9,000-pound electric Hummer shows we can’t ignore efficiency of EVs

Re:9,000-pound electric Hummer shows we can’t ignore efficie... by elihu on Friday July 08, 2022 @01:29AM (#32023641)

A Hummer H3 is less than 5,000 pounds. The EV Hummer is about 9,000. This is a vehicle that's much heavier than almost anything on the road that isn't a commercial vehicle, including similar ICE vehicles.

(And for what it's worth, I don't think Tesla should get a free pass here. Tesla Model S's generally weigh about 4,000 to 5,000 pounds, which is awfully heavy for a Sedan. They just don't look heavy, so people don't think about it.)

I'm in favor of EVs generally, but I think the would would get along just fine if there wasn't an electric Hummer.

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Re:9,000-pound electric Hummer shows we can’t ignore efficie... by hulitu on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:46AM (#32025379)

At 9000 pounds you need a truck driving licence in EU to drive such a beast.

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Re:9,000-pound electric Hummer shows we can’t ignore efficie... by iostream25 on Friday July 08, 2022 @07:35AM (#32025779)

... and it will likely get stuck in all the narrow streets ancient European towns/cities are filled with... a Hummer is too wide to enter many villages

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Re:9,000-pound electric Hummer shows we can’t ignore efficie... by admax88qqq on Friday July 08, 2022 @01:33AM (#32023668)

Sure we'd also get along fine if there were no Hummers at all, gas or electric. But some people are going to make Hummers and some people are going to buy them. If the ones they buy are electric that's still a net win.

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Re:9,000-pound electric Hummer shows we can’t ignore efficie... by prmoustache on Friday July 08, 2022 @03:39AM (#32023981)

Sure but they should be taxed heavily based on height. The heavier vehicles are, the more maintenance and faster the roads wear out. That road maintenance need to be financed.

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Re:9,000-pound electric Hummer shows we can’t ignore efficie... by bmacho on Friday July 08, 2022 @04:04AM (#32024148)

Well, if the amount of green energy doesn't grow fast enough, then switching to EV uses the same dirty carbon based energy, but require more of it.

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Re:9,000-pound electric Hummer shows we can’t ignore efficie... by wbsss4412 on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:20PM (#32028287)

I’m not a huge fan of that large of a vehicle being out on the road either, but realistically, it costs well over 100k, there aren’t going to be that many out on the road any time soon.

Most of this is a red herring.

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Re:9,000-pound electric Hummer shows we can’t ignore efficie... by DesiLurker on Saturday July 09, 2022 @01:45PM (#32037529)

also I read somewhere that road damage is proportional to fourth power of axle weight. essentially meaning this heavy beast make roads about 16 times worse off for rest of us. to be clear other EVs should not get a free pass here either.

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