Comment by post-it
4 days ago
Power usage isn't an issue. 10 kW is 13 HP. The size, price, and fragility of the components is the issue.
4 days ago
Power usage isn't an issue. 10 kW is 13 HP. The size, price, and fragility of the components is the issue.
Steady 10KW load means 40 less miles after an hour of driving if your EV gets 4mi/kwh. That kind of draw would use up nearly 1/6th of my EV's battery in an hour.
Man, EVs are very efficient. I was thinking from the perspective of my 120 HP Hyundai Venue, where it would be only an extra 10% of peak power.
At the same time it's pretty crazy to look at my Ford E-Transit's power draw while on the interstate and think about just how many electronics I could power with the 20-60KW of power draw it takes to maintain 65mph on a relatively flat stretch of highway.
GPUs/XPUs are small and solid state so it’s only really price that’s a huge liking factor.
And the disinclination of these companies to push the weights of their cutting edge models into people’s cars where they can be dumped.