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Default Another thing about electric cars

In article , Andrew
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On 02/12/2020 13:35, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 02/12/2020 13:29, Tim+ wrote:
Andrew wrote:


All fast chargers shorten the life of batteries. The 1 hour fast
charger
I had for AA camera batteries had a little fan in the base to keep them
cool while charging. EV car batteries are encased by the vehicle and
cannot easily dissipate the heat. Where does it go ?.

Out of the battery cooling system.

Do you really think that manufacturers havent thought about this?

Yes, he probably does think that.
The ignorance of the general public about how hardware design is
done is almost absolute.


Explain how the USA Ford F150 pickup truck had its fuel tank
mounted just under the doors so that a T-bone impact created a
fireball ?. How hard did the manufacturers think about that ?.


Tim



The Pinto was the classic. Several incidents. There was a notorious cost
benefit analysis produce internally by Ford calculating which would
cost least, fixing the design or carrying on paying compensation to
victims families.
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bert