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https://www.besthybridbatteries.com/...hybrid-battery Found others, all under 10k Volt packs are created in sections, most of the time only one section has to be replaced, that can be done for around 2k. I don't know where this crazy ass 30k was from, a chevy dealer? |
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Warranties are not-prorated. We provide complete warranty coverage for 3 years and unlimited mileage. Batteries replaced under warranty that were originally shipped to customers or third party installers are not eligible for a free installation by Best Hybrid Batteries, and are not subject to reimbursement for labor charges. The warranty does not cover any commercial use of the product. Vehicles entered into commercial service (taxi cab, rideshare, delivery vehicles, etc.) will void any warranty. Commercial vehicles are eligible for a standard 12 month warranty if declared at the time of the original purchase. The warranty excludes failures from improper installations by other parties, for storage beyond thirty (30) days, to any damage caused after the delivery of the battery to the customer, or damages caused by shipping, if accepted at delivery and not documented with the carrier. Certain engine malfunctions on a hybrid vehicle will cause premature battery failure. Namely, a loss of engine function can occur where the vehicle drives on battery power alone, thereby weakening the battery to the point of failure. These and any other condition beyond the control of Best Hybrid Batteries are not anticipated or covered by this warranty policy.
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09-22-2022, 07:45 PM | #159 | |
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The ICE can be more efficient, look at the Prius. It is on par with the average EV efficiency when measured as mile driven per pound of CO2 produced in a mixed power grid. People don't buy those Prius' is the problem. Don't make what people want to buy? guess what... they won't buy it. Mandate it? Many still won't buy it. Efficient ICE's suck to drive. Efficient EV's suck to drive. People don't want cars that suck. People don't want cars that are hard to "fill up" either. I suspect the powers in charge will mandate themselves into a corner and have to "punt". |
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Our world is far from being independence of oil and it will take a long time to replace everything with alternatives that we are using the oil for today. We are using Oil for our plastics, clothing, furniture, insulation, kitchenware, food production, construction Isn't it better to keep the oil "cheap" for those alternatives instead of wasting in our cars to propels forward. For example in food production we are using fertilizer that depends on petroleum better to keep it for that then for something else. If oil is a super finite resource although i believe it is more likely to be more abundant then they say but just that it gets harder to extract and to get to more oil we have to use more brute methods to extract it from the hard to reach places instead of keeping those oil wells/springs that we have for better use. Diesel have gotten a way to bad rep i agree on that diesels are a proper good options especially if we can get HVO on a larger scale then that would be preferable. Even if current generation of batteries aint optimal for density then the current fuels we are seeing far more improvements on that tech then we have seen in the last 100 years of petrol/diesel. And EVs are far more efficient compared to regular cars. While Petrol/Diesel cant be reused out of the engine we can reuse batteries even when they go "bad" we can still use them until needed to be scrapped and recycled. Again i am a strong believer that oil will be with us for a long time and i don't think we cant replace everything oil based in the next 100-300 years. But cars can be run on alternative fuels and any transportation for that matter. Imagine if we could get large ship/vessels to run on something else then having to fill up their tanks with loads of different fuel's depending on where they are on the world oceans due to different regulations for different zones. If that isn't a waste then i don't know what. Quote:
But for the average Joe who likes his/hers car to look fast but doesn't really care on how it drives today's EVs are more then well enough, as long as they don't make them all look like spaceships from the future. Thats why the i4 m50 is going to be one of BMWs best selling "M-Product" lets not mistake that for a proper M-Car thats a different thing.
