Posted on 01/31/2024 8:47:25 AM PST by John Semmens
Most people are already aware that electric vehicles (EVs) cost more to buy, have a more limited range, are expensive to repair, and that charging stations in rural areas are few and far between. This winter we learned that many EVs are incapacitated by cold weather.
Now that the EVs have been on the road awhile owners are having pay $1,500 to replace all the tires after about 8,000-10,000 miles of driving. Not only is this more expensive than for gasoline-powered cars whose tires typically last four times as long. It is also highly polluting. Breathing in the four-times as many tiny tire particles that flake off during EV travel is unhealthy.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg insists that "no one said that the transition away from fossil-fuels would be painless. When did Americans become such pansies? Our forefathers were able to bear months-long trips across the continent in oxen-drawn covered wagons. There were no roads, bridges, or 'service stations.' If anything broke they had to repair it themselves. Maybe sacrificing some mobility is the price we have to pay to save the planet from climate change."
In related news, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda predicts that "EVs will never capture more than 30% of the market for personal vehicles. They are too expensive and too unreliable to attract a larger share of vehicle purchases." Buttigieg dismissed this prediction, saying "what Mr. Toyoda overlooks is the fact that governments can and will outlaw the manufacture and use of fossil-fueled vehicles. Then anyone who wants a personal vehicle will be forced to settle for whatever EVs are available."
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Here is a thought. What if China was able to ignite all their lithium ion batteries at one time?
Sort of like the “Leave the World Behind” scenario but much worse...
So far we've driven the EV 43K miles in the 19 months we've owned it and I replaced the tires once. I'm particularly interested in how long the replacement set lasts because they're not factory tires that came with the car. And the brakes haven't needed work. We'll see how it goes from here.
I don't recommend EV's for everybody and I certainly hate the gubment forcing them onto people. But EV's can be good for people who drive a lot of miles (thus need to save on gas), can charge at home, are married and need two cars anyway (so one car is ICE to not be wholly dependent on EV's), not live up north where the cold messes up EV efficiency, most road trips you take are in areas that have good road-side chargers, and your wife on road trips wants to stop every 150-200 miles and walk around for 10-15 minutes anyway LOL.
Oversized electric golf cart fanbois will not find this amusing.
Sounds like the OEMs are installing soft-compound tires to enhance cornering performance. Maybe to impress the early adopters? A harder compound will last longer.
This situation isn’t without precedent. Many years ago I had a SAAB Turbo that had an odd rim size, and the only tires for it were soft-compound Michelins. Beast cornered like a race car, good in the rain and on ice, but the tires only lasted 12k-15k miles.
I live in WA and I am wondering if all the low cost housing that they are building for migrants comes with charging stations. What do you think?
EVs as they now exist are rich man toys. If only they could be built with an on-board electricity generating system, and did not have to rely on heavy, cumbersome and all too frequently, highly dangerous batteries to supply the electricity.
Diesel-electric locomotives have been in use for some eighty years, and the technology for using an internal-combustion engine as a power source for an on-board generator, and driving each wheel with a dedicated electric motor is well developed. It could be scaled down in size, first for heavy trucks, then even to compact automobiles.
“Carbon neutral” or “carbon free” is an impossible goal that can never be met, nor should we want to. There are plentiful hydrocarbon fuels available, and the design could operate with a high degree of feasibility and for a very competitive cost, as compared to vehicles with a more conventional drive line.
“The most recent time I took the car in for service, Tesla declined to rotate them stating that they inspected the tires and determined it wasn’t necessary. I will be disappointed if I have to replace the set prior to 40k. I’d like be able to safely ride them to 50k, but I wouldn’t be upset if I had to replace them a little earlier than that.
https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/oem-tire-life-expectancy.284296/
I love your point
No the illegal immigrants will not have cars nor charging stations. They can bus or walk or ride bicycles like in communist China.
But I want to make a point too - it is important not to concede language. These are not migrants. They are illegal immigrants and should be referenced as such.
I wonder what a gallon of gas will cost once the cartels have smuggled it across the US border?
Probably more than a kilo of fentanyl.
Here’s what I think for whatever it’s worth...Akio Toyoda is a world class genius compared to Pete Buttigieg. Pete can’t even seem to do the job he is being paid for.
Here’s what I think for whatever it’s worth...Akio Toyoda is a world class genius compared to Pete Buttigieg. Pete can’t even seem to do the job he is being paid for. Pete doesn’t understand the first thing about market strategy.
“Akio Toyoda is a world class genius compared to Pete Buttigieg”
I concur. I would not be surprised if ButtPlug got a severe warning from the DNC about spilling the beans on FedGov plans to outlaw ICE cars.
The rubber will meet the road inside the lungs, sinuses and other body organs and blood stream. Have a good EV day.
Yes, very true, but when you live in WA State people will shut down before you even make your point if you call them illegal and a lot of them still think that an alien is someone from outer space.
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