would see an Exponential growth in Electric motors & LION Batteries but only IF they switch to Cylindrical battery cells.
Cities in Europe were designed more pedestrian friendly, given the technology at the time so the rich lived close to urban center (less walking) and the poor in the outskirts. When most North Americans homes were being made, the car was just invented so the pedestrian design city went out for highways and suburbs. Urban planning will get a overhaul and pedestrian/trains will make a comeback. And water levels coming up too so new ship routes
Good digest of Electrical Power requirement etc for EVs.....Much more clarity needed on this issue.
I suspect that the driving force for EVs is simply...MONEY and PROFIT....The usual driving force in all human activity.
Hi, yes but no, assumptions and wild calculations are for dumb politicians. I do agree that fast chargers are a problem, not only for the grid but for battery life also. Fast charge / discharge cycles will undoubtably cause inbalances within the individual cells and lead to early failure, cheers
Really? Because the dumb politicians are saying electric cars are the future... so maybe they aren’t so good...
Extreme cold/heat negatively effect ICE cars as well. You failed to mention that ICE cars struggle at altitude and high heat/humidity where lithium manganese cobalt cell output efficiency increases up to 50C and is unaffected at any altitude. An average 10 to 15 kW solar system with an identical 15kW battery backup is really all that’s needed. I usually have more power than needed so once my Powerwalls are full I have to dump excess power from my panels into my car. You also failed to mention having to deal with power companies such as PG&E who has been convicted of murder (twice). Not to mention they’ll sell power to you for .32 cents per kW while buying it buy for .02 cents. Lastly, when was the last time you generated any of your own gas at home while sleeping?
As if the point -- avoiding climate catastrophe -- were not even in the equation. Never a mention! Yes, we have to use less energy overall. Unless you want to keep driving on gas even if the cost is to be among the very last generations to have the opportunity to enjoy life, WE MUST CHANGE. Three of the 17 panels on our roof are enough to keep the car charged. 95% of our electric use comes directly from those panels' production (direct or stored). The other 5% we import when the powerwall runs out. And we export more than ten times what we import. The energy "problem" is not intractable! (Also, remember that power comes in units of Watts or horsepower; energy is in kilowatt hours.)
Regular consumers consumption is a joke compared to factories. Strange how you don`t know it. Also keep in mind that power distribution itself isn`t very effective thing. Losses in power grid itself can go up to 40-50% lol. Which makes all this LED and household `energy effectiveness` even more of a joke.
And there is no problem to charge electric cars at night when overall load is typically lower.
There are 2 issues that no Government will speak about.
1) The materials that go into electric cars are raw earth materials. Lithium, cobalt, copper, etc in the batteries all need to be mined from the ground and therefore there is only a finite supply. The batteries and electrical components all use these and are not easy to dispose of after they are no longer needed, often just ending up in landfill.
2) the majority of electricity produced actually comes from fossil fuels still! Coal, oil, gas again all come from the ground and have a finite supply. So your zero emmissions electric car belches out it's co2 from the powerstation instead of the tailpipe.
If everyone turned to electric cars overnight and any powerstations that use coal/oil or any non renewable source stopped overnight the grid would just not handle the demand.
So what's the solution? I think the sad truth is that with the constant, unstoppable global population growth, ever increasing demand for electronics and power, we will never be able to meet the demands.
Personally I think consumerism needs to stop.
- People need to stop buying new cars every few years and just keep and maintain what they have.
- Manufacturers need to stop stuff like releasing a new iphone every couple of months which makes people bin their old ones when there's no real need.
- E-bikes are becoming more popular but again the batteries and motors have parts in them that require mining from tge ground, just use a normal bike!
- Governments need to hugely improve public transport links and reliability so that people are happy to jump on a bus or train instead of in seperate cars.
Will any of this happen? Sadly I don't think it's possible
There is no power problem with EV's, but the is a BIG Problem with gasoline engine cars and the problem is where to store petrol, when you don't need it so much :) Even if the price is -100$/pb you still can't store it as much as you want, and when you don't have it is impossible to produce it at home. #go electric
For now I think a cobination of energy sources is all we can do untill magically we have some better options like 0 point energy.... Me and my wife have 1200W solar and 400W wind that is enought for all our house. For the car diesel is the only option, except using horses again... Going nuclear is just making the world rediactive and we do not want that, there is no magical way of storing nuclear waste... But the illusion of infinite power and the willlingness of big corportations to provide energy no matter the consequences can be our doom. Most people need to reduse their power consumtion a lot.
