12-26-2023, 02:42 PM | #126 |
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It’s already law in California Mike. People keep suggesting that it’s not. It already passed. It just doesn’t go into effect until 2026.
I agree there is growing public dissatisfaction, but that doesn’t mean the state will retract the law. And with respect to being able to buy used ICE vehicles, guess what it will do to used car values for all of YOU? Supply and demand…
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12-27-2023, 01:10 AM | #127 |
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I have not been following this thread, but here is a link to a Motor Trend article I just received that may be of interest and add some fuel to the fire. Sorry if someone already posted this.
https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2...campaign=print
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12-27-2023, 12:10 PM | #129 |
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This Motor Trend article may have already been posted. IDK. These are some of the cars being discontinued after 23/24.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...age=AA1ebvTE|9 The last Challenger has already rolled off the assembly line.
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The road test by Hoovie was real world use and it couldn't make the short trip and back.
My feeling about ev is they are little more than a novelty at this point for most buyers. They aren't ready for the masses or the same use as ice vehicles.
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I'm hoping we see some manufacturers back off on their "EV only" strategies, or at least add hybrids to their offerings. My wife's SUV lease is up soon, and we are looking to replace it with a gasoline-powered model, but we're open to hybrids.
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12-28-2023, 07:41 PM | #139 |
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They seem to work in the city for some, regular schedule. My girl has a Volvo EV. Manufacturer says 0-60 in 5ish. More like 2-3. It's an inconvenience for traveling, and not really made for it. Other than that, so far so good after a year. I give it another four before she tires of it.
She paid $500 for a rear tire, fronts are probably more because that's where the weight is. She was lucky to get away with one. If there's any wear the shops only install two. EV are not an investment, they're a statement, and destined for recycling. I'd never buy one.
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IMO they should be left to burn, with the surrounding areas maintained for safety. The silly things even burn underwater!
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An excellent, rational article along with reader comments from the Yahoo Finance website.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/toyot...135430237.html I haven't been to Yahoo Finance in a long while, but they were the first financial website I ever used, and that was in the late 1990s. They're certainly not "hair on fire" zealots for one side or another. But it looks like some of their readers are!
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I seen pictures of an electric airplane that was having some certification test done on it and it randomly caught fire. Took 250,000 gallons of water and two and a half hours to put out. Just wait until you look up and see a ball of fire in the night sky in a few years. This battery stuff is crazy ..
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So true fact… I have toured some grid scale battery banks being tested. The Li-ion versions literally have signs to tell fire fighters to stand 100-ft away and watch it burn. Not a joke…
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I-95 bridge collapse update: Driver lost control of gas-filled tanker before fire. https://www.mcall.com/2023/06/12/off...coast-highway/ In the first official accounting of a wreck that threw hundreds of thousands of morning commutes into chaos and disrupted untold numbers of businesses, state Transportation Secretary Mike Carroll said the driver was northbound “trying to navigate the curve, lost control of the vehicle, landed on its side and ruptured the tank.” As a result, Interstate 95 will be closed in both directions for weeks at the start of summer travel season. The elevated southbound portion of I-95 will have to be demolished, as well as the northbound side, Carroll said. Motorists should avoid the northeast corner of the sixth-largest city in the country, transportation officials said. Pennsylvania State Police said a body recovered from the wreckage on the off-ramp from I-95 has been turned over to the Philadelphia medical examiner and coroner. Authorities are in the process of identifying the remains. |
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Cargo ship carying lithium-ion batteries on fire for 5 days in Alaska The Coast Guard has established a one-mile safety zone around the vessel for the duration of the response effort. Article HERE The ship Genius Star XI, a ship owned by Taiwan-based Wisdom Wise Group, was transporting lithium-ion batteries from Vietnam to San Diego.
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The point is not that batteries have more risk, the point is that they aren’t a knight in shining armor, and therefore not worthy of mandates.
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I'm betting money that when gasoline use as a fuel for motor vehicles began, there was the same sort of resistance, and quite possibly worse. Difference is that batteries carry both fuel and oxidizer together, so the oxidizer can't be easily separated. That's a hurdle that probably can't ever be jumped.
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The resistance to electric vehicles was that they were heavy, took time to recharge and had limited range. And here we are, 120 years later, having the same conversations. I guess steam is off the table, so we've knocked that one out. K
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