This whole electric car thing is a bunch of BS. I can’t imagine anyone being dumb enough to put themselves - not even to mention their family - in jeopardy with a vehicle that might, or might not, make it to the next battery station. This kind of thing works well on the golf course but nowhere else.
This whole electric car thing is a bunch of BS. I can’t imagine anyone being dumb enough to put themselves - not even to mention their family - in jeopardy with a vehicle that might, or might not, make it to the next battery station. This kind of thing works well on the golf course but nowhere else.
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the tesla electric s class car gets about 280 miles per charge.it expensive. and still best for just local driving.
the big news is the fast growing number of people buying these cars. every electric car on the road takes another internal combustion engine car off the highway and lowers the demand for gasoline.
It’s the latest shade of pig lipstick.
It’s not B. S. to drive a vehicle you know you’re not going to put more than 30 miles on during your daily commute. Nobody here is suggesting these vehicles should replace all other cars on the road.
If you’re smart enough to know better than to start a long trip in one of these, don’t you think other people will be too?
Some of these electrics now run on gas too. Should you need to, you can get to your destination with gas.
If I can see the need for a large powerful truck for folks who need them, can’t you folks see the need for a commuter car too?
This doesn’t have to be an issue of other people being stupid here.
“This kind of thing works well on the golf course but nowhere else.”
Living in a two golf course community, I can attest that golf carts fail on a regular basis, sometimes right in the middle of an intersection.
If all of the Federal and state subsidies to this company were removed, I wonder just how long Tesla would continue as a viable business. I for one, sure have my doubts.
I wonder how stressed out drivers and passengers get on a long trip hoping they will make it to the next charging station. Just because a vehicle is supposed to go X number of miles between charges does not mean that it will.
I’d think that hybrids and electric cars would be excellent for around the town grocery getters. Not so much for anything more than that.
For instance, I could see my (retired) parents having one for cheap local transport, and a regular car for trips. Makes sense to me.
However, I’ve not heard anyone...pro or con... Satisfactorily answer me the question “what happens to our electric infrastructure when everyone plugs in their hybrid?”. Heck, we get brown outs from AC usage in the summer. That, plus hybrids, plus the current clown in charge working to shut down power plants left and right, leaves us literally in the dark.