Electric Vehicles Enter the 'Total Failure'
Phase of Their Existence
Red State,
by
Bonchie
Original Article
Posted By: FlyRight,
1/20/2024 6:28:56 PM
Is it time to start asking whether electric vehicles have any redeeming value in 2024? Given the recent spate of bad news surrounding them, the answer to that question is becoming clearer. As RedState reported, Ford has cut the production of its "Lightning" electric pickup truck in half. Why? Mainly because no one wants to buy them. Why do they not want to buy them? Because they are overpriced, unreliable, and impractical. Who could have guessed that paying $55,000 (and that's with EV subsidies) for a stripped-down,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 1/20/2024 6:48:49 PM (No. 1640833)
EVs are probably good for about 10% of the auto fleet. Best for people who only drive to Whole Foods and to ballet lesson for their non-binary child. I have noticed EV trucks are always sparkling clean. They never leave the paved roadways for a job site or trip into the wilderness.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
mc squared 1/20/2024 6:51:22 PM (No. 1640835)
1st grade education: If Biden is for it = it's a failure.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Felixed 1/20/2024 6:56:58 PM (No. 1640836)
Granted, EVs have negatives. No argument there from me.
But while we are asking, "Is it time to start asking...", perhaps it might also be a good idea to ask Norwegians how/why their adoption of EVs is so deep - and they live in a cold climate.
If you simply want to jump on the anti-EV bandwagon read no further.
If you'd like to know IF and/or Where they _might_ be faring better and how/why that _might_ be, than maybe there are some things to learn that aren't mentioned in this article.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jalo1951 1/20/2024 7:51:03 PM (No. 1640866)
This story warms the cockles of my heart on a cold day. I have no doubt that there will be a time in the future when this will work and make sense. That time is not now. There technology is not there. To think that you can change the whole energy use of the world as simply as swapping out a 100 watt bulb for a 75 watt bulb shows you how utterly stupid these people are.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Gordon Mills 1/20/2024 7:54:22 PM (No. 1640868)
#3, first tell me their driving habits.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
MickTurn 1/20/2024 8:26:57 PM (No. 1640889)
EV vs. the Log Mobile...
Put wheels on a fire starter log and you have an EV.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 1/20/2024 8:54:05 PM (No. 1640906)
Something that this highlights is that progressive fanatics will grab on to things that don't work, CAN'T WORK, in trying to fulfill their agenda. When you ask reasonable questions about their "solutions" you are attacked and slandered. Yet now, the always obvious answers to those questions are inconveniently unavoidable.
This should lead us to seriously question whether their solar and wind "solutions" are any good either. Note that these solutions providing round the clock power will require the same type of batteries that are a failure in cars.
Then, since they obviously are stupid about the solutions, we should be asking if they are anywhere close to right about their BIG FEAR, climate change. The tide is starting to turn. I hope I see the death of this climate insanity in my lifetime, the sooner the better.
Hopefully an honest and reality based approach to many other things will flow from the meltdown of the climate fraud. There needs to be a major flushing out of entrenched higher education fools and a return to honest scientific investigation. It can't happen soon enough.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
chance_232 1/20/2024 9:22:04 PM (No. 1640928)
I'm perfectly fine with EVs. They have their places and uses. I personally would not have one as my sole source of transportation anymore than I would gave a motorcycle as a sole source of transportation. The technology and infrastructure just isn't up to the task. I'm also a fan of solar and wind power, where it's applicable. But again, the technology just isn't there yet.
EVs aren't going away. But perhaps democrats will rethink forcing people into a new technology that hasn't matured.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Axeman 1/20/2024 9:25:24 PM (No. 1640930)
They are NOT a TOTAL failure!
We should avoid such language.
The modern electrocar is indeed a marvel of ingenuity.
It works exceptionally within it's limitations.
It's limitations are always shrinking.
I have no reason to own one but it is more because of my rural lifestyle that anything about the vehicles.
The electrocars are very well suited to a huge number of people's driving purposes.
I don't believe in subsidizing them.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 1/20/2024 9:26:18 PM (No. 1640932)
EVs can work for postage stamp sized countries. Norway is twice the area of Missouri, and much of the country has no roads.
About the farthest you can drive is 575 miles, and very few would travel that via car, since it would take 20+ hours, according to online travel planners.
Across the country is 267 miles, would take 8 hours to drive.
People fly or take a train for any distance of significance.
