[entropy12]

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.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I bought a Ryobi snowblower. We’ve got a 75 foot x 20 foot driveway, flat, concrete. For snows greater than two or three inches, I’ve got a guy with bigger equipment to handle the removal. But for quick cleanup of less than three inches, that machine can’t be beat. No stinky fumes, no noise, no starting problems, no annual maintenance. Electric is great in certain applications.

[DarkSavant]

That’s the thing. Battery motors have their place, and for things like mowing are superior when we are talking small lawns. But the technocrats don’t know when to stop.

[albie]

I like “stinky fumes from gas powered engines”

[Jolla]

Retired and we take the wifes car for outings. I would take a free EV for my need to go to the grocery store or nursery.

[Shady]

Ditto here on the mower, Chain Saw, weed whacker and other hand tools.. Kobalt. Love love LOVE the mower. Self propelled.

[aligncare]

That’s the central point concerning EVs. This isn’t a one size fits all country.

If EVs had been left up to market forces (instead of being driven by environmental extremism and government subsidizes and mandates—like they’re the bosses of what we should buy) EVs would have found their proper niche in the marketplace.

We all have different needs and requirements and circumstances and resources and on and on.

Freedom of choice. We used to believe in that in America.

[Pikachu_Dad]

So do they blow up like the cars after being exposed to salt water?

[adorno]

Now I use battery powered lawn mower made by Ryobi.

I bought one of those. Used it for mowing two weeks. Each week, I had to recharge the battery 4 times, because, the charge only lasted 20 minutes. Took hours each week to mow the lawn, but not because I had a big lawn; recharging took at least an hour each time.

The third week, P put it outside by the sidewalk with a sign that read: Take For Free" . Never again getting any battery-powered anything except small electronics and toys and smartphones.