3214: Electric Vehicles - Revision history

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Undo revision 407923 by 216.125.50.226 (talk) Resulted in a bad Template call. Reverting (but arguably could have completed the job properly).

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BunsenH: /* Explanation */ ref 3211... hey, perhaps Cueball had a point!

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‎Explanation: ref 3211... hey, perhaps Cueball had a point!

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	Many potential customers of {{w\|electric vehicle}}s have "{{w\|range anxiety}}", and are concerned about the ability of the vehicle batteries to allow the same freedom of travel as with those using the {{w\|internal combustion engine}}. No one wants to be stuck on the side of the road, having run out of power, and finding a {{w\|filling station}} for fuel ({{w\|gasoline\|gasoline/petrol}} or {{w\|diesel fuel}}) to refill a motor vehicle is more likely than finding an electric vehicle recharging station. (An EV ''can'' be recharged from a "standard" electrical socket, albeit slowly, quite apart from specialized home setups as seen in [[3211: Amperage]].) Manufacturers have been trying to ease these fears by developing longer-lasting batteries, along with more recharging stations being set up.		Many potential customers of {{w\|electric vehicle}}s have "{{w\|range anxiety}}", and are concerned about the ability of the vehicle batteries to allow the same freedom of travel as with those using the {{w\|internal combustion engine}}. No one wants to be stuck on the side of the road, having run out of power, and finding a {{w\|filling station}} for fuel ({{w\|gasoline\|gasoline/petrol}} or {{w\|diesel fuel}}) to refill a motor vehicle is more likely than finding an electric vehicle recharging station. (An EV ''can'' be recharged from a "standard" electrical socket, albeit slowly, quite apart from specialized home setups as seen in [[3211: Amperage]].) Manufacturers have been trying to ease these fears by developing longer-lasting batteries, along with more recharging stations being set up.

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 Many potential customers of {{w|electric vehicle}}s have "{{w|range anxiety}}", and are concerned about the ability of the vehicle batteries to allow the same freedom of travel as with those using the {{w|internal combustion engine}}. No one wants to be stuck on the side of the road, having run out of power, and finding a {{w|filling station}} for fuel ({{w|gasoline|gasoline/petrol}} or {{w|diesel fuel}}) to refill a motor vehicle is more likely than finding an electric vehicle recharging station. (An EV ''can'' be recharged from a "standard" electrical socket, albeit slowly, quite apart from specialized home setups as seen in [[3211: Amperage]].) Manufacturers have been trying to ease these fears by developing longer-lasting batteries, along with more recharging stations being set up.
-This comic exaggerates this concern to an absurd degree: [[Cueball]], up until some undefined point in the past when he was corrected, had apparently believed that electric cars were powered by single-use, non-rechargeable batteries, and this comic shows the kind of conversation he would have had while under that wrong impression. Practical electric vehicles, since {{w|History of the electric vehicle#First full-scale electric cars|their very early days}}, have pretty much always had {{w|rechargeable battery}} technology of some kind or other. He should indeed feel incredibly silly about this, given that rechargeable batteries are very common in many other devices.
+This comic exaggerates this concern to an absurd degree: [[Cueball]] had apparently believed that electric cars were powered by single-use, non-rechargeable batteries (this comic being a flashback to some conversation before he was corrected). Practical electric vehicles, since {{w|History of the electric vehicle#First full-scale electric cars|their very early days}}, have pretty much always had {{w|rechargeable battery}} technology of some kind or other. He should indeed feel incredibly silly about this, given that rechargeable batteries are very common in many other devices.
 Commercially available rechargeable polymer-electrolyte batteries have not always been common, however. The proliferation of Alkaline, NiMH, and Lithium-ion batteries happened during the late 1990s and early 2000s (during Randall's lifetime), although the {{w|lead–acid battery}} first appeared in the mid 19th-century and later became the staple (rechargable) electrical storage medium in both fully-electrical and IC-powered vehicles of all kinds. Rechargeable cells are still the minority of sales for household-use size batteries (AA, AAA), perhaps in part because they get [[https://www.rdbatteries.com/blog/post/how-many-times-can-you-recharge-rechargeable-batteries.html?srsltid=AfmBOopDQfsdCmfha-x95r8snSTCV8SIHi6S02PcMReOZyJlWa0ENY6w re-used many times]] rather than needing to be entirely replaced by a further purchase after they are first drained. Battery operated devices and toys for most of the 20th-century (e.g. tamagotchis) did not generally have recharging capabilities and required replacing the battery entirely, rather than (as with many modern devices, e.g. phones) having built-in batteries enabling the user to recharge them by plugging a suitable power-carrying cable into a port. For other devices that {{w|Batteries Not Included|<!-- mild joke link! -->may or may not}} have originally come with single-use cells prepackaged, households may have eventually decided to buy reliable rechargable equivalents to be charged as needed. It's not reasonable to completely throw away the batteries that power electric vehicles, every time they are discharged, or even throw away (or abandon) whole vehicles due to difficulties in replacing them. But, in assuming that an EV's battery is not rechargeable, [[Cueball]] is concerned that this is what he would be forced to do..

