Hey come on.
I like conspiracy theories as much as the next guy, but there are lots of places where electric cars will make enormous financial sense.
They are already a rapidly-growing part of the world’s transportation, and constantly improving in efficiency and cost.
Soon they will overtake gas in costs (all costs) in lots of places.
While sure, we have lots of places where electric just won’t be efficient for years and years, it is already becoming better, in some - lots of southern big cities for example.
Just flat out, on cost.
You mean aside from the fact that there aren’t enough rare earth minerals on the planet to replace the ICE cars just in the West?
That’s why it’s meant to eliminate private transport for almost everyone. Only elites will have private transport.
No one pushing this mandated EV transition is also pushing for a crash program to build power plants and update the electrical transmission and distribution grid. Do you really think they can power this stuff on wind, solar, and unicorn farts?
That you don’t see the Soviet-style central planning aspects of this, and that this will necessarily be a disaster as central planning inevitably is, reflects poorly on you as FReepers. Wake up!
You just don’t get it. It’s not about how much sense it makes to own one. It’s that many Americans can’t afford them in the first place. Or don’t the “little ppl” matter?
The risk of 'bursting into flames' is a bit of a drawback, especially if the car is parked in an attached garage.
Yes the risk is small but if it happens with your car, the effect is large.
What flavor was the Kool-Aid?
THE power to run them IS NOT there.
AND WILL NOT BE