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It’s pretty easy to see where this is going in the US.
Subsidize electrics.
Penalize petroleums.
Hope that big wind and sleazy solar gives everybody a little juice to make it to the liquor store.
No, people are morons. And these cars are coal fueled.
BECAUSE CUTTING EVERYONE OFF, THEREBY MAKING ONE'S ABILITY TO FREELY ROAM IMPOSSIBLE IS FAR MORE INSTANTANEOUS WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THAT'S WHY!!!!!
I work with several EV manufacturers & charging companies.
The ferocious speed at which they are moving is insane.
Kia, Volkswagon, BMW, Mercedes are all in for the EV technology.
Infrastructure is a problem and it has caused major issues for Tesla where waits can be up to 2 hours in some places, and then you have to charge for 2 hours if you are very low.
This is currently being corrected, but the demand is incredible.
Having leased 3 previous EV’s I think they are awesome cars and very convenient when fuel prices are through the roof or supply sucks. I just wish politicians would let the market figure this out and not try to hijack the issue.
I am looking forward to electric cars. I think it is a great concept and love the high torque, simplicity, less moving parts, lower maintenance requirements. That said...
The market is not even close to adopting EVs on a widespread basis, and government is evil to dictate EVs long before the market is ready for it. Let the market decide and quit pushing EVs down our throats. I can’t wait to buy a good one that is fun, has good range, and charges quickly. That may not happen in my lifetime and I am OK with that. When the technology catches up with the minimum requirements, and when the infrastructure is sufficiently complete — then we can have mass EVs. We are way cart before the horse here because the government is shoving it down are throats.
All to deny plants the CO2 they need to thrive.
Wait a damn minute! This will not stand! Common sense applied? They should expect a strongly worded letter from the doom troll grrrrreta.
It’s not about the environment at all. It’s all about restricting the freedom to travel and live a free life.
Meanwhile China is buying up the world’s prime lithium deposits.
I don’t want a car that has a 250 mile range and then I have to plug in sit there like an idiot. And guess what’s gonna happen to that range when you want to do something exotic, like use the heater for the whole trip?
And how fun would that electric car be when California spends half the year in the dark, and you have idiots like Abbott and Perry giving Texas the same treatment?
Imagine the Texas dark freeze and you also can’t use your car.
If we are serious about making the transition to EVs, we should be investing in building 20 new nuclear power plants. Minimum. But it’s going to be a bumpy road. Trump lost the election and Democrats are in control of three branches. So the debate is over.
I can just hear some True Believer enviro-zealot screaming that “revolutionary science” will quickly overcome those “minor” obstacles....
Bill Gates has already preened about how they’ll get us to make “the switch”: they will simply dry up the supply of gas (so only the elite can afford it.
And only the near-elite will be able to afford electric cars.
Most of us are public transporting it, staying put, or getting vaporized.
The auto manufacturers at the top are aware of how the switch will be forced, which explains their investing like crazy in the new tech before its time. Oh, and they don’t even consider themselves to be in the automobile business anymore: they now see themselves in the (consumer/serf tracking) “information” and (serf controlling) IT sectors.
They left a few things off their list of problems. Like the having the ability to deal with the old batteries. The fact that electric cars are useless in the cold. No long trips.
Extreme increases in the entire power infrastructure, and generating capability. We are not just talking about adding some charging stations.
The Left knows FULL WELL that their schemes cannot work, so trying to debate them on those merits is simply STUPID. They are doing just what they’ve wanted to do to this country for nearly 100 years, and now they have everything in place to effect just that.
Sure, they’ll ‘humor’ us by debating the ‘issues’ like this one and Voter ID...but again, they do it while taking us down.
What needs to be done with them is to get them out of power. Trump nearly did that and it maybe have been possible to buy a few more years for him to try, but we were so busy getting rid of those pesky RINOs in Georgia, so that option is gone.
Now we simply wait for their long-planned collapse of this country to take place. Well, you guys, I’m out of here, but what the hell, those pesky RINOs in Georgia are gone, so that’s all that matters to me!
To the Left it is never ever about facts, it is always about emotions.
I’m glad somebody is showing some sense.
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Thank you Toyota for making a high profile statement about something that anyone that thinks critically knew already.
Oh yeah, the critical thinking part leaves out anyone who is our has voted for a Demolishcrat lately.
Yes. I am listening. BTW people want what they can’t have.
Strategy idea - include an AR15 with purchase of any new electric vehicle.
This would stop liberals from buying them. And get more conservatives to buy them.
Entirely Constitutional - AND not unconstitutional.