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Are Electric Vehicles the Wave of the Future?

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Posted By: Hazymac, 12/20/2023 10:39:46 AM

In recent months it has become abundantly clear that electric vehicles are no more than rich men’s toys. Sometimes I think I must be having a dream, but I do not seem to be able to awaken from this nightmare. These vehicles are so expensive that only the very rich can afford them. In fact, these are often secondary vehicles. As a vehicle to drive from home to office and back home again, they are reasonably practical. However, nothing beats a vehicle with an internal combustion engine. You do not have to plug it in; just get in and drive it. Five minutes is enough time

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Reply 1 - Posted by: SkyKing1222 12/20/2023 10:50:44 AM (No. 1621070)
Electric cars- “A solution we don’t want, to a problem we don’t have “ Author unknown
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Reply 2 - Posted by: NorthernDog 12/20/2023 11:18:51 AM (No. 1621083)
There's a hard ceiling on how many people would buy an EV. Probably about 15%. It will be fun to see Greenies squeal when they have to admit failure.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: stablemoney 12/20/2023 11:19:20 AM (No. 1621084)
Someone finally published the resale value of an EV. After 5 years, the resale value declines by 50% of the original purchase price. Also, battery replacements are required every 8-10 years, and cost $5-$10K. Battery replacements on a hybrid can cost $3-$5K. Manufacturer range data has been shown to be 20% overstated. Apartment dwellers have no way to charge one. Home owners will have to spend up to $3K to make their homes able to charge an EV. Then, the battery discharges while the vehicle is sitting. Older drivers that don't drive as much will be charging a battery for a car to sit there a lot.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Lawsy0 12/20/2023 11:20:25 AM (No. 1621085)
Are Electric Vehicles the Wave of the Future? Speaking for all the John and Jane Doe people who are similarly situated as am I, "Hayull No!" Put that in your hookah and smoke it.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: cobieone 12/20/2023 11:24:54 AM (No. 1621087)
Amen #1!! I always say... A solution looking for a problem. Like yours even better.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Rob_NC 12/20/2023 11:33:00 AM (No. 1621094)
I just can't understand why EV...And not reto fit hydrogen fuel cells..most new vehicles of today need very little modification to use hydrogen...and sea water is the solution for making the fuel..and water is the exhaust... Virginia Tech had several vehicles retrofitted even a Corvette
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 12/20/2023 11:33:37 AM (No. 1621095)
Not only no, but hell no. Lefties, what part of the word "no" don't you understand? The "n" or the "o".
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Reply 8 - Posted by: bpl40 12/20/2023 11:42:25 AM (No. 1621105)
Yes. If you are an avid golfer.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: snakeoil 12/20/2023 12:45:23 PM (No. 1621134)
My main problem with EVs is the government (Quid Pro Joe) is trying to shove them down our throats by making ICE vehicles illegal. Same as the government approach to elections: Just make it illegal to vote for President Trump. Just force people to do what they don't want to by making only one choice legal. If ICE is eliminated I'll go for a Stanley Steamer or a horse draw carriage. Our National Anthem says we are "the Land of the Free." Not anymore.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: DVC 12/20/2023 1:37:24 PM (No. 1621149)
Not with ANY sort of chemical battery system. If somehow, and it seems EXTREMELY unlikely within a century or three, someone can devise a tiny, cheap and safe (hah!) fusion power pack like the humorous 'Mr. Fusion' in the Back to the Future Ii movie, EVs are always going to be short range, expensive and slow to recharge. Gasoline and diesel vehicles DO NOT harm the environment these days, and are excellent vehicles.....if we can stop the government from forcing ridiculous and unworkable fuel economy standards on them because they seek to make them unworkable by legislation, to try to make EVs more palatable.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: WI Cynic 12/20/2023 6:03:04 PM (No. 1621258)
Not only is there a hard ceiling on the number of people that want this product, as #2 says, there is a hard ceiling on the amount of material to build them with. The "easy to reach" mining sites for the batteries' raw material have already been tapped. The cost of finding more resources will steadily go up, and there simply is not enough of it for everybody to have an EV. Remember "running out of oil"? We're already at that point for the EV's batteries. If someone came out and said they were going to give every person on the planet a couple hundred pounds of gold, nobody would believe for a second that so much gold could be found. Why are the greenies so gullible about lithium, etc?
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Reply 12 - Posted by: bobn.t 12/20/2023 6:15:09 PM (No. 1621266)
Not in my house. Biden, go pound sand , you butt whole sniffer
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Reply 13 - Posted by: czechlist 12/20/2023 8:47:38 PM (No. 1621311)
denying people of that which they want and requiring them to purchase (and manufacturers to produce) what the government says has a very simple name FASCISM
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Reply 14 - Posted by: mifla 12/21/2023 5:16:57 AM (No. 1621430)
If it is waving goodbye, yes.
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