This isn't funny .... No, actually it's hilarious.
The climate saving flaming battery cars that use dirty coal to charge.
Because - SAviNg tHe pLaNeT
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I don't really hate EVs, but I loathe the push to force them onto all of us. Like someone else pointed out, Toyota, the biggest auto maker in the world, has already calculated there's literally not enough electrical output to support a large scale EV takeover.
I DO believe, there is a place for EVs in the future, most in performance and utility applications. For example, Rimac is making amazing EV hyper cars that outperform Bugatti, Koenigsegg, etc. That level of technology and application makes perfect sense, since it's not meant to be a daily driver, but a really fun toy for all intents and purposes.
Another example would be like the new Ford F150 lightning. It's basically a giant mobile generator you can move around a job site, so it make perfect sense from a utility stand point. Most job sites have a central hub they operate from where they could charge such vehicles before sending them out where a power source is needed.
That being said, it's all nice tech anyway. All of this crap about it being "renewable" and "carbon neutral" is going up in smoke, and it'll be put on the backburner in the next decade thanks to VW and Porsche. Most people don't know this, but VW, and Porsche specifically, have been investing billions of dollars over the past decade to create a viable bio fuel alternative. And as of last year, they have a viable alternative that's 95% energy efficient compared to traditional gas/diesel and only costs 5-10% more to make.
I'm not the biggest science nerd, but from my understanding, it's made by condensing carbon dioxide, either from the atmosphere or directly from emissions from power plants, into a liquid form that can then be refined into a crude oil substitute.
So as a said, this EV still is probably going to be relegated to a niche industry in the next 10 years, and we'll see an explosion in the biofuel industry. Probably going to see an increase in infrastructure as well. I'm imagining massive commercial faming towers the size of skyscrapers that have multiple levels of "fields" that only grow trash organic products solely to burn for fuel production.
Just imagine the money that local farmers could make by growing soybean or other crops to power cars, the demand and lack of production would make that very lucrative.