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 This comic exaggerates this concern to an absurd degree: [[Cueball]], up until some undefined point in the past when he was corrected, had apparently believed that electric cars were powered by single-use, non-rechargeable batteries, and this comic shows the kind of conversation he would have had while under that wrong impression. Practical electric vehicles, since {{w|History of the electric vehicle#First full-scale electric cars|their very early days}}, have pretty much always had {{w|rechargeable battery}} technology of some kind or other. He should indeed feel incredibly silly about this, given that rechargeable batteries are very common in many other devices.
-Commercially available rechargeable solid-state batteries have not always been common, however. The proliferation of Alkaline, NiMH, and Lithium-ion batteries happened during the late 1990s and early 2000s (during Randall's lifetime), although the {{w|lead–acid battery}} first appeared in the mid 19th-century and later became the staple (rechargable) electrical storage medium in both fully-electrical and IC-powered vehicles of all kinds. Rechargeable cells are still the minority of sales for household-use size batteries (AA, AAA), perhaps in part because they get [[https://www.rdbatteries.com/blog/post/how-many-times-can-you-recharge-rechargeable-batteries.html?srsltid=AfmBOopDQfsdCmfha-x95r8snSTCV8SIHi6S02PcMReOZyJlWa0ENY6w re-used many times]] rather than needing to be entirely replaced by a further purchase after they are first drained. Battery operated devices and toys for most of the 20th-century (e.g. tamagotchis) did not generally have recharging capabilities and required replacing the battery entirely, rather than (as with many modern devices, e.g. phones) having built-in batteries enabling the user to recharge them by plugging a suitable power-carrying cable into a port. For other devices that {{w|Batteries Not Included|<!-- mild joke link! -->may or may not}} have originally come with single-use cells prepackaged, households may have eventually decided to buy reliable rechargable equivalents to be charged as needed. It's not reasonable to completely throw away the batteries that power electric vehicles, every time they are discharged, or even throw away (or abandon) whole vehicles due to difficulties in replacing them. But, in assuming that an EV's battery is not rechargeable, [[Cueball]] is concerned that this is what he would be forced to do..
+Commercially available rechargeable polymer-electrolyte batteries have not always been common, however. The proliferation of Alkaline, NiMH, and Lithium-ion batteries happened during the late 1990s and early 2000s (during Randall's lifetime), although the {{w|lead–acid battery}} first appeared in the mid 19th-century and later became the staple (rechargable) electrical storage medium in both fully-electrical and IC-powered vehicles of all kinds. Rechargeable cells are still the minority of sales for household-use size batteries (AA, AAA), perhaps in part because they get [[https://www.rdbatteries.com/blog/post/how-many-times-can-you-recharge-rechargeable-batteries.html?srsltid=AfmBOopDQfsdCmfha-x95r8snSTCV8SIHi6S02PcMReOZyJlWa0ENY6w re-used many times]] rather than needing to be entirely replaced by a further purchase after they are first drained. Battery operated devices and toys for most of the 20th-century (e.g. tamagotchis) did not generally have recharging capabilities and required replacing the battery entirely, rather than (as with many modern devices, e.g. phones) having built-in batteries enabling the user to recharge them by plugging a suitable power-carrying cable into a port. For other devices that {{w|Batteries Not Included|<!-- mild joke link! -->may or may not}} have originally come with single-use cells prepackaged, households may have eventually decided to buy reliable rechargable equivalents to be charged as needed. It's not reasonable to completely throw away the batteries that power electric vehicles, every time they are discharged, or even throw away (or abandon) whole vehicles due to difficulties in replacing them. But, in assuming that an EV's battery is not rechargeable, [[Cueball]] is concerned that this is what he would be forced to do..
 All types of vehicle can only be driven so far, or even idled for so long, without refilling their energy storage, be that liquid fuel or electrochemical potential. Because of this, any vehicle (other than perhaps a {{w|solar car}}, or similar) will require occasional top-ups at roadside facilities or even through a direct feed ({{w|overhead line}}s can provide electricity to {{w|Rubber-tyred tram|suitable road or rail vehicles}}, and a {{w|third rail}} is an additional option for the latter type, along some or all of their prepared routes). As of 2021, a modern electric car commonly had [https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/evolution-of-average-range-of-electric-vehicles-by-powertrain-2010-2021 a range above 300 km/200 miles,<!-- this is not a conversion error: 300km<>200mil, I know, but the true value (graph currently shows 349km) is nicely just "above" both of these simplified roundings down in a reasonably futureproofed way-->] and this is continuing to expand. Combustion engine cars usually reach [https://energynow.ca/2022/10/visualizing-the-range-of-electric-cars-vs-gas-powered-cars/ at least twice this range] on a full fuel tank.

