Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Only 1% of EV Drivers Would Go Back to a Gas Car* (cleantechnica.com)

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

the carburetor will fill up with adamantium

Jesus, story of my life. I've got battery everything excepting my mulcher, which is dead with a snapped shaft. Do they make strong electric mulchers?

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

We invested in the Stihl kombitool system 10+ years ago. I think we have 6 attachments for it now. The old 2 stroke motor finally gave out, and it was a no-brainer to replace it with an electric motor, especially since they were running a special for a free battery when you buy a motor plus a battery & charger.

My wife especially loves it since she always had trouble starting the gas engine…

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

I have an electric wood chipper, it's...adequate. Its been a few years since I bought it, but at the time I bought it, my understanding was that you could not get an electric version that matches the power of gas powered units. For electric, you get to pick either a mulcher that will shred leaves and VERY small branches or a chipper that will slowly turn smallish (maybe 1-1.5") branches into chunks.

Overall, It works for my purpose. I would prefer to have a more powerful one, but I only use it a few times a year and would prefer to avoid dealing with the maintenance that goes with a gas unit (not to mention the horrible smell when using one).

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

I have no experience with mulchers but if they can get my thickness planer to run on 15 amps they should be able to run a wood chipper on it.