****** SO it's summer and you're still thinking anout that electric car?*****
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I absolutely love my plug-in hybrid car.
And I think that when they improve battery tech, the writing will be on the wall for the internal combustion engine.
It's only a matter of time. You can't stop it, even with memes.
It isn't about saving the planet. It is about near-zero maintenance. It is about never having to stand in the whipping snow or rain while filling your gas tank. It is about smooth a quiet acceleration. The electric car is going to win in the marketplace.
I can get a gas can in an emergency. You will need a gas can, a gasoline generator, and a long ass time to charge that battery. Good luck. Ever look up a EV1 ? Chevy made a good electric city car decades ago.
The ev1 had a 100 mile range only achieved by driving as slow as possible, 2 seats, 3 hour charge time to 80% battery and it looked awful then and still looks awful today. All for $35k in 1997. If you wanted a 2 seat city car you could have bought a BMW Z3, Porsche Boxter or a Honda S2000 for roughly the same price.
It was a shitty car by any means, electric or gas. It hurt public perception on electric cars more than it ever helped.
Today, the new f150 lightning can be equipped with a 240v outlet in the bed capable of adding 20 miles of range per hour to the electric mustang ford says. It’s not perfect but it beats towing. I suspect once electrics become more common, dedicated “supercharger” trucks will become a thing.
50 years from now the Tesla will look exactly the same as those.
I guess you haven't seen the newspaper articles from 1927 showing electric delivery trucks that had the batteries replaced in less than 5 minutes. Same old tired shit, new generation of fucking idiots.
What are you even on about? Drugs are bad, mmkay.
Look at the first few words of my comment again, fren.
And I think that when they improve battery tech
Been hearing that for 20 years. How many more decades until "they improve battery tech" enough to matter? Meanwhile, gas engines continue to improve as well.
What boats do you have?
My wife would call me a boataholic also!
Are there electric four wheel drive vehicles? I am in ND this last winter was colder than hell I lost track of how many days were below zero with the high of 15 below. When it did warm up it snowed, I don't know if I could trust an electric vehicle, also I'm glad we have a four wheel drive Explorer XLT for those situations.
A hybrid might be workable if they have decent trucks.
Yes, battery tech needs to improve, as I stated. And it will improve. It always has.
I was around in the days when there were only two mass market battery types. Lead-acid and carbon-zinc.
It's not an electric car. It's a coal powered car.
And who stands outside in the rain and snow to pump gas? I get back in the vehicle and sit down.
I'm not a sandal-wearing eco-freak. I didn't get my plug-in hybrid because I have some half-assed notion that I'm 'saving the planet'.
That said, my power comes from the Niagra River, not coal.
I've had to get gas for my car maybe 6 to 10 times over the last three years. My electricity is very cheap and I basically drive for free. All I do is plug it in when I get home.
This is the way of future, you can't stop it.
There is a lot to be said for electric cars. Companies for years have been going to electric vehicles like forklifts and maintenance cars. Much less maintenance and things to fix, cheaper on fuel. If they ever made a decent, affordable daily driver electric I'd jump right on it. I'd daily the hell out of it and have it just eat up miles taking me to work, the grocery store, etc. And save my gas powered van for the weekends and road trips.
Electric forklifts are designed for operations indoors, nothing to do with economics. No fumes, expensive batteries