Posted on 08/21/2023 7:33:04 AM PDT by Red Badger
Agreed. Nothing should be shoehorned by the government anyway. And my wife and I like our EV. We're in a situation that makes it work well for us (drive enough miles to save on gas and oil changes to warrant the extra costs, can charge at home, warm climate, almost any road trip we'd take has plenty of fast road-side chargers, have an ICE pickup for the few times an EV won't do). Yet it's easy to see how an EV wouldn't be good for family members we have living in other areas and having different driving demands.
Which is exactly what the Deep State wants. Driving out on the "open road" is so Twentieth Century!
Waiting for a car that runs on oxygen or water. The technology would extract hydrogen and safely use it as the fuel propulsion source. Until then gives me dat dead black dinosaur doo called fossil fuels.
It is as irresponsible to drive to fumes as it is to drive an EV to zero charge.
They can self-immolate at any time....and the fire dept can’t put it out.
Don’t park it near anything you value.
> This article is complete BS. It would be like writing an article about how you took your gas car on a cruise through the desert and will never do that again, since there were no gas stations, so you are going back to a camel like any sane person!
Seeing as how the EV is heavily pushed as suitable for getting around greater Seattle and shorter road trips by the rental companies, I disagree. The “sketchy location” aspect of charging stations is a big deal and is a realistic issue for travelers from out of town.
If you are traveling with your own EV, 450+ miles on the interstate is logistically equivalent to ferrying piston aircraft across the ocean - doable, but only with careful preparation.
And when the government forces the abandonment of ICE vehicles, EVERYONE will be limited. No more freedom of movement. That is exactly what they want.
They've made flying miserable.
Well, that's never going to happen.
“EVs are a new form of Slavery”
Yep, once they take our wheels and our guns, we will be toast.
You touched on something that IMHO ironically is liable to make an EV more practical for conservatives than liberals. Basically, more of us conservatives are married and need 2 cars anyway. My wife and I put most of our miles in our EV and it works well for us for almost all of our driving needs.
But I wouldn't have bought an EV unless I was married and need 2 cars anyway (in our case: one EV car and one ICE pickup). Since we need 2 cars anyway we can have an EV with the benefits it brings to the table, but also have an ICE car for the times an EV won't do. A single person (or family that needs just 1 car) trying to use an EV would have the frustration of the weaknesses of EV's.
Remember "Cash for Clunkers"?
Look what that did to the used car market.
Hypothetically true, but not likely given the current world political environment. I'd love to be an optimist. Long after I'm gone, there may be more efficient nuke power and maybe even fusion, plus super efficient capture of solar power from space. For now I can just read about it in SciFi novels and Michio Kaku books.
EV’s are ideal for a 15 minute city. Whereas an ICE vehicle will get a photo cam ticket when it leaves it’s designated area, an EV will be shut down as it crosses the line. Kind of like those buried shock collar boundries. (My humerous take:)
Like the massive blades from the wind machines that will never decompose. They’re being carted to “burial sites” near Indian Reservations because they would present an environmental hazard if buried close to big cities.
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We rented one a few months back, and I generally agree with these points. However, some would be less an issue as you gain familiarity with a Tesla. Traditional cars are like Windows... electric cars are like Apple.
Yeah, that’s a big rush!
The big problem with that 0-60 run in 3.5 seconds is that you have just used up 20% of your available energy, and your car still weighs the same, so your time cannot improve before you run out of juice after 5 runs and need to hook up to a genset in order to have enough power to get home.
“Electricity is going to get expensive”.
A stting (p)resident once said Americans don’t pay enough for energy.
I’m retired now, but if I still worked, I’d probably buy an EV.
1. I worked 55 miles from home.
2. My employer provided free charging stations. I wouldn’t even need to upgrade to a fast charger at home.
My range is 690 miles. 2016 Ford F150.
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