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    Quote Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Into the Night
    Much more so. It isn't, however, more practical than a gasoline or diesel car. Hydrogen just doesn't have as much energy.
    That's worked out in the design making them just as powerful and efficient as ICE cars. But unlike battery cars you can carry extra fuel with you or refuel in just a few minutes for another 300+ miles of driving.
    Sorry, dude. You cannot change the laws of physics by 'design'. Hydrogen just doesn't have the energy that gasoline or kerosene does, either by weight or by volume. That's a function of the molecule, dude. It has nothing to do with design.

    You can certainly design a hydrogen vehicle to have power similar to ICE cars, but you use more hydrogen than a gasoline car would use to do the same thing.

    Quote Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner View Post
    Battery cars make no sense.
    They do. Electric golf carts are most commonplace for a reason. They are simple and easily make it around 18 holes before requiring charging. Electric forklifts are commonly used in warehouses (and Home Depot and Lowes stores!) for a reason. They produce no smelly fumes indoors, and the batteries themselves provide the counterweight. A warehouse forklift can easily make it through a shift before requiring recharging. It doesn't move around much.
    Electric cars are often great in snow. Their individual traction motors on each wheel can compensate for terrible conditions. These can make it up a slip test ramp with only one wheel given traction, and any wheel will do. Only Subaru, an ICE car, can do the same.

    They make decent commuter cars. They are quiet (too quiet!) and do well in town and city driving. They can handle the short freeway use very well. Charging can easily be done when you return home. As a daily use vehicle used primarily for commuting and getting groceries, it does well.

    It is horrible for over the road driving (long trips). It is horrible as a work vehicle like a truck that has to drive all day to haul dirt, logs, cement, or anything else.

    Hydrogen cars certainly can be refueled in a few minutes, but they will use more fuel to accomplish the same thing that ICE cars do. That's just a function of the hydrogen molecule. You can't do anything about it.

    In the end, there is no 'best' vehicle. Get what you want. Drive what you want. Mandating energy markets and vehicle use is just fascism.
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    This is blasphemy! (like putting a Chevy motor in a Ford)

    The electric Cobra develops 308 horsepower and peak torque of 368 pound-feet, according to AC. With an estimated curb weight of around 2,750 pounds, the car can do 0-62 mph in 6.7 seconds, with a top speed of 120 mph. Range is estimated at 150 miles, likely as measured on the European WLTP testing cycle.

    Production of the Series 1 Electric and Charter Edition will be limited to 58 cars apiece, in reference to the 58th anniversary of the original Cobra. United Kingdom pricing starts at £138,000 (about $170,000 at current exchange rates) for the Series 1 Electric, and £85,000 ($105,000) for the Charter Edition. However, AC hasn't discussed plans to offer either model in the United States.

    (a rather expensive pooch!)

    https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...lectric-cobras

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    Superformance, the noted sports car and replicar builder, is launching an electric replica of the iconic Cobra sports car.

    In late October, the company released a teaser video (first spotted by Muscle Cars & Trucks) of an all-electric Cobra—dubbed MKIII E.


    https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...kiii-e-replica




    https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...lectric-cobras
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    Jesus, Asshat, I'm sick of you already.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Into the Night View Post
    What is 'dirtier than it has to be'???
    rumspringa dickdown 6: amish girls gone wild.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    Bigotry and lies.

    Nobody is forcing you to buy a fucking electric car, nitwit.
    Bitch! That's exactly what Biden and the leftists are trying to do! Da FUQ?!

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-...rs-and-trucks/

    And trucks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    Bitch! That's exactly what Biden and the leftists are trying to do! Da FUQ?!

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-...rs-and-trucks/

    And trucks.
    Why is doing things smart so anathema to you

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    Bitch! That's exactly what Biden and the leftists are trying to do! Da FUQ?!

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-...rs-and-trucks/

    And trucks.
    Please point to the paragraph that forces you to buy, Matt. I don't see it.

    Or will you confess to being wrong again? Lying? Exaggerating?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    Please point to the paragraph that forces you to buy, Matt. I don't see it.

    Or will you confess to being wrong again? Lying? Exaggerating?
    Forcing 1/2 of vehicles available to be EVs IS forcing it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by katzgar View Post
    Why is doing things smart so anathema to you
    You wouldn't know smart even if Einstein kicked you dead in the ass!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    Forcing 1/2 of vehicles available to be EVs IS forcing it.
    You can be in the stupid half.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    You wouldn't know smart even if Einstein kicked you dead in the ass!

    ..From the grave!
    I didnt vote fror trump so yeah I am smart
    Why Biden? Because Fuck You that's why. Barack Obama has a Grammy, an Emmy, a Nobel Prize, 2 terms as President and a Twitter account.

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    Quote Originally Posted by katzgar View Post
    I didnt vote fror trump so yeah I am smart
    You're a real fart smeller!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    Please point to the paragraph that forces you to buy, Matt. I don't see it.

    Or will you confess to being wrong again? Lying? Exaggerating?
    Not paying attention again, eh?
    Maybe you should read what the SOTC wants to do about gasoline and diesel engines.
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    Quote Originally Posted by katzgar View Post
    I didnt vote fror trump so yeah I am smart
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