Plus, people who own a lot of silver just might see the market price go up
I’ve done my research....for me the cons outweigh the pros for EVs and its not even close.
Limited range
Recharge time
Danger of battery fire during charging or from salt water intrusion
A couple of years ago a person in my town was provided an EV courtesy vehicle overnight while hers was being serviced and it caught fire in her garage in the wee hours of the morning not only destroying the EV but also almost burning her very expensive home to the ground and it wasn’t even being charged, it just spontaneously combusted for no apparent.
EVs are a HARD PASS for me 👎
While I love my BMW M3 V8 as much as the next guy...
“but it will never do what an IC engine can.”
Will not age well...eventually. EV’s are already some of the fastest vehicles on the planet. The batteries current flaws; non-solid-state are prone to combust, range anxiety due to infrastructure, charging times.
These are all improving and being invested in. I’d side with EV’s eventually being what ICE engines will never do.
“I think electric is here to stay, but it will never do what an IC engine can.”
https://zecar.com/reviews/catl-launches-world-s-fast-charging-ev-battery
CATL says you are wrong.
[CATL launched both the 3rd-gen Shenxing LFP and 3rd-gen Qilin NCM batteries at the same 2026 Tech Day event.
The Qilin 3rd Gen delivers 3,000kW peak discharge power and over 1,000km range. BYD has no NCM battery to match it.
CATL also unveiled a condensed matter battery at 350Wh/kg, enabling 1,500km range in executive sedans.]
1500km is 937 miles.
Charge Range
Time
10% to 35%
1 minute
10% to 80%
3 minutes 44 seconds
10% to 98%
6 minutes 27 seconds
10% to 98% at -30C
9 minutes (any charger)
This is faster than you could fill a 600 mile range gasoline tank which is about the max any ICE car will go on a single full tank.
CATL is by far the largest battery maker on earth no one touches them when they demonstrate something the whole industry plays catch up and follows suit.
Flat out they beat ICE is every metric possible.
You cannot put a 3000kw engine in a normal executive sedan 3000kw= 4023 horsepower yeah not happening.
Meanwhile Tesla...
The maximum horsepower for the 2026 Tesla Model S is 1,020 hp in the Plaid trim, which features a tri-motor setup. This peak power allows the Model S Plaid to achieve a 0-60 mph time of 1.99 seconds.
China now has a pack that fits in a Model S sized sedan with triple that available in milliseconds of time.
No ICE anywhere at the consumer level can touch this. You would need top fuel dragster motors and they last all of 4 seconds before they self destruct after every run. The pistons are melted on top and so are the valves and seats they run to destruction every single run. Meanwhile this pack could do thousands of quarter mile sprints at 4000hp power dumps.
Welcome to the 21st century boomer.
The Tesla Semi is outperforming diesels.