[Alberta's Child]

I don’t think it’s going to happen that way. In fact, I think there’s a good chance we will see surcharges added to electric bills to offset the lost fuel tax revenues from these cars.

While I agree that we aren’t ready to handle a 100% electric car fleet now, there’s no question that advances in battery storage and charging time have been made in leaps and bounds in recent years.

[nascarnation]

From what I’ve observed, an 8 yr old battery car is worthless because it’s not economical to replace the battery pack, while an 8 year old gas car is not even to its half life yet.

[DesertRhino]

“there’s no question that advances in battery storage and charging time have been made in leaps and bounds in recent years.”

Along with a need for ripping open huge mines for rare earths and copper to build these rolling eco-nightmares.

[Bob434]

[[ I don’t think it’s going to happen that way. In fact, I think there’s a good chance we will see surcharges added to electric bills to offset the lost fuel tax revenues from these cars. ]]

Exactly. Someone said it will be cheaper to recharge a car because it will be done mostly at night “when electric charges are cheaper”, than it will be to fill it up with gasoline.

But the fact is that it will only be cheaper for a very short period. They will find so way to increase the price of e.ectricity used for recharging. The reason electricity is cheaper at night right now is because it is an off peak usage time of the day. If everyone is forced to get electric vehicles, night e Wil. Become the new peak hours for electric, or close to it anyways.

Question is, Wil. The increased electric bills be more or less than monthly fuel bill?

Then possibly there will be the issue of dwindling fuel driven car sales, so gasoline prices will likely jump to make up the losses in fuel sales too.

.ots of issues to consider in all thisperhaps lots of unforseen consequences.

[100%FEDUP]

But isn’t the mileage tax supposed to offset revenues lost from gas taxes?

[wintertime]

Why don’t existing gas stations provide batteries that can be switched out in a minute or two? That infrastructure already exists.

On a cross country trip the low battery could be switched for a fully charged battery at another Exxon or Sinclair station.

Would it be possible for the car manufacturers to design a battery that is light enough and accessible enough for a little old grandma to manage?

[snoringbear]

“ there’s no question that advances in battery storage and charging time have been made in leaps and bounds in recent years. ”
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Hardly, leaps and bounds is the definition of exponential improvement. And, battery storage improvement is not that. Some of the early automobiles were battery powered. If you peg improvement back to that time period (100 years ago) improvement has been evolutionary at best. Furthermore, there’s no big battery storage leap or bound on the horizon. Sorry 😞....

[catnipman]

"there’s no question that advances in battery storage and charging time have been made in leaps and bounds in recent years."

like this, right?