Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Only 1% of EV Drivers Would Go Back to a Gas Car* (cleantechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

No, there are absolutely propane POWERED refrigerators. Propane goes in, the fridge burns the propane, some goddamn troll physics happen and the inside of the box gets cold. It's called the absorption cycle and they're commonly found installed in RVs.

I've attempted to understand how this works; it has something to do with boiling ammonia out of water and then re-dissolving it. It's a refrigeration cycle with no moving parts that runs on a sufficiently hot source of heat. Some also have electric heaters for when you have abundant electricity to save propane.