Hertz increased its fleet of EV rental cars – then, profits exploded

Re:Hertz increased its fleet of EV rental cars – then, profi... by agumonkey on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:56PM (#34403442)

No, Porsche added gears for better efficiency. Other manufactures talked about similar ideas since.

Battery cooling I'm not sure though, it's still circulating right ? which would mean a pump of some sort.

Anyway things are not as vanilla as they used to be in the early days, I hope that trend doesn't keep up.

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Re:Hertz increased its fleet of EV rental cars – then, profi... by jqpabc123 on Monday January 16, 2023 @01:14PM (#34403662)

No, Porsche added gears for better efficiency.

Only applicable at autobahn speeds --- which explains why Porsche is the only manufacturer thus far to see a need for this.

I seriously doubt this will become typical --- simply due to cost reasons.

Battery cooling I'm not sure though, it's still circulating right

No, natural thermal convention in most cases.

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Re:Hertz increased its fleet of EV rental cars – then, profi... by agumonkey on Monday January 16, 2023 @02:08PM (#34404293)

Oh ok the liquid is passively cooled ? what the "heatsink" here ? the lower surface of the pack ?

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Re:Hertz increased its fleet of EV rental cars – then, profi... by jqpabc123 on Monday January 16, 2023 @03:13PM (#34404961)

the lower surface of the pack ?

Yes. In some cases, the battery pack also serves as a structural component.

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Re:Hertz increased its fleet of EV rental cars – then, profi... by agumonkey on Monday January 16, 2023 @04:22PM (#34405668)

Yeah, I guess we all saw the structural battery annoucement.

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