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To: fireman15

The EV fad is over.


13 posted on 02/28/2024 8:36:50 AM PST by oil_dude
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To: oil_dude

EV’s lost the market more than 100 years ago, and most of the reasons they lost the market are just as valid today as they were then.

They are a niche vehicle, just want a commuter vehicle, fine... but they stink as a general purpose ICE replacement.

If you need a vehicle that falls in the use cases that make sense for an EV, by all means buy one... and there are use cases where they fit very well.. However, for the overwhelming majority of cases they do not.

If I had a service fleet of vehicles, that I knew only needed to travel X numbers of miles per day to do their jobs, then replacing my ICE vehicle fleet with EV’s might make perfect sense. Getting rid of the separate fuel bill would be a plus... etc.

If you only commute and don’t mind adding multiple hours to your long distance trips when you need to make them, then by all means feel free to buy an EV...

Me, I’ll stick with the ICE, 300-500 miles per tank full of gas, and can stop and refill in 5 minutes at more than 168,000 gas stations and go another 300-500 miles. Yes, MOST of my driving is well within an EV’s range, but not all of it, and I sure as hell am not setting for a partial solution vehicle, and most other consumers won’t either.


24 posted on 02/28/2024 11:10:27 AM PST by HamiltonJay ( )
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