Posted on 12/12/2022 6:49:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
This industrial city an hour north of Indianapolis isn't as famous as Detroit, but it has become an unlikely battleground in the war over electric cars.
Almost everyone you meet here either works in a factory, is retired from one or has a relative in a plant that makes parts for gasoline-powered cars — which have ruled Kokomo for nearly 130 years.
Yet change is coming. Bulldozers are clearing Kokomo’s cornfields to build a $2.5-billion government-subsidized electric vehicle battery factory, with the aim of retaining jobs tied to auto production at a time California is leading the nation in phasing out gas-powered engines.
Environmentalists, along with industry and government leaders, see a transformation afoot after decades of false starts. They have acknowledged, however, that they can’t complete the shift if electric cars are viewed as something only for rich liberals in California and New York. They need everyone.
The uneasy reception to EVs in Indiana — in a national climate that includes Republican lawsuits against California's new emissions rules and televised warnings that they represent an attack on freedom — suggests that the country remains divided over embracing a technology that environmentalists say is essential to combating climate change.
Indiana can feel like a tough place to own an electric car.
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I can hate California without one thought about Electric Cars.
Ditto hating Electric Cars without a single thought of CA.
You’ll need at least two generators. One
for the house, one for the car. Can’t
rely on your solar panels, they’ve been
blown off the roof and your battery banks
have been under water.
>>>It will all work out.<<<
When? There are thousands of other things to “work out” before EVs are ready for mass adoption - if ever.
A close relative is a VP for a major defense contractor. The US military is moving towards ev’s because they have many advantages over diesel. Whisper quiet, no heat signature and they can export energy
He is limited in what he can say but a long lifebattery, very long range and half the size or less of current batteries are being developed and tested and will filter down into the civilian side.
That may leave Audi or VW as the options. I’ve always thought highly of the Jetta TDI.
I don’t hate California.
I hate Liberal Californians.
None of the matters if the coal cars aren't running. A follow-on project added automatic control of couplers, anglecock valves, handbrakes and auto-coupling with ECP braking. A brake piston position indication allowed automatic scan of the brake state to avoid dragging a car with the brake set. All of that technology was abandoned in a yard in Joliet, IL the morning after Obama was inaugurated.
Does that research apply for other types of cargo rail cars?
Will Californians ever pull their head out of their third point of contact?
I LOVE Kommiefornia.
It's the ANAL SPHINCTERS who live there that I can't stand.
Then your own personal situation is one where an EV is not a useful tool or worth the expense.
My situation is different. I normally do 25-50 miles of driving per day, and it is 95% of my diving habits.
I do have other vehicles for longer trips.
There is no “one size fits all”.
Sometimes you need a hammer, sometimes you need a screwdriver.
Some people need both, a few get by with neither.
From what I’ve read, the Chi Coms are directing the serfs to purchase battery powered cars, recharged by coal fired power plants, and conserving petroleum for military usage.
So Caliph Baraq torpedo’d “smart” rail cars.
Interesting.
What you described is basically the setup used on race cars where parameters are telemetered to the pits for analysis basically in real time.
Yep but it doesn't really matter. We'll have to buy an EV by 2030. If you can't afford one, use public transportation or hail uber.
With good maintenance, an internal combustion car or truck can last a very long time.
Obviously the govt will be active in trying to “inspect” these vehicles off the road (safety/emissions), it may vary state by state.
Every military and defense contractor in the world is going EV even China. My relative came back from one of the largest arms show in the world, Dubai or Quatar. Ev’s are taking over. Too many advantages over diesel. He cannot tell me what they are working on but said car companies right now are using 3rd generation batteries They are working on 12 generation batteries and it will filter down into civilian use as always.
Eventually, they'll be off the roads. California is going after 18 wheelers. So right now you are seeing container ships shift to the ports on the East Coast. They still depend on diesel. You can't electrify 18 wheelers yet. Maybe in 20 years. But not now.
How well are the double the price of gas cars very expensive electric cars doing in the winter storms where you are stuck in traffic waiting on diesel powered snow plows to clear a path and you are freezing as you can not turn on the heat for long or you run out of “green energy”?
Assuming the electric car starts at all.
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