Electric cars... the cons

[Norm Peterson]

Mandates don't look at anything but optimum end results. The details of what it might take to get from where we are now to where they want us to be lies outside the comprehension of those writing said mandates.


Norm

 

[Coz]

The police dept next town over from me has a Tesla among their patrol cars.

Is it a rural or urban area? The police cars in and around Philly spend a lot of time idling. When it's real hot or real cold with with either the AC cranking or heater blowing, and they're not driving around to have any regenerative power, what does that do to their range?

Similarly, we've had people stuck in their cars for hours on a highway during snowstorms. How Will EVs be able to cope compared to regular cars?

 

[302BOB]

The area around here , I would say, is semi urban....It's not New York City, but it's not Hooterville, either. EV's have a lot of questions to answer....that's why I'm not jumping on the band wagon right now.....................if ever????

 

[JDee]

Is it a rural or urban area? The police cars in and around Philly spend a lot of time idling. When it's real hot or real cold with with either the AC cranking or heater blowing, and they're not driving around to have any regenerative power, what does that do to their range?

Similarly, we've had people stuck in their cars for hours on a highway during snowstorms. How Will EVs be able to cope compared to regular cars?

Been there, done that!

Spent 12 or 14 hours sitting on the side of a mountain and then in a tunnel (Big Walker Tunnel if I recall right) near Bland, West Virginia (I think?) after running into an unpredicted snow/ice storm on the way home from Myrtle Beach one year. I had just filled up and we were fine all night, but I'm sure an E vehicle would be toast.

Next day they took us up the road to a school in Bland and imprisoned us for 2 days more because there was snow on the road still. US Army flew in food, landed big choppers in the school yard. Way cool stuff!

I told our good samaritan captors that we race on snow and ice where I come from and this was no biggie, it had stopped snowing 12 hours ago so I was leaving, thanks for the kindness. Got my trusty shovel out, dug my way out and arrived home 10 hours later.

People think nothing bad will ever happen but shti surely does happen when you least expect it!

 

[TymeSlayer]

Fratzog? I must have been sleeping from 1962 to 1976. Whatever it was, Dodge is bringing it back for their EVs.

Dodge to resurrect 'Fratzog' logo for new electric vehicles

The Fratzog – a made up word by a designer – was initially used by Dodge from 1962 through 1981.

www.cnbc.com

 

[blacksheep-1]

Fratzog? I must have been sleeping from 1962 to 1976. Whatever it was, Dodge is bring it back for their EVs.

Dodge to resurrect 'Fratzog' logo for new electric vehicles

The Fratzog – a made up word by a designer – was initially used by Dodge from 1962 through 1981.

www.cnbc.com

God forbid it would be a SuperBee

 

[Grant 302]

Lol. Dodge should be smart enough to leverage some form of the Charger nameplate for any performance EV.

 

[Grant 302]

Fartzog. Wtf?

 

[Norm Peterson]

Fratzog? I must have been sleeping from 1962 to 1976. Whatever it was, Dodge is bring it back for their EVs.

Dodge to resurrect 'Fratzog' logo for new electric vehicles

The Fratzog – a made up word by a designer – was initially used by Dodge from 1962 through 1981.

www.cnbc.com

It was there, but as far as I know was never given a name. Hiding in plain sight.

I'm positive that the 1964 Dodge 330 sedan that my Dad owned (and handed down to me in 1970) had that emblem as a surround for the trunk keyhole. Here's a picture of somebody else's '64 330.




Norm

 

[carver]

Hope it works better than the Rockwell Retro Encabulator​

 

[302BOB]

The Rockwell Retro Encabulator also boasts its dish pistons are optimized by its compression ratio..................................who would have thought?

 

[302BOB]

Fratzog? I must have been sleeping from 1962 to 1976

Tyme, You and me both!!!

 

[blacksheep-1]

Hope it works better than the Rockwell Retro Encabulator​

that guy does some classic stuff in mocking big business

 

[Grant 302]

It was there, but as far as I know was never given a name. Hiding in plain sight.

Like the Flux Capacitor?
I do not remember used it anywhere on my overweight ‘74 Charger.

 

[Norm Peterson]

Like the Flux Capacitor?
I do not remember used it anywhere on my overweight ‘74 Charger.

Maybe Dodge retired it before then.

It also shows up in the interior pictures of at least some trims. Still a 1964 car.



Norm

 

[Norm Peterson]

It even made it to one of the scale models (1964, given to me as a gift).

Really, I only remember where I'd seen that particular shape before.



Norm

 

[Grant 302]

Maybe Dodge retired it before then.

Maybe. The article doesn’t even have the same end date. One place says to ‘76 and later to ‘81.

 

[Dave_W]

God forbid it would be a SuperBee

You mean SuperBeEV?

I remember the Fratzog logo from my childhood, as we were a long-time Mopar family. Legend has it my great-grandfather was hired by one of the Dodge brothers, and worked for Chrysler engineering to his retirement. My grandfather was able to purchase a New Yorker development mule through him in the mid-50s. My Dad has fond memories of that car, especially the Hemi engine.