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Electric Vehicles Are the U.S. Auto Industry’s Future—If Dealers Can Figure Out How to Sell Them
The Wall Street Journal ^ | March 7, 2021 | Nora Naughton |

Posted on 03/07/2021 8:08:35 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

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1 posted on 03/07/2021 8:08:35 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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It’s not just that the consumer isn’t there, the logistics aren’t there. Not enough range for much of the country, takes too long to re-charge vs. 5 minutes to fill a gas tank, not enough places to re-charge because you can’t get in and out like a gas station so you end up with long lines. More EV propaganda.


2 posted on 03/07/2021 8:13:06 PM PST by JMS
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I hear they are a big thing in those retirement golf course communities.


3 posted on 03/07/2021 8:15:02 PM PST by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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if anyone remembers the first led flashlights and then led light bulbs, they were not great either, but now that they are if I have a choice between led and incandescent, mostly I will use led.

exceptions for Lava lamps and ez-bake ovens

and sometimes the florescent tube ones are good also, like for motion sensitive outside lights so they start dim in the morning when you go outside.

I guess what I am saying is when electric cars get better and cheaper many people will choose them, but there will be use cases for gas and diesel powered vehicles


4 posted on 03/07/2021 8:15:20 PM PST by algore
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takes too long to re-charge vs. 5 minutes to fill a gas tank

Until you can get an EV to recharge the battery in 5 minutes or less, I fail to see how this is a "superior technology" over the internal combustion engine.

5 posted on 03/07/2021 8:15:35 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: JMS
It’s not just that the consumer isn’t there, the logistics aren’t there.

Eloithink - clashing with reality since 1960.

6 posted on 03/07/2021 8:16:37 PM PST by kiryandil (New Movie: The Assassination Of Ashli Babbitt By The Anonymous Coward)
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Why the hell would u limit your travel that way?
8 hrs to fully charge, 100 mile add @ 35min with a rapid charger. IF you can find a charger.

Gas fill up available virtually every where, 10 minutes, including taking a leak.


7 posted on 03/07/2021 8:17:47 PM PST by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: algore
I guess what I am saying is when electric cars get better and cheaper many people will choose them, but there will be use cases for gas and diesel powered vehicles

Honestly, 90% of Americans will be fine on EVs. You only need to use gas and diesel powered vehicle if you're transporting something cross country. But for rest of us, we go to work and then when we come home, we plug in the EV to the power grid so it will be fully charged in the morning.

8 posted on 03/07/2021 8:17:53 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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This too-early EV push will be a disaster. Not enough generating capacity (build nukes!), not enough transmission and distribution infrastructure. And they’re not suitable for a cold winter storm in the upper Midwest / Dakotas / Idaho / etc.


9 posted on 03/07/2021 8:19:53 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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“we plug in the EV to the power grid so it will be fully charged in the morning.”

How big of a electric bill you willing to pay?

It will cost one hell of a lot more than filling up with gas.


10 posted on 03/07/2021 8:20:50 PM PST by crz
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And they’re not suitable for a cold winter storm in the upper Midwest / Dakotas / Idaho / etc.

And Texas.

11 posted on 03/07/2021 8:20:52 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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You must live pretty close to an urban area - when I was in Southern California, it’s not unheard of to travel several hundred miles at a time given the distance between cities and the need to jump in the car to go different places.


12 posted on 03/07/2021 8:21:24 PM PST by JMS
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How big of a electric bill you willing to pay?

Yeah, that won't be fun.

13 posted on 03/07/2021 8:22:12 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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Electric vehicles are a joke.


14 posted on 03/07/2021 8:22:25 PM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues th the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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Plugging in an EV worked great in Texas when the power was out.


15 posted on 03/07/2021 8:22:56 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (This space for rant.)
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Much of the move to electric vehicles will be forced by governments.


16 posted on 03/07/2021 8:23:37 PM PST by PGR88
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NINE sold to voluntary buyers [buoyed up with HUGE federal tax subsidies]...out of the nearly FOUR THOUSAND Chevrolets sold at his Missouri dealerships!

YOU WILL buy them and YOU WILL be glad you did.

Never forget, Drumpf was a dictator.


17 posted on 03/07/2021 8:23:47 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (The Weak Never Started, The Cowards fail along the way, Only the Strong Survive)
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Follow the supply chain up to the cobalt mines....

Can't drill for oil, though. It's a dirty fossil fuel...


18 posted on 03/07/2021 8:26:10 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (The Weak Never Started, The Cowards fail along the way, Only the Strong Survive)
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And for some reason EV supporters believe that when tons of rare earth metals and lithium are needed for the EV boom batteries the price of those raw materials will be similar to what it is now. Get real.


19 posted on 03/07/2021 8:26:53 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (This space for rant.)
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Much of the move to electric vehicles will be forced by governments.

That's what the stock market is telling us. And the investments made by our automobile companies into manufacturing EVs. Everyone knows that the government is going to force us to drive EVs with the possible exception of truckers using gas/diesel for their transportation needs.

20 posted on 03/07/2021 8:27:08 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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