Cabal Plan: The new poor will be anyone who can't afford to buy an EV.
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As the technology advances, prices will drop.
The same way only the rich could own an automobile in the late 1800s, early 1900s.
Then the Model T came in 1908 as the first affordable car for the US middle class.
I don’t get the hate EVs are getting on this site?
BEV's (Battery Electric Vehicles) get hate here and other places since its the manifestation of the elite's greed and forcing their agenda of control on the masses.
People are fed up with the lies and gaslighting regarding their effects on the envioronment. Not to mention the ignorance considering the amount of resources/infrastructure required to move towards a larger number of BEV on the road.
Personally I like to be able to put 14gal of fuel in my old car for $50 in less than 10 mins and drive it 350 miles. Rather than spend the same or more on charging and have to wait over an hour to get back underway.
The argument could be made to plan trips so the charging could take place at home but thats usually not realistic, not to mention if you dont personally incur the cost of a high wattage charger and wiring and electrical service panel then its sometimes 6hrs of charge time and money on the power bill. Lets be honest, theres way more fuel station than charging stations and it takes way less time to fill with liquid fuel than electrons.
Man's greed drives these issues. Why else can our gas/diesel vehicles not get better mileage than what they do now with gasoline direct injection than carburetion? Early 80's mazda cars and other small cars would get upwards of 35-40mpg! Old vw rabbit was 40-50mpg! Watch youtube old commercials and they advertise the mpg.
This is not an issue of technology, its an issue of manufactured scarcity so a body of individuals can exert their will over another body of individuals.
It’s a half hour charge with ~4 hours of driving. Additionally it’s fast AF. Blows the gas cars out of the water that cost the same price. Plus supporting Elon Musk, who appears to be on our team (for the moment). I traveled down the east coast with little to no issues (in terms of charging convenience). I actually really like my Tesla. Realistic “MPG” is ~40 because electric prices are super high in the northeast. 33-34 cents per kWh.
I can understand if someone has a 15kw home charger which is an 80a breaker or can find a supercharger station on the route. Lots of reaidential electrical panels lack the capacity to install one. Not to mention the local utility lack of overall capacity as well.
On the west coast BEV support is laughable at best and the lines to charge your car are long at times. Energy prices are manipulated heavily out here. Support dor teslas is not good where I am also-2hr drive to nearest dealership.
I think Elon is doing good stuff. I'm strongly considering starlink for the simple fact of if the local power goes down then the local utility's switch gear goes down too. If I'm on a solar or generator I'm still able to see out and figure out whats going on, providing that the starlink is still up.
I dont like apple products and I also dont like my vehicle being comnected to anything except my hands and feet and bottom.
Additionally my diesel pickup is also fast and can drive down the road for 4hrs as well and cost about 10k. Plus I can tow/haul what ever I please with it.
I would also argue that a turbo v8 audi or bmw i6 will definitely not be blown out of the water by a tesla unless were talking plaid car. Im talking 2015 vintage cars too that are used and can be had for 25-30k and with simple mods and tuning will run along with the plaids and have good fuel range still if not being beaten on constantly. But honestly a 600hp dsg turbo v8 or i6 awd is a fun daily. And I like the sound!
The tech/infrastructure and raw materials arent quite there for full BEV adoption yet imo.
Problem number 1 for any electric car is the battery production. It destroys the environment from which it’s mined. Unless we switch to pure nuclear energy, forget about air quality going up, a net zero gain in my book. What I looked at when I bought the Tesla was two things, my wallet (also my family’s finances), and my job. Related subjects.
I work at a nuclear power plant, generating electricity, the actual “clean” energy, if you could call any energy clean. They offer free car charging on site because they are “green”. Where I live is snowy in the winter, but my job to come to work regardless of the weather. I also drive a long distance to work, so gas in a car that can also fit the family is not cheap. So I could buy a car from an lgbt promoting company and have a gas or diesel, or I could buy an electric car and support Elon musk.
Even if Elon was playing a good guy but was really a bad guy, it would not add a negative to Tesla, it would just be par for the course.