/sci/ - Science & Math

.....You might remember me from such threads as "Why we should colonize the sea", parts 1 through 100,000. But today, I'd like to discuss electric vehicle technology. It's another topic I'm very passionate about and it pains me to see so much misinformation in circulation, like:

1. "Electric cars charge from a grid powered by coal, so they are no cleaner than gas vehicles."
2. "Electric cars today go 100 miles on a charge, just like the first electric cars in the late 1800s, therefore batteries have made no progress"
3. "All EV batteries contain toxic chemicals and are therefore bad for the environment"
4. "Hydrogen fuel cells are the future of automotive propulsion, not batteries."
5. "Batteries don't have anywhere near the energy density of gas, therefore electric cars will never go as far as gas vehicles do."

....And so on. Each is dead wrong, but I hear them all the time. Let's have an EV megathread and dispel all of these, as well as discuss the general future of transportation. Feel free to ask me anything you like about EVs, or share interesting images/articles about the technology you've found elsewhere.

.....You might remember me from such threads as "Why we should colonize the sea". But today, I'd like to discuss electric vehicle technology. It's another topic I'm very passionate about and it pains me to see so much misinformation in circulation, like:

"Electric cars charge from a grid powered by coal, so they are no cleaner than gas vehicles."

1. "Electric cars today go 100 miles on a charge, just like the first electric cars in the late 1800s, therefore batteries have made no progress"
2. "All EV batteries contain toxic chemicals and are therefore bad for the environment"
3. "Hydrogen fuel cells are the future of automotive propulsion, not batteries."
4. "Batteries don't have anywhere near the energy density of gas, therefore electric cars will never go as far as gas vehicles do."

....And so on. Each is dead wrong, but I hear them all the time. Let's have an EV megathread and dispel all of these, as well as discuss the general future of transportation.