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 ==Explanation==
-{{This page was created by an EV WITH A NON-RECHARGEABLE BOT-TERY.}}
+{{incomplete|This page was created by an EV WITH A NON-RECHARGEABLE BOT-TERY. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}
 Many potential customers of {{w|electric vehicle}}s have "{{w|range anxiety}}", and are concerned about the ability of the vehicle batteries to allow the same freedom of travel as with those using the {{w|internal combustion engine}}. No one wants to be stuck on the side of the road, having run out of power, and finding a {{w|filling station}} for fuel ({{w|gasoline|gasoline/petrol}} or {{w|diesel fuel}}) to refill a motor vehicle is more likely than finding an electric vehicle recharging station. (An EV ''can'' be recharged from a "standard" electrical socket, albeit slowly, quite apart from specialized home setups as seen in [[3211: Amperage]].) Manufacturers have been trying to ease these fears by developing longer-lasting batteries, along with more recharging stations being set up.

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 ==Explanation==
-{{incomplete|This page was created by an EV WITH A NON-RECHARGEABLE BOT-TERY. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}
+{{This page was created by an EV WITH A NON-RECHARGEABLE BOT-TERY.}}
 Many potential customers of {{w|electric vehicle}}s have "{{w|range anxiety}}", and are concerned about the ability of the vehicle batteries to allow the same freedom of travel as with those using the {{w|internal combustion engine}}. No one wants to be stuck on the side of the road, having run out of power, and finding a {{w|filling station}} for fuel ({{w|gasoline|gasoline/petrol}} or {{w|diesel fuel}}) to refill a motor vehicle is more likely than finding an electric vehicle recharging station. (An EV ''can'' be recharged from a "standard" electrical socket, albeit slowly, quite apart from specialized home setups as seen in [[3211: Amperage]].) Manufacturers have been trying to ease these fears by developing longer-lasting batteries, along with more recharging stations being set up.

