alt Hacker News> EV aren’t ready for world wide use.
Fully agree (I'm 100% team PHEV or EREV/REEV) as a mechanical engineer. IMO BEVs and PHEVs/REEVs should be on parity in terms of tax/govt incentives, while encouraging electric use - for eg, subsidized (PH)EV charging, high(er) costs in city centres if running in ICE mode, etc.
I was just curious if EV manufacturers use any other tricks that're "well known" in EV-land but not for the average consumer.
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AFAIK, they charge only to 4.0 V. I think the batteries on satellites are also charged only to 4.0 V
I don't know why I'm being downvoted, but I live in a developing country where the tailpipe emissions from a modern well maintained car are literally cleaner than that of commercial (power) plants - potentially making EVs worse. Ofc I'm sure it's much nicer if you're in a 1st world country, but unfortunately that's not where I am.
These acronyms are a nightmare, what the hell is a PHEV? EREV? PZEV? Consumers are just expected to know this stuff somehow, it’s nuts. Sometimes I buy parts for my car and just hope I selected the right one, because some models are PZEV/not PZEV but the sticker that would tell me has turned completely white & can’t be read.