The battery in an EV is an integral part of its fuel, normal cars use gas as fuel and EV’s use batteries+charging current as fuel.
Gas is far cheaper per mile than the batteries+charging cost is per mile in an EV.
The EV is not economical compared to a combustion engine. it’s also not really a greener alternative.
With an EV it’s as though a combustion engine driver was only paying 1/2 the cost of gas at the pump until a day comes years later when it is time to pay the other half as a lump sum... a shockingly huge lump sum :-/
If they come up with a much better battery technology and if the EV’s are charged from nuclear power plants of safe design or hydro power then you have a viable EV IF it is of diesel/electric design. Diesel for backup and charging the batteries while running and the electric drive system is then used in dense cities to cut down on exhaust fumes.
The time of the EV will arrive but its a poor choice now just as solar’s day will come when battery tech has advanced.
The left always tries to force an idea down everyone’s throats before the tech is ready to support it.
When steam power came to ocean going ships they wisely would not depend entirely on steam at first but created motorized ships with backup sails... a hybrid. That is where EV’s are today, only a hybrid design makes sense and is reliable.
““This is an estimate for a 12 year old vehicle out of warranty and for a battery that is extremely hard to get, due to the older technology of the 12 year old vehicle,””
Guy was an IDIOT for buying such an old EV as the battery technology is changing almost daily, so OBVIOUSLY he was not going to easily find a replacement for something over 10 years old.
If he wants a car that old, he should quit virtue signalling and simply buy a gasoline car as they remain fixable for many DECADES after production.
Did he research battery replacement cost? Learning is expensive sometimes.
another haha guy meme opportunity - but I’ve posted that image so many times this week against the stupid dem ideas, that even I ! am tired of looking at it...
I have a gaseous 57 year old Mustang still running strong.
And it fully “recharges” in 3 minutes!
“This is an estimate for a 12 year old vehicle out of warranty and for a battery that is extremely hard to get, due to the older technology”
How much do you want to bet they’ll use this line every time some battery car sucker takes it up the butt for a battery?
I’m missing something.... When I was in my teens, my brothers, friends and I and did a few engine swap outs, mostly to squeeze more power under the hood and some of those swap outs even involved ones where the engines and the car bodies were different manufacturers. Now things are simple... there is a battery, an electric motor and a body. Surely somebody can figure out what to swap around and jerry rig to make something work, no? What is so difficult about it... is it simply impossible to find any components? No electric cars in the auto wrecker yards yet? Are we headed for a day where cars are just thrown out when the batteries are done?
How much for a gas engine conversion?
The part is less than $7,000.
I would be willing to replace the battery for $5,000 labor. I used to swap Prius drive batteries in about two hours.
The part is less than $7,000.
I would be willing to replace the battery for $5,000 labor. I used to swap Prius drive batteries in about two hours.
8/25/22
“EV Owners Left Shocked After China Begins Shutting Down Charging Stations”
“...Second, exceptionally high temperatures are causing demand for electricity to skyrocket as citizens attempt to cool down.
Those two things combined are causing a huge problem for the electric vehicle industry.
Two popular automakers in the region, Tesla and Nio, have been forced to dial back power usage, Bloomberg reported.
Nio published notices on its mobile app informing drivers some of its battery-swapping stations in the city of Chengdu were taken offline because of “severe overload on the grid under the persisting high temperatures.”
https://www.westernjournal.com/ev-owners-left-shocked-china-begins-shutting-charging-stations/
Maybe with the high cost of replacement batteries and
all the rolling brownout trouble in CA
some clever fellows will start doing youtubes of
electric to gasoline (hybrid?) conversions.
Might cost less than 30K
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He should pay it and be happy.
Whether you call it the “Volt” or the “Bolt”, it’s really the Chevy Dolt!!!!
Electric cars are an expensive and unworkable scam!!!!
In 2015 I was talked into buying a new Prius. I thought it would be my final car, a nice low budget car for a widow with a limited income. I put 30,000 miles on it in three years.
Then I started thinking about how much it was going to cost to replace the battery when it runs out of juice. At the time three years ago the cost was estimated to be around $6000. I thought my car won’t be worth $6000 when the battery quits so I will not be able to sell the car or buy a new battery.
So I traded it in for a Toyota RAV4. I have car payments but I can afford the car payment. And a new battery might be $200.
The friend (from CA) who talked me into buying the Prius doesn’t speak to me anymore because I traded that car in. Well maybe that was the final straw. There might’ve been other things that caused her not to want to talk to me anymore.
If you lived real close to work couldn’t you just get a long extension cord?
WATCH: Man gets shocking $30,000 quote to replace electric vehicle’s battery (Chevrolet Volt)
08/31/2022 2:43:49 AM PDT · by Libloather · 63 replies
Washington Examiner ^ | 8/30/22 | Heather Hamilton
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4089678/posts