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Growing electric vehicle sales bring concerns over safety hazards, toxicity, infrastructure costs
Just the News ^ | 9/22/2023 | Steven Richards

Posted on 09/23/2023 10:26:58 AM PDT by Signalman

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1 posted on 09/23/2023 10:26:58 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

So ford will only lose 5.9 billion on them next year?

Maybe they can make it up on volume


2 posted on 09/23/2023 10:28:32 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Signalman

Yeah, those things are just flying off the lots.


3 posted on 09/23/2023 10:28:35 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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To: Signalman

My wife’s vehicle is 16 years old, but it only has 65,000 miles on it. Bulletproof engine. One of the better ones ever produced. That said, I still wonder if we shouldn’t get a replacement with a newer ICE vehicle.


4 posted on 09/23/2023 10:31:59 AM PDT by CatOwner
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Banned from parking garages , banned from your garage , banned from parking on the street ,LOL


5 posted on 09/23/2023 10:35:31 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Better start building detached garages, like they did in the early days of gas cars.


6 posted on 09/23/2023 10:37:20 AM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: CatOwner

Maybe yes while you still can.


7 posted on 09/23/2023 10:38:11 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Signalman

I’d do an electrical vehicle to ride around town maybe. But I have to have an ICE vehicle around for distance runs.


8 posted on 09/23/2023 10:38:14 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: Signalman

Bookmark


9 posted on 09/23/2023 10:38:59 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: CatOwner

I’m looking at a vehicle purchase, and am weighing ICE vs. hybrid. Also concerned about ability to get either if Dems maintain power.


10 posted on 09/23/2023 10:39:06 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Signalman

Yes, it’s all true!

But the climate jockeys don’t care!!


11 posted on 09/23/2023 10:39:14 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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If we just had a Federal law mandating that every Public Employee nationwide exclusively use EV’s for ALL Travel, the problems would be fixed after a few thousand sacrificed their lives and families to an EV.


12 posted on 09/23/2023 10:42:13 AM PDT by eyeamok
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Push will come to shove. Gonna be awesome.


13 posted on 09/23/2023 10:42:50 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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20% of Americans will buy EVs. No problem. Which is good for Tesla. But it seems rest of us are going to refuse to buy an EV. In California, they’re going to have to shut down gas stations.


14 posted on 09/23/2023 10:47:57 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: CatOwner

I’m leaning more towards a plug in hybrid, especially if you have rooftop solar.

My wife’s daily drive is less than 50 miles, so she can run on battery-only most of the time, and can easily be fully recharged each night for free with the solar credit from the utility.

Longer trips, she can use the gas, get great mileage and no range anxiety.


15 posted on 09/23/2023 10:47:58 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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That said, I still wonder if we shouldn’t get a replacement with a newer ICE vehicle.

Get it before 2026, when new regs require 40 mpg fleet average, more tracking and computer in the cars.

https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/technology-verify/police-remote-kill-switch-new-vehicles-2026-not-part-of-biden-infrastructure-deal/536-812f84e6-cbb1-4b29-bfab-6dc0d47159c9

https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/01/the-u-s-just-announced-that-cars-will-have-to-be-a-lot-more-fuel-efficient-by-2026/
16 posted on 09/23/2023 10:50:52 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: CatOwner

New cars have better safety features


17 posted on 09/23/2023 10:51:46 AM PDT by maro (MAGA!)
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To: Signalman

My electric vehicle makes it all 18 holes before quitting. Can’t beat that!


18 posted on 09/23/2023 10:52:12 AM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: Signalman

According to The Wall Street Journal, the average insurance cost for a traditional vehicle is $193 a month.

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Two cars cost me $785. per year, full coverage, $250 deductible here in fly over country..


19 posted on 09/23/2023 11:05:10 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (There are only two sexes, male and female but there are 57 different types of queers.)
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“Banned from parking garages , banned from your garage , banned from parking on the street ,LOL”

That’s the cars, and what about the electro bikes? It looks like those things are becoming very popular, often with a theoretical range of 60 miles, which is pretty close to the longest distance a reasonably fit writer can push an ordinary bike. At between one and $2000 price apiece these bikes are likely to be very popular among college students who will then be looking to find places to store their bikes, along with the often combustible batteries. What are all of our woke colleges going to do when the kids come in wanting to store their new, explosive, toys in crowded dormitories? Also, as far as ordinary families are concerned, where are the kids spiffy new combustible bikes to be stored in their families’ houses?


20 posted on 09/23/2023 11:06:07 AM PDT by libstripper
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