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I don't think that hybrid cars are so ecological. Because at the first we haven't got ways to utilize batteries and at the second when you charge them heat pollution is on.
I don't think that hybrid cars are so ecological. Because at the first we haven't got ways to utilize batteries and at the second when you charge them heat pollution is on.
Reasons for owning a hybrid or EV:I don't think that hybrid cars are so ecological. Because at the first we haven't got ways to utilize batteries and at the second when you charge them heat pollution is on.
cheaper to drive - 1/2 to 1/4th the cost of ICE cars
Depends on your electricity price... here in California the electricity costs about the same a diesel for a TDI, but EV maintenance is cheaper.
We start at $0.22/kWh for a very low baseline usage, and then as you use more the rate climbs to $0.28/kWh and then $0.49/kWh. Most homes will be in the middle, at $0.28/kWh. There are special EV plans that roughly double the daytime rate, and cut the night rate in half.Hello fellow EV+ ALH driver!
Just for interest, what’s your electric rate?
I’m between $0.06 and $0.07/ kWh (depends on season) in Louisiana. Tesla does 2.8 miles/ KWh or better (Leaf does 4) so $0.25 / mile or $0.017/ mile
My 03 Jetta 6mt realistically gets 40 Mpg
Diesel seems to be $2.75 / gallon here so $0.067 / mile
Diesel in my case is 2.7 times as expensive to operate than my P85 and nearly 4 times as expensive to fuel as the Leaf.
That said, my Tesla tire cost is quite high.
Hello fellow EV+ ALH driver!
Just for interest, what’s your electric rate?
Yeah, Driver fail. Autopilot does not currently recognize construction markers.Autopilot fail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9r4nS5EjjQ&feature=player_embedded
Don't be complacent about it.
That's great (not). Half the state of Texas roads are under construction. Orange barrels everywhere!Yeah, Driver fail. Autopilot does not currently recognize construction markers.
We will get there, but not yet.
To think that a computer can be gifted with the subtle yet completely tested and very effective pattern recognition capability of a billion years of human evolution is pure arrogant IT style folly.
True... which is why machine algorithms ‘evolve’ except a generation is measured in milliseconds instead of decades so they can ‘evolve’ billions of years in a few years. That’s how speech recognition improved.To think that a computer can be gifted with the subtle yet completely tested and very effective pattern recognition capability of a billion years of human evolution is pure arrogant IT style folly. I've always said that the 10% of the population that is alcoholic would love self-driving cars....
Gladly; Humans cause crashes. Machines cause crashes. Human error is far more likely than a computer error and that disparity is only going to increase;That's exactly why you IT lovers should board an autonomous airplane, you know, no human pilot, the one that does the machine language by itself.
If and when it ever happens, I'll be glad to book your first flight.Gladly; Humans cause crashes. Machines cause crashes. Human error is far more likely than a computer error and that disparity is only going to increase;
Although I can see this becoming a bit like vaccines. Why do we have a measles vaccine when we no one here has measles (Yeah, 'cause everyone is vaccinated)? Why do we let computers fly when every crash is caused by a computer (Yeah, 'cause humans are rarely at the controls).
I don't know about that, my son took the family on a trip from Portland, OR to Calgary, AB and back in his Tesla w/o any issues. Stopped for lunch and charging, and then was on back his way.The point vs. electrics would be that you always need a second car for longer trips. In my case, I could have an electric car for commuting, and another car for the weekends - or I can have one car, the TDI. Considering all the energy that goes into making a car, I'm pretty sure that having one efficient vehicle comes out ahead.
For road trips in America you need an electrical SUV competitively priced: meaning if the gasoline powered SUV costs around $30,000 the electrical SUV will cost at most $40,000 (33% premium).I don't know about that, my son took the family on a trip from Portland, OR to Calgary, AB and back in his Tesla w/o any issues. Stopped for lunch and charging, and then was on back his way.
Coming across central Indiana yesterday, I'm reminded that people have been using solar power for the millennia that we have occupied this little blue marble. In Amish country, every house had a clothes line full of laundry while letting the sun do it's work.Closer to 150 years, but look at the progress in the last 20 years. Efficiency has gone way up, while the cost has come way down. The top tech often starts out in space programs, then finds its way into consumer applications. Apollo 11, 50 years ago today! Now mankind is nearly prepared to step away from fossil fuels.
Yep. Now we just need to be smart enough to use fresh solar energy for everything. Power the HVAC, TV, charge the car...... We've been using stale solar energy for centuries, just cut out the middle man.Coming across central Indiana yesterday, I'm reminded that people have been using solar power for the millennia that we have occupied this little blue marble. In Amish country, every house had a clothes line full of laundry while letting the sun do it's work.
Or Iraq veterans like me that saw the cost of our pathetic addiction to oil first hand and accept the fact we need to move to a more responsible source of energy ASAP.... it's called the Tesla-stretch from reason...I cheered because I realized that only deep-pocketed vanguards could float such a radical concept.
"Machine learning"? It can only "learn" what a human programs it to be able to "learn". It can't think outside the box when something happens that it wasn't programmed to handle.