These small delivery vehicles are used in some areas of Silicon Valley. They have a number of advantages as told in the study. The savings on fossil fuels makes good sense. One disadvantage that I see is the customers would not keep enough food on hand and be dependent on the delivery system. https://ark-invest.com/articles/analyst-research/robot-delivery/
Archive for the ‘Automobile’ Category:
2021-08-17 PHEVs More Sophisticated Than BEVs
From TSLA Shareholders FB group. I think most here have no clue of what makes a PHEV work. It’s much more sophisticated than a BEV. It has everything a BEV has including a way to integrate the engine’s output with the battery and electric motors’ output. As in the BEV, the motors also act as
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2021-08-17 Laser Hydride Film Stores Hydrogen
This company called Plasma Kinetics has developed a thin film that can store hydrogen at the same volume as a 5000 PSI cylinder but lighter, and lighter than batteries. The medium can be very thin film or disks. The hydrogen is released by shining a laser onto the film. Because the hydrogen does not have
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2021-08-17 BEV Fires Take 40x More Water
I got in a disagreement with a guy about how dangerous hydrogen powered vehicles are. He claimed hydrogen vehicles are more dangerous than lithium batteries. I cited the fires that were occurring in Chevy Bolts recently. So here’s an article that “adds more fuel to the fire” on how dangerous BEVs are. Hydrogen burns but
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2021-08-13 Friday! Free Hydrogen!
Ongoing argument! Ivan Rusev I fully understand the math behind what you’re saying. But I got through explaining why is doesn’t matter, and that fell on your deaf ears! You said, “…if you had no bias whatsoever…” Ivan it’s you that doesn’t have the open mind to give credence to other technologies than batteries. They’re
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2021-08-10 Tesla Environmental, Social Governance Impact Report
Quote: << The very purpose of Tesla’s existence is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. In light of this mission, we are excited to publish our second annual Impact Report. >> https://www.tesla.com/impact-report/2019
2021-08-07 Autonomous Ride Hailing – Tesla And Others
Jeffrey Levine Said, “there is 0 chance they will get 30% of the market. At 10% they would be most successful with their margins.” Tesla has stated that their business is not to prevent other car makers from competing; they want to get rid of ICEVs. But Tesla is so far ahead of the others
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2021-08-04 Demand For Lithium Predicted To Increase
This might be marketing hype. https://markettactic.com/red-hot-battery-market-desperate-for-lithium/5515898/ Quote << The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates the need for lithium will increase by up to 70 times5 over the next 20 years. For its part, Fitch Solutions projects that for every 1 million electric vehicles on the road, the electric vehicle market will need 60,000 tons6 of
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2021-08-03 Nissan Leaf Vs SUV, Etc.
Rob Nelson Exactly. Also, there are those who traded in their Leafs for a Tesla 3, so there are used Leafs that can be bought for very reasonable prices. And you can plug it in the wall outlet and get enough miles to go shopping or do errands. Old Camry got too many miles on
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2021-08-02 List Of Tesla Factories
This article is a list of Tesla gigafactories, current and rumored. https://electrek.co/2021/07/14/tesla-factory-locations-where-they-are-and-could-soon-be/
