Holy cow. I had an inkling, but no idea.Do a quick Google search on government funded and/or subsidized companies. Eye opener.
I don't see it that way. For me it's being forced to accept a product, take away my choice, I will resist.The biggest negative for EV's currently if you're putting in your own money is pace of change.
Thanks for the update. Everyone I know who has an EV (that isn’t a Tesla, the 2 I know of had some problems) says the same thing. They do the job you’ve put yours to well.For what it is worth, “Sparky”, my Chevy Bolt EUV, just rolled over 50,000 miles in 22 months.
That is a 92 mile commute 6 days a week, plus my Wife drives it to church on Sunday.
I did have to replace the windshield wiper blades.
Well that just isn't true now is it. We have been transporting cargo using electric vehicles for decades. Not to mention electric replacements for diesel semi trucks has grown 35% + year over year.I just took delivery or a ‘24 F-350 Powerstroke to pull a 32 foot gooseneck 16K GVWR 6 horse head to head trailer. There will never be a EV truck that can meet the Gross Combined 28K that I require. If there was, you couldn’t find enough charging stations to get out of the county. I can imagine sitting at an EV Charging Station with a trailer load of horses and mucking stalls into the parking lot.
The reports are that they are doing fine. Because the super chargers are all directly tied to the grid, they were able to get up and running before gas stations after the last hurricane. Many people reported they were able to keep essentials running after the last one (EVs can power your home). All of the super chargers still function today, despite many gas stations being bone dry. So... in essence they are fine, and in the past they were able to re-charge before ICE vehicles were able to get fuel.I wonder how the EV's are doing in all the hurricane chaos that's happening lately??
Forgive me if this has already been addressed. Sometimes, I'm not exactly on the cutting edge of what's happinin.jd
I heard of a story of a e-bike that got flooded and then caught on fire on someone’s porch. Water is bad on those types of batteries.The reports are that they are doing fine. Because the super chargers are all directly tied to the grid, they were able to get up and running before gas stations after the last hurricane. Many people reported they were able to keep essentials running after the last one (EVs can power your home). All of the super chargers still function today, despite many gas stations being bone dry. So... in essence they are fine, and in the past they were able to re-charge before ICE vehicles were able to get fuel.
In particular salt water. Such as from a 6-ft storm surge. In the current target area the salt water will flood inland for miles, not yards.I heard of a story of a e-bike that got flooded and then caught on fire on someone’s porch. Water is bad on those types of batteries.
Get one of these electric cars for your teenager, they won’t wake you sneaking out at night or coming back in.
More Gas vehicles will catch fire than EVs will.I heard of a story of a e-bike that got flooded and then caught on fire on someone’s porch. Water is bad on those types of batteries.
Get one of these electric cars for your teenager, they won’t wake you sneaking out at night or coming back in.
In particular salt water. Such as from a 6-ft storm surge. In the current target area the salt water will flood inland for miles, not yards.
Alright grandpa lets get you back in your chair.Hell no I don't own one I was raised right.
I'd have most y'all squealing like girls running the dirt roads I run around here.lmao
Same with the Balboa Island ferry here in CA. Ca Air Resources Board(CARB) wants them to spend ~$13 million to convert to electric to eliminate them from burning 28 gallons of diesel a day. Ridiculous.That ferry story is just great! Post number 2320 if you missed it.
We never should have left the horse and buggy days.
Too each their own.
Well, it appears there still are smart folks.People still use horses here for transport. We also have some Amish around the area you gotta watch out for those buggies.
One of the oldest, if not the oldest, subsidies we have is for Gas/Oil. Without subsidies gas would be around $13 - $15 per gallon. How many over sized vehicles getting 10mpg would be on the road without those subsidies?Remember when discussing horse and buggy versus cars vs electric cars.....
cars replaced horses because the free enterprise systems worked.
How many electric cars do you think we would have without massive
taxpayer dollars?
I think everything is subsided. That’s why we can’t get rid of the fat cats up on the hill.One of the oldest, if not the oldest, subsidies we have is for Gas/Oil. Without subsidies gas would be around $13 - $15 per gallon. How many over sized vehicles getting 10mpg would be on the road without those subsidies?
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Reforming global fossil fuel subsidies: How the United States can restart international cooperation
Johannes Urpelainen and Elisha George discuss fossil fuel subsidies, their effect on the climate crisis, and the United States' role in reforming these subsidies in the Biden era.www.brookings.edu
Let’s not pretend like gas cars have not been surviving on subsidies for over 100 years. Electric cars pre-date gas vehicles. However early on one was subsidized and one was not. Hence the explosion of gas vehicles over electric.