This is a well done video. A couple of things though. In your video I didn't notice you saying anything about the electricity used to refine gasoline which will be used to drive EVs instead. Also there is great payback in terms of fuel and maintenance savings on a Tesla vs Internal combustion engine, and with solar panels you can instantly save money on your electric bill by financing, since panels last 30 plus years it's a good investment as it can add close to the cost of the panels to the value of your house.
I have a an E tron. I love it. You're assuming every ev user would charge at the same time. You're also assuming every ev user would charge their vehicle from empty to full. Both scenarios would be unlikely in the real world so there load on the grid would not be as great as you assume. I charge my car at the most twice a week for about 3-4 hours on average. I also have a solar installation on my home. So even on a cloudy day I charge my car at a fraction of the cost and pollute way less than an ICE. Twenty year old solar panels are still effective enough to make them more efficient than fossil fuels. Every year, the ev and clean energy manufacturing become more efficient. Yes, people who live in extreme climates or ultra remote areas may still use ICE but the majority, EVs wil become the norm.
a did you see the ua-cam.com/video/_kI8ySvNPdQ/v-deo.html but want I really going to say, the power is 1 thing, and where will the power come from, the bigger question is if everyone in you street had an electric car that cable to your street is too small say you have 20 homes with 200A each, the cable to your street can not handle 4,000A it is closer too 1,000A so you would burn out the cables, overload the substations etc. in the UK a city put in a fleet of electric bus, but the grid on paper could handle it, but they ended up having brownout, and power cuts, so to keep the bus in the roads, they had to but in a big battery, (about the size of a tennis court) to handle changing the bus overnight and I think it was only 20 buses.
The solution? Nuclear power. Recycle the byproducts and waste. Aren’t modern nuclear power plants able to recycle 90% of the waste?
Why isn't there more information out there on the Internet like this guy? It's super informative I hadn't thought about some of these things. Like if I'm in a traffic jam am I gonna freeze the death Is an electric vehicle.
This video is really missleading, not everyone will change to evs at the same time, they will not be charged at the same time, you will never have to fastcharge at home, you charge at night when the power consumption in general is low. The energymix will never be only solar, there are many other contributing green energy producers. Also in an extreme and short perspective would tradition to evs in total, then all oil that used to be needed to fuel ice cars could be used in oil power plants and that would anyway bring co emmissions down a lot due to the inefficiency of ice cars..
Born in 1972 population 3.2 billion...now 7.4 i think..there is a problem somewhere in this
Yeah, but for some reason that is only talked about in the west. 3rd world growing like crazy..
Check out "truthstream media's" latest video on YT, similar myth to peak oil.
I was really thinking about Becoming green because it's important but I don't know how it's gonna happen Or how it's gonna work.
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That still doesn't factor in the methane gas which can be used for fuel to power stuff. And, what happened to hydrogen fuel cells?
I know a Cleetus and Clem down the road who sell chicken eggs for 10 buck a dozz, they must at least a few dozen a year
Good morning Cletus, and Scottie 🖖🏻, grabbing my coffee.😊
The Navy put out two patents months ago. Zero energy and antigravity. I can't wait for my flying car.😁
That's why I'm sceptical on electric cars , hybrids seems is better choice for now
EV's have a place in fleets or 2nd car or urdan settings. I like they are quiet and no polution from the pipes. They are not going to save the world for the green crowd. Good breakdown Scotty
My EV is my only car. I wouldn’t go back to an ICE car.
@@SirHackaL0t. I'm the exact opposite, had an EV, went back to a petrol vehicle. Environments and work made an EV a liability not an asset.
I like when electrical tech people talk about this stuff instead of clickbait Tesla shills.
