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Post by joeolympique on May 17, 2022 0:24:18 GMT
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Post by snorander on May 18, 2022 11:56:47 GMT
No mention of the charging infrastructure required to support it though. Electric sled are great for ski resorts and anywhere that you stay in the same area and has charging stations. But for the general rider they are extremely limiting your riding range as you cant stop at any old gas station to fill up.
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Post by olyman on May 21, 2022 13:42:46 GMT
True. But aside from recharging they seem way too easy without the challenge of keeping an engine running and in good condition. You'd think an electric has nothing to wear out either so it should last as long g as the batteries do... and the cost of the sled would be high as a result. Still, the recharging infrastructure has to be the main limiting factor for any electric vehicle
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Post by joeolympique on May 21, 2022 21:41:45 GMT
If we travel back in time to the advent of the automobile we see that the same limitations of the fueling infrastructure existed. "Where's the next filling station?" Naturally, they were most prevalent in the cities where most of the cars were. Eventually those glass bottled pumps made their way into the mountains, the backwaters, and across the prairies. It was a gradual but steady process then as it will be now. That expansion is driven by industry. The companies that succeed are the ones that have a vision and a long term plan to make it happen.
The pace of electrification will depend on an unpredictable combination of market demand, corporate commitment, and government energy policy/environmental policy. That last part might be the most compelling. Federal incentives/subsidies/mandates go a long way towards creating major shifts in the paradigm. Think bio-fuels (for better or worse). In this age it seems like every five years or so a given technology takes the leap to the next sweet spot. Electric cars are a good example of that. I live in a bustling suburban area twenty miles west of Boston. Not so long ago the only charging stations I saw were at Logan airport. Today they are everywhere. Tesla on my tail every day.
For us geezers, sixty years of gas powered sleds is what we know. The electric alternative seems foreign and holds little appeal for us. But if your traveling over the snow in the year 2525 chances are you'll be plugging in. Vintage doos, of course, will be grand fathered.
Zager and Evans.
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Post by snorander on May 25, 2022 11:42:05 GMT
Who you calling a geezer?
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