Still want an EV? (NO POLITICS)

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by gblansten

Thanks.

Always willing to help a friend with their crippling anxiety

[RPM33]

Originally Posted by Weather Man

10-year-old disposable cars. Poor's need not apply. The battery packs are not made to be serviced, the guys trying to service them make $150 an hour = walk away. No wonder used EV values sink faster than the Titanic.

The bigger kick in the nuts is restarting from zero or worse, still having car payments on a car you walked away from.

Terrible. Are mild hybrids any better? All sports cars are going hybrid, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, 911, etc.

[Car-Addicted]

Ruh-roh

Copper can’t be mined fast enough to electrify the US
May 15, 2024
Copper cannot be mined quickly enough to keep up with current U.S. policy guidelines to transition the country’s electricity and vehicle infrastructure to renewable energy, according to a University of Michigan study.
The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law in 2022, calls for 100% of cars manufactured to be electric vehicles by 2035. But an electric vehicle requires three to five times as much copper as an internal combustion engine vehicle—not to mention the copper required for upgrades to the electric grid.
“A normal Honda Accord needs about 40 pounds of copper. The same battery electric Honda Accord needs almost 200 pounds of copper.

https://news.umich.edu/copper-cant-b...ctrify-the-us/

The laws of unintended consequences Bite Democraps in the ass one more time

[Car-Addicted]

Too funny

A Green Energy Paradox Is Unfolding in Appalachian Shale
A new study from the University of Pittsburgh and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) estimates that up to 40 percent of the U.S.’s lithium needs could be supplied by wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing operations from Marcellus shale gas wells in northern Appalachia.
While lithium has the potential to be a major ally in lowering humanity’s dependence on fossil fuels, extracting lithium requires lots of water—roughly 2 million liters (around 500,000 gallons) to extract just one tonne of the stuff—and pollutes the air and water with chemicals and heavy metals.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/sci...um-extraction/

[bosstones]

Originally Posted by eugenebmw

V8 for me any day Nothing can beat the sound of V8.

I thought the trend was to just play back engine sounds to keep the driver satiated.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

This will help you with your crippling anxiety:
EV goes up in flames, scorches building in Granada Hills
Fri, May 31, 2024
Flames from an electric vehicle that caught fire overnight damaged power lines and scorched a nearby building in the San Fernando Valley. This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on May 31, 2024.

I have a song for that also

[M5Rick]

All quiet, fine, so I'll put it on as it seems appropriate

''I'll see you burn''

[crAbb]

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

All quiet, fine, so I'll put it on as it seems appropriate

''I'll see you burn''

This is why in America, we tell the children to "Just say 'NO' to drugs".

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by crAbb

This why in America, we tell the children to "Just say 'NO' to drugs."

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

This is why in America, we tell the children to "Just say 'NO' to drugs".

Arthur Brown, a war baby is 81 and still kicking az

[eugenebmw]

‘Effectively worthless’: EV bubble bursts

https://www.news.com.au/technology/m...e253f692f137c5

[eugenebmw]

Used Teslas are getting very cheap, but buying one can be risky

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05...-can-be-risky/

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by eugenebmw

‘Effectively worthless’: EV bubble bursts

Sooner or later misplaced enthusiasm for a bad solution for a problem that doesn't exist and the reduction of free government cheese combined with big insurance, high tire wear and huge depreciation gets to the bottom line of just about anyone.

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by eugenebmw

Used Teslas are getting very cheap, but buying one can be risky

Bigger used EV market will make it easier to find the EV fire stories!

[Car-Addicted]

Love or hate EV's, this is in bad form. Not as bad as parking in a handy capped spot but bad form never the less.

[Schn3ll]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

Love or hate EV's, this is in bad form. Not as bad as parking in a handy capped spot but bad form never the less.

Context is important.

Were there no other spots available? What if it was an emergency? Who was it preventing from charging?

If all spots are taken save for some unused EV charging spots, you best believe I’ll park there too. What’s the law against doing this? There are a lot of Reddit posters who live in moms basement that get real upset about stuff like this, but never see it outside of pictures like this because the only time they go outside is when the window of their car is cracked open at the Taco Bell drive thru.

The world is filled with shades of grey, don’t judge without context.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

Love or hate EV's, this is in bad form. Not as bad as parking in a handy capped spot but bad form never the less.

It's not good but inadvertently because of the ev plague leads to more problems and spying on the general motoring public with monitoring from more spy cams on ev charging sites threatening fines for non ev's in car parks where without them people could park without worry and hassle.

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by Schn3ll

Context is important.
Were there no other spots available? What if it was an emergency? Who was it preventing from charging?

No sorry, the context is anyone with a vehicle with a company name on it especially a fossil fuel company should be aware that this will go viral. There is no need to provide "fuel" to the EV crowd with bad behavior. Let this trend run it's course on it's own. Behavior like this with this administration will insure that there will be a law against non EV's parked in charging stations.

Remember this:
EV driver calls cops on Energy Secretary after her staff blocks charger with ICE car
An EV driver in Georgia called the police on the US Energy Secretary, Jennifer Granholm, after her staff blocked a public charger with a gasoline car to “reserve” it for her upcoming convoy of EVs that she was using to highlight the White House investment in electric vehicles.

They are experts at looking foolish, lets not help them.

[Schn3ll]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

No sorry, the context is anyone with a vehicle with a company name on it especially a fossil fuel company should be aware that this will go viral. There is no need to provide "fuel" to the EV crowd with bad behavior. Let this trend run it's course on it's own. Behavior like this with this administration will insure that there will be a law against non EV's parked in charging stations.

Remember this:
EV driver calls cops on Energy Secretary after her staff blocks charger with ICE car
An EV driver in Georgia called the police on the US Energy Secretary, Jennifer Granholm, after her staff blocked a public charger with a gasoline car to “reserve” it for her upcoming convoy of EVs that she was using to highlight the White House investment in electric vehicles.

They are experts at looking foolish, lets not help them.

I guess, but at the end of the day where are these spots located? In a parking lot. Where do cars park?

At the end of the day, many of these chargers took away parking spots from business lots, you don't see gas stations doing this. I think if the EV spots are in a lot for a business / mall / sporting event /etc. they are fair game. No one is privileged to charge in a public lot. Destination chargers are a different story.

[Car-Addicted]

Repairing An EV Is 30% More Expensive On Average Than An ICE Vehicle. Here’s Why
Jun 4, 2024
Mitchell said in its latest report that claims for EVs are still higher than ICE vehicles. In Q1 2024, the average repair bill for an EV in the U.S., including Tesla models, was $6,066. That’s 29% or $1,363 more than the average severity for ICE vehicles.

https://insideevs.com/news/721836/ev...s-ice-q1-2024/

Not a good curve on that chart.

[RM7]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

No sorry, the context is anyone with a vehicle with a company name on it especially a fossil fuel company should be aware that this will go viral. There is no need to provide "fuel" to the EV crowd with bad behavior. Let this trend run it's course on it's own. Behavior like this with this administration will insure that there will be a law against non EV's parked in charging stations.

Remember this:
EV driver calls cops on Energy Secretary after her staff blocks charger with ICE car
An EV driver in Georgia called the police on the US Energy Secretary, Jennifer Granholm, after her staff blocked a public charger with a gasoline car to “reserve” it for her upcoming convoy of EVs that she was using to highlight the White House investment in electric vehicles.

They are experts at looking foolish, lets not help them.

If a bucket of tar ended up on the windshield...