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Better acceleration for the price point. Also smoother linear acceleration. Quiet operation. I can also charge overnight and never go to a gas station. I also dont need to go get oil changes. Those are the primary ones I enjoy.
None of those things are major improvements, enough to make us change our entire infrastructure. Not even close.
I voted “yes” but only because Democrats are hell-bent on making this happen by creating regulations that more or less take away any other choice. I don’t really want an EV at this point, but at some point I’m sure it will be the only option, unless I opt to take public transit (which Democrat elites LOVE for everyone but themselves, of course!)
Asia has already figured out how to get people around while spending little money on vehicles and fuel. Small motorcycles and scooters. And now electric ones & Ebikes are gaining market share without having to invest billions of dollars like Tesla.
I can't get enthused for EV, since they have the same downsides as gas cars. The country isn't self-sufficient in the metals needed to produce batteries. The country can't produce enough oil. Environmentalists will be against scarring the land to open new mines to try to be self-sufficient. CA and FL don't want to take a chance on scarring its beaches from big offshore oil spills. Some other source of energy needs to be found that is more practical and reliable.
When the world transitioned from horseback to gas-powered vehicles, there was very a clear, plain, massive functionality increase. So much so that everyone instantly saw the future and we dedicated decades and billions of dollars to creating an infrastructure to support them. In the USA, this led to the most successful and meaningful century in world history.
Fast forward 100 or so years, and there was a supposed new revolution into the next generation of vehicles that we would migrate to: electrics. But after 20 years, we've seen almost zero growth in the segment and still more than 98% of vehicles on the road are gas-powered.
Here's the problem: Does anyone in the year 2022, 20 years into the "electric" generation, look at a Tesla or a Prius, then look at say a Corvette and an F150, and say "wow, there's a clear, massive functionality increase. I doubt it, in fact I'd bet most people would say it's a functionality decrease, and a hassle increase.
So this "new generation" is not fueled by functionality buy rather by philosophy. We are supposed to switch over to electrics not because they work better, but because we are going to stave off supposed environmental doom.
The problem is that millions upon millions of people in this country think this is BS. When you are basing your product on environmental dogma, rather than actual functionality, it's a clear and present loser (as we are seeing). People are certainly not seeing this clear future like they did during the horse to car transition.
Many proponents of EV's are calling for punitive taxes on the "old technology" (even though electricity has been harnessed by man way before the gas engine was invented) in order to get more traction, but if you have to punish your customer to buy it, isn't that a sign that your product is a dud?
We have hundreds of years worth of fossil fuels with witch to make gasoline. Electrics will always have the problem of batteries and re-charging. I think that the next iteration of vehicles will still be the same "instant" replenishment of power like gasoline, not some technology based on charging depleted cells, despite the massive media gas lighting and brain washing that so many have fallen for.
What say you?
I don't know but I will say this...my stepdad last year bought a Tesla Model S...and I've been driving it a lot lately because they've been on a few trips and it's the most fun car I've ever driven...and to just plug it in in the garage at home is great.
I'm willing to bet a good portion of the country was totally convinced the Universe would implode upon itself if we switched.
And, I'm willing to bet a good portion of the country IS totally convinced the universe would implode upon itself if we don't switch.
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