Toyota CEO steps down

I'd bet 10 years, maybe 15 will see EV more competitive with ICE. If battery technology changes as much in the next 10 as it has in the past 10 years, it should get interesting. I think it was Harley Davidson that said their next gen battery will recharge to 90% in something like 10 minutes. Lithium and cobalt sound like they will soon be eclipsed by newer materials that are more friendly to the environment.

I like the idea of EV, it's not where it needs to be for general use, but it will get there.

 

I have a Dewalt lawn mower. Added benefit of when I’m not using the lawn mower I have two 10AH batteries for the other tools.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1XgFsitnQw

 

dang, wonder if you got a bad one? I let the grass get pretty lengthy here before I mow. I also use the mulching blade. I'd buy the whole set again if I had to

 

I have a 36V Makita mower , leaf blower and 18V weedeater , no real complaints bug I have tonnes of 6A and 5A batteries from work

 

FYI Electric Snowblowers suck ass ---- Source: I live in Denver & have used both. When they install an EV charger on top of Hagerman pass, let me know

 

No need for that, easy charging already on both ends of the road over the pass.

 

Typically my route is - I stay @ chapman & then spend the day driving hagerman to turquoise lake. So they have charging points between those campgrounds now? havent been up there since 2019

 

Dewalt, small 60' X 200' yard, can do 2 cuttings on a charge. For me, an electric mower is the best choice I have made.

 

You’d have to go a bit farther in either direction, down to Leadville or Basalt depending on which way drive into Chapman.

 

Thats fair - since they're no gas stations in between those campgrounds, but I can still bring my own gasoline. My fishing trips can be 3 or 4 days long & I love those lakes! I'd imagine more EV chargers at campgrounds in the future

 

It’s a beautiful area.

 

I actually run a Ryobi 54" zero turn electric to do my 1.8 acres. Absolutely awesome. NO NOISE. Downside is Ryobi used deep cycle batteries and they don't last but three years, five if you are nice to it. Already planning out a lithium replacement battery which should last 15 years or more.

On the other hand I have a Ryobi electric push mower and it's trash. I have to carry 6 of the medium 18v batteries just to do the edges of that 1.8 acres.

 

Cheap to run, less time spent waiting to "refill" (for most), awesome performance, opportunity to screw the man and just "refill" off some solar panels at home.

Downside is of course distance driving. Not so bad if just driving (in say a Tesla, not so much in the lightning) but pretty dismal if towing.

If you want to save the planet buy a bike; however, EVs are better for the environment.

 

Blockbuster Toyota News: CEO Akio Toyoda Stepping Down, Gazoo Boss Takes Over (motortrend.com)

 

Capitalism is based on individual initiative and favors market mechanisms over government intervention.

 

EV still is an alternative but NOT a solution!

 

True, it's PART of the solution.