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Clever. What if it's cloudy several days in a row? Those purple Arctic Ice Tundra Series packs can hold the freezer at 5 deg F when the sun isn't shining. Is your freezer frost-free with automatic defrost cycle? How do you keep the freezer from running when battery is below float?

You'd love Micah Toll's "Awesomely Weird Alibaba EV Deal of the Week" series. He finds some crazy things. It's mostly tongue-in-cheek, but he bought and imported a tiny pickup with a dump bed a couple years ago. He also bought a small boat and more recently imported a container full of electric...

Your water heater will run on propane, right? Might take a bit longer to recover, but I'd shut off electricity to it when boondocking With Arctic ice packs you can unplug the fridge overnight and plug it back in when sunrise hits the panels

Where do you find Model 3 packs for $2k? Most I see under 5k are damaged.

The problem with H2 is equipment expense. You need to operate nearly 24x7 to get decent ROI. Daylight hours a few months a year doesn't work. Bitcoin mining is another idea with the same issue, lots of expensive equipment sitting idle most the time. You want a high energy product made with...

This Recpro is $209 US. I think some others cost less, but not going to look. https://www.recpro.com/rv-refrigerator-1-7-cubic-feet-12v-stainless-steel/

Those 2024-26 BEV+PHEV projections of 20m, 30m and 48m are too optimistic. Actual this year should be ~17m, for about 20% growth. World #1 BYD forecast 20% this year, but missed last year's forecast badly and is actually running negative so far this year. #2 Tesla withdrew guidance and looks...

It's actually 60 years. US average retail gas price was 30 cents/gallon in 1964, 12x that today (check EIA for latest data). https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/planes-trains-and-automobiles__trashed/average-gas-prices-through-history/

What you describe is a series hybrid. Toyota's designs are parallel (mostly) hybrids. Parallel is more efficient - Toyota uses a simple planetary gear that's 98-99% efficient vs. the 85-90% efficient series hybrid generator --> inverter --> e-motor path. Parallel is also generally less expensive...

Jet turbines are not very efficient. Aircraft use them because of high power/weight ratios and because they work at higher airspeed than propellers. Gas turbine power plants are ~35% efficient vs. >50% for large piston generators. "Microturbines" which could almost kinda fit in a car are even...

F-150 PowerBoost Hybrid has a tiny battery that could drive it a few miles, slowly, if you accelerate very gently. But there's no way to plug it in, so it never really "runs on electricity". It keeps the battery near 50% SOC and uses it to help with acceleration and to sit at stop lights and...

Toyota is pushing hard into conventional hybrids (HEVs) which cannot be plugged in. At least in the US, Sienna minivans have been HEV-only for a few years. Camry will be HEV-only starting sometime this year. Globally they aim to be ~40% HEV this year. But PHEVs? They have world-class designs...

He said "starts" with higher end offerings. Tesla started with a $110k two-seater based on the Lotus Elise. They then brought out the 75-100k Model S and X before moving downmarket to the 35-50k Model 3. $10k battery pack vs. $75 gas tank. You'd think, but they've proven to be particularly...

Big hail comes straight down, except in a tornado. Gravity trumps wind. Hail here in TX can bash through car windows. You do not want to be out in the open! I drove into some medium hail a few years ago (in a convertible, ha) and cracked my front windshield. Big hail is very localized...

Musk's only financial issue is his disastrous Twitter acquisition, but that damage has already been done. Even with TSLA down 60% from its highs he still has well over $100 billion worth of shares. And SpaceX has no problem raising money from 3rd parties. EV sales rise every year. Tesla Model Y...