Short version:
Gas cars have about 5,000 parts and last 250,000 miles.
EVs have about 300 parts and last 1,000,000 miles.
Bonus: electricity costs ~25% per mile vs gas.
Yeah, way fewer jobs - and major new EV factories are extremely automated.
Electricity demand will sky rocket. Costs will soar. God help us when the blackouts come and you need a gas car to get anywhere.
But we don’t have the generation, transmission or distribution infrastructure in place to support the rapid transition to EVs the Left is pushing. And it’s a really bad idea from an energy diversity standpoint. Think about the recent Texas grid down event. How much longer would it have take to come back, how much more pain for everyone involved, if most vehicles were EVs? No thanks.
In the north, cars rust out before the mechanicals go.
“EVs last 1,000,000 miles”??? Each time the batteries have to be replaced,, $5,000, $7,000, or more? They talk about setting up ‘fast’ charging stations. What they don’t say is that fast-charging a battery diminishes the overall life of the battery. I so enjoy fast-charging my 6 cylinder, gasoline-powered Ford. I can drive 4-700 miles per tank of gas, then pour energy into it, and go another 4-700 miles. I can ALWAYS use the heater and air conditioner without worrying.
I know many many Freepers have many doubts about EV’s. I suggest that most of the folks on this board would like EV’s if they give it a try. Not for everyone, but for more than you think. They drive great and the technology is amazing.
I have every confidence EV’s will outsell combustion in a handful of years. 2027 or so.
The Tesla battery pack alone contains:
“The most popular battery pack supplied by Tesla contains 7,104 18650 cells in 16 444 cell modules capable of storing up to 85 kWh of energy. In 2015 Panasonic altered the anode design, increasing cell capacity by about 6%, enabling the battery packs to store up to 90 kWh of energy. More recently, Tesla engineers reconfigured the internals of the battery pack to hold 516 cells in each module for a total of 8,256 cells capable of storing a little more than 100 kWh of energy enabling the cars to enjoy a range of over 300 miles.”
Source:
https://evannex.com/blogs/news/understanding-teslas-lithium-ion-batteries
That's just the number of cells, think larger AA battery size...doesn't include the container , battery management system components, internal cell connectors, etc. Then there are the regular car components, suspension, comfort items, body parts, etc. Total way more than number cited.
Granted that max number of assembled components are utilized, but still parts is parts. So that argument doesn't hold.
Good news is that the pine tree air freshener dangles will still have a market.