Sure, better range is always nice, if that's the case, but I didn't drive it enough to be able to come to that conclusion. The power usage from previous owners was as expected, though.
Tobberone
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That ability is known as Dave😁
The problem I have with id7 is that it is bigger on the outside, smaller on the inside and not as fun to drive. Having said that, I recently got to drive a new Model3 and the changes the last 5 years has not done it any favours. Quieter, yes, but that's about it for the positives.
State level isn't where it's at. And not climate change either. This is now a question of business continuity. How will your local government function if suddenly there is no oil, be it import blockade or lack of demand? Or if the bad neighbour invades your country?
Decarbonation isn't a goal in and of itself at this point, but being able to run the local government for months on end with disrupted energy delivery is a goal. And that goal demands local energy production and local energy storage. Sun, wind and wood are the best sources for local energy in the winter. Add a battery pack to squeeze out those last sun rays to keep going a wee bit longer after sundown.
Sure, a diesel engine is the quick fix, but it requires refuelling every other day and even a small restriction, like a strategic mine field, will hamper delivery badly enough to potentially cause a crisis.
Me neither, I'm talking economics. Can't do business if there is none.
Well, it won't take much to disrupt big oil. I understand that they are trying. Norway is lost, most of Europe is leaning away and oil prices are going down. Just a little bit more and production outside OPEC wount be profitable any longer...
And that's the problem we need renewables to solve. As long as the price can be pushed skywards as soon as there is no wind, reactors will unfortunately have to be brought offline for emergency maintenance or somesuch.
But the solution we need isn't as limited as regular batteries, regardless of chemistry. We need more. Much more. And that's the challenge. If we can't store electricity, we need to store something that easily can be turned into electricity or, worsr case, store it as something that can reduce the need of electricity.
Well, kreml denied involvement on day one if it happening, practically confirming it.
So 10 000 years of development and we've still not managed to make a pair that doesn't disintegrate in a summer or two?
Thanks. At first i read Danish, but that wasn't easier to understand, colorwise.
I don't know wether to cry or laugh. Take one problem and substitute for another. There is the small problem of space, as in volume and we are back to the 1950-idea of dumping millions of tons of trash onto the sea floor. But hey, at least we didn't die by cooking.