Hyperlon

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[–] Hyperlon 4 points 8 months ago

That's what Ed Edd and Eddy live on.

[–] Hyperlon 1 points 9 months ago

I'm calling bullshit on that. Here's an article from motortrend showing it has a towing range of just about 100 miles. I've seen that backed up by numerous other tests. https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/ford-f150-lightning-electric-truck-towing-test/

I've seen references to the ICE getting 9-10 with a 23 gallon tank. That's more than double the range with a refuel time being an order of magnitude faster.

Batteries in trailers would help. However now you have a battery to tow, which would still have an impact both because of stopping and going and the DOE estimates for each 100lbs extra weight in your vehicle, your MPGs gets a ~2% reduction. Additionally I would not recommend strapping a battery to a boat trailer unless you are sure it was waterproof. Even then it would make it sink into sand easier.

[–] Hyperlon 3 points 9 months ago

You do what you want. But I'll make my infrastructure decisions based on my edge cases. Others will as well. Sometimes those edge cases are important to people.

[–] Hyperlon 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Trailers have a habit of cutting the range by 66%. Someone I know has an EV and tows their bikes to a nearby city. They have to charge mid trip in both directions. That's unacceptable to me and a lot of others. I'm fine with a vehicle with 300 miles of range. But 100 miles of range to tow a boat? I wouldn't make it back without a recharge. Probably two charges because charging stations wouldn't be anywhere near the lake in rural areas. So in that scenario I would have to give up boating for an electric vehicle because I'm not about to do that.

[–] Hyperlon 0 points 9 months ago (4 children)

This isn't like the consequences of adding a water filter means you now have to change a water filter every year, this is something that would turn a vacation into something unenjoyable. Meaning it's a decision that would make you give up that type of vacation if that's your only car. It's a sacrifice not an inconvenience.

[–] Hyperlon 3 points 9 months ago (12 children)

I'd rather not refuel in -20F weather on a single trip. Add in a trailer and a road trip becomes a charging trip with intermittent driving.

[–] Hyperlon 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Idk man, I'd be pretty excited if that were me.

[–] Hyperlon 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I like the potential of the outside but it looks like they are using it as a billboard rather than a cool visual. It also needs a night mode.

[–] Hyperlon 1 points 9 months ago

Cave houses are where it's at.

[–] Hyperlon 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I've done something similar with ~120 wifi bulbs for a light show that responded to music and that worked fairly well but I doubt it would have worked with more than a few hundred.

[–] Hyperlon 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

If they were hardwired yes, but zigbee with millions of bulbs?

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