Haha! Another fail.
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My electric cars battery can keep your whole house running for days
The average electric car battery holds about 75kWh of electricity.
The average house uses 20-25kWh per day.
Sitting still in my car in snow like that with heater, lights, and radio on, my electric carveill have enough charge to drive home when gasoline cars run out of gas. I leave the garage every morning with a "full tank" too, so there's the advantage of never getting stuck.
Electric range is an issue because at 70mph you use more power per hour than a house needs in 24 hours. Sitting still, a small car uses less power than a house.
I don't understand the electric hate. It's American cars, running on American generated power, using American coal. You can't get a more American car than that especially in this OPEC subservient climate.
Electric vehicles are typically only good for 75-100k miles before you need to replace the battery. At that point it's more economical to buy a new car. A gasoline vehicle that is more mechanical than electrical will last 3-4 times longer before it becomes too expensive to fix...unless you have the know-how and tools.
I never keep a car that long any way, but this is important info for used car buyers! Especially with states starting to make 2030 electric mandates. reliable used gas car prices may wind up skyrocking.
The highest mile electric car is a Tesla Model S with 750k miles...but it's had 4 motors and 3 battery packs replaced (I wonder how much that cost?) My current Jeep has 305k miles on the original driveline and it still averages 18.5 mpg which is 2.5 mpg better than new.
I had several motors replaced. Free in warranty but I will never own one out of warranty. Tesla's are built like old Yugos. Poor craftsmanship and the worst reliability I've ever had. If it wasn't unmatched speed and ok enough as a day to day driver I wouldn't own it. And without the factory needing to pay for towing when the computer glitches out, it would get too expensive.
I'm waiting to replace my truck for ford or chevy. They should be able to build it like an actual truck instead of a phone you replace every 2 or 3 years.
I have solar at my house. Its perfect but way too expensive for most people, especially because you'd need batteries everywhere To compensate for less than ideal weather. You have to plan (and spend) for the worst case or you're just going to be disappointed.
Coal is fine most places, but switching to wind or sun still keeps the fuel coming from local sources. They don't ship electricity from the middle east or wage banker wars over sunlight.