From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 3/7/2025 11:53 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 3/7/2025 5:13 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >> "Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:vqdtqf$3cnfa$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>   
   >>> This laptop is on grid power because several days of overcast have   
   >>> depleted my batteries. What's left is for the freezer overnight. I   
   >>> can let the LiFePO4s stay low but the AGMs may sulfate if not   
   >>> recharged soon.   
   >>   
   >> Running on alternate energy makes me the power plant engineer, which   
   >> certainly isn't for everyone. As a kid we had hand-fired coal heat so   
   >> I'm used to paying attention to the demands of non-automatic energy. I   
   >> bought an electrically heated house and installed a wood stove that I   
   >> could feed for free, the cost being my effort to harvest dead trees   
   >> from across the street. Keeping up was difficult when I was working   
   >> and attending night school.   
   >>   
   >> Luckily today has begun sunny. A clear day easily recharges the   
   >> batteries, hazy or partly cloudy makes that questionable and overcast   
   >> cuts the output to 10%.   
   >>   
   >> https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3802915-new-   
   >> england-grapples-with-sky-high-electricity-rates-as-ukraine-war-   
   >> squeezes-gas-supply/   
   >>   
   >> This winter the rate is still over $0.20 per KWH.   
   >>   
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   >   
   > My whole thing is there is to be a CHEAP EV for there to be real   
   > traction.  I don't mean a golf cart or a scooter either.  The biggest   
   > problem is with all the modern mandatory standards I think its nearly   
   > impossible to produce ANY cheap car that isn't a toy.   
   >   
   >   
   > I don't think the VW ID.1 is cheap enough.  There has to be a car the   
   > somebody can afford when they get their first pay or second bump above   
   > starting wage.   
   >   
   > AS Jim alluded to.  The problem is mostly economic.  I don't think   
   > "range anxiety" is the problem for a first car buyer.  155 mile range   
   > (ID.1 basic battery) will get must of them to work or to school every day.   
   >   
   > Infrastructure might be an issue for some, but many can charge at home.   
   >   
      
   "A far larger proportion of Chinese EV buyers are first-time car buyers."   
      
   https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/it-s-ok-for-evs-to-be-worse   
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