Some people have a hard time accepting inconvenient truths after they take the bait and propaganda that has been fed to them.

BuckyB93 wrote:

This kinda makes my point. EV technology is nowhere near where it needs to be to mandate the end of other technologies. In fact, I’d be very surprised if petroleum burning engines are replaced in medium and long haul applications.

Also, I suspect local delivery will fail to yield the desired results. In town stop and go traffic will likely reveal that parallel fleets are needed as many trucks that have multiple stops will not be able to deliver their full loads before their batteries weaken. There won’t be time to return to a charging terminal and finish a route before businesses receiving hours end.

Abrignac wrote:

Some people have a hard time accepting inconvenient truths after they take the bait and propaganda that has been fed to them.

BuckyB93 wrote:

On the towing, an EV suffers. The Fast Lane Truck channel has a video where they towed identical 6k pound trailers with a gas GMC Denali and the Ford Lightning to compare range. The load took the expected 240mi range of the Lightning down to an estimated 95ish miles. They stopped short at 85mi due to lack of charging stations on the route

Sunoverbeach wrote:

This is why they are a good first step. Add to that the 20 cent to the dollar vs gas operating cost, plus way lower maintenance and better performance.

That is why all of the car manufactures and killing themselves to get in the game.

I have one, and if you did you would wonder why you waited.

Brewha wrote:

Watch "New Study on Electric Cars Shocks the Entire Car Industry"

clintCigar wrote:

Full Version

BuckyB93 wrote:

500k lb of raw materials to make 1 car EV battery. 😱

clintCigar wrote:

Are you trying to be ironic?

Brewha wrote:

The new GMC Denali EV truck costs around $108k and will only tow 9.5k lbs. What a joke. I can tow 1.5x more and my truck cost 1/4 of that. Granted I did buy mine used though.

clintCigar wrote:

Macs said he can eat 50 hardboiled eggs... 😟

DrafterX wrote:

I really don't understand the animosity toward perhaps a better, safer potential product...why are so many rooting against the possibility? The benefits to all and the enormous boost a perfected industry would have on employment, health, and wealth, around the world would be tremendous.

I think the key here is to be patient. In a few years or so Capitalism will have invested enough time and money into making batteries that do what we all need, and likely from aluminum and sulfur or some other very available base products (sodium?). End of China control and end of disposal dangers.

A few years, a few million dollars later the problem will be solved.

Corporations, universities and scientists have already begun the search.

Hang in there

frankj1 wrote: