The Suzuki Motorcycle Experience: A Comparative Analysis of Cranking Over Pressures
As I recently had the opportunity to test ride a 600cc Suzuki motorcycle, I couldn't help but notice that its compact size and lighter weight resulted in significantly less pressure required to crank it over. In contrast, larger motorcycles like the Triumph require more effort to start, making them a more formidable challenge for some riders. This disparity in cranking power is a key factor to consider when evaluating the performance of different motorcycles.
The limitations of solid-state batteries are also worth noting, particularly in the context of starting an internal combustion engine or powering an electric vehicle. Gasoline engines, on the other hand, offer a more reliable and efficient alternative for tasks like leaf blowers and snow blower usage. My own experience with an electric leaf blower revealed that its battery drained quickly due to cold temperatures, highlighting the limitations of these devices in harsh winter conditions.
Electric vehicles, which account for less than one percent of all cars on American roads, face significant infrastructure challenges as they seek to become more widespread. The idea of leasing batteries rather than owning them outright raises questions about the economics and practicality of this model. Furthermore, the standardization of battery technology is crucial for mass production, but this goal remains elusive.
In my opinion, hydrogen fuel cells offer a promising alternative to electric vehicles. By powering cars with clean-burning hydrogen, these vehicles can operate without the constraints of limited battery life or charging infrastructure. The development of hydrogen infrastructure is underway, and it's likely that companies will find ways to make it financially viable in the coming years.
The government's push for electric vehicles has been well-documented, but I believe it's essential to take a more nuanced approach to this issue. While there are valid concerns about climate change and air pollution, it's crucial to consider the broader implications of rapid technological adoption. The rise of mass-produced electric cars will undoubtedly bring its own set of challenges and uncertainties.
As someone who enjoys tinkering with machines, I appreciate the potential for enthusiasts like myself to develop custom electric conversions using kits designed specifically for these vehicles. However, I also caution against rushing into this market without proper consideration of the technical and practical limitations involved. A more informed approach will help ensure that electric cars meet our expectations and become a viable alternative for widespread adoption.
My own experience with an electric car, including a purchase decision and subsequent sale of a Tesla model S, provides valuable insight into the challenges and pitfalls faced by early adopters. By waiting for the dust to settle on this issue, we can better understand the dynamics at play and make more informed decisions about our transportation choices. As always, I encourage readers to ring that bell if they'd like to stay up-to-date on my latest automotive repair videos.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enrev up your engines today i'm going to show why america is not ready for electric cars now i've been saying that for years there's no infrastructure this country is not ready to add all these electric cars to the power grid and recently events in texas have proven me exactly 100 correct from cold weather coming into taxes especially my old hometown houston knocked the entire system down face heaters were plugged in it got browned out and then blacked out by just a little bit electric heat and realize this if you have a fast charger at your house it does 220 volt charging of an electric car that's equivalent to running five full ceramic space heaters all at the same time now in the state of texas there's 22 million cars driving around let's say even half of those are electric cars 11 million what would happen to the electric power grid if those things were being plugged in and 11 million cars plugging it at night to the mix and oh voila you'd have darkness everywhere now money doesn't grow on trees and electricity doesn't come out of thin air with no infrastructure electric cars are a laughing joke but it's not just the availability of power it's how electric cars work most modern electric cars are running on batteries a lot of them are lithium-ion they still have a liquid inside and it gets slushy and it doesn't conduct electricity either it gets really cold or really hot so i'm talking both ends here but mainly cold now wondering it's really cold they lose range a new guy in quebec he lost 30 range on his car manufacturers claim it's 20 but you know how they lie about everything and of course that's on a brand new vehicle as they age the batteries lose their power storage and power delivery availability you're being filmed on a panasonic that's got lithium-ion batteries in it and from my experience of filament for years and years and years i'm lucky if i get maybe two and a half three years out of those batteries before they crap out and they don't last very long then the system itself starts lying to me it'll say i've got 45 minutes of shooting time left and four minutes later the camera turns it off and when you turn it back on it says battery low and it turns itself back off again well most electric cars have lithium ion batteries in them they have a limited life span they even cheat on that because they'll say oh it's still running yes but not at the efficiency that it was running before they lose their efficiency so the range that you have that's already limited because it's cold outside you might lose 20 percent if it's an old battery you might lose 40 percent and when we go inside a gasoline car and start it up even though it's cold outside if you like the guys in houston and dallas you can heat yourself up take this lexus for example with a full gas tank idling with the heater on can run about three days idling with the heat on and when you see the fuel gauge is getting low go to a gas station fill it back up and you can continue to heat yourself well let's say you were unlucky enough to be in houston or dallas when the power went out if you had an electric car it's only gonna heat for so long and you cannot recharge it if there's no power in the area now this is why you'd be better off having a hybrid instead of a full electric car because the hybrid you can use whatever you want and when the battery gets low the engine comes back on and starts charging things up they can actually sit even longer if you had like a toyota prius i had a friend in canada that used it when the heat went out in his cabin and he said he had a full tank of gas and with the battery charged he could warm himself up in that thing for well over