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To: Red Badger
The current gen of EVs are not really ready for primetime. Battery tech needs to get a lot better. Lighter, faster charge, greater capacity. But all that will take a major breakthrough and could be a looong time until it comes about.

The biggest impediment, in my opinion, is the weight. EVs weigh twice what a regular car does and the infrastructure isn't designed for that sort of load. If we all started driving them tomorrow the roads would probably fall apart and parking decks and probably some bridges would have to close or heavily regulate the number of cars allowed at once because they'd be unsafe when full.

51 posted on 01/19/2023 8:49:29 AM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: pepsi_junkie

I’ve read that TIRES on Teslas don’t last very long..................


54 posted on 01/19/2023 8:52:42 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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