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SCAM from the beginning
Plus logistics. Do you want to wait a half hour to charge your EV to 80%? Have it die in both heat or cold?
Mass idiocy knows no bounds.
I kept my hybrid for just over a year and traded it for an ICE truck.
moot point
pothole pete let the cat out of the bag
total elimination of private transportation is what they want
Why?
They took their brains outta neutral.
EV’s are good for short commutes. I used my riding EV golf cart for 15 years, and it was excellent for that purpose. Some golfers had gas powered carts. Those were noisy and the exhaust fumes were stinky.
Now I use battery powered lawn mower made by Ryobi. Those are quiet, start by pushing a button, are lighter so I can mow my lawn in Florida summers, are best of all I do not inhale stinky fumes from gas powered mowers.
But I would be scared to go more than 100 miles in a EV automobile.
Cause even would-be EV drivers can figure out it’s a stupid idea after a practical demonstration?
“used EV prices are freefalling.”
Probably because the buyers realize that a battery change-out is coming up soon to the tune of $10,000. Dump it before you have to make that investment. So much for all the vaunted gasoline savings you might have accumulated.
20% seems about right for early adopters who were purely in it for the money. They reacted as intended to the economic incentives of low taxes, rebates, and HOV lane access, but as those incentives changed and expired, they reacted to those new realities.
Government never has, and likely never will, understand that people don’t change their beliefs because of a tax break.
Why? The reason is simple.......... they did not buy Teslas
Once fooled.
If you have a family, an EV is good as a commuter vehicle. But it’s useless as your primary vehicle.
Only 20%?
EVs are the Bud Lite of vehicles.
I think they really work well for only a certain smaller subset of drivers. I think many don’t get incredible benefits they think they will/are told they will. Everything mechanical suffers from problems and the reality is so do these cars, and more and more people are experiencing them, they cannot be brushed away as exceptions.
It’s only going to get far worse...as people figure out that there will be virtually no used EV market.
And all these car-makers are stuck with cars nobody wants.
As I’ve posted, studies show 95% of all EV’s are still on the road today. The other five percent made it home and are waiting to complete their charging.
These are people who can afford mistakes and indulgences, luxury games that $30,000 and $40,000 a year people can’t afford to play.