They said the same thing of LPs in the 1980s, then people eventually realized that CDs don't sound as good so LPs came back.
Same with EVs---
- As more people buy them, more will find out how much more expensive they are to operate.
- As time goes on, people will find out they are only good for 10 years then you needed to buy another and lose big or invest another $25,000 just to keep your old EV on the road.
- As more people are left stranded in the winter, they will figure out they are no good for serious driving in harsh conditions.
- As more townships try switching to EVs for commercial vehicles, they will realize they don't hold up to commercial needs and cost too much.
- And as EV use goes up, electric grid failures, inadequacy and restrictions will show them unreliable.
Eventually after the charm wears off, people will demand ICE technology again that meets their needs, especially when all the EV cars in the world won't affect nor improve the climate one bit.
Hard to exceed the dumbfuckery in that post.
An ICE getting 25 mpg, which very few get in town, at $3.00 a gallon, costs $12.00 to go 100 miles. An EV, getting 4 mile per kwh, depending on the time charged here in Portland, Oregon costs $1.00 per hundred miles at 0.04 per kwh, or $5.00 per 100 miles at 0.20 per kwh. So even at the peak hour rate, it costs less than half the cost of an ICE. And, of course, if you have roof solar, no cost at all, because most people don't drive more than 40 miles a day, and that is only 10 kwh for a car like the Tesla Model Y.
As time goes by, the batteries are going to improve to the point that a million miles per battery will pretty much be the standard. Some LFP batteries have already come close to this. As time goes by, high density sodium sulfur, and other inexpensive material batteries will be on the market, and be cheaper than replacing an ICE engine.
EV's are selling like hotcakes in Norway, hardly an area with a balmy climate. Also, with the coming factorial increases in battery energy density, losing a percentage of range will become far less of a problem.
The cost of EV's is rapidly declining as we post. Tesla just reduced the cost of some models by as much as 20%. Since an EV has about 20 moving parts, and an ICE has about 2000, looks like a maintenance ratio heavy in favor of the EV.
Damn, but you are one blind ass. Ass EV use goes up, they can be used as part of a VPP system, making the grid far more robust, and even powering one's house during a grid failure.
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