[SeekAndFind]

Here's my take on this -- GET GOVERNMENT OUT OF DETERMINING WHAT TYPE OF CAR PEOPLE SHOULD DRIVE.

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.

[central_va]

If around now, what type of vehicle would Jesus drive, EV or ICE?

[Leaning Right]

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.

[Signalman]

the typical electric car driver doesn’t care what car you drive: they are too busy enjoying their own car,

From what I've been reading lately, the "enjoyment" of having an EV is getting less and less enjoyable. EV sales are down, more and more dealers are wishing they didn't have to have them on their lots, they're running out of room because no one is buying them.

[butlerweave]

EVs have Air Conditioning to cool the battery and if goes out you burst into flames

[Bobbyvotes]

AI tops that list.

[ealgeone]

IF you like cars you’re not buying a battery on wheels.

[quantim]

You may be entertained by this youtube I made over a dozen years ago, it was rather prescient looking back at it. Youtube shadowbanned me within a few hours as it was sarcastic and humorous. To this day they have blurred the video and shut off comments, it is still NOT searchable. They have since have added their own BS comment.

Electric cars for dummies

[Gen.Blather]

I remember when we all switched from stone tools to bronze. We were just being selfish. But, boy, did they attract the girls.

[metmom]

Much of this animus rests on a plausible yet mistaken assumption — that EV owners are all passionate environmentalists, sanctimoniously swanning around in their zero–emission vehicles while disdaining the ghastly, planet-killing masses burning dinosaur juice.

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.

[metmom]

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.

[Mean Daddy]

$25k for a Microlino

[T.B. Yoits]

Pursuit of novelty? Electric cars were invented more more than a century ago.

[egfowler3]

Multiple Mega-Dittos!

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The modal electric car buyer does not give a damn about the planet: they are buying electric cars because they like technology, or because they like cars, or both.

They care about status, and status comes from being green and eco conscious. Status also comes from being an early adapter of new technologies and a consumer of expensive and stylish things, but I doubt car-loving motorheads or gearheads are going big into electric cars. They are more likely to see through all the hype.

[Omnivore-Dan]

All fine until the power goes out. Even with plenty of electricity, the electric power tools do not stand up to gas powered ones. I have a 20 inch gas chainsaw, and I have an electric one just for pruning. It’s ok for pruning, but don’t try and cut an 20’ x 18” oak log.

[MortMan]

Did the full article deal with the number one myth about EVs? Namely, that they are fit for every purpose?

[Sirius Lee]

Without the AccuJack 2000 and its injuries and lawsuits there would have never been the new and improved AccuJack 3000. EVs serve the same purpose and can be seen as a competitor.