Posted on 02/27/2023 3:32:50 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
No batteries or charging stations. Just more electrical outlets and real long power cords.
HAVE YOU EVER driven across the WESTERN USA?
LOTS OF WIDE OPEN LAND FOR MILES & MILES & MILES.
Neighbor died past summer.
Old friends came from state of Washington to east of Reno for Celebration of Life.
They had to seriously PLAN their route to find charging stations AND they overnighted both ways, so that added motel costs.
Took then 2 days each way.
Friend of mine has family in Seattle. She lives SE of Reno about 50 miles.
SHE CAN DRIVE TO SEATTLE in about 14 hours-—about 700 miles by herself-—
AIN’T going to use EV...period.
IF you think “ON STAR” could track you & tell the Government where you are-—
THIS plan could do that times 10.
...like barber shops or manicures...
But I do not need a haircut every 200 miles
It is predicted that EV’s will be 10% of the market by 2030. I view EV’s as novelties and a BS scam like Obama’s green energy push. Think Solyndra, Fisker motors and the US plant. Billions upon billions of $ wasted.
Same in the south. I recently drove through Alabama and Mississippi. Many miles between exits and most exits had very limited accommodations. And that’s nothing like the west
Translation: “Do what you are told or you will be arrested”
GOP response: “Send us money and we will send a memo”
There are “ Buccee’s” stops in the south and they are wild. Hugh stores that sell all kinds of stuff like 60 flavors of jerky etc. The bathrooms are always clean . They sell all kinds f sandwiches etc. My favorite is the BBQ brisket. Nice char ring on meat slices etc. yes they have EV stations, but, I can pull in, fill my car, wife and I use restroom (plenty of stalls and clean) get a sandwich and pull out in 20 minutes.
One of the first big gainers with be the major truck stops
along the cross county routes. They are already in place
and all in need is more facilities for product/rest areas.
I was on a business trip through the south a couple weeks ago and my wife was able to join me.
We made out first holy pilgrimage to Mecca, I mean Buc-ees.
Got some jerky, Beaver Nuggets and a great brisket sandwich.
Billions for a fantasy transportation system.
Billions for a war 1/2 way around the world.
Billions for the next fun idea.
Looks like biden’s handlers are hell bent to bankrupt this country. Or they are thinking they can make it up with massive new taxes. Either way, it is not a good plan for us.
None of this has been fully thought through. Imagine the lines if every ICE car took twenty to forty minutes at a gas pump. These people do not live in the real world.
So will the EV cars eventually because will it be possible or even feasible for people to start buying used EV’s? I mean for the foreseeable future, most people can’t begin to afford an EV and install a charging station at home, so how will people buy one? I can just see all these used EVs piling up in junk yards now.....
{Probably be a few vans parked around there too. I can see it now. “ Honey I need to go down and get a charge in the car. Be back in 2 hrs.”
“theres a line of EVs waiting to use the charger ...
What then ???”
The virtue signaling folks tend to think they are “special” and many are not very patient.
Expect to see lots of “vehicle charging station” rage incidents.
No one drives these f’ng EVs. All who drive ICE automobiles and trucks end up subsidizing the EV owners. Who are usually upper middle class. So their EV toy is their second or third automobile.
EVs are what percent of US automobiles? ANSWER >>> 1%
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Key Insights:
Over 2 million electric vehicles have been sold in the United States.
But electric cars still make up just 1% of cars on our roads.
46% of Americans remain unlikely to consider an electric car for their next vehicle.
But the market for electric vehicles still doubled in 2021.
Tesla’s market share for electric vehicles is 66.3%
On average, an electric vehicle costs $10,108 more than a standard vehicle.
But running an EV for 200,000 miles could save you $4,380 compared to a gasoline-powered car.
Yup—copper thieves and rapists should be paying kickbacks to the Big Guy—”business” is gonna be booming.
“running an EV for 200,000 miles could save you $4,380 compared to a gasoline-powered car.”
Those numbers are changing—fast—as electricity costs skyrocket.
Our per kilowatt rate went up 60% in January (northern CT) and I am sure we are not the only ones....
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