[rlmorel]

I am not anti-EV. I would love to see technology progress to where EVs are viable, but as currently constituted, they are NOT. If an individual buyer has to go only 20-30 miles a day, and that is it, they don't drive out of state, etc. apart from the risk to others on a ferry or a parking garage, if it works for them, I don't criticize, although they do take other taxpayer's monies, which I resent.

There has to be something going on behind the scenes with insurance of EVs that we are unaware of.

There has to be.

Some kind of deals with insurance companies where the government pays subsidies to insurance companies or allows them to refuse to cover certain types of things like battery damage or fires.

Sure, EVs are a smaller share of the market, so overall, insurance payouts to ICE vehicle owners are sure to be larger, but with the things mentioned in article (that those of us who are honest and pay attention to) would demand higher insurance premiums for EVs at best, and at worst, denial to cover EVs at all.

We had a car fire in a hospital garage located under the hospital near me back in December, and they had to evacuate the hospital, all the patients, etc. It had all the hallmarks of an EV fire. Difficulty putting the fire out, extended time, toxic gases (I know-all car fires emit toxic gasses), etc.

All the news articles in my Leftist state say nothing about the vehicle. Since then, I have been watching for the release of the full report on the fire, but have seen nothing.

There is guy on YouTube from Australia (MGUY Australia) who is an Engineer and car enthusiast, and his excellent YouTube channel has dozens of videos on why Electric Vehicles are a non-viable technology as currently constituted.

He covers everything from the physics and battery construction to insurability. Here are some excellent ones:

• LINK: HUGE problem with EV Charging Stations that no one mentions

• LINK: THIS is the scariest thing about EV batteries (it's not fire)

• LINK: Why EV insurance will soon be TOO EXPENSIVE

• LINK: These EV Repair costs are ASTRONOMICAL

• LINK: Why EV repair and insurance is a NIGHTMARE

• LINK: The INSANE methods required to deal with EV Fires

These videos are very well done, by someone who understands the fundamental problems and the science behind them.

[Tell It Right]

If an individual buyer has to go only 20-30 miles a day,

Those are the last people who should get an EV, al least from a cost/benefit perspective. One reason I got an EV is because I live way out in the boonies and drive a lot. We drove it 26K miles with 16K of those miles charged at home. In other words, we saved way more on gas and oil changes than we had increased expenses for having an EV.