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haiku2077 | 7 months ago

Electricity can be moved long distances over wires.

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bluefirebrand|7 months ago

For some definition of "long distances" sure. At a certain point it basically becomes more economical to charge batteries and ship them by truck than to build wires :/

bjourne|7 months ago

HVDC losses are roughly 3.5% per 1000 km.

AnimalMuppet|7 months ago

True, but the quote was actually in a paragraph about self-driving cars.

bityard|7 months ago

Easy to say, hard to do. The cost per mile rises non-linearly.

reverendjames|7 months ago

That's not correct. It's basically cost per distance, unless you're talking huge power over huge distances.