Poochydawg t1_irzbzga wrote on October 12, 2022 at 3:57 AM

Reply to comment by that_other_goat in China’s Electric Trucks May Well Pull Forward Peak Oil Demand by PeteWenzel

We are a decade or 2 away from a decent electric utility that can allow you to be a tradesperson during the day, and recreational towing on the weekends/holidays.

I am not against reducing emissions, I am off grid for electricity (18k solar) water and sewer, but electric vehicles are still a meme for anyone outside of a city apartment dwelling office worker.

Even further away from having reliable and scalable grid for charging tens of millions of EV’s..

that_other_goat t1_irze0os wrote on October 12, 2022 at 4:17 AM

You're right about electrics not being suitable for the trades and recreation yet but for patching a fence, hauling in a small harvest for a farmstand/market, general repairs, watering animals, driving to irrigation pumps, dropping salt licks, and a hundred other little tasks usually filled by UTV's and the like are all within the capabilities of these cheap little electric trucks.

I think they're a good fit on a farm as your often going places to do work outside in set area of land.

For less than the cost of a low end John Deere Gator you could have one with it's own off grid charging station.

For heavier stuff there's the tractor and for tractors I kind of like the new holland methane powered T6's as a concept. I know the waste products are CO2 and water but well methane comes with agricultural production and is worse as a greenhouse gas so removing that could be a net positive but I could be wrong.