Posted on 07/22/2022 6:38:50 AM PDT by Red Badger
There should be good market for small trailers with a generator and gas tank so you can charge the car continuously while driving longer distances.
There won’t be an ‘gas’ to power the generators.................it will be illegal.............
Tall Ships came to Charleston SC a few years ago.
Well worth seeing.
These things remind me of the junk cars made to address the fuel shortages of the 70s and early 80s. You know the ones:
Chrysler K car
GM X body
Ford Mustang of the day
Jap mid size and compacts were the car to have. The first Honda Civics came out with not much more than a motorcycle engine.
They were all mostly junk vehicles thrown out to have something on the market that seemed to demand them. When the fuel crisis ended in ‘86, and even before, the vans, Explorers and Suburbans came out in droves. Nobody wanted to drive a Pontiac Phoenix any more. You didn’t even see old ones around for very long.
Problem is, these are a whole lot more expensive than the ICE cars of days gone by.
Yes.
I am listening to an interesting book: “Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters” by Seven Koonin.
Interesting thing about him-he was a science advisor in the Obama Administration, so...I was interested in hearing his point of view.
Note: They would view me as a “Climate Denier” which I wear as a badge of honor, but I do believe climate is getting warmer, and I believe there is a component however small that humans contribute to it. I just don’t believe we should spend a gazillion dollars trying to fix what cannot be “fixed” and sending all back to a starvation bug-eating existence shivering in the cold and sweltering in the heat to “fix” it. In other words, it is getting warmer, but not due to us or anything we can change. I view this current hysteria as a means of control, to destroy industry, and redistribute wealth.
And this rush to EVs is just one component of that. They want to force us into collectivized cities, farms, and factories, limit our movements, limit our food choices, limit our work choices, limit our travel choices, and limit our ability to accumulate wealth and take control of our own destiny.
That is what this is all about.
I was watching that - wife and I fell on the floor laughing!
Now try it in heavy traffic, in winter, at night.
Those people will be forced on to the trains and buses.
“the average owner doesn’t need more than 100 miles of range ... That argument CANNOT be made”
That argument can’t be made but there might be enough short-range drivers for whom this car is a good match.
Mazda has given the car’s specifications. Buyers can decide. If the car is well made I’m not going to criticize it.
Pathetic.
If I'm towing my camper the range drops from 425+ to maybe 375.
85 miles? Yikes!
And, for some true believers, that’s as far as they think. They’d stroke out if they bothered to follow from drawing board through every aspect of production. 😂😲
Well, as I said before, give me a combustion engine every time!
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Saw a video yesterday of a Ford EV pickup head to head towing with a gas GM pickup. The EV had to quit at 75 miles.
As for coal, they had coal dust powered internal combustion train engines at one time. I need to check e-bay to see if they have a conversion kit for my pickup.
“Better question is why are Deep States, plural, so keen on shoving them down their public’s throats..”
They don’t. They want to outlaw private ownership of “fossil fuel” vehicles so they can control travel. So they outlaw gas cars and then price EV’s out of reach. Now citizens are forced to rely on the government for travel. Bring in a social credit system and you can punish people for opposing the elites.
The elites will still have gas vehicles and planes and you better approve.
I agree hybrids are a better bet if one must have an EV of some sort, but a small gas car can do everything a hybrid can do. Why operate a more complex car based on two technologies rather one? A hybrid’s higher price isn’t a great trade off for an extra 10-15 MPG.
Gas car: 100,000 miles driven at 40 MPG and $4 per gallon costs $10,000.
Hybrid: 100,000 miles driven at 60 MPG and $4 per gallon costs $6667.
So the hybrid only saves about $3333 per 100k miles driven, but most hybrids are at least $10k sticker price more than similar ICE cars. A higher price typically means higher insurance and tax costs, too.
BTW, electricity isn’t free, either. Comparing only fuel costs, a 100kWh battery costs $15 to recharge at 15 cents per kWh. That’s 7.5 cents per mile (200 mile range). An ICE car 40 MPG at $4 per gallon costs 10 cents per mile.
And now you know why our illustrious leaders want to drive the price of gas much higher, because cheap gas makes electric vehicles even better from a purely economic perspective. They do not want us driving big cars, commuting from suburbs, living in large, single family homes, eating beef, etc.. It’s all about saving the planet.
Can’t recall where but I read an article about how the EV EPA numbers are cooked in an unrealistic test. The number suggested is to use 60 to 70% of the rated mileage to get the real world range.
The testing does not even use the AC or heater or drive a long distance without braking.
Too expensive
Not ready for prime time
Limited support network
Range inadequate
More expensive to operate than meets the eye (battery replacement and tire wear for starters)
Hazardous, I would never park one in the garage
Take a long time to charge
Limited charging locations
Unreliable charging locations
Accelerated battery wear with short cycle charging
Range anxiety with irregular driving or harsh conditions
Limited and hazardous materials
Extreme environmental and social damage from mining certain minerals for them
Disposal problems
Other than these few things they are just fine.
Ford Pinto and Chevy Vega........................
Seriously? How?
Of course there are people for whom that argument can easily be made, and those people should absolutely be allowed to purchase any EV they want.
It is the “average driver” I have an issue with. That term may apply to a narrow focus, but is 100% irrelevant to this.
I may drive an average of 40 miles a day in my commute, but if I want to drive 250 miles on a weekend jaunt, that’s has zero to do with how far I commute each day.
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