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""issues that range from minor nuisances like squeaky brakes to significant issues such as battery and charging problems""

Charging problems. Every time I 'charge' my gasoline SUV, it takes 5-6 minutes. If I do a thorough job of checking under the hood, a few minutes more.

Nowhere in the Drive-By Media will we see the damage done to EV batteries with fast charging. Most charging manuals (small phones to larger items), to this day, recommends regular charging times, to not let the battery drop below 20%, and do not charge over 80%.

Last year Finland announced a new EV charger that would charge the EV battery in 15 minutes. No word on the immediate or lifetime damage to the battery.

1 posted on 12/09/2023 8:07:58 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Ain’t Communism wonderful.


2 posted on 12/09/2023 8:14:21 PM PST by bray (You can tell who the Commies fear.)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

A friend of ours who owns a Volvo dealership says he sells more reconditioned old Volvos than new hybrid Volvos. Also says (in private) that he never own a Volvo newer than a 2007.


3 posted on 12/09/2023 8:27:10 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Bookmark


4 posted on 12/09/2023 8:38:43 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Being fairly new and cutting edge technology, this is to be expected. The more complicated it is, the greater the chance of a failure.


5 posted on 12/09/2023 8:39:05 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants ( "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."- Mark Twain)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

not to worry

most of us will be on a bus anyway


6 posted on 12/09/2023 9:23:49 PM PST by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III
Last year Finland announced a new EV charger that would charge the EV battery in 15 minutes. No word on the immediate or lifetime damage to the battery.

I read that you don't want to use Tesla superchargers too often. It'll destroy your battery.

7 posted on 12/09/2023 9:25:41 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Such improvements! Last week it was 80% problems.


8 posted on 12/09/2023 9:28:34 PM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

I have a buddy in the coldest part of Wisconsin and he says his Tesla has zero problems with the cold affecting the battery and that anyone saying that is just an anti-Elon leftist


18 posted on 12/10/2023 3:57:25 AM PST by callofthewild
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

In my experience, at three years cellphone batteries are somewhere between 30 and 50% of their original capacity, and that is with charging every three or four days.

If EV batteries follow the same trajectory they would be borderline unusable in three years given that you are not supposed to use more than 60% of their capacity in the first place.


20 posted on 12/10/2023 4:00:30 AM PST by hopespringseternal
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

The railroading of America into EVs is a national security risk. Our nations’ transportation system is in great peril because ignorant, short-sighted ideologues are destroying the versatility of gas driven energy. They have no regard to the extent our electrical infrastructure is required in order to carry the electrical demands of an all-electric transportation system. Electrical blackouts will become a way of life and power surges will fry all of our electronics if we don’t put expensive main panel surge protectors on our electric systems.


21 posted on 12/10/2023 4:05:13 AM PST by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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Here are some non car related questions
What is insurance like for EVs
What kind of extra fees are charged for EVS, think in ohio there are increased costs for tags and maybe some other fees, govt is not going to let you get away without paying “gas tax” one way or the other

Long term repairs, the obvious is battery replacement, but what about drive train? I can replace and engine and trans, but all the gadgets in an EV, doubt I can run down to autozone or jegs for that

Imagine repair market is controlled by dealerships, so little competition


24 posted on 12/10/2023 4:36:20 AM PST by blitz128
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III
Meanwhile, from Upstate NY...

'They have to do something about it': Why drivers say New York State needs more working EV chargers

Note the people whining: No, Deep State doesn't have to do a damn thing. EVs aren't about saving the planet, you silly sods.

EVs are about bankrupting your butts.

EVs are about restricting your ability to travel.

Take your brains outta neutral before it's too late.

25 posted on 12/10/2023 4:38:34 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Another government disaster is a coming


30 posted on 12/10/2023 6:01:55 AM PST by butlerweave
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[Last year Finland announced a new EV charger that would charge the EV battery in 15 minutes. No word on the immediate or lifetime damage to the battery.]

What’s the EV equivalent of KY ?


35 posted on 12/10/2023 8:23:35 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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