nadinbrzezinski
Ah how far technology advances...
back in the dark ages, when the Insight first came out, it took half the car... that is the battery pack. Well today we went down to cover the San Diego International Auto Show. Not only were there electric vehicles, not just the Volt or the Leaf.... but full sized trucks that are also hybrid electric.
We are moving slowly towards a whole new generation of technology.
This is how technology moves. I am far from an expert, but as far as batteries are concerned, I'd say we have had major leaps in technology.
This is good.
I am completely sick and tired of hearing no-nothing leftists prattle on and on about electric this and battery that in regards to vehicles.
DUmmies, let me give you a clue: Using Earth killing batteries in a carbon fuels/electric assist setup for light duty vehicles (ie passenger cars, light trucks) is nothing more than manufacturers cashing in on the ignorance of feel-before-you-think liberals and ivy league dumbasses (Congresscrats). In about 10 years, the mass production and (eventual) disposal of all of these batteries is going to make the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste disposal site look like a city park. All I think whenever you twits prattle about things of which you have no clue is "fools and their money".
The reason I know none of you lefty freaks (from the newest noob DUmpmonkey to little barry big ears) are serious about actually saving
anything is the fact that not the first damned one of you has said a word about hydraulic drive. In light duty applications (see above paragraph), the hydraulic lines, accumulators, reservoirs, and hydrostatic drive motors could be installed on
already existing platforms for a lot less money than what you are paying for a car that will cost you damn near it's current value at the time you replace the battery.
In simpler terms, DUmmies, it's plug and play - kind of like putting a MW3 game disc in the Xbox you spent last night in front of. Do the modification, start the engine, put it into gear, carry your ass. It really is that simple.
The best part? If the tank leaks, you can use
existing spill kits to clean it up. Can that be said for your "saving the earf" Prius battery? In a collision, a hydraulic tank will let its contents out if it gets crushed. Know what will happen to that battery sitting under your ass in the event it gets smushed or discharges to ground (ie shorts out to the body of the car) during a crash? It ain't pretty, kids.
You're right, nads, you are no "expert". In fact, you're a frikkin' idiot.