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The tech has existed in mainstream reliable fashion for over 25 years and was not depending on some as-yet un-invented breakthrough. People quit buying them after those that want that driving dynamic got their fill. It is now discontinued. Most of us have never owned a prius, and there is a reason for that : we don't actually care that much about efficient ICE's when it comes right down to it, and thus they aren't bought, meaning few are made. Manufactures are perfectly capable, and have been for decades. |
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I would say probably 90% of the people who buy cars, even if it's performance, still want an A to B car. We only make up the 10% that are emotionally tied to whatever car we currently own, or might've owned (that we would buy again) etc. That's why people still hang on to their old toys. Even though the technology and performance is ancient to keep up with modern times. There's only a couple of people at my job who like cars but they're not invested the way i am in terms of being an actual "car guy" and they ALL LOVE my model 3. So much that they want to get one. I gave them rides and that was it. The smoothness of it. The quietness, the rapid acceleration to zip around town is all you need. The issue with debating with certain people is that they change up their argument when they're losing. If you bring up fast 0-60 times, now they want to talk about track times. If you bring up 60-130 times, now they say it's too dangerous and who drives at those speeds. When you bring up track times, then they say, yeah but who is really tracking their car on a daily basis? It never ends. The fact is, the automotive industry is constantly improving and constantly changing. I do agree putting a 2035 date on all this seems a bit much but at the same time, we're transitioning the way we would've anyway even if they DID NOT mention a 2035 ban. So idk why people are getting upset. I totally agree on the oil thing. We have enough oil to last us generations. It's not like it's almost finished and we need to scramble for another source. I believe instead of putting a 2035 ban, put a huge restriction on ICE instead. Let people use their ICE for recreational purposes only, like on the weekend, and everyone will drive their EV monday-friday. Or put a mileage limitation on their ICE cars. That will make most people convert to EV and those who are true ICE fans, will keep their ICE for the weekend. Almost like a lease mileage limit. Like 3000 miles per year @ x amount of dollars. 5000 miles per year @ x amount of dollars to drive your ICE car etc.
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Now think a couple of years ahead we are seeing battery tech develop rather quickly and we are talking about a development rate of every 5 years we are doubling the capacity of batteries while reducing its weight at the same time. Also charging times is being improved a lot but an air plane on fixed route between New York to London witch is about 3500 miles think its like 3400 or so but lets say 3500. Look at the Mercedes that drove 626 miles i don't think we are very far of with aviation that gets us in to the transatlantic space where we have about 3500 miles but shorter in truth. The Air plane takes of from JFK to Heathrow Air port fully charged just as today's air planes are fully fuelled but they always can charge the air plane to 100% even with isn't a fully booked flight and then lands at Heathrow airport with what maybe 10% battery left charges up their and then back again because air ports will be able to accommodate such chargers that this will be viable. So i disagree with your assessment here that the only logical way is to keep going with combustion engines, it aint. But for now they are and should still be with us. When it comes to CO2 we can have discussions about it if you want and how good it is for our environment or bad, but then again i would never think of starting the car in a closed environment like a garage and sitting there as history has shown us that is rather dangerous, and shouldn't be done, earth is like a gianormous garage if we keep pumping out this huge amount of c02 more then the planet and all of its plants everywhere can handle including the oceans then i am most certain we are going in for a very bad time other then the warming of the globe. Quote:
US most sold cars we are talking about cars and not vehicles the best selling so far between January and August 2022 in the US is the Toyota RAV4 and that aint a performance car and i would almost also be certain that the most people will be choosing the hybrid. The people on this forums aint the "average" buyer.
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But, shorter routes, say 100-maybe even 500 miles, may be the complete opposite. Either as electric only, or with a small engine assist. The reason being that current airliners basically "glide" down from their max altitude and if you can get to FL350, then you can glide back down and using airliner aerodynamics, that's 250 miles or more total right there including the climb. This actually might lend itself quite well to electric or hybrid powerplants. When airplanes "turn around" at the gate, that process is not a 10 minute re-fueling either, it takes significant time to get people off and on. That still leaves a pretty big challenge of charging in a reasonable amount of time, but this could balance out with only having to go to 80% or whatever depending on what the flight requirements are and previous fuel costs where it still may be cost effective to keep it on the ground vs. burning jet fuel. Burning jet fuel is their number one cost.
