Jim,
Glad you're having success with electric and hybrid vehicles. Have you
installed an inverter in the Prius to provide electricity for critical
appliances such during a blackout? It know of two people who have done that.
One installed a large inverter to the traction battery. Another friend
installed a small inverter to the 12 volt "hotel" battery.
Mike N2MS
> On 04/11/2021 8:11 PM Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
>
> You may need to get your news from better sources, like Wall Street
> Journal, NY Times, Wash Post. The current administration's
> infrastructure plans call for significantly beefing up generation
> capacity and well as distribution. Just as current capacity is quite
> sufficient for the current number of EVs, as more are sold, so will
> there be more power.
>
> I'll be 80 in the fall; we bought a Tesla Model 3 as our contribution to
> leaving our planet for our grandchildren. It IS much more economical to
> run and maintain over the long term, but it's unlikely we'll be able to
> drive it long enough for it to pay US back. We love the car -- it's
> quite well engineered. Several neighboring hams, including N6TV, W6JTI,
> W0YK, W3AB, and W6GJB drive an EV -- mostly Tesla, but also Chevy Bolt.
> All are made in the USA, and all of us are quite happy with them. They
> have STRONG acceleration, handle well, and are a pleasure to drive.
>
> My wife is also quite happy with the Prius she bought about six years
> ago. Meanwhile, my big Toyota 2006 SUV, bought new in 2005, sits in our
> driveway, with about 210,000 miles on it, not having moved in nearly a
> year. We're keeping for hauling stuff too big for the cars we drive
> every day. I loved it for all of the 15 years it was my primary vehicle,
> but it drinks three times as much gas as the Prius.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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