We told them so and they ignored us.
Can you imagine a winter filled with stranded families trying to travel in these junk elec vehicles? SO SICK! And there’s no need for it. imho
Just got back from the Electric Vehicle Indy 500. Really exciting except for the 8 hour pit stops.
Obviously, this means the US Government needs to cut HUGE checks to lots of kickback contractors who will build millions of charging stations all over the United States, just like they did to create gas statio...UH...ER...never mind.
I may be wrong, but I would guess that majority of owners of these time bombs are Democrats.
I saw on Youtube 2 guys driving a fully charged electric F-150 and a Humvee with matching trailers in Colorado. I think the round trip was 176 miles. One had to get a recharge on the way back and it took 36 mins at .26 cents a kw for a partial charge while the other guy in the Humvee did not as he thought he could make it as he had 10% charge left in his bigger battery pack. He manged but had only 8% left. I noticed he had his window partially down so no a/c used.
They had a backup gas Tacoma pickup truck which only used 1/4 tank of gas. The driver said he could make the trip 3 more times before getting gas. At 5 minutes....
The Humvee was about $115,000 !!
States get final OK to build highway EV charging network
The federal government will release $5 billion over five years to install or upgrade electrical chargers along 75,000 miles of highway from coast to coast.
IOW the government is going to give criminals a sitting duck target. Car plugged into a charger, you cannot move, you’re out on the highway at night and firearms have been banned (unless you’re a criminal).
At least this guy was in Wyoming. Imagine if he had been in Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Memphis, or New Orleans. He would not be alive to tell the story.
I.dots. I see them everywhere.
The optimum car if one is that worried about the environment is a hybrid. It has its own problems but other than in town errand running, an EV is not practical.
Tesla can charge 25 miles per hour with a 30 amps 240V dryer plug at home.
That’s 200 miles in 8 hours.
EV’s are so virtuous though. It’s worth a few inconveniences.
In the horse and buggy era, this would be called making pretty good time.
All part of the plan. Keep low, and middle, income folks close to home. Gas will get too expensive for the average American to travel except to and from work (car-pools) and the grocery. Electric cars will prevent distant travel.
The interstate will become very dangerous with stalled EV’s littering the driving lanes. Instead of picking up litter, local non-profits can start “push that thing off the road” gangs and sponsor 2 miles of the highway. Good exercise.
EV Hell
EVs make sense in China, where they have lots more coal than petroleum. So they burn coal to fuel their EVs. Hydro, wind, solar also fuel them.
Our situation is, that we have lots of oil here to make gasoline and diesel. To fuel our ICE automobiles and trucks. So EVs are only legit as second cars in a household. ICE vehicles must always come first and dominate.
My bet is, there is no FReeper who has only an EV for transportation.
Sounds fun….not
I think it’s amusing that these constant stories about how awful it is to travel across country in EVs are never about Teslas. The Tesla supercharger network is a big part of their success. They are fast and work about 98% of the time. A Model Y takes 22 minutes to charge from 20% to 80% at a Tesla supercharger. Other charger networks like Electrify America are far fewer, much slower and don’t work about 30% of the time.