It’s Time to Unplug the Hype Over Electric Vehicles

[pknopp]

EVs are inevitable. But not yet.
My son is in the market for a car for his wife, she wanted an EV... but decided it is not feasible. There are simply not enough chargers around plus a good home charger cost up to $4000 installed by a reputable electrician who will encourage you to put in a separate power supply from the house. People installing EV stations through the home power supply can be a fire hazard.

A Tesla charger will plug into a standard 240 outlet just like your dryer. Now that charger isn't going to charge your car 80% in 20 minutes like a fast charger but it most certainly will overnight in your garage.

 

[Votto]

It is the anti-vaxers who are a cult
Reacting to any misinformation and conspiracy theory that comes their way

Anyone who disagrees with the DNC for any reason becomes a cult, and an outcast and outlaw.

How nice

 

[Wyatt earp]

I was responding to the post above mine

Making comparisons to battery technology in the early 1900s is just plain stupid

They went a 100 miles back then, today what 250 miles? So you saying an extra 150 miles in over a hundred years is a big deal?

 

[rightwinger]

EVs are inevitable. But not yet.
My son is in the market for a car for his wife, she wanted an EV... but decided it is not feasible. There are simply not enough chargers around plus a good home charger cost up to $4000 installed by a reputable electrician who will encourage you to put in a separate power supply from the house. People installing EV stations through the home power supply can be a fire hazard.

The EV infrastructure will get there
I hardly give a second look when I see EV parking spaces now

Homes will be upgraded over time. Much like central air. In ten years, not having EV charging capabilities will make it harder to sell a home.

 

[pknopp]

They went a 100 miles back then,

Some might go that far..........at 10 mph.

 

[White 6]

A Tesla charger will plug into a standard 240 outlet just like your dryer. Now that charger isn't going to charge your car 80% in 20 minutes like a fast charger but it most certainly will overnight in your garage.

I am not sure I would recommend charging inside your garage, while you sleep at the other end of the house. Outside might be a better idea.

 

[Wyatt earp]

A Tesla charger will plug into a standard 240 outlet just like your dryer. Now that charger isn't going to charge your car 80% in 20 minutes like a fast charger but it most certainly will overnight in your garage.

300 million electric cars plugged in at night, what could go wrong?

 

[pknopp]

I am not sure I would recommend charging inside your garage, while you sleep at the other end of the house. Outside might be a better idea.

A lot of people do.

 

[Mr Natural]

Why do electric vehicles trigger conservatives so much?

 

[pknopp]

300 million electric cars plugged in at night, what could go wrong?

Today? Things could. That isn't happening is it?

 

[rightwinger]

They went a 100 miles back then, today what 250 miles? So you saying an extra 150 miles in over a hundred years is a big deal?

A very big deal
Lead acid batteries were just not practical

Most owners will drive all day and recharge overnight. 250 miles is plenty. On a lengthy trip, you will have to find a fast recharge station and recharge while you are having lunch.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Some might go that far..........at 10 mph.

You saying you could drive faster in LA or NY traffic?

 

[rightwinger]

Why do electric vehicles trigger conservatives so much?

Same reaction they had to the horseless carriage

 

[pknopp]

Why do electric vehicles trigger conservatives so much?

Part of it is idiot politicians with their empty claims that ICE vehicles will have to be phased out in X years.

 

[Blues Man]

Whether electric cars become a viable and efficient and affordable mode of transportation is unimportant.

What it important is the control the state has over people to force them into various regulations and taxation regarding it as it will be lauded as "doing something" about global warming.

Exactly.

I have no problem with people buying an EV and in fact I think that EVs have their place in the mix.

Just don't use the might of the government to take choices away from people.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Today? Things could. That isn't happening is it?

Brown outs not happing today in California?

 

[Wyatt earp]

You asked and I answered.

USDA Announces $500 Million for Expanded Meat & Poultry Processing Capacity as Part of Efforts to Increase Competition, Level the Playing Field for Family Farmers and Ranchers, and Build a Better Food System

Yes we subsidize the hamburger. That is what you asked, right?

No I asked did you subsidize the guy next to you hamburger order

 

[White 6]

Why do electric vehicles trigger conservatives so much?

Oil stocks, conventional automobile stocks, along with xenophobic avoidance of the new and unfamiliar?

 

[rightwinger]

Part of it is idiot politicians with their empty claims that ICE vehicles will have to be phased out in X years.

The writing is on the wall
Politicians are just getting ready

 

[rightwinger]

No I asked did you subsidize the guy next to you hamburger order

We subsidized the internal combustion engine
That seemed to work out