How long does it take to recharge the battery again?
All of them expensive and the more times you charge the less efficient the batteries become over time. Battery technology can only go so far and then there is pollution involved in making the batteries and disposing of them, they cannot be recycled. Then we have the cost of the electricity to charge.
They’ll need to be hybrid(gas) to get to the next plug in station. Carry a spare battery? Plug in both for 600+ miles? The left won’t let the market deal with it. Granola is better for you than a meal cooked over a gas stove.
HAAAAAHAAAAAAAHHHAAAAA! Yeah, lets all run out and buy one today!
F150 Lightening, $72,474: “While this figure is expensive, you’ll still get cloth seats, which is quite disappointing on a $70,000 pickup...”
That’s $15,000 more than we paid for our 2019 F150 Lariat with all the bells and whistles...including LEATHER SEATS.
So let’s see. The Tesla Model S Long Range costs about $95,000. It can travel roughly the range of a VW Golf or similar compact car. Most people can’t afford to pay 3x-4x more for a new car.
Not that electric cars won’t work but batteries and prices must improve. They’re not ready for prime time.
50k-110k for a car?
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
How much.higher are these car prices, compared to last year? Is a $50,000 car now low priced?
With batteries that catch fire. Next?
So... How many times can you drive it the entire range of the vehicle before the battery needs replacing? Then after the battery dies... Who’s going to buy your used electric car that needs a very expensive battery, with a very expensive install?
Battery tech is advancing... And in another couple of decades, or maybe even less... That tech will be buyable by the average consumer. Until then... Electric vehicles are toys for big boys and girls with more money to spend than brains to spend it with.
Also the Vision 180 hp electric outboard boat motor.
Whats the average price with all those together?
Right then, anyone who pays 70 grand for a set of wheels to get you from point a to point b has their head up their...
Purchase it, drive it off the lot and you lose 10% of the value.
AND above 90 degrees F and below 32 degrees F? Physics is a beeyotch.
The 1908 Bailey Electric, when fit with Edison's improved batteries, could get 100 miles on a charge.
Fast forward to today, 400 miles on a charge. Quite impressive, almost a quantum leap really, when you consider that's roughly 2.6 miles per year gain since the Bailey.
I'm convinced now - I'm gonna buy the Blech-E since it's a Mustang. Gag, cough, spit, vomit, etc..........
The base prices are insane!
Range? Generally, a person would not want to run the battery charge below 20%. Then, when charging, it takes and increasingly long time to get the last 20% of the battery charged up. Not charging at night, you generally would not get the battery above 80% or so. Listed range is 320 miles, effective range is 192 miles. And, that range drops with the aging of the battery.
Contrast to a gasoline powered vehicle. I never operate with less then 1/4 of a tank of gasoline and prefer to fill up at 1/2. Range? Doesn’t matter because I can easily fill up to the top in 3-4 minutes whenever I want.
The important question is where will we get the electricity for all these EV and, of course, how about the charging stations?
This weekend, I drove a 2005 Toyota 950 miles in one day. I averaged 650 miles/day on the other days.
Get back with me when electric vehicles can compete.