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I just bought a gas powered car last year, I'm financing it over 7 years, a 2019 Ford Ecosport, so what does this mean? When I finally pay it off it will be banned because it's gas powered? This is utterly insane. I drive a truck for a living BTW, and do they have electric engines powerful enough to replace a diesel engine that can haul a fully loaded 80,000 pound trailer? I can see how this will go "Hey boss, my truck ran out of juice and I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere on I-95. Send me about a million AA batteries to recharge"
1 posted on 06/06/2021 10:16:06 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
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I don’t think the key issue involves cars and/or battery technology.

I think the key issue is generating a whole lot of electricity from somewhere. Solar and wind aren’t going to be the solution. We need more power plants. Are we going to build more power plants? No? Than EV won’t take off sooner than I think.


2 posted on 06/06/2021 10:18:26 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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Until you have a consistent 300-400 mile range on the highway and a 5-10 minute full recharge they are commuter niche product....

Second vehicle. Etc

Evtol is probably more likely to mainstream before fully electric cars IMHO


3 posted on 06/06/2021 10:19:56 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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I feel the [ower surge al;ready.

I mean filling up my PU takes about 10 minutes if its empty. So I’ll just check into a hotel and wait 6 hours for my new ready kilowatt special to charge up for a 300 mile run?

They are coming sooner than we think? Makes me all warm and fuzzy. How about you?


4 posted on 06/06/2021 10:20:05 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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How long does it take to charge these cars? I would assume much longer than it takes to fill up a gas tank. So can you imagine the long lines of cars fighting for one charging station? And what about the huge weight this is going to have on a towns electric power? We will have blackouts and brown outs all over the place, where i live they can barely handle all the air conditioners going on in the summer.


5 posted on 06/06/2021 10:20:10 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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Didn’t someone post an article yesterday detailing how they’re not nearly as environmentally friendly as they promote them to be. In addition to the amount of time it takes to recoup the alleged “savings” one is supposed to get.


6 posted on 06/06/2021 10:21:36 AM PDT by qaz123
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The cost of electricity will also rise sooner than you think.


7 posted on 06/06/2021 10:21:44 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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I wonder if these Electric Car owners have figured out where to get Gasoline to run thier Generator to charge thier car when there is None?? There will NEVER be enough Electricity to achieve this pipe dream


9 posted on 06/06/2021 10:23:07 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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Good thing electricity is magic.


11 posted on 06/06/2021 10:23:29 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Biology is science. Homemade pronouns are narcissism.)
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EVs are just another means of controlling people. It has nothing to so with saving the environment.

I recently completed an 1100 mile trip in 16 hours in a 15-year old gas-driven car. It would probably take me three days in a shiny new electric vehicle.

Speed isn’t necessarily the problem. Finding, waiting for, and time spent recharging an EV at a recharging station is.


12 posted on 06/06/2021 10:23:41 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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If they do a lot of people will be stuck at home.

I don’t think thousands of natural gas electric generation stations will be in the plans.


14 posted on 06/06/2021 10:25:02 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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Lol. BBC. Uberliberals. What else are they going to say.

Govt mandates are the only thing that will make it happen.


15 posted on 06/06/2021 10:25:03 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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If they want this to happen they will have to develop better batteries or quick changeout battery packs.


16 posted on 06/06/2021 10:25:03 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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There are still people with Stanley Steamer stock that swear internal combustion engines are a fool’s errand.


19 posted on 06/06/2021 10:27:07 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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and last week the British sportscar company Lotus said it would follow suit, selling only electric models from 2028.

Funny thing is, without Lotus, Tesla might have failed long ago, even before Elon Musk got involved in Tesla.

20 posted on 06/06/2021 10:27:21 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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"I drive a truck for a living BTW, and do they have electric engines powerful enough to replace a diesel engine that can haul a fully loaded 80,000 pound trailer?"


21 posted on 06/06/2021 10:27:21 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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A break down on the break even plan for EVs from yesterday. I’m just putting the link and it’s not my research so.....:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3965387/posts


22 posted on 06/06/2021 10:27:43 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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So now the focus is back on electric vehicles.
Two years ago, I kept hearing society was thatclose to having driverless cars on the road in great numbers.
Jury still out on both.


24 posted on 06/06/2021 10:28:42 AM PDT by lee martell
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The covalent bond laughs at this ridiculous op-ed.


25 posted on 06/06/2021 10:29:35 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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They’re not banning the use of gas powered cars, only the sale of new ones.

So you can keep using your Ford, and who knows, given the lack of new ones it might actually go up in value.


28 posted on 06/06/2021 10:30:51 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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Never ever. Never. Screw electric cars and anything with wheels

No electric bikes. Scoters. Cars. Trains ok


30 posted on 06/06/2021 10:31:48 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (Arizona !!!! Now the TRUMP TRAIN is getting back on TRACK ! TRUTH! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY! )
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