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 {{incomplete|This page was created by an EV WITH A NON-RECHARGEABLE BOT-TERY. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}
-Many potential customers of {{w|electric vehicle}}s have "{{w|range anxiety}}", and are concerned about the ability of the vehicle batteries to allow the same freedom of travel as with those using the {{w|internal combustion engine}}. No one wants to be stuck on the side of the road, having run out of power, and finding a {{w|filling station}} for fuel ({{w|gasoline|gasoline/petrol}} or {{w|diesel fuel}}) to refill a motor vehicle is more likely than finding an electric vehicle recharging station, even though you can always recharge an EV on any plain electricity socket, albeit slowly. Manufacturers have been trying to ease these fears by developing longer-lasting batteries, along with more recharging stations being set up.
+Many potential customers of {{w|electric vehicle}}s have "{{w|range anxiety}}", and are concerned about the ability of the vehicle batteries to allow the same freedom of travel as with those using the {{w|internal combustion engine}}. No one wants to be stuck on the side of the road, having run out of power, and finding a {{w|filling station}} for fuel ({{w|gasoline|gasoline/petrol}} or {{w|diesel fuel}}) to refill a motor vehicle is more likely than finding an electric vehicle recharging station, even though an EV can be recharged from a "standard" electrical socket, albeit slowly. Manufacturers have been trying to ease these fears by developing longer-lasting batteries, along with more recharging stations being set up.
 This comic exaggerates this concern to an absurd degree: [[Cueball]], up until some undefined point in the past when he was corrected, had apparently believed that electric cars were powered by single-use, non-rechargeable batteries, and this comic shows the kind of conversation he would have had while under that wrong impression. Practical electric vehicles, since {{w|History of the electric vehicle#First full-scale electric cars|their very early days}}, have pretty much always had {{w|rechargeable battery}} technology of some kind or other. He should indeed feel incredibly silly about this, given that rechargeable batteries are very common in many other devices.

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 Many potential customers of {{w|electric vehicle}}s have "{{w|range anxiety}}", and are concerned about the ability of the vehicle batteries to allow the same freedom of travel as with those using the {{w|internal combustion engine}}. No one wants to be stuck on the side of the road, having run out of power, and finding a {{w|filling station}} for fuel ({{w|gasoline|gasoline/petrol}} or {{w|diesel fuel}}) to refill a motor vehicle is more likely than finding an electric vehicle recharging station. Manufacturers have been trying to ease these fears by developing longer-lasting batteries, along with more recharging stations being set up.
-This comic exaggerates this concern to an absurd degree: [[Cueball]], up until some undefined point in the past when he was corrected, had apparently believed that electric cars were powered by single-use, non-rechargeable batteries, and this comic shows the kind of conversation he will have had during that period of being under the wrong impression. Practical electric vehicles, since {{w|History of the electric vehicle#First full-scale electric cars|their very early days}}, have pretty much always had {{w|rechargeable battery}} technology of some kind or other.
+This comic exaggerates this concern to an absurd degree: [[Cueball]], up until some undefined point in the past when he was corrected, had apparently believed that electric cars were powered by single-use, non-rechargeable batteries, and this comic shows the kind of conversation he will have had during that period of being under the wrong impression. Practical electric vehicles, since {{w|History of the electric vehicle#First full-scale electric cars|their very early days}}, have pretty much always had {{w|rechargeable battery}} technology of some kind or other. He should indeed feel incredibly silly about this, given that rechargeable batteries are very common in many other devices.
 Commercially available rechargeable solid-state batteries have not always been common, however. The proliferation of Alkaline, NiMH, and Lithium-ion batteries happened during the late 1990s and early 2000s (during Randall's lifetime), although the {{w|lead–acid battery}} first appeared in the mid 19th-century and later became the staple (rechargable) electrical storage medium in both fully-electrical and IC-powered vehicles of all kinds. Rechargeable cells are still the minority of sales for household-use size batteries (AA, AAA), perhaps in part because they get [[https://www.rdbatteries.com/blog/post/how-many-times-can-you-recharge-rechargeable-batteries.html?srsltid=AfmBOopDQfsdCmfha-x95r8snSTCV8SIHi6S02PcMReOZyJlWa0ENY6w re-used many times]] rather than needing to be entirely replaced by a further purchase after they are first drained. Battery operated devices and toys for most of the 20th-century (e.g. tamagotchis) did not generally have recharging capabilities and required replacing the battery entirely, rather than (as with many modern devices, e.g. phones) having built-in batteries enabling the user to recharge them by plugging a suitable power-carrying cable into a port. For other devices that {{w|Batteries Not Included|<!-- mild joke link! -->may or may not}} have originally come with single-use cells prepackaged, households may have eventually decided to buy reliable rechargable equivalents to be charged as needed. It's not reasonable to completely throw away the batteries that power electric vehicles, every time they are discharged, or even throw away (or abandon) whole vehicles due to difficulties in replacing them. But, in assuming that an EV's battery is not rechargeable, [[Cueball]] is concerned that this is what he would be forced to do..