Electric vehicles close to ‘tipping point’ of mass adoption

[JimH52]

I can see some of these trump humpers will be hanging on to their gas guzzlers for years. They will be searching for a gallon of gas in a few years so they can make it to trump's latest edition of the Big Lie rally....or his Pity Tour...as some may call it.

 

[Old Rocks]

Not in my lifetime ...

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Fine rig for those in love with lead sleds.

 

[Old Rocks]

Electric cars are fine for city dwellers.

But for sport cars and long haul drivers, it’s a no go.

Before 2025, there will be EV's that have longer range than any of the ICE's. In pickups, cars, sports cars, and semi trucks.

 

[Old Rocks]

Interesting that the first electric car makers went bankrupt within a year. California pulled all its charging stations at one time. This was during the Bush administration. But now it is unbeatable. What is the difference?

Tesla

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Electric cars and trucks are not very powerful. In the winter they are useless. California does not want charging electric cars taxing the grid. Electric cars are just not practical no matter how hard they are pushed.

 

[Old Rocks]

Electric cars and trucks are not very powerful. In the winter they are useless. California does not want charging electric cars taxing the grid. Electric cars are just not practical no matter how hard they are pushed.

LOL Tesla S Plaid. 1100 hp. 0 to 60, 2 seconds. 1/4, 9.25 seconds. Top end, 200 mph 5 passenger luxury sports sedan. LOL

 

[Old Rocks]

Electric cars and trucks are not very powerful. In the winter they are useless. California does not want charging electric cars taxing the grid. Electric cars are just not practical no matter how hard they are pushed.

You are so full of shit;

 

[EvilCat Breath]

A tesla cannot fill a truck bed with hay and tow a loaded horse trailer over mountain roads in below zero weather. Sorry. It's just not there yet. However, for getting from Malibu to Beverly Hills, it's just fine.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Evidently, electric cars aren't doing so well in the desert either.

California heat waves prompt alerts about EV charging habits, energy conservation

The state is attempting to be preemptive as multiple heat waves hit the West Coast; are their concerns about EV charging valid?

www.greencarreports.com

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Electric cars have their place. It's just not everywhere and cannot completely replace gas powered engines.

 

[HenryBHough]

Barnum just qualified for sainthood.

 

[JimH52]

Those that doubt electric cars and the inevitability of electric haulers of all kinds...you are terrible short sighted.

By 2035, electric will be the way to go. Fossil fuel vehicles will not disappear over night. But they will go...just like the old coal burning steam engines that used to crisscross America.

 

[jbrownson0831]

My next vehicle will be electric....for sure.

Of course it will, you are a brainless Dimmer

 

[jbrownson0831]

Those that doubt electric cars and the inevitability of electric haulers of all kinds...you are terrible short sighted.

By 2035, electric will be the way to go. Fossil fuel vehicles will not disappear over night. But they will go...just like the old coal burning steam engines that used to crisscross America.

Blah blahblahblah if only hot air was an energy source......

 

[daveman]

Electric cars are fine for city dwellers.

But for sport cars and long haul drivers, it’s a no go.

Before 2025, there will be EV's that have longer range than any of the ICE's. In pickups, cars, sports cars, and semi trucks.

Semi-trucks? Not hardly.

Range of a diesel tractor/trailer without refueling: 2,000 miles.

Range of the not-yet-in-production Tesla tractor: 500 miles. And there are no recharging stations yet anywhere in the United States.

 

[daveman]

Electric cars and trucks are not very powerful. In the winter they are useless. California does not want charging electric cars taxing the grid. Electric cars are just not practical no matter how hard they are pushed.

LOL Tesla S Plaid. 1100 hp. 0 to 60, 2 seconds. 1/4, 9.25 seconds. Top end, 200 mph 5 passenger luxury sports sedan. LOL

"Prices for the 2022 Tesla Model S Plaid start at $131,190. The fully loaded Plaid we tested costs $149,190..."

Yeah, that's amazingly practical.

 

[ding]

It's Field of Dreams all over again.

 

[skookerasbil]

LOL..........so they got one Tesla to start up in the cold!

Lets talk about "tipping points"..........

Toyota sold 75,000 more Camry's than Tesla sold of ALL models in 2020! One car!

Spike the football stuff...........but only for the climate obsessed!

 

[Rigby5]

Before 2025, there will be EV's that have longer range than any of the ICE's. In pickups, cars, sports cars, and semi trucks.

Impossible because the quick speed of a tank refill gives ICEs infinite range.
The only way to do that with batteries is to have exchange battery modules, which no one is doing or intends to do.

 

[Rigby5]

Those that doubt electric cars and the inevitability of electric haulers of all kinds...you are terrible short sighted.

By 2035, electric will be the way to go. Fossil fuel vehicles will not disappear over night. But they will go...just like the old coal burning steam engines that used to crisscross America.

Impossible.
Not only are electric battery vehicles about an eighth the efficiency of combustion engines, but combustion engines can be vastly cleaner because they can run on bio fuels that clean more than they pollute.

What you seem to forget is that not only do batteries double the weight of the vehicle, but EVs rely on rare earth elements that can never scale up to anywhere near to what we achieve with internal combustion.