You may have heard that Pacific Gas and Electric in California has been turning off people's power when it is windy. This is because they have transmission lines which have a lifetime of 60 years and have not maintained them for 65 years. There are about 12,000 miles of transmission lines. They can replace about 200 miles a year. Why replace the lines, when all they really need to do is replace and hangers on the insulators. Well, the lawyers are running PGE at this point, and they want insulated wires on the towers and poles.
There have been reports that the current PGE grid does not have the capacity to service more than a small percentage of households having electric cars in any given area. So why is PGE replacing the wires with the same gauge/capacity, just with insulated wire? Who knows, but that is probably the result of lawyers and politicians forcing decisions and ignoring the consequences.
On the other hand, it seems that some states are electric car ready - like Texas, which apparently has enough surplus capacity already. So, it does depend on the area you're talking about. But even then it's not so simple. What happens when one state or region then needs to pull extra juice from their neighboring region? Oops! Then they run out of capacity. It's a pickle.
Greta and Elon are not going to be happy with you. A hybrid vehicle makes sense to me at this point.
Why?
ScottiesTech.info - you are Wrong - most Consumers Don't care about Acceleration , Powerband of say 0 - 60 in 4.0 is Acceptable and still Pretty PEPPY .
but, TESLA is All About making PERFORMANCE cars , even the $35,000 Model 3 is Under 4.0 sec in Acceleration. and that is ONE reason People buy TESLA.
Range is an issue for ALL OTHER BEV makers , specially from LEGACY car makers.
RANGE is NOT a issue for TESLA however.
TESLA has the MOST Energy dense LION Battery , and is Approaching 400 Miles per Charge.
AND the Lowest price per kWh approaching $100.
Legacy car makers use LESS Efficient Prismatic & Cheap POUCH batteries in their cars.
the Cylindrical LION cell is Orders of Magnitude more Efficient than Pouch, its also SAFER as well. Legacy car makers DO NOT have a Battery Factory and so Cost are HIGH for them, thus they put LESS cells in a vehicle. Legacy is cell Constrained, because they buy from LG chem, SK, CATL, BYD. and ALL other OEMS building BEV are also buying from those OEM Battery supplier .
YOU, have NOT Addressed another MAIN factor, INEFFICIENCY in BEV Design by Legacy car makers. the BEV Design is NOT new, we have had BEV since the 1800's in America, they were Efficient BEV with 100 Miles Range and 45 mph.
Today, many some BEV makers have sub 100 mile range BEV.
the Reason BEV makers are so inefficient is because they only make the BODY - using a inefficient ICEV Body, then mating it to a Electric Drivetrain & Batteries bought from a OEM.
so the ICEV body Designed for a GAS car is being used to build a BEV.
TESLA uses a BEV Specific body on a BEV specific Battery and Drivetrain called - the Electric Skateboard. some Legacy makers do have an Electric Skateboard but still use a ICEV body.
Because TESLA makes a BEV Specific body , the can have a FRUNK, a Bigger than Usual cabin with seating up to 7 in a Compact Vehicle, and bigger than Usual rear Trunk , and Bigger than usual CARGO carrying Ability. the Model Y has 60 cubic feet.
MOST BEV car makers do NOT have a Frunk, the Internal space is wasted , the Trunk is usually small, and the Cargo way Less.
The problem with traditional car manufacturers is that they still want to sell ICE cars becuase that's what they know, that's what they think people want and what governments are forcing them to make. Every time they produce a mediocre vehicle that only goes 100miles they get their feelings reinforced as customers don't want their products. Now when you look at Tesla you see products that people actually want.
@@SirHackaL0t. - Agree, Legacy car makers barely understand how a Hybrid car works. and Most of the Legacy car makers are still doing Catalog Engineering as opposed to doing Most of their own Engineering.
We will suck up the oil to the last drop. The only question is, who should be allowed to burn it.
Peak oil has been disproven time and again. Not dinosaur bones.
Great post Scotty
beam me back down scottie
which brings us to hybrids ... the answer to the prayer?
IMO hybrids are a FAR more sensible solution - at least until battery tech and power gen problems are resolved.
The problem with hybrids is that you get the worst of both worlds. You carry a battery and engine around when you are generally using just one or the other.
@@SirHackaL0t. features such as idle-off, regenerative braking, power assist, and electric-only drive work to significantly improve fuel efficiency and lower emissions. Other than the cost of the car and replacement battery do you have experience that supports your statement?
