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TWO FACTORS THAT AFFECT BEVS:
[] Power grid capacity
[] Lithium for batteries
Any transition to BEVs will greatly impact both. Negatively.
In contrast, the Laws of Physics recommend electric powered railways because steel wheel on steel rail has a much lower co:efficient of rolling resistance (20:1 advantage over cars).
It will be the future if nothing else better takes over. Electric isnt a massive functionality increase. You dont need massive improvements for people to trade up to the better product. Electric represents an incremental improvement over gas engines and that is enough for people to buy one for their next car (electric isnt presently the right choice for many people).
And exactly what are those improvements? What functionality does electric currently provide that gas doesn't?
And exactly what are those improvements? What functionality does electric currently provide that gas doesn't?
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.
Some people just think gas/oil is part of their political belief system and they are required to protect it for some reason. What do you care if people start buying electric cars? Supporting oil/gas isnt a conservative principle even though you may believe it is.
Few people care if others choose to buy electric vehicles, what they care about is EV proponents trying to prohibit them from buying ICE vehicles.
As to the question in the poll I don't think it's a yes or no. I think as EV tech improves use of them will increase but there will remain situations where ICE vehicles are the more practical solution for some time to come. Perhaps a longer time than some people are willing to tolerate. I understand that some auto manufacturers and some states have set arbitrary deadlines for full EV adoption but arbitrary deadlines can be arbitrarily changed if there is too much pushback or if the market does not respond as some people hope and anticipate it will.
Okay, so how much gasoline do you have stored at your house (minus what is currently in your automobiles)?
Several gallons? Not that much. Why?
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