that’s what your hybrid does, have to plug in to recharge the battery, not from the alternator while engine is running. my benz dealer told me no for all mb current lineup of hybrids, good for 60 miles on battery alone, have to charge via the outlet. bloomberg video claims that their new car can go from nyc to miami with 1 full tank of gas and 1 fully charged battery. idk maybe the car has 50 gallons tank.
The Clarity can charge the battery, using its own ICE engine, to its full 50 mile range. But I admit I don't know if it uses its alternator or reverse the electric motor to recharge.
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you don’t need parity. Their homes have charging as well. Contrast to gas and nobody fills,up,their car at home
you,can’t see the future and can’t see the trade. Millionaire and billionaires already made from the EV rush, myself included. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...s-pass-adoption-tipping-point-in-31-countries EV is taking over, and a commodity super cycle in battery metals,to fuel the demand as we are seeing.
The 1% doesn't reflect reality. It's simply taking total number of EVs to total number of ICE vehicles. It's not so uncommon for households to own multiple vehicles, including an EV (at least in California); Jay Leno skews the data with that calculation. Instead you have to look at % of EV to ICE registrations and despite the fud, 2024 EV sales are expected to increase by 20% from 2023. https://www.iea.org/reports/global-..., electric car sales,to remain robust in 2024. Maybe you can only see that 1%
On the road, not sales, not sales growth ... on the road, in use today. + + + Off-topic ever go to Hawker Chan?
On the road means registered vehicles. Jay Leno has over 180 cars, most of which I assume are registered. Yet he could be driving an EV as a daily driver which still represent only 1% of his registered vehicles. I continue to frame transition to EV as a timed event. California and several other states have a 2035 deadline to end the sale of ICE vehicles. Government priority should be to ensure charging infrastructures are in place to absorb the increased % of EVs on the road. Yes, we went to it while walking around when we first arrived. I'm not sure they had a star then but it was a popular place.There are now other hawker shops with a Michelin star. Hawker Chan has become a tourist attraction, prices have increased and they priced themselves out of hawker goers.