Saw a program last night that was pushing solar vehicles which is apparently getting closer to a reality (evidently they are close to being able to get the car to get all its power from the sun- efidently they are about 70% of the way toward that goall).
The big lie however was that folks could drive while “charging their car for free”.
The taxes and regulations and fees that will go along with owning a solar car will be higher than gasoline prices. We are already seeing places like California up the price per kwh during peek charging times, AND charging a fine for folks who,charge their cars outside their garage out of,fear of fires. There will be all kinds of new taxes when it comes to solar powered vehicles as well-
Getting folks onto either electric or solar is solely for the purpose of creating new taxes and fees everytime we turn around. There will likely be things like,expensive fees to discard the massive battery banks from the cars, the solar panels, higher road taxes (taxes for every mile,driven for example)
A solar powered car IF PLAUSIBLE, which is truly free to charge” without any asinine taxes and fines and regulations added on, would be a great solution IF all the kinks are worked out and they can still charge on cloudy days, charge while driving, fix the rediculous tire problem where tires apparently only last around 7000 miles for whatever reason, won’t destroy the planet mining for the elements needed like,mining for electric vehicle minerals does, etc. But you just know that they aren’t pushing for such things because it will help the owners, but rather because it’s a huge money making scheme for the makers and investors.
“...fix the rediculous tire problem where tires apparently only last around 7000 miles for whatever reason...”
The EVs are just so heavy, that they grind the rubber into the pavement at an amazing rate, shaving many thousands of miles off of tire life. Much harder rubber compounds might help, but a new material is probably needed, while not sacrificing ride quality.
A solar powered car IF PLAUSIBLE, which is truly free to charge” without any asinine taxes and fines and regulations added on, would be a great solution IF all the kinks are worked out and they can still charge on cloudy days, charge while driving, fix the ridiculous tire problem where tires apparently only last around 7000 miles for whatever reason, won’t destroy the planet mining for the elements needed like,mining for electric vehicle minerals does, etc.
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The ridiculous tire problem is caused by the ridiculous weight of the batteries.
The ridiculous batteries still do not work in ridiculously cold temperatures.