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Guess there aren't as many rich wokes out there as the EV industry assumed. Tell you what: if I'm going to lay out that kind of money for a car, it sure as hell won't be an EV--I'd buy a brand new C8 Corvette.
I do have an electric lawn mower though. It actually makes sense in that application.
I think Tesla has "made it" because they are like Apple where it's customers want to be part of something and it is hip and cool.
Tesla makes a nice product and owning one is like belonging to an exclusive club.
My wife and I just got back from Ireland and we drove about 1000 miles all over the place and it was rare to see an EV despite the country being so Socialist and Green. At a hotel in Westport we had a tough time finding a parking spot in the Hotels lot. I went back inside and asked the woman at the desk if it was okay to park in the back alley and she said looked on the camera and directed me to park in the EV charging spot since no one else was coming in that night. The next night there was a Tesla parked there and plugged in.
We didn't see that many charging stations in our travels. Ev's don't seem to be a big thing over there and one would expect them to be. I guess they do not have the mandates like in the US? You are not allowed to build a new house with a wood stove or fireplace since they pollute but driving an EV is still optional.
EV's are great for some but not for all and the Feds pushing the mandates without boosting the infrastructure to support them was only setting them up to fail.
And building this infrastructure will require more tax increases or higher debt. Plus all the tax incentives to get people to buy these EVs despite their problems and drawbacks. They also want to do the same to trucks, so how about truck manufacturers, diesel mechanics etc? Liberals compare this to how there are not operators or rotary phones anymore, but that was due to natural advancement in technology and free market chocies, not due to government dictates.
I had considered (like a lot of people in California) getting a Tesla, but when I saw the cost to replace the battery, should it fail, I decided owning a tesla would be a very big mistake.
Lately I have seen a lot of ads on facebook and craigslist with people selling their Tesla.
Here in Los Angeles, Tesla's are a dime a dozen.
They are everywhere, but like everywhere else, charging stations are few and in-between.
Don't know what the actual figures are, but for every 5 or 6 cars I see on the road, one is a Tesla.
When headlines like this, they make you think it is Tesla.
No one care about a startup. Over 90% failed within a few years. Only like .01% make it really big.
Whether you like it or not, EV is part of the solution going away. It is not the only solution like some politicians preaching. Actually now, they preached any EV but Tesla for the obvious reason (Musk promoted and support free speech).
I had considered (like a lot of people in California) getting a Tesla, but when I saw the cost to replace the battery, should it fail, I decided owning a tesla would be a very big mistake.
Lately I have seen a lot of ads on facebook and craigslist with people selling their Tesla.
Here in Los Angeles, Tesla's are a dime a dozen.
They are everywhere, but like everywhere else, charging stations are few and in-between.
Don't know what the actual figures are, but for every 5 or 6 cars I see on the road, one is a Tesla.
I bought a Toyota Corolla about a month ago and in reading a lot of user reviews I was surprised to see how many of happy owners said that they sold or traded their Teslas in when they got their Corolla.
I'm pleased with the 41mpg I've been getting driving over 100 miles/day for work.
Did Hertz expect customers to recharge the vehicles before turning them in? Because anyone who has travelled on business knows that's a nonstarter. I normally didn't have any free time the day I flew home. The customer wanted as much of me as they could get and I often didn't have time to eat before the flight departed.
If Hertz expected customers to recharge the EVs, I can see why no one rented them.
Someone on here rented one and was charged a $35 or so fee for recharge. The total price for the rental was high and person used less than 100 miles.
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