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Found this story published in August 2017 "10 Alternatives to Lithium-Ion batteries". https://dgit.com/10-alternatives-lithium-ion-batteries-4242/ This covers both the pro's and con's of each one but the list goes as follows: Hydrogen fuel cells Lithium-Sulfur Graphene Supercapacitors Redox Flow Batteries Aluminum-Graphite Batteries Bioelectrochemical batteries Solar Panels Powered Roads Thin Film Batteries Solid State Batteries -
Currently the Nissan Leaf 2.0 uses No Cobalt as they use a Manganese / Lithium battery design. Tesla and GM are both looking at a Solid State replacement that would also not use Cobalt. I liked this story as it talks about Bye Bye Lithium / Cobalt, Hello Calcium Ion Batteries. Financial Post Story Yet while GM, Toyota, Hyundai, LG are all working on viable commercial production solid state Calcium Ion Batteries, the stepping stone seems to have come from a small start up in Tucson Arizona. Sion Power has come up with a commercial viable Lithium / Sulphur battery that provides double the energy density of existing Lithium-ion batteries today and improved safety. This company was infused in 2012 with a $50 million investment from German Chemical Major BASF to turn this idea into a commercial reality and they are now there. 2014 they tested the batteries with Airbus in a solar record breaking 14 flight using solar cells and these batteries for storage. Sion has now just LIcensed LG Chem TLD of Korea to start production of these new Lithium-Sulphur batteries for auto use. Example is that in a current Chevrolet Bolt battery pack at 238 miles of range for LIthium-Cobalt, now in a Lithium-Sulphur battery that would be 476 miles of range. Further info on Rechargeable Calcium-Ion Batteries can be found here: https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/web/2016/01/Rechargeable-Calcium-Ion-Battery.html So what was an Idea in 2012 for Lithium-Sulphur batteries, proven in 2014 and now in 2018 going into production for EV Auto's to come is what I believe we can see for Calcium-Ion Batteries. This means that we can possibly see these dense batteries in production for EV auto's around 2024 to 2026.
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Reuters Story - Hamburg Germany Diesel ban Seems that Hamburg has taken it upon themselves to address cleaner air, reduced acid rain and better quality of life by banning ALL DIESEL Auto's that DO NOT meet the Euro 6 diesel certification from their streets. With the Euro courts having ruled that cities do have the rights to ban polluting dirty auto's, Hamburg went to work on creating new signage and for the last few days been putting up the new signage as the ban goes into effect Monday May 28th. This has even bigger implications as Hamburg has asked the courts to rule in regards to allowing cities to ban all auto's that do not meet the Euro 6 standard from their streets. If the courts rule against the Euro 6 standard for ALL AUTO's, Hamburg is willing to drop back to Euro 5 standard from 2009 as the new default minimal emission standard. Even with a new Diesels must meet Euro 6 and all other auto's must meet Euro 5 standard of emissions for being allowed on the streets around Hamburg, this could have huge implications for classic auto's and especially older commercial trucks that pollute much more. From Paris to Mexico City to Athens, cities are watching this unfold in planning their own rules to remove polluting auto's from the roads around the planet. Nitrogen Oxide is known to cause respiratory disease especially in untreated diesel auto's or those using cheat software that would negate a emission cleaning system. How does this affect the auto's in Hamburg Germany? Currently there are 330,000 registered diesel auto's and only 116,000 meet the Euro 6 standard. This means 214,000 auto's come Monday will no longer be able to be driven in Hamburg. Police will do a random check and fine drivers $25 euro's ($30 US) and commercial trucks $75 Euros ($90 US) for violating the rules.
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Rumorpile: Tesla To Halt Model 3 Production for Six Days
G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in Tesla
I take this story with a grain of Salt. Yes it is expected that as a country matures and things get more expensive you have a limit on how many people can afford to buy and do things. China is the new market with millions every year buying more auto's and growing. https://www.statista.com/statistics/233743/vehicle-sales-in-china/ From 6.76 million auto's sold in 2008 to 24.72 million sold last year. They are on pace to sell close to 30 million this year in a country of 1.6 billion people. China the Future Growth engine of GM. -
Totally agree, I wish they would stop this wrongful way of listing an auto. They need to be true to the actual type of auto and use it is.
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Guess BMW owners are not Ultimate Driving Machine Drivers anymore. Too caught up in social media of tweeting that they just drank a Coke Zero. ?
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Spicy Taco or Plain Taco? Inquiring minds want to know.
