How far are we from a full electric and/or hybrid Ranger?

[slowmachine]

Don't get me wrong I like the EV ideology but where does everyone think the electricity/batteries are coming from? I have photovotaic on my house so the sun can provide me with energy but what about everywhere else. Power must be made to power these vehicles. Unless we cover the earth with solar panels, nuclear plants and wind turbines we will still be burning fuel. I don't have the answers but we are running not walking down a rabbit hole with this EV stuff. AND yes my wife drives a Subaru crosstrek hybrid.

Just like the transition from animal power to machine power (which is, even now, not complete) it will not happen all at once, or everywhere at once.

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[slm]

Don't get me wrong I like the EV ideology but where does everyone think the electricity/batteries are coming from? I have photovotaic on my house so the sun can provide me with energy but what about everywhere else. Power must be made to power these vehicles. Unless we cover the earth with solar panels, nuclear plants and wind turbines we will still be burning fuel. I don't have the answers but we are running not walking down a rabbit hole with this EV stuff. AND yes my wife drives a Subaru crosstrek hybrid.

Well here in Canada (specifically in the province of Quebec where I live) we have mostly hydro powered electricity and it's very inexpensive here compared to most other places, which got me thinking and I started this thread...

 

[Msfitoy]

Want to share predictions? Or maybe someone has some insider info, hehe

From what I've read/seen, Ford has had pretty good, reliable tech in their hybrid cars (please correct me if I'm wrong). I'm anxious to see how the F-150 Lightning does.

Cheers
Steven

About 50 miles in the desert without a plug in sight... ? ?

 

[slowmachine]

About 50 miles in the desert without a plug in sight... ? ?

I've worked with dozens of building contractors that would never exhaust the battery of an F150 Lightning in the course of a work day, or even several work days. Remote off-road? Only if you bring a solar panel and can wait several weeks, or months, to recharge enough to get home. If you need to haul a generator, you should have bought a hybrid.

 

[slm]

About 50 miles in the desert without a plug in sight... ? ?

I guess I set myself up for that one

 

[Hounddog409]

Want to share predictions? Or maybe someone has some insider info, hehe

From what I've read/seen, Ford has had pretty good, reliable tech in their hybrid cars (please correct me if I'm wrong). I'm anxious to see how the F-150 Lightning does.

Cheers
Steven

A country full of electric cars being charged by coal and natural gas.

Lol.

 

[slm]

A country full of electric cars being charged by coal and natural gas.

Lol.

Gosh I hope not! I know for myself, my home province generates 99.8% of its electricity from renewable sources, with 95.2% coming from hydro power (dams).

 

[pbethel]

Hydro is so politically incorrect in the US that we are removing more dams than we build.
Obama, in a speech on renewable energy, pointedly did not list it as such.
Being from Alaska, I always envied Canada for not being afraid to develop their resources.

 

[Scooter]

Canada' s power generation. Here in BC we will soon start up another massive dam for future power needs. Site C Dam.

 

[slm]

Canada' s power generation. Here in BC we will soon start up another massive dam for future power needs. Site C Dam.

Interesting map! I wonder if NB & NS are looking into moving to wind power

 

[VAMike]

Hydro is so politically incorrect in the US that we are removing more dams than we build.

dams aren't looking like a big winner right now in much of the US; hoover's generating capacity is down significantly because of the drought, and oroville (tallest dam in the US) shut down for the first time this year due to lack of water. maybe it makes sense somewhere with fewer water supply problems, but even then silting and other problems make them far from slam-dunk solutions. at any rate the options for a place with a lot of mostly empty space, a lot of water, and rugged terrain differ from most of the US where you have empty space with no water, wet areas that are flat, or wet and hilly areas that are populated.

 

[taildraggerpilot]

They have already built one, but it must have been a flop.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranger_EV

the performance was breathtaking

 

[pbethel]

dams aren't looking like a big winner right now in much of the US; hoover's generating capacity is down significantly because of the drought, and oroville (tallest dam in the US) shut down for the first time this year due to lack of water. maybe it makes sense somewhere with fewer water supply problems, but even then silting and other problems make them far from slam-dunk solutions. at any rate the options for a place with a lot of mostly empty space, a lot of water, and rugged terrain differ from most of the US where you have empty space with no water, wet areas that are flat, or wet and hilly areas that are populated.

The environmental constraints are the same in the lands bordering half of British Columbia and all of the Yukon Territory, yet Alaska cannot build new hydro.
All in the name of protecting the fish even if the drainage proposed basically has no fish.

 

[Scooter]

Where's the development of hydrogen vehicles at. It seems like a suppressed technology. I see they are developing the technology for large Semi's. Are synthetic fuels cleaner.

 

[DeathRanger]

Where's the development of hydrogen vehicles at. It seems like a suppressed technology. I see they are developing the technology for large Semi's. Are synthetic fuels cleaner.

A company is actually converting Rangers to be Hydrogen powered.
https://www.motor1.com/news/533331/ford-ranger-h2x-warrego-pricing/

$140,000 for base conversion
$183,000 for top of the line

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