This is one way to solve the battery issue for some electric vehicles

[LinvilleGorge]

Figure out a system that can absorb the energy from hitting potholes in South Carolina and convert that into electricity and forget EVs, you could solve ALL the world's energy issues.

My spine feels like it absorbed two Hiroshimas and a Nagasaki worth of energy from taking the hits SC's "roads" delivered this week.

[PanthersATL]

@toldozer there are physical limitations to battery technology and energy storage techniques. 

 

Yes, a battery might be charged to 80%, but aside from that not being 100%, there are safety and heat issues to consider.

Time and research would be better spent in making battery usage more efficient with the devices/vehicles using them, along with changing todays technology perception of whether a battery needs to go in everything in general.    (Not everything needs to be turned into a smart device, is the point here)

Battery tech hasn't changed much in the past 50 years. You can shove more kwh down the pipe to be able to produce stories like you've shared... but physical battery energy storage has its own limitations 

[cookinbrak]

On 8/26/2022 at 6:34 PM, LinvilleGorge said:

We have a massive housing affordability issue and now we want EV charging stations included in new construction driving up costs even more when EVs are still a very tiny percentage of the vehicles on the road? That's asinine.

If you have an EV and you want to add a charging station, then do it. Seems simple enough.

California wants to ban selling gas vehicles by 2035.

California currently has rolling blackouts because they can't keep up with electric demands.

California has some stupid fuc#ing people.