[RangoRogue]

I will skip the electric and hydrogen. Just want to be rocking 5.7L and/or 6.4L HEMIs for the rest of my life. That's why I need to load up on them now while I still can.

 

[Urbish]

I will skip the electric and hydrogen. Just want to be rocking 5.7L and/or 6.4L HEMIs for the rest of my life. That's why I need to load up on them now while I still can.

Understood. Start stockpiling NOW. Nowhere is it written that the American way of life after the industrial revolution can or will go on forever. And it's pretty clear to me that there will be some huge changes during the balance of my lifetime.

 

[Tin Foil Hat]

After the first electric cars came out years ago I wondered, and doubted, if the car industry would ever move to all electric. I still doubt it as commercial vehicles are too numerous to switch over. I also don't believe that the fossil fuel lobby will allow that to happen in less than 50 years from now. I am shocked at how willing the manufacturers have been to switching to electric. They only do things to make money so there is money in it for them, it's just a question of where that money is coming from. It does look like the percentage of electric cars to total cars sold will be climbing each year so we will definitely see a major change in the next 5 years, just because of Kalifornia alone. They will have a lot of charging stations to install if Kali expects people to continue their 2 hour commutes in their horrendous traffic. I wonder who's going to pay for those?

 

[Dalmus]

After the first electric cars came out years ago I wondered, and doubted, if the car industry would ever move to all electric. I still doubt it as commercial vehicles are too numerous to switch over. I also don't believe that the fossil fuel lobby will allow that to happen in less than 50 years from now. I am shocked at how willing the manufacturers have been to switching to electric. They only do things to make money so there is money in it for them, it's just a question of where that money is coming from. It does look like the percentage of electric cars to total cars sold will be climbing each year so we will definitely see a major change in the next 5 years, just because of Kalifornia alone. They will have a lot of charging stations to install if Kali expects people to continue their 2 hour commutes in their horrendous traffic. I wonder who's going to pay for those?

Not to mention the question of where all the electricity is going to come from to charge all these EV's? Wind and solar simply can't provide enough. They can't even keep all the air conditioners running without rolling brown outs.

 

[sanitarium16]

I thought the etorque engines were a great idea. Hybrid I can see. All electric no. Politics.

 

[Vice-White]

Not to mention the question of where all the electricity is going to come from to charge all these EV's? Wind and solar simply can't provide enough. They can't even keep all the air conditioners running without rolling brown outs.

I would like to know how much someones electric bill went up once they started charging the EV?
Bigger battery, bigger elctric bill, more coal and oil burnt to produce it.
Also, why the penalty of owning a lower cost EV that has a small range compared to the top end EV model?
45k for 200 miles versus 95k for 320 miles?

EV is a ridiculous option to save the environment! I vote for fuel cell vehicles and the feds should find a start up and dump billions into development like they did for Musk.
I thought natgural gas would have been more popular but over 8 years of a NG fueling station by my home, I have never seen anyone in there. SAD!