Posted on 12/05/2023 5:26:15 PM PST by John Semmens
President Biden's attempt to persuade drivers to buy electric vehicles (EVs) has run into some serious headwinds. Nearly 4,000 automobile dealerships have signed a letter requesting a slower approach be taken.
Their letter pointed out that "electric vehicle demand is not keeping up with the large influx of EVs arriving at our dealerships that has been prompted by the current regulations. Early enthusiasm has stalled. The supply of unsold EVs is surging. Even with deep price cuts, manufacturer incentives, and generous government incentives unsold EVs are stacking up on our lots. The attempted electric vehicle mandate is unrealistic based on current and forecasted customer demand. It is time to tap the brakes on the government EV mandate, to allow time for the battery technology to advance, for EVs to become more affordable, for the development of domestic sources for the minerals to make batteries, for the charging infrastructure to be built, and for the American consumer to make the choice to buy an electric vehicle."
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called this letter "disrespectful and unpatriotic. President Biden is trying to transform the way people live. It is everyone's obligation to follow his lead and make that happen. The insistence of these money-grubbing car salesmen on making a profit must not be permitted to thwart or even delay our march into the brave new world The President has envisioned for us. If driving these profiteers into bankruptcy is one of the outcomes, so be it. My Department of Transportation stands ready to step into the breach and allocate EVs on the basis of need. This will both reduce the cost of transportation by eliminating the requirement that people would have to pay to get one and result in a more equitable distribution of the privilege of owning and driving a vehicle."
In related news, a Consumer Reports survey of 330,000 EV owners discovered that these vehicles have 79% more problems than conventional gasoline-fueled cars. These problems include long charging times, a shortage of charging stations, issues with the lithium-ion battery, outer and interior parts not fitting properly, and more frequent engine failures.
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Tax payers need to insure these WONDERFUL autos!
I didn’t know that EVs actually had more mechanical problems than ICE vehicles....or is it some other problem with them?? Price is a huge problem. Being able to buy a good used EV would be a huge risk. They just have too many inherent problems in normal operation, mostly because they are so limited by being battery powered.
In China there are fields full of unsold new EVs even as the government controlled factories pump out new updated models that are also not selling.
I'll walk before I drive an EV.
Oversized electric golf cart fanbois not amused at this.
Our son recently leased an EV, but his older home lacks the electrical service to have a level 2 charger. Everyday on his way to work he spends 20+ minutes at a public charger to top off the battery and has a charger at work. Going to his wife’s family cabin in northern Minnesota requires meticulous planning to go from charger to charger. He has to drive 20+ miles from the cabin to an Indian casino for charging while he is there. So far it’s been an usually warm winter in Minnesota, but days of below zero temperatures are still likely. It will be interesting to see how that works out. So far he hasn’t had the situation where the nearest charger is inoperative or there is a line of vehicles waiting to charge, but that could easily happen. My wife swears she will lease an EV when the lease on her hybrid runs out this spring. I have advised her to get the shortest lease possible as her Pollyanna dreams of driving an EV could become a nightmare.
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