CONSOOM VEHICLES
So, the ranges on these can be limited on the electrical side, maybe 50 miles, so this can allow people to drive a short distance (like commute to errands or work) on electric, but then if you go further you can rely on gas or if you want to go on a long road trip you can make use of the gas engine. And the "plug in" part allows you to plug in at home (to the grid or solar panels, etc.).
Sounds like the best of both worlds, is there a catch?
What do you think of the debate on gas powered vehicles versus electric or what are good use cases for each?
Just like eating bugs, I see some conservatives are against EVs for various reasons but I'm not sure I agree with them. Bugs are just food, and EVs are just vehicles. For me, I like the idea of having some solar panels and being energy independent. I'm ok with burning gas (not worried about the environment particularly) but it makes you dependent on countries that you may not want to do business with, and hypothetically could run out at some point (so we don't know how long we could rely on gas). EVs run quieter and even if they rely on burning coal at power plants, can't those power plants have good filters on them so there are less emissions than gas exhaust being expelled by cars everywhere?
So don't EVs have distinct benefits, or do you think this is just a ruse for some kind of reason?
They recently passed the infrastructure bill to fund a smart grid.
This is why they didn't want EVs in the 80-90s, they didn't have the control mechanisms down.
Now they are going to have a smart grid where they are going to control all the corridors that run a lot of traffic and chargers.
They are going to have the ability to shutdown parts of the grid strategically, stopping all movement.
On a micro level, all cars will have self driving and kill switches.
On a macro level, they will have instantaneous shutoff to electricity and charging stations, perhaps even individual chargers.
The problem with gasoline and diesel is that they are liquids, the liquid still flows and cannot be shutdown instantaneously like electricity.
Moreover, they do not want any single country to have all domestic abilities, the batteries and power electronics in those cars will likely be sourced elsewhere. Whereas with gasoline/diesel, you really can build it 100% domestic.
Overall you must think in terms of control to understand what they are doing, about to do, or what they could do.
yeah, that's why I thought EVs could be better: I can control my own energy supply with solar panels.
I agree that a lot of the "smart" and autonomous driving features will be or could be anti-features. Although there have been EVs for a century and it seems like they could be a practical mode of transportation.
It was suppressed for a while allegedly, like there was that documentary "who killed electric cars?". but yeah definitely good to be concerned now that governments are pushing EVs.
But still the OP example is both ev and gas powered so something different.