Posted on 07/05/2023 12:18:51 PM PDT by CedarDave
Side yards in the neighborhoods with HOAs. :)
You’d think people would have learned of the dangers of central planning in the 20th Century with the Soviet example. Really Communists in general. Which is precisely what this is, Communist level stupid central planning.
People don’t want them.
We don’t have enough electrical generation to make this transition happen this quickly, and electrical plants take a long time to build.
We don’t have enough transmission and distribution capacity to make this transition happen this quickly, and electrical T&D upgrades take a long time to build.
We don’t have enough mining and materials processing for the batteries and conductors to make this transition happen this quickly, and that capacity takes a long time to build.
But otherwise this stuff is just a GREAT idea! Right!?
There is that. 😂👍
“Zero-emission,” what’s that?
Depending on how the law is worded I want a pickup truck dealership on the Az/NM border, or possibly a small chain of auto restoration shops. No shortage of old cars in this part of the country, little rust. Lots of Chevy S10s and 30 year ope RAV4s all over the place.
Arizona, Utah, and Texas are hours away. Fly out, drive back in your new car.
Since EVs are NOT no emission in the true, accurate sense, that means car sales will have to decline by 43%.
Oh wait, since facts don’t matter, then never mind.
Another EV stumbling block? Electric car claims are 25% higher than petrols and battery damage means they’re often written off - which may push insurance premiums higher
New report says high battery costs makes EVs difficult - and expensive - to repair
It means damaged EVs are written-off as ‘uneconomical’ to return to the road
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/electriccars/article-12263633/Electric-vehicles-claims-25-higher-petrol-cars.html
It found that electric cars are being written-off for having the slightest damage to battery packs following accidents because there is no way of repairing them.
It said insurance companies are increasingly being left with little to no choice but to permanently take the cars off the road after minor collisions, which in turn is pushing premiums on EVs higher.
The report warns of scratched and mildly damaged battery packs ‘piling up in scrapyards in some countries’.
And experts claimed batteries in expensive Tesla Y SUVs have ‘zero reparability’ because they are a structural part of the car.
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Plummeting EV values is making write-offs more common
Write-offs are also becoming more common due to the increasing ‘depreciation curve’ of used electric cars, which have plummeted in value since the end of 2022 as a result of declining consumer demand.
This means the cost of a replacement battery is often more than the used price of the vehicle after only one year of it being on the road, the report said.
Just another Carbon Credit scam.
This will work well in a state that rivals
Mississippi as the poorest state in the US.
22% of New Mexico’s residents live below
the national poverty level.
Not many of these EV’s will ever see road
time.
The poor will still want to be independent
and have the ability to be mobile. They
drive vehicles that are poorly maintained,
and are often uninsured.
I’m sure the governor’s EV mandates will
make this situation much worse, especially
with the flood of illegals entering the
state.
Case in point, I just traded in my 2022 Toyota corolla hybrid for a 2023 Chevy Silverado pick up. At nearly 3 times the cost. Yet my insurance payment went down $35 per month.
People are noticing. The socialists gov’t politicians are ignoring reality.
Volkswagen to cut electric car production in Germany due to ‘strong customer reluctance’ as demand for battery vehicles slumps
Car giant to scale-back production of EVs for six weeks at its Emden plant
Company execs said demand for its all-electric models is down 30% on forecasts
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/electriccars/article-12250631/Volkswagen-cut-electric-car-production-Germany-demand-slumps.html
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What drains an electric car battery most? From air-con to smartphone charging - how much range is wiped-out when using these nine common features
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/electriccars/article-12097813/Common-features-drain-electric-car-battery-most.html
1. Air conditioning - wipes 7.5 miles of range per hour
2. Heater - wipes 5.7 miles of range per hour
Why should just the G7 be making changes while footing the bill??? Totally discriminatory.
Will China, India and the BRICS, (let alone all of Africa,) be simultaneously quitting cost effective, dependable, gas n diesel?
Not a hope. It’s time to get real.
When the heat load on the outdated A/C system at the hospital I worked at got to be more than the condensor could handle, we used to run a sprinkler to aid the system.
Even though humidity was high, the liquid water was still cooler than the cooling coils, and we had A/C.
Well the smart ones will just drive to TX, AZ, UT, NV etc. and purchase the car out of state. Of course the state will then make it illegal to register a vehicle purchased out of state in NM, but that is aa later issue to be addressed
Coal and natural gas. We had an excellent coal-fired plant in NW New Mexico (San Juan plant near Farmington) that employed hundreds that was shuttered due to the green agenda. The claim was we'd save money due to the shuttering of the plants (not sure how that was going to work), Our bills have done nothing but go up.
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