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Re: [OT] Re: Pickup trucks for city boys

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On 2025-09-20 19:26, Rich wrote:
> c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
>> On 8/28/25 3:03 PM, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:36:14 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are many cars that claim to have batteries that last over 500Km.
>>>> That is enough to cross my country from the capital city to anywhere.
>>>> You can charge, to be sure, at mid trip when stopping for coffee.
>>>
>>> It's 555 km from the largest city in this state (121,483) to the second
>>> largest (78,204).  The state (380,800 km2) isn't quite as large as Spain
>>> but there are 49 more where that came from. More important there are a
>>> little over 1 million people, not 49 million so you can get a feel for the
>>> density.
>>>
>>> I assume there are charging stations between here and there but you better
>>> have a map and plan accordingly.
>>
>>    The Plan had better include the TOWING FEES for when
>>    you don't QUITE make it to the next charging station.
> 
> Folks have been "running out of gas" for as long as gasoline powered
> cars have existed.  The only differences are:
> 
> 1) far fewer spots to 'refuel' the EV
> 
> 2) no ability for the driver, who did not pay attention to their "fuel
>     level", to carry in a plastic/metal container sufficient 'fuel' to
>     get the vehicle to the next 'refuling station'

You can use the same technique as some bikes. The storage tank is 
divided in to, normal and reserve. The motor stops when the normal 
storage is spent; you have to actually move a valve to draw from the 
reserve.

You can do the same with batteries and software.

Besides that, I have seen some cars carry a small charger in the boot 
that can charge the big battery for a bit. Enough to reach the next 
charger in Germany, which is where the video came from.


>>    However the USA and some others are very very LARGE and
>>    everything's far away from everything else.  EVs rarely make sense
>>    there.
> 
> Very much depends upon /where/ in the USA of which you speak.  For
> someone who drives only around New York city, or only around the local
> LA/San Fran areas, the population density is huge vs. someone who lives
> in the praire land of Oklahoma.
> 
>>    Possible new business op ...  "Roadside Recharge" service for EVs.
>>    Truck with lots of batteries and a generator.  Call and they
>>    shortly arrive and put a useful boost into your EV ...  for a FEE
>>    of course.
> 
> Once EV adoption reaches a critical mass, watch road-side service
> companies (I.e. AAA in the US) do exactly this.  If the driver fails to
> pay attention to their 'fuel level' and runs out of 'fuel' midway, they
> will call AAA and AAA will send an "EV recharge truck" to top up the EV
> with enough 'fuel' to reach the next charging station.
> 
> And the truck does not need "lots of batteries", it just needs a diesel
> genset (much less weight, but more maintence [1]) of sufficient HP to
> recharge the EV enough to reach the next charge station.
> 
> 
> [1] less of a big deal at company scale than at individual scale.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Re: [OT] Re: Pickup trucks for city boys Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-09-20 17:26 +0000
  Re: [OT] Re: Pickup trucks for city boys "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-21 14:51 +0200
    Re: [OT] Re: Pickup trucks for city boys rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-09-21 16:59 +0000
      Re: [OT] Re: Pickup trucks for city boys Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-21 12:10 -0700

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