Engine Basics And More!!

[rushmore]

Thanks po!

Up!

[iceman_uel]

very informative and at the same time knowledgeable. good work.

[Ryan16]

very informative and at the same time knowledgeable. good work.

thank you for sharing this.

[Ryan16]

very informative and at the same time knowledgeable. good work.

thank you for sharing this.

[Ris_Poly]

madalas kino compare ko muna yung medyo mahal at medyo mura na pyesa.
pero most of the time binibili ko yung mura.

pinalitan ko pala dati ang u-joint ng sasakyan ko,
GMC and brand (pero hindi ang GMC na kilala natin sa USA) walang nakasulat kung saan gawa,
after 4 months, nabali, na straded pa ako sa gitna ng highway.

[dr. d]

madalas kino compare ko muna yung medyo mahal at medyo mura na pyesa.
pero most of the time binibili ko yung mura.

pinalitan ko pala dati ang u-joint ng sasakyan ko,
GMC and brand (pero hindi ang GMC na kilala natin sa USA) walang nakasulat kung saan gawa,
after 4 months, nabali, na straded pa ako sa gitna ng highway.

guangdong machineries corporation??
proud manufacturers usually have their name somewhere there.. product or packaging.
heh heh.

for high-stress components, i look for originals or "authorized substitutes".

[jick.cejoco]

in the very near future, cars will no longer need internal combustion engines (ICE). the hybrids are here- still needs an ICE, but the plug in vehicle which are fully electric does not have ICE and is battery powered that gets charged from an AC voltage source.

[ice15]

in the very near future, cars will no longer need internal combustion engines (ICE). the hybrids are here- still needs an ICE, but the plug in vehicle which are fully electric does not have ICE and is battery powered that gets charged from an AC voltage source.

With the current price of crude (USD 50/barrel?)... I don't see pure electric cars reaching 10% of the total cars on the road for the next 10 years...

[jick.cejoco]

With the current price of crude (USD 50/barrel?)... I don't see pure electric cars reaching 10% of the total cars on the road for the next 10 years...

roughly thirty years ago, did you have an idea the cell phones would exist and cheap replacing the telegram, rotary phone long distance calls?

have you not complained it is getting hotter every year?

the hybrids and electric vehicles cost so much less in terms of miles per gallon equivalent compared to petroleum not to mention the carbon dioxide footprint responsible for the global warming?


we tend to stay within our comfort zone because we are skeptical of new ideas and new products. the cost per mile of mobility has gone down and the effect the low emission vehicles, ultra low emission vehicles and the zero emission vehicles will slow down the global warming and possibly reverse it if people educate themselves and accept the concept of the hybrid and electric vehicles.

c'mon, you probably don't dance the tango nor the waltz anymore

[niky]

roughly thirty years ago, did you have an idea the cell phones would exist and cheap replacing the telegram, rotary phone long distance calls?

have you not complained it is getting hotter every year?

the hybrids and electric vehicles cost so much less in terms of miles per gallon equivalent compared to petroleum not to mention the carbon dioxide footprint responsible for the global warming?


we tend to stay within our comfort zone because we are skeptical of new ideas and new products. the cost per mile of mobility has gone down and the effect the low emission vehicles, ultra low emission vehicles and the zero emission vehicles will slow down the global warming and possibly reverse it if people educate themselves and accept the concept of the hybrid and electric vehicles.

c'mon, you probably don't dance the tango nor the waltz anymore

While electrics will make up a bigger part of the transport grid in the future, the price problem is not one that will easily go away.

Cellphones and computers have gotten cheaper spec-for-spec thanks to advances in mass-manufacturing that makes it easier to build the electronics for less money. More compact, more efficient electronics need less battery, not more, so that brings the price down even more.

Cars are still limited by those same batteries. At this point, they are becoming more cost-effective, but the cheapest electric in the US, the Leaf, is still three times the cost of an equivalent driving appliance (the Versa). granted, rebates can and do bring that price difference down to the region of $8k to $10k, but that $8k at current gas prices still requires about 120,000 miles of driving to break even. Of course, in that 120,000 miles, the Leaf will consume about $4k worth of electricity... so, guesstimate that's a converging series of 8-4-2-1-0.5-etcetera (120k+60k+30k+15k+7.5k+3.75k+etcetera), you're still driving nearly 240,000 miles to break even... not counting oil changes and maintenance, but still, most people only drive 10-15k miles a year... so that's about twenty years of use.

And that's before you factor in battery pack degradation, which happens after just several years... and which is still an issue on the Leaf (not such a big issue with the Prius, but it's not a full electric). And the fact that some incentives won't last forever. At the Leaf's regular price, that break even point extends to

Fixing the transport grid doesn't just mean replacing inefficient gasoline powered four seat cars with less inefficient four seat electric cars. It means transitioning from the current vehicle ownership paradigm and class and luxury expectations that come with current western-style automobiles to a shared transport paradigm ala Grab or Uber, where multiple users share the cost of ownership of a single vehicle, maximizing its use. It's in heavy use situations, at 50,000 miles or more per year, where electrics and hybrids really save you money.