My care doesn't need "constant maintenance." In over two years of ownership, I've gotten one oil change. I might need another one next year. I haven't even washed it, as it rains often enough. The gas won't ever go bad, as I have to fill up at least once a month. BTW, my riding lawnmower sat idle over the late fall, winter, and early spring with gas in it. I started it up for the first time this season, and it started up just like new, even though it's 3 or 4 years old and is always put away for the winter with gas in the tank.
An electric car needs maintenance and lubrication.
There's not an electric car on the market that can go as far on a charge as my car can go on a tank of gas. And I can fill it up in 5 minutes at millions of gas stations. The electric car takes more time to charge, and there are limited locations. There are only two charging stations in my whole county. So don't come here.
"If" they improve the batteries enough to matter. But they will still be made of noxious metals mined in third-world countries by children with no future except death by poisoning.
An electric car would only be worth my notice if it could go further than my gas car, takes only 5 minutes for a full charge, and the batteries lasted the life of the car. You can buy a used gas car for the price of a Tesla battery replacement.
Gasoline automobiles will be around for a long time. I expect to be driving mine for another 8 or 10 years.
My care doesn't need "constant maintenance." In over two years of ownership, I've gotten one oil change. I might need another one next year. I haven't even washed it, as it rains often enough. The gas won't ever go bad, as I have to fill up at least once a month. BTW, my riding lawnmower sat idle over the late fall, winter, and early spring with gas in it. I started it up for the first time this season, and it started up just like new, even though it's 3 or 4 years old and is always put away for the winter with gas in the tank.
An electric car needs maintenance and lubrication.
There's not an electric car on the market that can go as far on a charge as my car can go on a tank of gas. And I can fill it up in 5 minutes at millions of gas stations. The electric car takes more time to charge, and there are limited locations. There are only two charging stations in my whole county. So don't come here.
"If" they improve the batteries enough to matter. But they will still be made of noxious metals mined in third-world countries by children with no future except death by poisoning.
An electric car would only be worth my notice if it could go further than my gas car, takes only 5 minutes for a full charge, and the batteries lasted the life of the car. You can buy a used gas car for the price of a Tesla battery replacement.
Gasoline automobiles will be around for a long time. I expect to be driving mine for another 8 or 10 years.