@@hillwalker8741 Have you seen the MPG of hybrids? Great if you charge at home and drive 10 miles, but most hybrid drivers want to go further than that and then they're using the old ICE again and emitting CO2 and other gases. A friend went from a diesel car that did 60mpg to a hybrid that gets 45mpg because the tax was cheaper. He does a lot of miles every week up and down the country. Not really progress when the mpg gets lower.
@@SirHackaL0t. well most gas cars are presently getting about 30 mpg at best - so an increase to 45 would be fantastic for the country and world in general
Scotty, non-related question to follow up your earlier Q-Link pendant video. Any thoughts on the new tech device for EM protection from 5Gbioshield . com .. ??????????????????? THX
I liked your Solar illustration, but the technology is rapidly improving as more people invest in it. Perovskite cells are quite exciting as they've reach the same efficiency as silicon in a few years of development.... And yes, cold fusion would be awesome I agree =).
The grid is like a bagpipe. You have to keep filling it until the music stops. Or also like a tire with a bad leak that has to be constantly pumped up until the car stops. It should be completely overhauled with emf taken into consideration.
Great show! I was thinking about this very thing today. I don't think people realize it's going to be more nuclear power plants that going to be increased. More nuclear power plants is not a good thing. They're already talking about small nuclear plants being built for local government to run single cities.
Funny, I charge with my own solar system, so I get my fuel for free. I seriously question your motivation for making this one-sided video.
I wonder how many people have money to do that, and wait that long to charge their car...I certainly don't, I don't even know anyone that has that kinda time and money.
Was hoping there would be actual proof from hearing your discussion here. So you picked the 75KW option to draw your conclusions on. Any chance you might provide actual demonstrations of your thesis here?
Simple math is pretty good proof! Unfortunately, I don't have a spare $76k lying around to get a fancy Tesla with 100kWh battery pack. Nor do I have the spare electrical capacity to keep it charged.
@@ScottiesTech I see what it is.. must be feeling guilty about buying that new gasoline auto. .. or perhaps the short on any stock shares.., I get it.
Not that I own one, but your knowledge on the subject of Tesla might be dated.. or skewed. Their story is pretty compelling. Especially with the model-3 costs of right around 35K. Have you actually test drove one or borrowed one for any fact-checking "your math?"
Less moving parts; regenerative braking; lower maintenance cost to run the car; fill-up at home as opposed to finding a station; safety, safety safety.. oh yea.. electricity is still cheaper than gas.
But I digress.. so let me help; I think your best bet would have been to focus on health related issues being exposed to high voltage or potential EMF from a nuclear blast. Wait.. I think gasoline cars have the same issue in a different way... I'll work on the math part.
@@troublelessone7999 It helps to simply not be emotionally invested in the topic - as with everything these days.
I always learn something from you, thanks for the interesting content and for being so cute Scottie!
The only answer is fusion reactors all over the planet to supply copious amounts of power anywhere anytime!
so cool... Is there is maximum output of electricity a house can put out due to the power grid?
What is your solution? Keep using oil?
suck off the truckdrivers behind the station once a week so you can use their gasoline
The solution is to solve the power issue BEFOrE changing to electric cars. Did you not watch the video?
@@agent_sus3273 Waiting until then won’t help. Are you aware of the damage that burning oil is doing to the air and the population? How much electricity do you think it takes to power an oil refinery? When they start to close down there’ll be spare capacity.
@@SirHackaL0t. yes, then what are we going to use to power all the cars? Oh, and what do you think we currently burn a ton of to power the grid? Fossils fuels! How are we supposed to power millions of electric cars and switch to renewables at the same time??? Focus on switching to clean energy first!!
@@agent_sus3273 oh please, try researching how much power is produced by the various means. The amount of renewables is going up fast.
In the uk we don’t use coal at all for most of the year anymore.
Yes, but what is your point?
I really liked this idea I was reading about in Alaska. They dug a hole down way deep. Deep where is starts to get hot. Pumped some Freon down there. And drove a turbine off of the steam. Then cycle the Freon back to keep the cycle going. It wasn't a big hole. Just a core sample sized hole (less than a foot diameter.)
