That's for you personally. What about for your average American, who doesn't need to be able to do that? What about for the trail rigs you're towing? They don't need a massive range and would give you INSTANT torque and everything. And the tech is there for what you want, but most people doing that also won't be shelling out $150k for their tow truck. They're making electric semis that have a decent range I would hope you could make something work for yourself.Yeller wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:40 am have any repairs made on your BMW or Merc, its crazy expensive. Most of those repairs on not to the engine......
I love the technology, but until we have a better solution than current battery technology, our govt needs to stop shoving it down our throat like it's the second coming. That is unless we are willing to allow those elements to be mined here. Which at the moment they are not. Until they build something that I can drive for 800 mile jaunts with 10 minute fuels stops every 400 miles, be more comfortable than my living room recliner, and tow my 15,000# trailer I'm out. Tech has a long way to go.
Why mine them here unless we had to, if the dirt is already all torn up somewhere else? Idc too much if they decide to start mining it in the US because nobody's mining it but why scar a place for it when somewhere else is already opened up? That would be incredibly wasteful. If the government shoves Li-Ion battery RECYCLING down our throats like you say they're doing with EVs (all I've seen is setting goals to stop building combustion stuff, and incentivizing the purchase of an EV, as well as expanding the infrastructure everybody keeps whining about being inadequate), and like they did with lead acid batteries back in the early 20th century, then we won't have the waste from them and we won't have to mine any more lithium than we need to make a bunch of batteries.
Additionally, if we stop wasting our precious metals on dumb things like Fbreeze air fresheners and dumb stuff like that, we won't need to mine anywhere near as much. Probably not Lithium in there but they use mother boards and the stupid thing gets tossed after like a month. Just an example but they're stupid.
Also, that's true of your truck that you use to go long distances and haul stuff with. What about your truck that you drive on a daily basis around home? That needs what, like a 200 mile range, tops?