I don't understand why somebody would buy an EV if they couldn't charge it at home.
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Electric Cars/Trucks and winter weather testing with results. What do you think? Who has taken one in Freezing cold long distance to a Ski mountain?
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I don't understand why somebody would buy an EV if they couldn't charge it at home.
Smellytele
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We had the discussion before that people who live in cities don’t really have a place to plug in when you live in an apartment
I understand that, I live in NYC, but I still don't understand why somebody would buy an EV if they couldn't charge it at home. It makes absolutely no sense. Unless they had a guaranteed charger at work.
disagree ST - I'd say the taxpayer is bending over quite a bit for the benefit of the industry: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-el...ficiency-falsehood-2798b4ab?mod=djemalertNEWS
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Even worse - I've noticed a lot of rental car fleets pushing EVs. The last thing I want to do when traveling for work or fun is to figure out how to charge an EV in an unfamiliar location. I would pay a premium *not* to have an EV in that case.
My dad loves his Tesla, plots out his road trips around charging stations, does day trips to SR all winter long, etc. But he's retired and has a lot more flexibility to take time out to charge while on the road. I'm sticking with my hybrid Sienna for now - not fashionable, but with AWD and hybrid mpg it's a great family ski vehicle.
Smellytele
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I am just speaking of the cold weather charging issue popping up in Chicago. Not about the overall fucking.
understand. Rental fleets replacing those EV's are going to flood the market with used, cheap EV's. I see in Barrons where China's EV company overtook Tesla as the largest EV company in the world. . .they make more, then just store them. . . . . cause no one in CHina wants them either. . . . .
I heard last week that Hertz is selling off 50% of their Teslas due to maintenance costs
Smellytele
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urungus
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Bad Weather Makes Maine, Vermont And New Hampshire The 3 Worst States For EV Range, New Study Claims - Jalopnik
Georgia's actually a pretty great state for EVs, and it's EV owners in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire who are the fools.
www.jalopnik.com
Now that's funny.
BodeMiller1
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I think building everything in country is a good move. Folks are more concerned about paying $0.30 more for their lead-based dog food. They don't realize they're funding the Chinese War Machine. A$$$ Hol6s.
In Vermont it's more f'd up then that. Meow
In Vermont it's more f'd up then that. Meow
BenedictGomez
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I'm hoping all the battery and infrastructure problems are solved within a decade. I'd definitely like to own an EV SUV, but they're just not there yet. That Lucid Gravity that was just released is the closest thing we've got so far.
Guess my question is why?
Inconvenience of charging, far more destructive to environment, been around for 100+ years ( Tesla 1st one to look cool-subsidies don't hurt) but double tire wear and I guess sound free but I don't feel the desire is waxing- more the other way-I do find it hilarious that leftists extremists are punishing ( mostly) other leftward leaning folks tho.
Free country. They are suddenly ubiquitous in MA. But Tahoe was I swear 15% Tessies.
Inconvenience of charging, far more destructive to environment, been around for 100+ years ( Tesla 1st one to look cool-subsidies don't hurt) but double tire wear and I guess sound free but I don't feel the desire is waxing- more the other way-I do find it hilarious that leftists extremists are punishing ( mostly) other leftward leaning folks tho.
Free country. They are suddenly ubiquitous in MA. But Tahoe was I swear 15% Tessies.
BenedictGomez
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Well, saying they're been around 100 years is pretty silly, that's entirely false in a mass commercial retail environment. But to your other question, better performance than gasoline cars is the main reason why for me, plus the convenience of being able to charge at home.
As electric prices increase, however, my opinion could change (our cost in the Wasatch Back is going up a whopping 13% next month), especially given these cars are more expensive than gas powered vehicles to begin with (currently). But at the moment, the poor infrastructure is the biggest problem for me. The Biden Administration claimed they'd have an EV charger about every 10 feet all over America, and sadly they did almost nothing over 4 years. And dont expect Trump to do anything either.
As electric prices increase, however, my opinion could change (our cost in the Wasatch Back is going up a whopping 13% next month), especially given these cars are more expensive than gas powered vehicles to begin with (currently). But at the moment, the poor infrastructure is the biggest problem for me. The Biden Administration claimed they'd have an EV charger about every 10 feet all over America, and sadly they did almost nothing over 4 years. And dont expect Trump to do anything either.
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