Diesel-electric transmission is used in large vehicles like locomotives and Ships, why not in regular vehicles? Why bother with complex gear system? Why don't just put in a generator and motors.
Edit: Thank you people for answering my question. You've all been very helpful.
These things were MADE to be worked on!! Usually tranny fluid changes were hundreds of dollars. I'm not even up to a shade tree mechanic status and diesel fluid, oil and now transmission fluid changes are simple and cheap even with the best materials! Way to go GM!
Edit: I hate car centric urban and suburban planning. I mean all cars suck in the sense that electric cars and self driving cars will not solve our traffic congestion problems. Rural areas don't typically have traffic jams, so they're not really what I'm talking about.
I'll start of by saying I am not even talking about the environment/global warning/fossil fuels (do I have to?). First and foremost we have committed Americans to a $30,000 commitment to exist. If you decide to get a car within your price range of $5000, you're now paying repair costs that could potentially be more expensive than than $30,000 investment... great.
But sure, maybe you don't care about poor people.
Cars ruin cities and towns. American LAWS remove pedestrian rights in favor of automobile rights. Zoning and city planning LAWS make the suburban wastelands the only legal way to plan a neighborhood. Compare this to European towns and it becomes obvious why this sucks. It's not possible to build a bar or pub within walking distance. Children have no easy path towards independence until they can drive which negatively affects development. Cities/suburbs are simply not convenient or desirable. I emphasize laws because Americans WANT better urban planning. "Human-scale" neighborhoods quickly see their property values skyrocket.
Last but not least... traffick. We build more roads in the most pathetic futile effort of easing traffic congestion possible. Wider roads with more lanes do NOT reduce traffic, just ask the Houston-Katy freeway.
Most Americans live in ignorance, never knowing any better. I did. I came across "Not Just Bikes" on YouTube... it was my exit the matrix sort of moment. So many issues I just took for granted became so obvious. It was really depressing. I had a sports car and I love engineering, so it was not easy for me to swallow. Keep in mind there are plenty of other reason why American car centric urban planning is toxic. I highly recommend Not Just Bikes on YT if you're interested.
My country's rail network is being electrified gradually the past few years, and I was wondering, since all diesel engines use electric motors, why isn't it be straightforward to convert them for electric usage, and instead new locos are being purchased.
Hi everyone. I live in the north shore of Boston and checked my electric bill recently to do some nakpin math to help justify the cost of a new ID4 car vs the 2000 mk4 disel. I know electric cars are much more efficient sol i figured they would both be in the same ball park or the electric car would be a clear winner. So here's is my math, what an i missing?? An i crazy that the diesel has the same cost efficiency?
My car gets about 45mpg and looking up the ID4 i choose 30 kwh/100 miles becuase that's between the EPA and real world numbers. So diesel is about $3.50/ gallon we will say and i need 2.2 gallons per 100 miles at a cost of $7.78. The electric bill from my memory was about $0.10/kwh delivery and like $0.12kwh for supply fees so like $0.22/kWh. I am assuming i will house charge most of the time and it charges at 85%. So 30kwh/0.85= 35.3 kw. 35.3kwh x$0.22 = $7.76
I've come to understand MA does have higher electric cost and maybe i need to shop around or change my plan to something not fixed if that is even possible.
So an i crazy or is assumptions and math more or less correct?
Thanks!
I was putting a fence post on underneath some large transmission lines and I could feel a weird sensation like it was vibrating and it was kind of like a minor shock although more uncomfortable than painful. What causes this?
