Posted on 01/10/2026 9:12:57 AM PST by BereanBrain
Times, they are a changing....Reminber i told you so...
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I watched THIS video the other night on the same topic, and I agree with him. He’s VERY skeptical, and points out that Donut didn’t really HAVE anything at the show other than words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsi-TS8PX7U
Well, I like the name. Donut ... yum.
I’m not anti EV.
I’m against leftist central-planners forcing citizens to choose inefficient state-supported, politicized products
Big difference.
Your headline is a false premise.
AND your post is violation of FR posting rules.
I am not anti-EV. I am anti-having-EVs-forced-on-me. Otherwise I would’ve watched the video.
Pretty much propaganda until independently verified. EV’s keep cropping up from the early 1900’s to today and so far they have all failed in the end. Great for scammers and snake oil salesmen to profit.
Even if we grant ALL the claims, charging such a battery in five minutes means something a lot beefier than 240V house current. I did not watch the whole thing, but if I have to buy a Lucent for access (a nice car, admittedly), it is well-priced out of my market.
I also do not like the over-reliance on computers and tech in modern cars (ironic, as my employer makes EV, ICE and hybrid chips). I will compromise to get modern electronic ignition and fuel injection.
Not yet.
I doubt the validity of this Donut EV claim, but there is no doubt that EV technology is improving. Rapidly.
I well remember the scoffers (here at FR) that laughed at hybrids claiming they would fail. They were wrong then and EV scoffers are wrong now.
Having said this... would I pay good money for an EV today? Nope. Uh-uh.
I don’t want to wade thru 45 minutes of babbling
Bingo
How come the horseless carriage didn’t require bribing buyers with other people’s money to sweep the country?
Yeah, this is definitely breaking news. SMH.
I am not saying it is hype, but we’ve been led down this path before.
I really want electric vehicles to succeed and they’ve made incredible improvements. But at this point they are really only good for around the town trips, which is great for a second vehicle.
To me the second biggest hurtle is charging stations: where are we going to get the power needed. Our power grid is stretched pretty thin. Also, we will need much more copper and other metals that are not in the system. I remember some guy took the number of registered vehicles on the road, divided by half (to recognize that a lot of cars aren’t really needed (collector cars, broken but still registered, backup, etc...))then determined how much copper would be needed to make electric vehicles. By his figures it equaled over a century worth mining production.
Right. What possesses people to put a YouTube in Breaking News?
Breaking is for week old news (Walz suspends campaign) and FReepaton alerts.
Blow your wad on whatever you want. But if you’re buying an EV to save the Erf, you’re a fag. Again, your choice.
I only want them to succeed if the succeed because they are the best deal commercially* and not because the government forces me to buy one.
And not built on a false premise - global warming!
Interesting video, important if true. Now how to solve the generation of more electricity to address the demand question.
You gotta admit the user name TwoBitDaVinci is funny.
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