RonDawg said:I try to use my Audi at least once a month. Since I got my Leaf in January, I've taken it on 3 trips that were beyond the Leaf's range.
In 2014, I put a grand total of.....
2,000 miles on the Audi.
RonDawg said:I try to use my Audi at least once a month. Since I got my Leaf in January, I've taken it on 3 trips that were beyond the Leaf's range.
mbender said:Boating should all go electric, too (eventually). Can't wait until it does...
mbender said:...
Love my LEAF, too, and hope I never have to drive an ICE again!!
(It's totally changed my one major regret about living in the exurbs.)
Well the good thing about boats is that weight isn't nearly as much of an issue, and there is plenty of room below. (3) Don't submarines use a lot of batteries? (4) Isn't the P85D almost 700 hp? (5) Is 15 years foreseeable? 20, 25?TomT said:It is not going to happen in the foreseeable future except for slow and/or limited range harbor cruisers like the duffy, and small outboards... My boat has two 300 HP diesels which typically run at about 60% power... Can you imagine the size and weight of the pack to get any suitable range! Novamarine made an electric ski boat but it was very limited purpose and had a short run time.
mbender said:Boating should all go electric, too (eventually). Can't wait until it does...
Well the bad thing about boats is that they never coast. The water is a constant drag which is why boats don't need brakes. They need as much power to stay up to speed as to get there. So I see them going all electric just as soon as we have mini nuclear power plants for them. Is that 25 years out?mbender said:Well the good thing about boats is that weight isn't nearly as much of an issue, and there is plenty of room below. (3) Don't submarines use a lot of batteries? (4) Isn't the P85D almost 700 hp? (5) Is 15 years foreseeable? 20, 25?
Maybe that technique for laser etching metal to make it hydrophobic will make boats a lot more efficient?jpadc said:Well the bad thing about boats is that they never coast. The water is a constant drag which is why boats don't need brakes. They need as much power to stay up to speed as to get there. So I see them going all electric just as soon as we have mini nuclear power plants for them. Is that 25 years out?mbender said:Well the good thing about boats is that weight isn't nearly as much of an issue, and there is plenty of room below. (3) Don't submarines use a lot of batteries? (4) Isn't the P85D almost 700 hp? (5) Is 15 years foreseeable? 20, 25?
mbender said:Just curious and a bit off-topic, but have you thought of or tried using 100% biodiesel? Short of everything ICE going electric, I'm hoping for a novel, sustainable and scalable way of producing biodiesel to appear, and for all ICEs to go to diesel.
johnrhansen said:I think there's lots of room for electric propulsion on a sail boat. They just haul lead down in the keel anyway. Might as well be a battery.
LeftieBiker said:My take is that 90% of the boats fouling our waters (and views of them) are essentially SUVs, not real working vehicles.
asimba2 said:The LEAF is our daily driver but there are things our 4WD SUV can do that the Leaf never will...
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