EVs have much better social distancing, AEV taxis no real issue

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  1. 101101

    101101 Well-Known Member

    Now some will live in apartments but those people will increasingly have access to chargers. And for those who have to go to chargers, Tesla chargers at least have much better social distancing built in then petrol stations. And at some point the charger will be automated or inductive so no need to touch anything or get out.

    What does CV say about the future of autonomous EV taxis. It says a little. On the one hand its like asking what it says about the future of taxis in NY. Those taxis aren't going anywhere, nor will the subways. But with electric robo taxis we can see some obvious changes that are simple and would have happened anyway. Think of France. Its a place notoriously hard to find a public restroom but when you do its apparently very clean. Because when you get done it locks and self sanitizes itself. Some foreseeable innovations are obvious for robo taxis but there won't be any shortage of robo taxis.

    1. Tesla already has the bio defense system (very forward thinking) so add an ionic component and UV component to the HEPA filter- very standard stuff. Mini version of commercial systems in hospitals. You can get it in home central air systems now. Lots of experience with these anti air borne illness and allergy systems. Tesla has already said its getting into HVAC. It is just common sense. Belongs on buses too.

    2. Surfaces would be made of anti-microbial, anti-viral materials. Anti-viral materials seem to be a bit of a new concept and anti-microbial materials or materials that limit bacteria growth like micro-ban aren't likely to kill Tardigrade bacteria (what can kill them?- toughest life known to exist but don't cause problems) but surely every surface in the vehicle can be made of materials that work to limit communicability in an ever improving way.

    3. When the cars come in for daily cleaning which will be fully automated, an automated hose system that pumps in anti-viral-anti-bacterial followed by hot drying air and full evacuation seems obvious.

    4. In public restroom stalls we already see the waxy toilet seat covers. It its natural that auto rollers, one under the bottom portion of the seat and one at the back would advance after each occupant. Head rest roller as well. Material would be anti-bacterial and anti-microbial, strong yet comfortable so it wasn't trapping moisture.

    5. Self- opening and closing doors. People already won't be interacting with screens or control surfaces it will be voice activated and phone activated. People will wear gloves. Just like people use the waxie seat covers in rest room its possible that courtesy gloves might be available (at certain times) in some vehicles made of antimicrobial, anti-bacterial materials. Also hand sanitizer but honestly most current hand sanitizer is a total criminal scam, its just more garbage toxic petrol waste being cycled onto our persons so as to avoid having to pay to dispose of it from the leaching plastic toxic bottles to the toxic rebadged waste product ingredients that end up in our blood streams when applied to our skin especially where it dries and cracks skin, its just indusrial waste and its ignorant relative to microbiome. Hypoallergenic is a sponsored line of bs in the US. If its going into a sanitizer it needs to be truly safe and effective down to the dispensing container. If its a taxi carrying multiple people there cold be courtesy masks provided to keep other's safe if it seems appropriate say during an outbreak or if someone has a cold. Minimalize in this way any social distancing issue.

    Lets not forget that the fossil fuel industry weakens people's respiratory systems leaving them more vulnerable to illness. And of course it weakens their immune systems by loading down their blood streams with toxic fossil fuel chemicals leached from plastics and from all the unnecessary fossil fuel derived additives in everything that have never been proven safe or even been shown to have purpose except to allow the fossil fuel industry to avoid proper waste processing by forcing people to passively consume fossil fuel wastes and consume more cancer and diabetes drugs also made of useless fossil fuels. .

    But gas stations touching dirty gas pump handles and facing each other at pumps, having to touch the payment buttons- all that needs to go away. And go away in manner that isn't simply mobile speed pass. We don't need submerged gas station petrol tanks leaking into local ground water everywhere just like we don't need and must put an end to future and present fracking. If people can be sent home from work enmass fracking can be halted permanently in mass and so can the products going down the pipelines.
    Solar and batteries are better than clean, safe nuclear but we could have had clean nuclear safe nuclear back to 1950 or better things even prior but they just wanted an excuse to produce weapons and strangle people with petrol like they did Japan in WWII. Solar and batteries are decentralized and (much better politics) and disaster hardened and are less likely to add residual heat. The world has the forms of energy it needs, solar, battery, wind, hydro and clean, safe nuclear (Thorium passive safety.)
     
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