Thread: gm and EV
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Old 01-13-2021, 12:15 PM   #17
1976gmc20
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Re: gm and EV

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Originally Posted by special-K View Post
You sure get a lot less vehicle with a battery hauler than the same fossil fuel hauler. The bigger they get the more electricity they'll use
30 gallons of gas at ~7 pounds/gallon = 210 pounds.

Propulsion batteries are what, maybe 800 to 1200 pounds?


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we are seeing more and more of those solar panel fields all the time
Yeah, covering good pasture and farm land with solar panels

Would almost make sense if they put them on a sagebrush covered south facing hill...
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