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So, my take on the Diesel "Scandal"
G. David Felt replied to Zane Wylder's topic in Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels
I am seeing more electronic based A/C systems to off load the small engines as they do take a big hit in MPG when on the freeway under speed. -
Actually more reason for the public to like them. Roomy mid size space in a compact format. Win Win!
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Every electronic device that has a battery currently uses Cobalt. So in that regards you could say, Support Child Labor, buy a Smartphone. Support Child labor, buy a laptop, support child labor, pretty much any battery powered device that is Li based. http://www.visualcapitalist.com/cobalt-precarious-supply-chain/ This shows that while China is getting all their Cobalt from the DRC and supporting child labor, Japan and the US actually are getting their Cobalt from other sources with the main one being Cobalt Ontario, in the middle between the Nickel capital of the World and one of the most famous Gold camps. As I have stated around our Forum, Solid State batteries are the future and they DO NOT need Cobalt. In fact the Nickel based Solid State batteries could be totally handled just for the North America by Canada. So clean green EV auto's I still see as our future.
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There are new deposits, but it requires bringing into that country modern technology and of course no one but China is willing to put people into a place that is so unstable and China seems to want to keep it manual child labor to have total control. Lucky with Solid State both Japan and the US has solid state prototypes that do not need cobalt and could be in production by 2020. Interesting times we live in and the fast changing world of auto's.
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Morons with more money are born every day than common sense. Hypercar racing, $50 million of amazing driving fun.
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Very cool video of the erupting Hawaii's volcano via a drone. http://www.thedrive.com/tech/20922/fly-around-hawaiis-erupting-kilauea-volcano-with-this-up-close-drone-footage
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Wonder how the Solid State no Cobalt batteries will play. I think this will be the bigger game changer than reducing the amount of Cobalt in an existing battery.
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And CR has found a braking issue with the Tesla 3 that Musk says will be fixed via a software update. Consumer Reports will NOT Recommend Tesla 3. https://www.consumerreports.org/hybrids-evs/tesla-model-3-review-falls-short-of-consumer-reports-recommendation/
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@balthazar I think Musk could loose more than half the deposits once other OEM EV's start showing up this summer and fall. I think his days are numbered in the current form as a car company.
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Yes, I would agree with you that most do, but try telling someone in the suburbs that his new $80,000 baby has to sit outside cause it is too big.
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Yup, watched a number of videos that talk about the 79.9" wide and that this new truck is only 1.5" longer but the wheels are 4" farther apart to greatly increase interior room. Yet no one talks about the Height. Yet people all mention that it is taller. Interesting as Drew is correct that an 8' garage door does not take into account the 4" arm of a garage door opener. H'mmmm ?
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Makes me wonder what kind of fun Performance parts will come out for this Turbo 4 banger. ? So are these hitting that Magic 8 ft tall mark of most common garage doors?
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Mercedes is your Grandpa's Brand too and they have no EV. The speed difference for the majority of people is insignificant and the Bolt can go faster if you put it in Sport mode. Interesting how no one really talks about the fact that you can take a second off that magic number you like to use too much on 0 to 60 if you are in Sport mode that then puts the Bolt on a level plane with the Tesla 3 that is more cramped than the Bolt.
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I tried my best to find commercial printers, I know they exist as Jim said I can this summer come up and visit him and he will show me the commercial Metal 3D printers. Like everything, if it can handle the needs of airline planes and get the sign off by the FAA, I would think it could handle being a part on an auto.
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That is still one Toad I like!
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More evidence the American economy is starting to overheat and we are headed for a correction. Shipping costs have almost doubled in recent years. Biggest problem is the huge increase in trucking product around America. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/america-doesn’t-have-enough-truckers-and-it’s-starting-to-cause-prices-of-about-everything-to-rise/ar-AAxAyYC?li=BBnb7Kz $80,000 a year starting wage for a Trucker. ?
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So just checked the web site, $3,500 difference between the 4 door and 2 door starting price. $40,995 4 Door $37,495 2 Door $1,000 to upgrade from V6 to Turbo 4, from 285HP to 368HP. You loose the 6sp manual and must have the $2,000 8sp auto. So $3,000 price increase. ? This I do not get, you have to pay now $1,295 for the steel bumpers otherwise you get plastic bumpers over aluminum stops. What idiot would not have metal bumpers for a serious off road auto. Like that they now offer a Hard Top Headliner insulation package. $495 2018 Wrangler Rubicon 4x4 2-Door in Mojito color $53,310 ?
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How do you know? You never saw it yet.
