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The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.
He never planned to improve transportation; he just wants to keep people trapped in cars.
https://newrepublic.com/article/174089/big-tech-watching-drive
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I think you misunderstood my information. The carbon cost of the EV (especially the battery) compared to a gasoline vehicle is overcome within 1 to 5 years. That’s when it breaks even. After that, an EV emits 61% less than a gasoline vehicle on average US grid power.
Light duty vehicles are anything that aren’t commercial trucks. It includes SUVs and huge personal trucks if I’m not mistaken.
I’m 100% for mass transit. And we should be using freight trains much more often than Semis.
But I have no expectations that we’d make that transition in the next 15 years. We absolutely can have a majority of vehicles being electric and get off of coal/oil power plants within 15 years.
I think you misunderstood my information. The carbon cost of the EV (especially the battery) compared to a gasoline vehicle is overcome within 1 to 5 years. That’s when it breaks even. After that, an EV emits 61% less than a gasoline vehicle on average US grid power.
Light duty vehicles are anything that aren’t commercial trucks. It includes SUVs and huge personal trucks if I’m not mistaken.
Importantly, it allows us to move that energy from coal/oil to green energy, which I expect will become more and more common.
Hell, when EVs pick up enough, I bet nuclear will start looking great. Such a consistent load on the grid is ideal for nuclear.
If only we had a technology that efficiently transports large amounts of people/goods using electricity 100 years ago…
I’m 100% for mass transit. And we should be using freight trains much more often than Semis.
But I have no expectations that we’d make that transition in the next 15 years. We absolutely can have a majority of vehicles being electric and get off of coal/oil power plants within 15 years.