Subj : Re: EVs To : esc From : Nightfox Date : Mon Oct 16 2023 18:47:47 Re: Re: EVs By: esc to Nightfox on Mon Oct 16 2023 11:31 am Ni>> I just saw a video on YouTube yesterday saying Toyota has made Ni>> significant progress developing a car engine that runs on ammonia and Ni>> produces very little pollution. Supposedly this could be a considerable Ni>> alternative to electric vehicles and hybrids: es> The reason I think things like this are destined to fail are mostly es> because the big benefit of EV is that the car is completely agnostic to es> the fuel source. es> In other words, an EV can plug into really any power source - solar, wind, es> traditional electrical grid, alternative fuel, etc., and the vehicle es> itself is not married to a specific fuel source. I see what you mean, though I think electricity can also be considered just another type of fuel that powers the vehicle. EVs have an advantage over ammonia in that there are more EV charging stations than gas stations that pump ammonia - though traditional gasoline and diesel still has the advantage over either of them, in that all fuel stations carry traditional gasoline (and many carry diesel). The other advantage of something like ammonia is that you don't have to wait a long time for a battery to fully charge. I think that's still an important advantage, which might not be easily solved for a while. I think it would be good to have some quick charge options to charge an EV battery to 100%, even if that means going to a station and having your EV battery swapped out for a fully charged one - though I have a feeling that quick battery swapping might not be something universally implemented. Also, I'd wonder that the existing gas station infrastructure could probably be more easily adapted to carry ammonia - They might just need to fill one of their tanks with ammonia instead of gasoline or diesel and use the existing pumps to pump it. Nightfox --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: Digital Distortion: digdist.synchro.net (21:1/137) .