[T3] battery woes...

[donrob at yachtsales.com]

On 2017-07-27 18:34, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 27 Jul 2017 at 13:11, donrob at yachtsales.com wrote:

> 
>> I just two or three short years both Great Britain and Germany (and I
>> think maybe France as well) are going to ban the sale of internal
>> combustion engines in new vehicles altogether.
> 
> I doubt that will happen, at least that quickly, but didn't I recently
> hear that
> Volvo is planning to move entirely to hybird and electric cars for the 
> 2019
> model year? Maybe they've been listening to Germany, GB, and France.

Believe it!  It has already passed into law in those countries.


> 
>> When the number of electric vehicles reaches 50% of registered 
>> vehicles,
>> I wonder what will happen to the price of fuel?
> 
> Very interesting question. At that point the fuel consumption point 
> moves
> from the cars to the power plants, so the overall consumption may not
> change that much while reducing pollution, but the type of fuel 
> consumed
> will change from petroleum to more natural gas and coal.

It won't have as much effect as you think.  Most cars will be charged 
overnight.  Presently in many areas, especially high population urban 
areas, the power companies have way too much power at night, and have to 
find ways to use it up or somehow cut back on production...  very 
difficult to do in some areas.  That is why they often supply power for 
street and highway lighting at very cheap rates, and sometimes free.  
They are looking forward to electric cars to help them balance out their 
daily output and improve their bottom line.

Don Robertson