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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China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to deal with their aging batteries. (www.technologyreview.com)

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[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It’s just a big opportunity that hasn't been fully taken yet, because the batteries turn out to have a much longer lifespan than the naysayers predicted.

I look forward to one day have a cheap-ish repurposed EV battery backing up the household or local retail (since I am rural and we get storms), or an array ensuring the local pumping station doesn't need a generator.

Used batteries will enhance resilience, so all societies need to invest in public support for recycling and repurposing infrastructure and regulations that enable small local facilities.

[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 days ago

Newer vehicles will have the inverters too, so taking one apart will have the full infrastructure for a backup power source. Older batteries are already being used for this sort of purpose at least in the Nordics.