Posted on 09/02/2024 9:18:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Let the EV industry evolve on its own without subsidies or mandates. If they can provide a product that people ( AKA The Market) believe is value for money, the industry will profit. If they can't, then they deserve to die.
No bureaucrat in Washington DC should determine that for us.
If around now, what type of vehicle would Jesus drive, EV or ICE?
looking for a new car. My hybrid Volvo suffered a catestrphic failure of the battery. I told the dealer “NO ELECTRIC OF HYBRID CARS!!”
Right. If you want to buy an EV, go buy an EV. But don’t expect me to subsidize your purchase with my tax dollars.
Ah, but there’s one more thing. I’ve read that EVs do damage to roadways due to their increased weight. If that damage is more than minimal, don’t expect me to subsidize that, either. Pay an annual surcharge for road use and road damage.
EVs have Air Conditioning to cool the battery and if goes out you burst into flames
AI tops that list.
I owned EV from 2000-2012. It was excellent. It was less noisy that gasoline powered alternatives, no fumes while running the vehicle, never needed engine tine up, or changing filters. Yes, it was my EZ-GO golf card powered by batteries. When my 18 holes round was over, I drove into the cart barn, hooked up to the charger. Next morning my EV was ready for another round of 18 holes.
IF you like cars you’re not buying a battery on wheels.
EV the disposable razor of transportation
He rides a Ducati996.
I remember when we all switched from stone tools to bronze. We were just being selfish. But, boy, did they attract the girls.
You highlight the problem - they’re great WHERE THE APPLICATION FITS. It’s the same reason I went with all battery powered lawn equipment. With 4 batteries and 2 chargers I can work all day without running out of charge.
Snow blower, lawn mower, chainsaw, hedge trimmer, edge trimmer, leaf blower, ...no hassles, just drop in a battery and go - any battery (varying capacities) to any device. No oil changes, carb-rebuilds, replacing old gas, no pull-starting an engine that refuses to start - just as you’re looking to get something done.
We usually have a ‘his car and her car’ plus a (Michigan) beater vehicle to do all the crappy around town miles, suck up the salt and pot holes...keeping the other two nice. I can see myself getting an EV for this role - because the APPLICATION MEETS THE NEED.
The battery technology will continue to improve, so they’ll align with more and more people. It’s inevitable - but isn’t for everyone yet, maybe they’ll never completely replace ICE engines.
He’d drive whatever vehicle his friends loaned him.
It's true.
Especially when they have license plates that say *NO CO 2* or some such virtue signaling nonsense.
They are clearly bragging and showing off their (so they think) moral superiority.
Preach it.
The concept I don’t have a problem with. And maybe some day they will be feasible.
But technology isn’t there yet and they should not be forced on anyone no matter what the case.
$25k for a Microlino
Every time I see a tesla, I think; “another Johnny cab!”
I am using Ryobi lithium battery mower, weed whacker, and will never go back to gas powered mower or long electrical corded weed whackers. The mower is so quiet, can’t hear it inside house. It is also lighter and I don’t breathe in discharge fumes. Like yourself, I keep 2 sets of batteries.
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