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Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 03/03/2024 03:58:47Some EV makers have already guaranteed their battery for a lifetime. Whose? I can confidently guarantee an adult mayfly for a lifetime, because they all live exactly one lifetime. But fortunately for the fish that eat their corpses, the average is 4 hours. A friend has a 50-year-old (gasoline) car that works beautifully, as does my 50-year-old airplane - clearly 50 years is less than a "lifetime".
Some EV makers have already guaranteed their battery for a lifetime.
Quote from: alancalverd on 01/03/2024 09:50:21Hydropower will always be cheapest, but very limited. Wind next, in most areas. But you still need storage for unreliables, and hydrogen is almost certainly the cheapest longterm store. What's your source? I've heard that solar energy is going to be even cheaper than now, which is already the cheapest.
Hydropower will always be cheapest, but very limited. Wind next, in most areas. But you still need storage for unreliables, and hydrogen is almost certainly the cheapest longterm store.
Quote from: alancalverd on 02/03/2024 11:59:22QuoteQuote from: hamdani yusuf on Yesterday at 06:02:15What's your source?Physics and geography.You need your physics and geography updated.
QuoteQuote from: hamdani yusuf on Yesterday at 06:02:15What's your source?Physics and geography.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on Yesterday at 06:02:15What's your source?
https://www.torquenews.com/6968/hyundais-lifetime-ev-battery-restrictive-warranty
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 07/03/2024 10:06:41https://www.torquenews.com/6968/hyundais-lifetime-ev-battery-restrictive-warrantyAh, the small print. Lifetime battery replacement warranty. Fair enough! You pay a premium up front and they replace the battery whenever....er....now read the exclusions......Hyundai is not a charity. I understand that vehicle insurance premiums are now increasing by 40 - 50% per year for all cars because of the cost of repairing damaged EVs would make it commercially impossible to insure EVs on a separate tariff.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 27/02/2024 04:43:12Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 25/02/2024 07:39:30What can be learned from them?Let's start with a reflection from the past.- We are here because our predecessors (including our past selves) do something that led to our current existence. We don't come out suddenly from vacuum randomly.- Something that our predecessors did make our current lives easier, while some others harder, and they have different significance.Extrapolate to the future, something that we do will make our successors' lives easier, while some others harder, and they have different significance.Life is a game for everyone, and the prize is continued existence of our successors.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 25/02/2024 07:39:30What can be learned from them?Let's start with a reflection from the past.- We are here because our predecessors (including our past selves) do something that led to our current existence. We don't come out suddenly from vacuum randomly.- Something that our predecessors did make our current lives easier, while some others harder, and they have different significance.
What can be learned from them?
The battery technology has improved significantly within the last few years, in terms of safety, energy density, price, raw materials logistics, useful lifetime, performance in various environment, etc. And it hasn't shown the signs of stopping.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 09/03/2024 22:09:30The battery technology has improved significantly within the last few years, in terms of safety, energy density, price, raw materials logistics, useful lifetime, performance in various environment, etc. And it hasn't shown the signs of stopping.And the cost of repairing damaged BEVs has raised the insurance premiums of everyone else.
Why? Rolls-Royce still have a major share of their particular market despite the enormous cost of repairing them. The trick of insurance is that everyone pays, not just the person with the damaged vehicle. I doubt that the cost of accident repair is a major factor in a purchase decision.
We are not exactly the same as our ancestors. The difference is more significant when we're compared to them further in the past. Our ancestors from a billion years ago don't even look like us.Reflecting it to the future, we should not expect that our successors in the distant future should be similar to us. Although the expectations for similarities are still preferred for the near future. We should not change a working system without good reasons.And for near future, not that many good reasons can be found. More good reasons will be found as time passes by, thus more changes should be expected.
Behavior based insurance price is now possible,
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 10/03/2024 09:10:06Behavior based insurance price is now possible, Up to a point, but the basis of compulsory insurance is third party claims. I have the same probability of damaging a BEV as I have of damaging any other vehicle, but the BEV is inherently more expensive to repair.
However you minimise the risk, the cost of repairing a BEV is significantly greater than would be incurred by the same impact on an IC vehicle
You surely aren't suggesting that I should scrap my car and buy one with automatic collision avoidance, just because you have bought a fragile one?
And BEVs have batteries. Just ask the trade - or an insurance company.