ICE v Electric: Cost and Emissions
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Brownski
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Of course not. Hopefully, Lithium Ion batteries don't end up being our version of asbestos.
Ripitz
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New Mexico ski resort looks to reach net-zero emissions with help of a 100% electric snow groomer
Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico recently became the first North American ski resort to use a fully-electric snow groomer on the mountain.
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Harvey
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We have generally been new car people, so no. I only buy used cars from my dad, and he doesn't drive much anymore so his cars last FOREVER.
My wife's Prius is 10 years old (130,000 miles), I'm pretty sure it had an 8 year battery warrantee. If we were buying that car, and the owner didn't have proof that the battery had been replaced, I'd ask for $3000(?) off to replace it. The rest of the car seems to last a long time.
A Prius with a bad battery is the same if you came across a car that needed an engine rebuild, would you buy it?
MarzNC
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A little more detail in this article.New Mexico ski resort looks to reach net-zero emissions with help of a 100% electric snow groomer
Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico recently became the first North American ski resort to use a fully-electric snow groomer on the mountain.
April 21, 2022
US Ski Resort Switches To Continent’s First All-Electric Trail Groomer - The Whiteroom
Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico, USA, says it will be the first in North America to put an all new fully electrically powered trail groomer to work, smoothing its slopes. Many ski resorts have switched to fully renewable electric power for their lifts, snowmaking and most other operations, some...
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The PistenBully 100 E uses a 126kwh battery and can operate for four hours per charge. Taos plans to install specialty charging stations for it in strategic locations throughout the mountain, and the resort has also installed 20 EV charging stations for guests and the local community to use. Taos secures its electricity through the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, so the daytime electricity used at the EV charging stations is generated through solar arrays, furthering the resort’s net-zero commitment. Kit Carson Electric will be 100% daytime solar in June 2022.
The new PistonBully 100 E is expected to be delivered to Taos in Q1 2023 and will be deployed on the mountain during the Winter 23 ski season.
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The charging stations for EV cars at TSV are in a prime location relatively close to where parking lot shuttles drop people off.
MarzNC
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Here's an EV way to clear snow from a driveway . . . inspired by the Cybertruck. 
December 29, 2021
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December 29, 2021
Meet the Cyberkat, a Miniature Remote-Controlled EV Designed to Help You Clear Snow
Inspired by Tesla's Cybertruck, the new Cyberkat by Spyker Workshop is a remote-controlled electric snowcat designed to help you clear snow.
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Campgottagopee
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I'd be more concerned needing a battery than I would an engine rebuild. Engines are nothing but nuts and bolts, and I don't know squat about batteries.
I asked this question due to seeing an amazing amount of used Tesla's for sale at auctions. Blows my mind. No way would I buy a used one, but someone is.
Campgottagopee
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They call that "snow"???Here's an EV way to clear snow from a driveway . . . inspired by the Cybertruck.
December 29, 2021
Meet the Cyberkat, a Miniature Remote-Controlled EV Designed to Help You Clear Snow
Inspired by Tesla's Cybertruck, the new Cyberkat by Spyker Workshop is a remote-controlled electric snowcat designed to help you clear snow.
Man, the feeling of being "green" really is something.
Yup.
Take yer jet fueled jets to ski and feel green. YMMV.
