re: Electric Vehicles

I think where this is really going to blow up in their faces is when the first generation of all electric cars reach their end of life. Spending $20k on battery replacement isn’t subsidized, and I’m sure these folks aren’t banking their fuel savings in order to offset that cost. It will be interesting to see how the resale market goes. Do you get the tax rebate for used EV same as new? What’s the price point? And then with all the semiconductor shortages, what happens when you can’t get parts and service for these vehicles? Can’t just run down to AutoZone.

Then there's the dude who packed his Telsa with C4 and blew it up. Why? The batteries went out on his ridiculously expensive Tesla model and the cost to replace them was like 20+ thousand dollars. Telsa told him, go fly a kite, we're not replacing them. Tuff shisky. So in protest, the guy blew up the Telsa. Invited reporters to watch.

But wait it gets worse. Telsa has programmed these Telsa EV's to go driverless. But there's a problem. They run red lights. Something wrong with the GPS programming on the things. So imagine this. The wife is taking the kids to school in your efficient fossil-fueled SUV. She approaches an intersection with a green light AND "BAM" gets broadsided by a driverless Telsa. A driverless Telsa with some tree hugger sitting in the front passenger seat, sipping on a Latte glued to his/her iPhone.

Okay, folks place your bets. How many people will these driverless Telsa EV's kill?

No thanks. I will keep what I have. There are more minuses than pluses for me.

Dr. Evil is pushing EV. I rest my case.

Orlly??

Let's just start with the strip mining being done with non-emissions controlled diesel equipment and go from there.

I drive a chevy Bolt EV, bought in 2017. My wife drives a Lexus RX350, 2019. As a town car, the the Bolt is a pleasure to drive. Not as easy riding as the Lexus, but, I never pull into a gas station, drive the peppiest auto I have ever had, change no oil, or check on oil, transmission, radiator (yep, no radiator), drive on wheels which are self repairing for nails and such. Yes they had this thingy with the main drive battery, but I had a total replacement with a larger battery (used on 2022 models). I now have a new 8 year warranty on the replacement. Other than the battery recall, I have had zero problems, mostly because without transmission, internal combustion engine and all of its working parts, there is almost nothing to break. zero to sixty in 6.5 seconds is also plenty of NOISELESS pick-up. Every day I plug it in, and without any long trips, it has a full charge every morning. Oh yeah, the new battery is good for 270 miles per charge, + OR - depending upon how heavy the foot is.

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Let's just start with the strip mining being done with non-emissions controlled diesel equipment and go from there.

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Yeah but all that mining is done in China so it's okay

The LIBS will drive up the price on gas cars and gasoline...forcing people to buy EVs....or take public transportation.

They have been working on this plan for decades.

The DEMS want the USA to mirror Europe!

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I don't see why EVs are bothersome to most of you.

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I'll use a popular word of the left - EVs are "problematic."

How long does your phone battery hold a charge? How often do you have to change phones?

Overly simplistic (because, in many ways, EVs requires less intensive maintenance than ICE vehicles), but an EV is a cell phone in vehicular form. It will be great while it has a charge and all the software/firmware is updated and working well. It will be *ahem* "not so great" when those things aren't working well.

And when hundreds of millions of EVs need new batteries every 2 to 4 years, that's going to be a fricking problem, frankly.