Only 5% of next car purchasers expect to buy all electric cars-Road and Track.

[wilberforce15]

Little people who can't afford to buy their own home or spend thousands extra for an EV don't count. Let them eat cake.

Rich people get the best new technology first. When they fund its development and expansion, prices come down and becomes a mass product for everyone.
That's the way every technology works. EVs will achieve price parity and then be below ICE cost very soon, and in some respects, already are.

 

[qdg2]

Not one person i know has an EV. Nobody at the grocery store was charging.

Nobody.

BTW, they are threatening power outages here this afternoon....due to usage/non-capacity.

Interesting.....I guess that would include the gas stations too....lol.

 

[wilberforce15]

Not one person i know has an EV. Nobody at the grocery store was charging.

Nobody.

BTW, they are threatening power outages here this afternoon....due to usage/non-capacity.

Interesting.....I guess that would include the gas stations too....lol.

I don't know anyone with an EV, other than myself.

And yet, numbers are numbers.

 

[Babagounj]

Only the elderly who are very rich own EV around my hood.

 

[wilberforce15]

Only the elderly who are very rich own EV around my hood.

Sounds about right.

 

[newolddude]

What about these?

Wheeling and Dealing: Denver's E-Bike Rebate Program Is on a Roll

The rebates are coming back on July 11.

www.westword.com

 

[Babagounj]

Interesting article.

Auto Expert Discovers Huge Lie About EV Range Claims - Owners Should Be Seething

'Only real-world data should be used. The manufacturers must come clean about extended motorway fast-lane cruising.'

www.westernjournal.com

The problem, Winton says, is that range numbers are derived from driving conditions divorced from real-world driving. Instead, they’re based on the computerized Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure, or WLTP — a laboratory test that aims to measure and standardize EV range numbers.

This means that the range you get could be, in real-world scenarios, up to 32 percent less than what’s promised.

 

[newolddude]

Interesting article.

Auto Expert Discovers Huge Lie About EV Range Claims - Owners Should Be Seething

'Only real-world data should be used. The manufacturers must come clean about extended motorway fast-lane cruising.'

www.westernjournal.com

The problem, Winton says, is that range numbers are derived from driving conditions divorced from real-world driving. Instead, they’re based on the computerized Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure, or WLTP — a laboratory test that aims to measure and standardize EV range numbers.

This means that the range you get could be, in real-world scenarios, up to 32 percent less than what’s promised.

The same way EPA gas mileage is off?

I don’t think I’ve ever gotten what my window sticker claimed except with a 40mph tail wind.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

The same way EPA gas mileage is off?

I don’t think I’ve ever gotten what my window sticker claimed except with a 40mph tail wind.

Mine is spot on.

 

[newolddude]

Mine is spot on.

Of course yours is.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Of course yours is.

Okay.

 

[oldngray]

Painful: Journalist Spends 30 Minutes Trying to Get Electric Car Charger to Work, Forced to Completely Give Up

'Get your act together, really. It shouldn't be this hard,' he lamented after a long struggle to charge the electric vehicle.

www.westernjournal.com

 

[wilberforce15]

Painful: Journalist Spends 30 Minutes Trying to Get Electric Car Charger to Work, Forced to Completely Give Up

'Get your act together, really. It shouldn't be this hard,' he lamented after a long struggle to charge the electric vehicle.

www.westernjournal.com

You guys call me a fan boy or whatever.

It's not my fault that there is one good EV network and one good EV maker.

And they're light years ahead of everyone.

 

[vantexan]

Painful: Journalist Spends 30 Minutes Trying to Get Electric Car Charger to Work, Forced to Completely Give Up

'Get your act together, really. It shouldn't be this hard,' he lamented after a long struggle to charge the electric vehicle.

www.westernjournal.com

You'd think GM and others would get all the bugs worked out before spending untold millions on developing that car.

 

[Babagounj]

You'd think GM and others would get all the bugs worked out before spending untold millions on developing that car.

Don't worry.
The gov't will step in and straighten this all out.

 

[DriverNerd]

You'd think GM and others would get all the bugs worked out before spending untold millions on developing that car.

That's what recalls are for. There's always a number of problems with new cars; electric, gas, hybrids, it doesn't matter.

 

[Babagounj]

Check out https://markups.org
To see how much dealers are marking up some models.
They also list dealers who are doing no mark ups.

 

[vantexan]

That's what recalls are for. There's always a number of problems with new cars; electric, gas, hybrids, it doesn't matter.

True, but we're talking about ease of use at charging stations. What that guy went through in the video would certainly keep me from buying that brand.

 

[wilberforce15]

Check out https://markups.org
To see how much dealers are marking up some models.
They also list dealers who are doing no mark ups.

Or buy from a company with transparent prices and 0 dealers.

 

[wilberforce15]

True, but we're talking about ease of use at charging stations. What that guy went through in the video would certainly keep me from buying that brand.

There is only one EV maker.