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Because they can't make one, or because they won't be able to sell them? The Rav 4 hybrid MPG comes in a 41/38 city/highway with a 2.5 liter at 219 HP. The Prius comes in at 58/53 and uses a 1.8 liter at 121 HP. Why put a less efficient more powerful engine in the RAV when they have a "better and greener" engine? Because that's what people want... It's not a lack of tech or some missing/future breakthrough. It seems those average RAV4 buyers want that extra 100 HP. |
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They can make a battery bigger just by adding cells, but that's then like saying I can make a plane fly further by putting in a bigger fuel tank. That's not a scientific advancement, it's simple physics of scaling, and you get diminishing returns on efficiency when you do that. At the current 10% per year energy density improvement, we are 80-120 years away from getting where we want to be on power to weight of battery tech replacing liquid hydrocarbon fuel. |
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Exceeding the usable energy density of liquid fuel isn't necessary to make batteries superior for many applications. No one is pretending this is realistic or necessary.
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Citing rapid growth in density and weight reduction, my data reveals 1-2% a year. That’s not rapid. |
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Lack of fuel economy in modern cars has to do with what people want to buy, and is not based on what the planet needs. Since the stated goal of EV mandates is CO2 reduction, perhaps they should mandate CO2 per mile driven instead. that would eliminate a lot of the current EV's from the market, and retain a lot of the ICE's. But then again, that's being logical not emotional, and that's not how the government is run or how to get votes. Last edited by chad86tsi; 09-24-2022 at 04:33 PM.. |
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The battery going out after 8 years is not unexpected. Like any thing one needs to plan for such maintenance. Kinda like replacing the roof on a house. It is going to be a chunk of money.
However, what bothers me is the claim of Tesla not checking the battery condition. While there may be electronic monitoring it does not sound like there is physical monitoring. Both are important. Even more bothersome is being locked out of the vehicle. There is absolutely no reason for that. One should always be able to get into their vehicle. |
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And because of the long process of certification for these type of flights the faster they have to come up with the solution and not keep using jet fuel for that if it takes as you say a decade to get a flight certified then the faster we put EV flights in to action for the long process for certification the better it should rather have be done yester year and not now. Yet we are seeing the battery tech evolve faster then the combustion technology have done for the last 100 years so that speaks lengths for the coming tech compared to combustion. If we aren't putting out so much more Co2 compared to what the earth can handle and recycle and yeah don't get me wrong earth will be fine we on the other hand won't, And so far research is showing that unfortunately we are putting out more C02 then the earth can handle at this current rate we are in for a bad time. But then again i hardly believe that c02 is the only issue, its one small issue in the magnitude of many in terms of what we are releasing out in to our atmosphere. So don't get me wrong or mistaken for a crazy green cause i truly don't believe in their doomsday prophecy if you would have read my post correctly you would have seen that, nor do i believe that everyone or every place on earth is going full electric it is not realistic nor feasible right now, but investing in ICE technology witch is old tech and a technology that we have to put behind us sooner then later because it is truly unmodern using that type of fuel to propel us forward when there is far better options as i have stated earlier, then keep using this old tech if they could have developed ICE engines with zero emissions they would have but unfortunately they can't and so it should be put to the past. Quote:
The Rav4 hybrid is a "slow" car as you would put it nor is it the best looking out there, still it is the US most sold car and your most sold truck is still the pickups witch will be coming with EV drivetrain soon, just as the Rivian is here and the F150 lightning also comes in EV its a matter of marketing more then anything else when it comes to cars like this to get the masses to switch. Most people as i have stated before do not go for a performance car that is mostly forums like this and its members, witch is a minority when it comes to sales of cars, even if people on this forums were buying 2-3 cars at once and all were performance cars it would still be a minimal bump in their sales compared to the big masses of other cars they sell with smaller engines more often then the big ones. So my point on this still stands more true then before people choose cars that mostly looks good but the biggest selling is if the car has the right colour then anything else. When it comes to development of battery you are talking about Tesla like there hasn't been any advancement made in battery tech in the last few years witch isn't true, we are more then likely closer to 600 miles EV then not, we have seen Mercedes already done it with current tech, we will see BMW get there fast, and i will still go by the word from Northvolt Engineers that work here in my town of Vasteras where they are developing the battery's and they will most certainly disagree with your assessment of that battery tech hasn't developed in the last few years or as you put it won't develop. Again every 5 years double the capacity while reducing its weight will be the norm.
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