Geothermal?
@@jooky87 yea, geothermal. But my point was, that the people have developed it to a point where it is extremely viable. The people the documentary showed using it. Were using it on an individual (each person's house had their own. Like, how most houses here in the states have their own well water. They could also have their own power generation well. If you go looking for the show. They used the power for an "ICE HOTEL". So the bricks would not melt in the summer. They had to keep them refrigerated. It took a lot of power.
No gearbox
Blah blah blagged
just give them some protein
Cletus?
What if someone put a turbine on the back wheels,.... would it charge the batteries enough to run continuously...I'm serious
Nope. It seems like that would work, but it requires work to turn a generator to create more juice, and that work has to come from somewhere... In this case, it comes from the batteries driving the front wheels. That's why there are regenerative braking systems - once you take your foot off the gas, the motors more or less act as generators.
@@ScottiesTech in two tires on the back would work,it has too
Robert Stephenson , " My engines are driven by coal , aye ." Electric car designers." Shuttup Bob."
Tap yellowstone.
That's what I'm thinkin'!
"all of a sudden, If everyone gets and electric car" This is going to be a fairly slow but steady progress, over the next ten years. By which time, there will far more chargers, and a lot more solar and wind power available.
Ice powered cars... The best efficiency is to be generous about 18%. So your 13 times more energy dense petrol is mostly wasted. The, say, 400 hp capability of a tesla is never used continuously. Nobody can accelerate for 15 minutes continuously. That is simply ridiculous. Your 400hp ice vehicle is the same, however if you could use 400hp, your fuel consumption would be huge and your, at best, 18% efficiency would take a massive hit. Tesla now produces cars with a 400 mile range. I like your channel, but GET IT RIGHT.
The future of car technology if it continues, is electric for many reasons.
Once a Tesla goes off warranty the cost of ownership skyrockets as all of the stupid little gadgets and components break-down. The scam is transparent, same as with today's refrigerators and stoves etc.; all is designed to fail and enslave. Total garbage and all in accordance with the same old method of "forced obsolescence" that turns us all into slaves. Elan Musk is a black-op stooge whose entire purpose is to carry on the same old scam of sabotaging the introduction of the electric care as has been in place for more than a century. He venerates the Freemasonic a**-hole Edison while denigrating the memory of the super-genius Nikola Tesla, again mirroring the same BS of the black-op cults of the oligarchy the manifestation of which is the cult of the binge-drinking frat boy at every University in the nation. Bullshit bullshit bullshit, the electric care as an economical alternative to petrol has been condemned from the start. By design. Tesla promised us free, wireless electricity with his Tower at Wardencliff demonstrating the viability of his design, but that's just a "conspiracy theory" anyway? Yeah, sure. The norm in the USA is nothing but a suicide cult of Kool-Aid-drinking bed-wetters in need of the nearest body pile. I'd kill this stupid fucking population myself. Nothing but witch-hunting psychopaths high on the smell of their own assholes, there are no rational conversations without witch-hunting bullshit artists wielding death threats via this "conspiracy theorist" canard. Time for us all to die of the tyranny imposed by way of the Covid-hoax. We deserve that outcome. I support the quarantine as a means of killing this herd and feeding its ass to its manifest master--Satan.
@@noelgillett346 oh dear. There's a few glaring contradictions in what you wrote, but you seem like a very angry person who I would be very wary about giving a gun to. I feel you haven't practiced at procreation for a while, maybe you're a bit lonely and without children. Cheer up dude. Btw Musk, hate him or not, has put the electric car on the map unlike anyone else in the recent past. Your anger is better aimed towards GM. Anyway, try to have a nice day and try not to think about killing anyone. 😉😎
Way to spread more EV FUD. The 100kW battery pack has been out for over two year there geek boy. Is 375 miles enough range for you? Next video
No this is not enough range. It is 520 miles, one way, to Death Valley. No charging stations where I am going. My current camping vehicle has a range of 600 miles. Fill it up before entering the wilderness and I can do considerable off roading while still leaving enough fuel to get back to civilization. EV's just don't work in applications like this.
"Electricity is not an achievement of man but the fall of him" - some motherfucker.