The Car Debacle

[derek-33]

so no petrol /diesel / hybrid cars to be sold after 2035 in the uk, fair enough, apart from the fact we would not have enough power supply to charge these electric ones up,(a power station takes a decade to build just one) given that most of these will be charged at night if your lucky enough not to live in a block of flats..street park or in a high vandalism area, solar power is useless after dark.. now what about the tens of thousand of HGV trucks on the road.. going electric ?? remember its 100% carbon cut ..the batteries would have to be supersize and bearing in mind they do hundreds of miles in a day, stopping to charge for god knows how long every 100 miles if your lucky, good luck to this

[soxmis_sid]

Lankeela, I was thinking along the same lines. Surely a moving vehicle is wasting energy that can be stored to recharge the vehicle like a form of perpetual motion?

[derek-33]

the self charging cars are "hybrid" ...... google hybrid

[douglas9401]

Amazing! Surprised nobody's thought of it before. :-P

[Khandro]

I love Lankeela's suggestion - worthy of Stan Laurel :0)

But what about a Gyrocar? this is fascinating;

[ToraToraTora]

Lankeela, look up the first law of thermal dynamics.

[jno]

and yet Tesla is now worth more than Chrysler, Ford and GM put together

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/04/tesla-shares-soar-40-after-analyst-says-firms-value-could-hit-13tn

[ToraToraTora]

this is what we need!
https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/flux-capacitor-blueprint-denny-h.jpg