There is a screenshot from Fox News going around on social media. Its saying that Switzerland is moving to ban EVs. That seemed a little suspect… so we looked into it. Turns out – Switzerland government officials are considering a possible ban for nonessential electric vehicle use during the winter months. It also comes with the possibility of businesses having to close earlier to save energy, as well as limitations on streaming services & indoor heating (limited to 68-degrees Fahrenheit). Large sporting/entertainment events may also be have to be postponed.
The reason for this is largely because of the Russian conflict.
During the warmer months, Switzerland is apparently more self-reliant on energy (using hydropower). But in the winter months, they import more from Russia, and well, that’s all a bit less certain right now. Hence the possible limitation of energy-sucking devices & activities.
So while Fox News embellished their title a bit…
There is a bigger truth we need to focus on, in my opinion. That is – when we as a society blindly & eagerly leg-hump all this connectivity technology in vehicles… this is exactly the kind of potential overreach we’re setting the stage for.
With the pace at which vehicle-tech is progressing…
Cars are quickly becoming more electronic than machine. Better watch out though. Because they can be disabled over-the-air… and/or charging can be limited without the owner’s control. People are unknowingly giving up their freedom to travel freely, and there needs to be much more wisdom & forethought here. Without fail, there will always be the new crisis of the season. And once the precedent of limiting your travel is set, it will become increasingly routine & manipulated. That should be concerning… no matter where you get your news.
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An EV costs more per mile for fuel then a VW ice diesel, and emits more pollution more per mile then a VW ice diesel.
So they ban the diesel and force you to buy an EV = insanity.
VW diesel 100 mile fuel consumption = 1.36 gallons @ $4.00 gallon = $5.44 = $0.05 per mile
EV 100 mile fuel consumption = 41.66 kwh @ $0.40 = $16.64 = $0.16 per mile
The $16.64 isn’t the only cost…….the tesla $22,000 battery is used up, worn out in 100,000 miles.
ATTENTION: this works out to $22.00 per 100 miles it is costing you for the battery.
Add the $22.00 to the $16.64 = $38.64 = $0.38 per mile
The Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion has emissions of 85g CO2 per km. it is even cleaner (less emissions) than a Toyota Prius or an EV….
A current-model large EV car with a battery produced and charged in an average European Union country emits about 88 grams of CO2 per kilometer,
A law might come out forcing EV owners to buy a 2014 Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion diesel to help reduce emissions….lol
Why are they pushing EV’s that get 20.8 mpg when there is a fuel shortage?
Plus an EV costs 7 X more to run then the ice diesel Golf, in a recession when people are broke that is insane….lol
Should be still selling these:
the 2014 Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion diesel, capable of a claimed 88.3 mpg imperial, or 73.5 mpg U.S….. 100 mile fuel consumption = 1.36 gallons
An Ev is 25% efficient in turning original source of energy, petroleum in this example into mechanical energy to push the car down the road.
95.1% of all electrical energy comes from so called dirty non green sources, so EV’s aren’t green…lol
(green source solar and wind supply 4.9%)….
The next problem is solar panels and wind turbines, the 4.9%, are not green at all, they are very damaging to the environment, they are very expensive, dangerous, huge real estate hogging, unreliable, dirty energy.
solar panels, lithium batteries and wind turbines are all catching fire, they are very dangerous…
In comparison power plants use .001% of the amount of real estate that solar and wind use, if the 100% switch to solar and wind is made, there will be no farmland left, you will starve to death..
Thermal efficiency of power plants using coal, petroleum, natural gas or nuclear fuel and converting it to electricity are around 33% efficiency, natural gas is around 40%. Then there is average 6% loss in transmission, then there is a 5% loss in the charger, another 5% loss in the inverter, the electric motor is 90% efficient so another 10% loss before turning the electricity into mechanical power at the wheels.
33% – 6% – 5% – 5% – 10% = 25% efficiency for EV’s.
(under not ideal conditions it might be 12% efficient).
NOTE: a diesel is 50% efficient….lol…
What test drivers are actually getting driving EV’s in the real world is they are getting 2.4 miles of range for every kwh used or using 41.66 kwh to go 100 miles. EV trucks are way worse.
So to end up with 41.66 kwh of electricity which is equivalent to 1.20 gallons of gas to push the EV 100 miles down the road 4.80 gallons of fuel were burnt to generate the electricity in the power station, remember net 25% efficiency.
100 miles using 4.80 gallons = real 20.8 mpg, EV’s are getting a real 20.8 mpg…lol
VW diesel 100 mile fuel consumption = 1.36 gallons @ $4.00 gallon = $5.44 = $0.05 per mile
EV 100 mile fuel consumption = 41.66 kwh @ $0.40 = $16.64 = $0.16 per mile
The $16.64 isn’t the only cost…….the tesla $22,000 battery is used up, worn out in 100,000 miles.
ATTENTION: this works out to $22.00 per 100 miles it is costing you for the battery. Add the $22.00 to the $16.64 = $38.64 = $0.38 per mile
so these EV owners complaining about the battery replacement cost aren’t too bright, that cost is part of the cost per mile to operate an EV they didn’t think of and the manufacturer lied about by not informing them. maybe they should sue for false advertising. It is like a deferred fuel cost.