EVs are for around town.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec 1/20/2024 9:44:11 PM (No. 1640939)
Are you listening California?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
rememberwhen 1/20/2024 10:57:59 PM (No. 1640974)
At the present time, EVs have no substantive value whatever, except as a source of virtue signalling.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
swarfer 1/20/2024 11:24:18 PM (No. 1640982)
For metro drivers in benign climates where fuel is overpriced, EV commuting makes sense as long as there is safe public transportation or an ICE vehicle in the household for backup. There will always be people who will buy EVs even if the operating and ownership cost is significantly more or endure any inconvenience because they are stubborn true believers. No argument or facts will ever alter their belief that people should be forced by the government into buying EVs since they don’t know better and need to guided by central planner bureaucrats who do. Reminds me of the old Soviet Union, tell industry what to make regardless if people actually want it.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Trigger2 1/21/2024 1:41:07 AM (No. 1641009)
EVs are a complete failure of the global warming crowd. Ditch them all.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
jeffinitely 1/21/2024 1:53:36 AM (No. 1641011)
Sick of all the government subsidies over pipe dreams! There oughtta be a law, LOL! (against milking taxpayers for pipe dreams such as EVs, solar, wind, and global warming)
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
mifla 1/21/2024 4:17:34 AM (No. 1641023)
Governments mandate and market forces laugh.
Don't be surprised if you see Ford trucks on your neighborhood golf courses.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
DiegoDude 1/21/2024 6:45:15 AM (No. 1641046)
Reply to #3: Check if Norway has a good public transportation system that people use more than cars. Some European countries have car taxes based on weight, so use may be limited.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Msquared112 1/21/2024 8:06:01 AM (No. 1641092)
Please God, make it so.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Red Jeep 1/21/2024 8:42:54 AM (No. 1641118)
According to Google on average "...a gas station can expect about 720 cars per day..."
Just think if we had all-electric cars instead of having one place to fuel hundreds of cars we would need hundreds of charging stations. Where would they be placed especially in big cities?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/21/2024 9:13:58 AM (No. 1641133)
Sooooo predictable. Biden was pushed by the thousands of green weenie punks in his administration to force US taxpayers into subsidizing this completely impractical technology and reality is hitting them in the backside. As a standalone entity, the electric car is fine, the design is okay. However, infrastructure is non-existent and the process to build and charge the cars is dirtier than burning gasoline and wastes hours of your time if you charge it anywhere but at your house. I use a golf cart to play golf and I like it but I park it after the 18th hole and drive home in a real car. If not for the government subsidy only those who are mathematically challenged would have bought an EV so the government subsidy will always be there as long as these things are made. Many practical ICE cars can be bought for the amount of the subsidy alone. RIP EV.
Nothing says "Green" louder than hundreds of noisy windmills covering our beautiful mountain tops or row after row of solar panels covering open spaces in attempts to charge our deteriorating electrical grid. That's where the technology dollars should be going.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/21/2024 9:27:42 AM (No. 1641139)
The EV boondoggle is comparable to Obamacare, a government-mandated, government subsidized, unwanted, overpriced replacement for a system that didn't work as well as what we had.
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Insufficient electric grids in the states that are pushing EVs is sufficient reason to say no.
Unreliable charging stations is sufficient reason to say no.
Dead cars littering the roadways in Chicago's cold weather is sufficient reason to say no.
Setting themselves on fire in the family garage is sufficient reason to say never.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 1/21/2024 10:49:28 PM (No. 1641593)
For two tanks of gas in my suv I can drive to Florida (800 miles) use my car to get around while there. If I fly coach I will have to purchase a round ticket (about $400 to $500) not to mention the fees like insurance you need to add. Oh, and by the way the trip takes about 13 hours to drive. By airline you have to drive to the airport about one hour. You need to check in you luggage and then board your plane in about an hour, a coupe of hours for the layover in Atlanta and another 1 1/2 hours to your destination. After arrival you have to go recover your luggage, an other half to on hours time. Now you have to rent a car. Expect a fee of $85 to $150 per day about $600 totalc. Car rental.Airline ticket $450. We are up to about $1,100 for transportation. Four fill ups in my car add ups to about $240.00. I thing I saved some and hassles withe the airliner. Oh, and by the way the time ov arrival will be about an hour difference. Since ai4liners are hiring incompetent employees I think I stay with my reliable automobile.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 1/21/2024 10:52:23 PM (No. 1641594)
Sorry, I forgot it would take two to three days and additional accommodations. I will never buy an Electical —-king EV piece of do do.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 1/22/2024 1:05:35 AM (No. 1641611)
$50,000 for a roach needing a $50,000 battery in 3 years! Naw!
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
franq 1/22/2024 8:43:10 AM (No. 1641722)
It's been cold as heck the last several days here in NC. Would not want to rely on an EV.
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