a week without having to buy any more fuel just think about it gasoline cars have been around a long time they can take all kinds of weather take my silica it's been sitting here for weeks and weeks unused covered with snow and ice but what happens when you try to start it as you can see it's untouched by human hands it's got almost a quarter of a million miles it's a 1994 it's old but gasoline doesn't freeze let's see if it starts up sitting all that time well let's hope the lock isn't frozen ha it's not frozen door is slow let's try the other side voila all right let's see if it starts tried and true technology now the only thing that might have let us down was the battery you heard it cranked a little slow because they are batteries now they're not lithium ion they're just plain old lead acid batteries it did start it right up after it sat here a really long time i'd love to see if an electric car that was 24 years old would be able to just get up and go in this weather after it sat for months on use look the swedes have come to rescue us it's a volvo but is it an electric volvo as volvo says they're gonna make in the future only electric cars and they're already switching to hybrid electric cars it's a big old diesel-powered volvo now they keep saying that they're coming out with these marvelous new batteries to run electric cars realize that in electric cars they still have a liquid part of it where the electrons flow and it gets cold outside it thickens up just like oil and doesn't work as well and they're talking about how they're going to make solid state batteries that won't require the liquid electrolyte now there already are some out there but the problem is they only have a limited usage and a limited amount of power and they don't last all that long for instance i bought a solid state battery with no electrolytes for my triumph and it did start the motorcycle within a year and a half it went totally bad and it was no good if i switched it to a normal lead acid battery and it starts fine but on the other hand this old suzuki i put the same battery in six years ago and it still works but that's because it has a much lower power requirement to start the triumph the drive is a 900cc two-cylinder engine takes a lot of power to pump those up and down well the suzuki it's only a 600 cc4 it has much less pressure to crank over than the big triumph so it still worked cars are a lot harder to crank over the motorcycles are and as it stands today these solid-state batteries really are not any good for just starting an internal combustion engine no less driving an entire electric vehicle realize gasoline in many cases is much better than electricity to give you another example my son's got an electric leaf blower guess what happened when i tried to use it this morning the battery was dead because it's cold outside so i get my gasoline leaf blower stocks right up and i can use my gasoline-powered leaf slash snow blower to get the snow off the van so i can start the gasoline-powered van to go to the grocery store no i'm not some kind of luddite who hates machines i have a mechanic but even when i use electric tools i like 120 volt ones that plug into the wall and i get a giant extension cord i don't like the battery battery-powered one invariably they let you down and run out of power when you need it electric can work fine when it's plugged in but you can't plug your car in and drive it around you'll be limited by oh 100 200 foot extension cord right so that's not gonna work out now realize that less than one percent of the vehicles in america on the road are electric vehicles less than one percent and of course there's various reasons for that nobody knows who's going to win the electric car race is it gonna be a deal like the chinese have experimented with quite a bit where you don't even own the battery in your car you just lease it by the month and just like when you run out of propane for your barbecue you go to a station and i just pull the battery pack out of your car and put another one in that's fully charged and you don't have to deal with any of the crap of recharging it but here again there's a question of infrastructure you're gonna need an awful lot of those exchange stations if millions of people have electric cars and then they would have to be standardized each company would have to make the same type of battery that fit in it would be a giant rat's nest that's why as far as i'm concerned electric cars that run off of hydrogen fuel cells make more sense they would all be powered by the same thing hydrogen now you'll say well there's no hydrogen infrastructure yeah there isn't but that can be built up too and already working on it in texas creates one-third of the hydrogen already made in the united states and don't think that those guys with their engineers aren't going to figure out a way of making money on that one then all cars would just have the hydrogen fuel that's all they'd all be the same you have to worry about does this battery fit that does this charging system fit that if it's cold out it won't recharge right it's just hydrogen it's going to work perfectly fine in any situation you don't have a battery that's affected by the cold not getting enough power because you're turning hydrogen into electricity and water vapor you're not dealing with any of the crap that you get from lithium ion batteries or any other type of battery and you know now the government in the united states at least is pushing all this electrical crap on people right like what do they know about running anything a bunch of lawyers and bureaucrats probably the last people on earth that you would want coming up with ideas to try to make things work now i'm sure there's going to be a certain amount of electric cars coming up as time goes on it'll go up somewhat who's to say which model is going to win the race because the race has only begun there's all kinds of battery technology that might work that might not work fuel cells that may work great they might not work at all when they're mass produced and of course there's always cheap skates like me that hey if you want an electric car some clown's going to make kits for these things where you can take a nice little car throw away the engine and transmission and put in an electric motor and a battery in the trunk and it is going to cost you a hundred thousand dollars either so my advice about electric cars is wait till the dust settles don't go rushing in one of my neighbors in houston did bought a model s tesla for 126 thousand dollars then he found out that it wasn't what he wanted so he sold it well with 15 000 miles on it and he paid 126 000 he only got 45 grand cash when he sold that car believe you me america is not ready for mass production and mass sales of electric cars so if you never want to miss another one of my new car repair videos remember to ring that bell you\n"