This means the EV costs 7 X more to run then the ice diesel Golf
so this VW diesel gets 3.5 X better fuel economy then the 20.8 mpg EV
and the EV costs 7 times more to run….so what do they do?….they ban the diesel and force you to buy the EV…..why?
Emissions CO2 per km. …. the ice Golf is cleaner then an EV
The Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion has emissions of 85g CO2 per km. it is even cleaner (less emissions) than a Toyota Prius or an EV….
A current-model large EV car with a battery produced and charged in an average European Union country emits about 88 grams of CO2 per kilometer,
This means the government should be forcing EV owners to buy the cleaner ice diesel Golf…lol
The leftist/communist/psychopaths did their inversion again…lol…the EV’s pollute more, damage the environment more then ice cars.
2014 Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion for sale… $6403.00….buy one…
https://www.motors.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/trim/bluemotion/year/2014/used-cars/
While we’re at it, Average EV range
What test drivers are actually getting driving in the real world driving EV’s is they are getting 2.4 miles of range for every kwh…that equates to 20 mpg….lol
In big heavy EV’s like trucks, it is a lot worse, less then 2.4 miles of range for every kwh…
ATTENTION: What test drivers got in the Hummer EV:
they are getting 1.23 miles of range for every kwh or using 80.69 kwh to go 100 miles.
For a 90 kwh battery the range is 2.4 miles x 90 kwh = 216 miles, but you can only use 60% of that range so the real range is 129 miles in ideal conditions, 30 mph, flat road, no wind, 70 degrees out, no accessories on, AC, etc…
Lots of these batteries are far less then 90 kwh so their range will be far worse. If it is 45 kwh battery divide these numbers by two.
In not ideal conditions, like when it is very cold out, the range drops 50% so the range is 65 miles now. 65 mile range forget about buying an EV….lol
When it is very hot out it effects the battery range also, these batteries are very fragile and finicky, they only function properly when it is warm out only, ice cars run all the time, no problem.
At -7°C, when the climate control system was used to warm the vehicle’s cabin, EV range dropped an average of 41 percent (with an efficiency drop averaging 39 percent) compared to the earlier 24°C baseline. At 35°C, use of the climate control to cool the cabin saw an average 17 percent decrease in range (with an 18 percent decrease in efficiency).
AT WOT…wide open throttle the range drops 90%, on a race track a tesla at WOT used 80 miles range in 8 miles….lol…..if you tow something, the same problem.
EV pushers always quote fast charger charging times, this is deception, fast chargers can’t be used without ruining the battery, so that means no long trips, the EV can only be used close to home, it is pretty useless..
NOTE: If you use fast chargers a lot it will ruin the battery in your EV, it will lose 50% of it’s range, if you don’t use fast chargers it takes forever to recharge, forget about installing a fast charger in your house, the grid can’t handle it and they cost $90,000 installed per car, lots of people have multiple cars. So you are stuck with slow 9 hour charge times.
ATTENTION: The faster the charging, the hotter the battery gets! Battery makers often advise a cool down period before it is used again! Nobody is doing this….
Failure to do that overheats the battery, makes it extremely inefficient and shortens its life by up to 50%. NOTE: These are facts that producers of electric cars will not tell you!
ATTENTION: Do not buy a used EV nobody uses a cool down period, they use fast chargers so the battery is ruined.
The scrap yards will be over flowing with these EV’s with dead batteries, which cost more to replace then the car is worth, these are dangerous lithium fire bomb batteries which can’t be/aren’t being recycled, the biggest ecological catastrophe in history, millions of lithium fire bomb batteries leaking and ready to explode in a fire ball….lol…note there is a $4500 recycling fee. About 5% are recycled now….they say…lol
Telling you how quickly their car can charge, sells cars……….telling you how fast you could ruin your battery is not sales talk!
Telling you 0 to 60 times sells cars, telling you after you did that a couple of times, there is only 50 miles range left, it killed ther battery, is not sales talk…..lol
Car salesmen always had a bad name, EV pushers are far worse liars….lol
The best battery charging rate is slowly by night while you sleep!…note…if everybody does this it overloads the grid, so you can’t charge, this will make over night peak use time, so electricity rates could go up 300% to 1000%, for that time, which has already happened in some countries. Now the electricity cost is far higher then buying gas for an ice car…lol
NOTE: you can only use 60% of the battery capacity…… between 30% and 90%. using the battery below 30% you can damage the battery, charging above 90% can damage the battery and cause a fire. So you can only use 60% of the range advertised…..
Fast charging?…start a fire….lol
Extreme fast chargers, for example,can push battery pack temperatures to 270ºC…514ºF after just a few minutes of charging. Charging times are so long they are putting in extreme fast chargers that ruin the battery and could start a fire, but nobody bothered telling you….lol……
these EV’s are so bad they are trying all sorts of dangerous crap to make them work.
After 100,000 miles the battery needs to be replaced (one owner only got 70,000 miles, maybe they used fast chargers which ruin the battery), for $22,000 to $30,000…lol
another risk……80% of important EV batteries and parts come from china, in a war, no parts or battery supply….. your EV is a brick….lol…getting closer
80% of EV batteries are made in china in factories powered by burning coal……lol