Posted on 10/15/2015 2:34:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Of course, powerful interests in both the timber and petroleum industries put the kibosch on Ford's dreams.
Now the same is happening to petroleum. It is being demonized and gradually displaced.
I paid less than 500 bucks. The car’s nearly 20 years old. Luckily I didn’t need any body work. The paint job won’t last forever but the car is good for another 200,000 miles. I’ve made arrangements to be buried in it, killing two birds with one stone so to speak;-{)
I would like a bright paint job with a stripe down the middle.
But I don't want to throw good money away.
Two things liberals never consider when buying an electric vehicle hybrid one is the number of certified firefighters that can extract them in an accident. our 400 man firefighter department only has 25. The second thing liberals do not consider is how much their insurance goes up.. In addition after a few years battery replacement will cost more than the cars are worth.
Exactly. Then consider power losses across transmission lines too.
Not to mention neighborhood power distribution is not set up for charging cars at home overnite. The transformers will never have low load time and cool down at night, they will overheat/fry and wear out fast.
Assuming a 50% efficiency for a fuel cell battery (middle of the road design) times the 90% efficiency of a modern electric motor driveline and inverter combination, and you end up with a 45% efficient propulsion system. To put that into perspective, gas engines rarely exceed 25% energy conversion efficiency, and diesels can reach 40% but those are banned by the EPA due to NOx emissions.
The percentages noted are amount of energy per pound of fuel converted to useful torque/horsepower at the drive wheels. This wouln’t take into account frictional/parasitic/aerodynamic losses associated with a complete vehicle.
Maaco does pretty decent work, although it’s a franchise and they vary from one to another.
Most use a crew of illegals to do the prep grunt work (sanding and masking), which is how they keep the cost down.
I had a Saturn repainted five years ago (got in a wreck and replaced half the body - plastic panels are removable) was surprised at the quality of the job.
Good to know...thx!
Toyota quits the car business?
HA!!
Like it!!
Absolute nonsense. Toyota execs should cut down on the ganji they are smoking.
For extreme mileage at very low cost, a homebuilt, ultra-light, 1,200-1,500 pound, 4-cylinder, gasoline powered roadster might be one way to go for the time being. Technical inclination required and not a very comfortable way to fly, but fun, yes.
They do a decent job. I’ve done a few cars with them. Just mask most of it yourself.
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