Venezuelan oil practically is asphalt. It is known that the USA, China, and India has the capability to make other things out of it through a process called cracking. (others can but not in quantity) It requires lot of inputs that are derived from sweet light crude. The US refineries buy oil from Venezuela and sell them the light distillates they need to make gasoline from their own oil. At least they did, AFAIK Venezuela has to import most of it's gasoline because their refineries are in such bad condition.
A lot of the "friction" between the USA and Venezuela is that US oil companies spent billions of dollars investing in Venezuela and in building US refineries specifically for their thick sour oil between the 80's and 90's, then around 2006 Hugo Chavez kicked them out.
"If 13.2KWh is a full charge, that's either a golf cart or an EV that's only been to the corner store and back."
Or a plug-in hybrid. The main objective of a PHEV is an EV range equal to about a gallon of gas, with the understanding that most people put less than 37 miles per day on their car. Ours has a ~18kWh battery, of which about 16 is available (Toyota's BMS reserves a portion of the battery when the vehicle is new so that the range doesn't decrease as the battery ages until it gets through the 10 year warranty period). It's rated for 42 miles, but most people in warmer climates get closer to 50. This is about the maximum range one can expect with a modest DIY off grid solar setup on the east side of Hawaii. One could do better on the Kona side.
A lot of the "friction" between the USA and Venezuela is that US oil companies spent billions of dollars investing in Venezuela and in building US refineries specifically for their thick sour oil between the 80's and 90's, then around 2006 Hugo Chavez kicked them out.
"If 13.2KWh is a full charge, that's either a golf cart or an EV that's only been to the corner store and back."
Or a plug-in hybrid. The main objective of a PHEV is an EV range equal to about a gallon of gas, with the understanding that most people put less than 37 miles per day on their car. Ours has a ~18kWh battery, of which about 16 is available (Toyota's BMS reserves a portion of the battery when the vehicle is new so that the range doesn't decrease as the battery ages until it gets through the 10 year warranty period). It's rated for 42 miles, but most people in warmer climates get closer to 50. This is about the maximum range one can expect with a modest DIY off grid solar setup on the east side of Hawaii. One could do better on the Kona side.