Posted on 03/20/2023 8:32:46 AM PDT by montag813
by Samantha Foster
Electric cars have been increasing on American roads, partly because of massive government tax-incentives, and also because of looming mandates to ban gasoline-powered vehicles from states such as California.
While total vehicle sales fell in 2022, EV sales grew by a whopping 65%.
About 5.8% of the new cars Americans bought last year were electric with roughly 800,000 leaving the lot over the course of the year, according to the Kelley Blue Book. And Cox Automotive is forecasting that EV sales will hit 1 million in the U.S. for the first time in 2023
Widespread discounts and goverment incentives for EVs has also led to more demand, with EV sales growing by 10% in January over last year.
Last August, California banned the sale of all gas-powered vehicles by 2035, in a stunning move meant to force a national mandate for electric vehicles.
But the massive problems with these vehicles is giving many Americans pause, even as "green" activists and leftist politicians push harder than ever to remove all gas-power cars from our roads.
Last week's nationwide cold weather brought by the arctic blast has delivered a blunt reality check to some EV enthusiasts.
And one TikTok video that is going viral shows exactly why. Domenick Nati from Virginia, tried to charge his Tesla Model S but encountered some problems.
“I tried to charge it at my house, it won’t let me. So there’s no way to charge this battery or let it warm up in the cold.”
He then took the car to a Tesla Supercharger station and plugged it in but it failed to charge again.
The vehicle showed a message that the battery was heating and the car had a range of 19 miles at 1:11 pm.
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The two piece aluminum casting for the uni-body frame is the real revolution of the Model Y Tesla. It eliminates major parts/people and robots in the auto assembly process. Giving the factory in China to spit out one of these every 30 seconds.
I Reckon he’d welcome “global warming” right about now. He’ll probably just have to wait for summer though.
Can’t fix stupid
I purchased the extended 125K warranty, battery is covered to at least 100K, and I get free oil changes for life.
While I regularly dismiss the full electrics, I think the hybrid is a good alternative. I'm happy with mine and recommend.
My other car is a 2008 Hummer H3 with nearly 200K and gets 14-18 MPH, plus sometimes seems to require a new repair every time I drive it.
I assume you mean 14-18 MPG. I can peddle my Electra Townie bike 18 MPH.
Your Hummer doing 14-18 MPG does better than my 1965 Cadillac 98 did - if I got 10 MPG, I was doing good.
Huh. So there’s a DOWNSIDE to these things???
So since the commies want to ban gas cars, does that mean they will shut down all the millions of gas stations as well? Hhmmm? How will that set?
Someone has to bring a lawsuit against thes commie states trying to force on us what we can but. And what manufacturers can make.
Should’ve started with the toilets before it got this asinine.
This is blatant fascism. Gov telling us what we can have or do.
Indeed if markets work, fine. But this not it.
There’s a niche for purely electric cars. Short work and shopping trips. But nothing else.
03/16/2023 12:59:02 PM PDT · by grundle · 74 replies
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In 2001 I was in need of a high mpg vehicle. Don’t know why but I went to a Toyoto dealer and there they showed me two new cars. The Echo and the Prius. The Prius went for $22k and the Echo for $12k. Bought the Echo and was very satisfied for awhile. Got almost 40mg for the first 2 years. In 2002 (I think) the first Mini Cooper came out and I really wanted to get one but I had just bought the Echo. Then in 2003 something happened to the Echo and the mileage went down to the mid 20s. Took it to the dealer but they said it was running fine.
Bought a 2003 Mini Cooper, sold the Echo and got my last speeding ticket in the Mini. Only doing 60 in a 50 :<((((((.
EV battery tech.
In Kalifornia, they shut down a Natural Gas fired electricity power plant, and placed massive Tesla (and other) batteries in the same plant. There is no mention of just how the batteries are charged. In a year and a half, the plant has shut down twice due to battery fires. Sometimes the shutdown lasts months.
Several European ferry companies have banned EVs on their ferries due to the fire danger. I suggest the ferry tow a large, flat barge where the EVs can park. If a fire starts, they can just cut the tow line, no danger to all the other cars and people.
Some New York buildings have banned e-bikes and e-scooters due to the fires.
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