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Proliferation of electric vehicles
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:13 pm
I just bought a vehicle, and I started to wonder if it would be the last gas engine vehicle I ever buy. My wife's car is a 2018 and mine a 2019. Assuming neither get totaled or stolen before we've finished driving them, it might be 10 years until it's time to buy another car.
How far away are we from the average consumer taking a hard look at an electric vehicle, or e-cars just outright being the norm? They seem to be improving the batteries every year, and they are getting cheaper.
How far away are we from the average consumer taking a hard look at an electric vehicle, or e-cars just outright being the norm? They seem to be improving the batteries every year, and they are getting cheaper.
This post was edited on 8/30/19 at 12:15 pm
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:15 pm to GRTiger
It is inevitable.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:15 pm to GRTiger
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How far away are we from the average consumer taking a hard look at an electric vehicle, or e-cars just outright being the norm?
3.5 years
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:15 pm to GRTiger
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or e-cars just outright being the norm
30 years or so
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:16 pm to GRTiger
if your average consumer is a "hur hur, ma diesel rolls coal" then a long time. but I think it will catch on quick, especially once they get the trucks right. that's a huge market segment that could truly benefit from electric power.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:18 pm to GRTiger
Will they include artificial coal rolling devices?
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:18 pm to jimbeam
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Will they include artificial coal rolling devices?
They are going to blow out vape juice.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:18 pm to GRTiger
All I know is that it doesn’t hurt to have options. I don’t get some of the hate people with electric cars get.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:20 pm to bigberg2000
I will absolutely consider electric for my next vehicle if it keeps trending the way it has.
I'd put the benchmark at Houston to Tuscaloosa on a single charge. If we're there in 10 years, and they don't look ridiculous or have only a few options, I'm down.
I'd put the benchmark at Houston to Tuscaloosa on a single charge. If we're there in 10 years, and they don't look ridiculous or have only a few options, I'm down.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:21 pm to bigberg2000
People are afraid of change. If electric vehicles were slow and boring I would understand. But simply put, electric vehicles are performance beasts compared to the average daily driver.
This post was edited on 8/30/19 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:23 pm to GRTiger
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How far away are we from the average consumer taking a hard look at an electric vehicle, or e-cars just outright being the norm?
When someone provides a cost analysis for your average middle class American.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:23 pm to bigberg2000
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All I know is that it doesn’t hurt to have options. I don’t get some of the hate people with electric cars get.
It’s because a lot of the F250-driving plant working baws here are threatened by them.
It’s only a matter of time before EVs comprise a majority of vehicles on the road.. will never be ALL vehicles, since there will always be classic/old cars on the road with combustible engines, but 25 years from now, i doubt you’ll be able to purchase a new car that isn’t all-electric.
Me personally, I’m waiting for the new all-electric Jeep Wrangler Rubicon to come out in a couple years, then i’ll make the switch to electric.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:25 pm to bigberg2000
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All I know is that it doesn’t hurt to have options. I don’t get some of the hate people with electric cars get.
Probably because their livelihoods are directly or indirectly tied to oil.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:25 pm to Cajun367
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if your average consumer is a "hur hur, ma diesel rolls coal" then a long time. but I think it will catch on quick, especially once they get the trucks right. that's a huge market segment that could truly benefit from electric power.
Wait till we get the hurr durr of having to figure out how we manufacture and later dispose of hundreds of millions of automotive grade batteries.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:26 pm to GRTiger
quote:Bigger question is will I have a personal daily driver in five or ten years from now?
I just bought a vehicle, and I started to wonder if it would be the last gas engine vehicle I ever buy.
I doubt it. In 2029, our robotic driving overlords will probably dispatch an autonomous vehicle to my door and it will take me where I need to go.
The actual amount of time I use a vehicle during a day is rarely over 10% of the time in a day.
90% of the time my daily driver is a sitting non-productive asset.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:26 pm to GRTiger
Batteries don’t have the necessary energy density, and recharge times are far too long.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:28 pm to GRTiger
Will need charging stations on every corner like we have with gas stations now before they get mainstream.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:29 pm to soccerfüt
For me it’s economics. We looked at electric SUV (we have two kids, we want extra room). The electric equivalent to the vehicle we wanted was $50,000 more. And , it had a range of 300 miles versus 600 miles. Eh. I like the electric vehicles, but we are not there yet.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:29 pm to Brosef Stalin
Agreed, though it seems reasonable considering the footprint is smaller. Gas stations would do well to think about adding a couple themselves now, if it's feasible.
Posted on 8/30/19 at 12:29 pm to Lima Whiskey
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Batteries don’t have the necessary energy density, and recharge times are far too long.
You do realize that technology changes and improves rapidly, right? You realize that battery charging times have already improved dramatically , and will continue to do so, right?
The oil and gas company talking points are hilarious and sad.
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