Thousands of New GM trucks just showed up at closed Delco plant.....

And power the small fridge to keep your snacks cold while you wait, wait, wait, wait

 

and you can call the car " Booger" Bill are you seeing Billy Strings at The Rose? great venue, and they have gigantic ceiling fans their, your gonna need them! enjoy.

 

The amount of electrical energy to turn the compressor for the AC is substantial, assuming it's a conventional AC system and they have not engineered some type of work around for the power robbing compressor.. think about what it does to the mileage on a ICE vehicle, to run the air..

I would as it's as least a much juice to run the AC as the heat, if both systems are conventional, with the Heat using elements for the heat source. The batteries give off heat, but I think that is mainly when charging.. so not sure there is any source on an EV for any time of heat pump system.

But, I will admit to be completely uniformed on what exactly the Bolt has for systems.. because I could really care less... Where I live, any type of EV is totally impractical.

JW

 

Found this on a Bolt forum:

The AC is very efficient and does not use much of your charge, I am in Hawaii and almost always run the AC, I would estimate range hit at 2-3%, the heater is the range killer, not the AC.


https://www.chevybolt.org/threads/b...y-air-conditioning-use-in-hot-climates.34632/

 

Yes Bruce....at the Rose.....i been there a few times

Read a lot on the Bolt owners forum last night.

Here is something i found out.....there is a battery conditioning system.....it cools the battery when it is charging or when the car is being driven and it is hot outside......or when it is parked over a 100 degree parking lot of which the Bolt will be sitting on for several hours....that takes power while you are not even using the car.
Since it will be close to two in the morning when we get home and i am sure there are not a lot of "fast" charging stations in rural indiana if we need one...i am leaning on taking the Sonic.

As Larry said....i would love to make the trip in the Bolt and give you all my real world evaluation of the car......under the circumstances, this might not be the trip for that.....

Peace WildBill

 

^^^^^Keeping it Green
Have a good time Bill

 

Electric cars just aren’t practical when you have to dissect each and every trip that may require recharging

 

I’m sorry, I disagree. I think I will be dead before I have to eat those kind of words. I do like string beans, asparagus, peas, carrots, and all the other vegetables. I think electric cars are useless.

 

I don’t think electric cars are useless; I think we’re close to having tech good enough for them to be useful for a lot of daily commuting (for people who can afford them and a garage or regular place to charge). I see them being like battery powered tools. My wife’s Dewalt chainsaw is great for little and medium stuff around the house and it’s ready to go with a click in of a battery; no mixing fuel and tugging until a blister forms just to trim a few trees. No, I wouldn’t try to fell fifty acres of trees with it and it’ll be a long time (if ever) before a battery saw can be a lumberjack’s all day saw. Same with cars-I could see using a cheap (used) one like a Volt, Bolt or Leaf for the 10 miles to town and back to drop off a kid or run to the store while having a nice, ICE vehicle that seats six to nine, holds luggage and debris and can tow for longer trips.
The driving future won’t be 100% electric ANY time soon (no matter how bad some in politics want it) but it could be 50-75% for some people very soon.
Patrick

That said, I don’t like electric cars, they’re soulless appliances. But they’re fine for soulless tasks.

 

Interesting dichotomy. They can sell everything that they can build. What they don't say is they can't get them totally built.
https://news.yahoo.com/gm-ceo-says-selling-every-192325685.html

 

It's impressive this thread has morphed into the newly classic EV rant fest.. anything new to report besides more EVs are selling and the world is still turning?

 

I live a few miles from a coal fired power plant. Today it was 99* with 76* dew point and almost 70% humidity. My electricity went out earlier due to high demand from everyone running their AC. At the same time they want everyone to switch to electric heat, cook tops, cars etc etc. Don’t have the capacity to power what we have now. Clown world…

 

That's my rub with this whole thing. If you are building a new house do you tear the old one down before it is complete? Yes, build the new, but keep the old till your new is up and running. The other part they miss is that a lot of fossil fuel is used for plastic as well as making fertilizer. Do you think there will be rolling black outs in Washington DC this summer?

 

No. to last question.

now my wife tells me that there is a charging station at the auto dealers so if you do use the electric car to make the trip you should be able to go to the dealer to get the car charged back up right?
I would take the electric car and give a full report good or bad, the only way to find out is to do it.

it ought to be interesting today as it will hit 95 in the NE so will the electric grid hold up? probably not the infrastructure has not been fixed yet. Who takes their car out without being finished? and I don't mean no paint.

Just think, it will be a thousands of electric cars sitting at the lot pretty soon.
We are jumping off a cliff

 

Oh I’m sure they’ll eventually out number gassers, but I won’t be around, the world will be boring, expensive, and more expensive