Lad, touch some grass? I dig in the grass. No I'm not living in the horse and buggy days although I have one of each. I also have a 1969 Fastback Ford Mustang with a Cleveland. A few more Classics, a old Ford truck, SUV, Sports car and none of them are new. I expect a lot from my vehicles, I can fix them, maintain them and play with them. Yes, I have alot of vehicles, but since they are considered old, my insurance is low. I take very good care of each one since they are irreplaceable.

Americans expect more from the EV technology and it is not where it needs to be.

In fact, the claims of performance are false. The stats they use come from a computer model. AI spits out a bunch of "facts" that do not consider AC use, Heat use, weight of passengers and luggage and if you are towing. The numbers of miles per charge is NOT correct. Reduce it down to 40% and that is the real mileage. The same goes with the amount of time it takes to charge. So, add to your time. Some of you are going to find out that if you take a 1000 mile trip you may have to stop ever 100 miles, and you're going to be really pissed off.

The whole idea of EVs is to separate you from your hard earned money and forbid you to work on it. They think we are stupid consumers and I am beginning to think there are far more than I thought.

The bigger picture will be higher insurance, higher taxes, more expensive repairs and replacing tires more often due to the weight of the batteries.

But if you want to depend on a machine which will record your every move and can be shut down, then go ahead. Be Stupid.

Lad, touch some grass? I dig in the grass. No I'm not living in the horse and buggy days although I have one of each. I also have a 1969 Fastback Ford Mustang with a Cleveland. A few more Classics, a old Ford truck, SUV, Sports car and none of them are new. I expect a lot from my vehicles, I can fix them, maintain them and play with them. Yes, I have alot of vehicles, but since they are considered old, my insurance is low. I take very good care of each one since they are irreplaceable.

Americans expect more from the EV technology and it is not where it needs to be.

In fact, the claims of performance are false. The stats they use come from a computer model. AI spits out a bunch of "facts" that do not consider AC use, Heat use, weight of passengers and luggage and if you are towing. The numbers of miles per charge is NOT correct. Reduce it down to 40% and that is the real mileage. The same goes with the amount of time it takes to charge. So, add to your time.

The whole idea of EVs is to separate you from your hard earned money and forbid you to work on it. They think we are stupid consumers and I am beginning to think there are far more than I thought.

The bigger picture will be higher insurance, higher taxes, more expensive repairs and replacing tires more often due to the weight of the batteries.

But if you want to depend on a machine which will record you every move and can be shut down, then go ahead. Be Stupid.