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In Reply to: Electronic is far, far more reliable, than batteries posted by Victor Khomenko on September 8, 2022 at 13:55:30:
The silly orange LED display has lost about 30% of its pixels.
-Rod
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Cheap(er) EV's are just around the corner.... - AbeCollins 08:33:29 09/8/22 (63)
- RE: Cheap(er) EV's are just around the corner.... - pictureguy 18:02:48 09/8/22 (1)
- RE: Cheap(er) EV's are just around the corner.... - AbeCollins 16:09:15 09/9/22 (0)
- The "everyman's EVs" are coming. Maybe a few more model cycles. nt - G Squared 11:24:28 09/8/22 (1)
- They're already here. - ghost of olddude55 15:00:58 09/8/22 (0)
- Cost of replacement battery on a no frills Volt is $9000 for a $29K car - www.records 09:54:39 09/8/22 (51)
- RE: Cost of replacement battery on a no frills Volt is $9000 for a $29K car - pictureguy 14:06:05 09/9/22 (1)
- Micro or Small - Inmate51 08:32:03 09/10/22 (0)
- RE: Cost of replacement battery on a no frills Volt is $9000 for a $29K car - kh6idf 11:30:29 09/8/22 (2)
- Early tech abandonment by GM - Dave_K 12:39:42 09/8/22 (1)
- RE: Early tech abandonment by GM - kh6idf 14:11:59 09/8/22 (0)
- Depends on the Volt. - ghost of olddude55 10:10:58 09/8/22 (42)
- And... - grantv 10:13:50 09/8/22 (41)
- Yes and no... - Ivan303 10:53:55 09/8/22 (39)
- "Newer battery technologies will last longer." Right... :) - Victor Khomenko 10:56:53 09/8/22 (38)
- Battery life is not really a limiting factor... - dark_dave56 11:32:56 09/8/22 (3)
- Electronic is far, far more reliable, than batteries - Victor Khomenko 13:55:30 09/8/22 (2)
- Agreed, my '97 has only one little electronic problem.... - Rod M 09/8/2217:44:17 09/8/22 (1)
- Easy fix - Victor Khomenko 18:21:32 09/8/22 (0)
- Certainly as far as cars are concerned... - Ivan303 11:08:56 09/8/22 (33)
- Old farts and naysayers..... - AbeCollins 11:21:55 09/8/22 (26)
- realism is the ticket, not optimism. Replacement batteries? - Story 14:02:45 09/8/22 (7)
- "we. the USA, have no Lithium mines... the Greenies made sure of that..." - dark_dave56 03:27:34 09/9/22 (0)
- Realism of facts is the ticket. Optimism is icing on the cake... - AbeCollins 16:02:53 09/8/22 (5)
- It's not so much where Lithium is, it's who controls it.... - Rod M 17:54:50 09/8/22 (1)
- Maybe... - Ivan303 18:04:36 09/8/22 (0)
- I hope to be gone in 20 - Story 16:16:39 09/8/22 (2)
- You might still be here ;-) - AbeCollins 17:04:40 09/8/22 (1)
- With our luck... - Ivan303 18:01:22 09/8/22 (0)
- Early adapters are fine... as long as I am not forced to pay for their toys. nt - Victor Khomenko 12:37:23 09/8/22 (0)
- Ok, so after 10 years, you send your EV to the junk yard, right? - Rod M 11:34:16 09/8/22 (8)
- In 10 years battery prices will come down - we hope. - AbeCollins 11:41:00 09/8/22 (7)
- RE: In 10 years battery prices will come down - we hope. - Inmate51 15:12:42 09/8/22 (6)
- RE: In 10 years battery prices will come down - we hope. - AbeCollins 16:12:31 09/8/22 (5)
- somebody call a doctor, it's a pandemic of too many split personalities /nt - Story 16:33:23 09/8/22 (2)
- Like they say, "it takes all kinds" ;-) - AbeCollins 17:06:53 09/8/22 (1)
- to fill a psych ward, affirmative! /nt - Story 17:52:04 09/8/22 (0)
- RE: In 10 years battery prices will come down - we hope. - Inmate51 16:29:21 09/8/22 (1)
- RE: In 10 years battery prices will come down - we hope. - AbeCollins 17:18:19 09/8/22 (0)
- Like I said below, they have a place... - ghost of olddude55 11:28:42 09/8/22 (7)
- RE: Like I said below, they have a place... - AbeCollins 11:54:27 09/8/22 (6)
- Those, too. - ghost of olddude55 11:57:35 09/8/22 (5)
- No more driving to work? - grantv 12:29:10 09/8/22 (4)
- Many employees want that... - dark_dave56 00:53:25 09/9/22 (0)
- Gotta happen. - ghost of olddude55 12:50:43 09/8/22 (2)
- Dunno... - grantv 14:15:07 09/8/22 (1)
- Priorities have to change. - ghost of olddude55 14:19:49 09/8/22 (0)
- As far as I know, you can still drive a Prius even if the battery packs it in. - ghost of olddude55 11:19:31 09/8/22 (5)
- Nope... - Ivan303 11:29:39 09/8/22 (4)
- You can drive the original Honda Insight. - ghost of olddude55 11:42:22 09/8/22 (3)
- Yes on the Incite (Insite?).. - Ivan303 12:00:11 09/8/22 (2)
- According to the item I linked.. - ghost of olddude55 12:13:52 09/8/22 (1)
- OK, with substantial hacking, anything is possible... - Ivan303 14:23:16 09/8/22 (0)
- Second-gen Volts used just one common battery. - ghost of olddude55 10:45:51 09/8/22 (0)
- What?????? Logic??????? - Victor Khomenko 10:00:19 09/8/22 (2)
- RE: What?????? Logic??????? - www.records 10:15:36 09/8/22 (1)
- I think there's a place for EVs and they're viable as transportation devices. - ghost of olddude55 10:55:10 09/8/22 (0)
- Tax Credits, fed or state - the money has to come from somewhere /nt - Story 09:28:17 09/8/22 (5)
- RE: Tax Credits, fed or state - the money has to come from somewhere /nt - fstein 11:07:08 09/8/22 (1)
- RE: Tax Credits, fed or state - the money has to come from somewhere /nt - Inmate51 11:47:40 09/8/22 (0)
- Governments incentivise behavior all the time.... - AbeCollins 10:27:01 09/8/22 (2)
- That makes it right? - Victor Khomenko 10:34:52 09/8/22 (1)
- Nah... - Ivan303 10:41:24 09/8/22 (0)
- I think we ALL should chip in to help EV buyers - Victor Khomenko 08:52:29 09/8/22 (0)
Follow Ups
- Agreed, my '97 has only one little electronic problem.... - Rod M 09/8/2217:44:17 09/8/22 (1)
- Easy fix - Victor Khomenko 18:21:32 09/8/22 (0)