Given the price of electric cars, I'm expecting the electric vehicle for the masses will have two wheels.
this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2025
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I have Reduced my car/bike usage. I'm still a hobby driver/motorcyclist but I do it less nowadays.
All my vehicles are bought second hand and will be Reused until I can't fix them anymore. They're both mid 00's Hondas (car and bike) so that's likely going to be until I run out of parts on the market.
Then they will be Recycled for scrap metal. At that point I'll think about Reusing some other second hand car. If electric makes sense it'll be that.
In a car I am in constant conflict, constant in risk.
In a plane I am but a commodity, worth only my payment.
In a bus we are a union, to endure together, and one another.
In a train we are a tribe, fortified in goals, interests, as philosophers of old.
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Serious question: What will replace large, diesel powered semi-trucks (or lorries) for cargo transport?
Edison Trucks out of Canada is betting on diesel-electric hybrids. They're starting with logging trucks but if they succeed (or if someone copies their ideas) I expect they'd expand into long haul.
It still burns fuel for the generator, but with regen braking, charge-depleting during acceleration, an engine tuned for a narrow power band, start-stop for clean idle, and the ability to charge from the grid overnight before short hauls, it can't possibly pollute more than straight diesel.
Like for example, my gasoline car can do about 30 MPG highway and worse in the city. Pure ICE drivetrains suck balls in the city. A 10-year-old Prius on its original battery can do 50 highway and 50 city. I expect hybrids can squeeze some efficiency out of diesel the same way.
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If you're actually serious, you could replace many of them with something like this: https://www.freightliner.com/trucks/ecascadia/
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