I own an ev and NEVER had range anxiety. All ev now show available chargers, and have trip planning. How {"green? EU According to research by Transport & Environment (T&E), the umbrella body for European NGOs promoting sustainability, an average EU electric car is close to three times better, in terms of carbon emissions, than an equivalent petrol or diesel car - and that gap continues to widen.
It may true in the EU that EVs are responsible for sgnificantly lower CO2 emissions, but the electricity grid in the EU is, on average, one of the cleanest in the world. There are other places in the world, such as Australia which still gets on average about 60% of it's electrical energy from coal, where EVs are not necessarily significantly cleaner than an ICE vehicle.... There are also parts of the USA I believe, where their electrical grid supply is predominantly coal based.
You said despite the government push when that's literally the reason i didn't buy one. They announced huge price drops when the incentives ended, but they didn't end so now we know where the incentives go
Congratulations on this impressive hit job using all of the talking points of the petroleum industry. "Hours" to charge. On long trips my Tesla charges from 10-80% in 15-18 minutes. I leave home every day with over 300 miles and don't have to waste time stopping at a gas station. I really miss standing in the cold filling the gas tank. I've been driving a Tesla since 2017 and I'll never have another gas car - they are just so last century
When the masses adopt EV it will take hours not because it takes hour but because there will not be a charger open for hours assuming they even work as the ones near where I work in Austin ABIA are broken almost all the time and never charge at full power when they do work.
@@greyfox78569 If you know Austin, you also know Temple where the Buc-E's has 48 Tesla Superchargers. If the chargers are broken they are not Tesla chargers. Electrify America has terrible problems with their chargers because they don't do the upkeep. Do you know where the EA chargers came from? The settlement with Volkswagen for the diesel cheating scandal so VW doesn't care.
You missed towing. Though that only really applies to electric trucks. Range while towing usually tops out at about 90 miles. Any long trip while towing something as simple as a boat or RV means driving for 1 hour, charging for anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours, then driving for another hour, endlessly repeating itself. It's just straight up unacceptable towing performance for anything more than cross town deliveries/trips.
Chevy Silverado EV has 440 mi range and a guy on RU-vid towed a 6500lb trailer with it and got 240mi. Plus with fast charging it can be charged to 90% in about 25 minutes.
@@therabidsquirrelsage3388 That's ONE EV and it's the only one capable of a range like that so far. There's also the fact that fast charging isn't everywhere and you aren't going to get it everytime and the fact that you have to unhook your trailer every time you want to charge. Super inconvenient, especially if it's exceptionally hot or cold out. Lastly, many ICE trucks still often beat the Chevy Silverado EV in towing range by a good margin while being MUCH cheaper and not having the other inconveniences. BEVs simply won't replace ICE trucks for a huge chunk of people anytime soon. It'd be much easier to do hybrid models for trucks in the near future. I'd buy a hybrid truck, but I won't buy a BEV truck anytime soon.
@@yaxleader a huge chunk of people? 80% of people who own trucks have NEVER towed anything. Of the remaining 20% half of them said they tow something once a year OR LESS. I'd rather wait to charge a few times for a road trip LESS than once a year than drag my vehicle to a gas station 3-4 times a month all year round and pay 6x as much to operate it. Look I understand that you are trying to support your political party but your arguments are insane.
@@therabidsquirrelsage3388 XD The fact that you think this is about politics is hilarious. I don't give two shits about either political party or their platforms. Hell, I'm a big supporter of many climate policies (not all, some are just stupid) and a believer in climate change/global warming. This is about practicality from someone who was legitimately interested in the Ford Lightning and Cybertruck (I even had reservations in for both - I didn't reserve the Silverado because it costs WAY too much). Also, where are you pulling the info that 80% of people who own trucks never tow? Because that's just out of touch af. I was born and raised in rural and suburban Eastern Washington and it was rare for anyone to own a truck and NOT tow anything at least several times a year. Even in the Seattle suburbs people are towing boats/RVs all the time. I'm not judging your choice for going for an EV, it works for a lot of people and is better in many situations. But the vehement disregard and even disdain/anger for people who want to use EVs for more than just in-town commuting and basic road trips in a sedan is appalling and isn't helping EV adoption at all. Addressing and solving the downsides people bring up is how EV adoption will increase. Ignoring them is what is leading to this decline in adoption/sales.
@@yaxleader those numbers are from surveys done by consumer reports. Typing a 4000 word essay response on RU-vid doesn't make you right, it just means you have no facts just stories about where you grew up. I'm sorry that it hurts your ego to know that 90% of people have trucks to drive back and forth to the grocery store but it's a fact.
My EV refuels FASTER than my gas car did. I had to drive to a gas station to fill the gas car, the EV is just already charged when I get in it, maybe 15 seconds to plug/unplug.
@@natehill8069 Cool, but a massive chunk of Americans do road trips or longer treks to the outdoors, other cities, or to see family. EVs are straight up ass for this. Especially if you buy an EV truck and expect to be able to take your boat to a lake or RV to a campground. EVs are only better for people who never leave their city, which is a minority of people.
@@Victor-pi3flAmericans do 3% of their driving on road trips. I'd rather wait a few minutes at a charger 3% of the time and not have to go anywhere to refuel the other 97%.
@@yaxleaderactually it's the minority of people who do these 2000mi road trips. The average American does 97% of their driving within 120mi of their house and the average road trip is less than 300mi. less than 5% of people have ever taken a car trip over 1250 mi. NHTSA.
NIO - battery swapping solves most of these issues. Anyone watch Mr P's visit last night where he secretly watched taxis using swap stations? It only took them ONE MINUTE to COMPLETE A SWAP!!! Swapping stations maintain battery health, taking that responsibility out of the hands of car owners.
In china claimed to have this but not sure in reality. But it requires a lot of investment to build that type of battery swapping station and each station need to at least capable of holding and charging about 30-50 sets of batteries for it to be reliable, 10-15 bare minimum and it’s not cheap unlike motorcycle EV batteries swapping stations which are small, easy and cheap to manage since most of the swapping process is done by the rider themselves, but not a 1500lbs car battery pack.
The problem is battery ownership and 90% of the value of the electric car is in the battery condition. So how would like it if Tesla knowing you are close to trade dumps a poor condition battery in your car right before you trade it in.
The first cars were terrible, expensive, unreliable and funny enough, EVs made up the majority of cars at one time, followed by gas, then steam, but then we got the electric starter and muffler
The problem I have with the anti EV crown is 90% of them are rejecting them for the wrong reasons (it's new and threatens their culture) and that allows the EV pushers to easily dismiss 10% that have legit reasons (the tech is not even close to ready for mass adoption) for rejecting EVs.
The tech is more than enough for 14 million people. Ev batteries will do a huge jump, achieving 87% more range for the same cost as today or less by the first quarter 2025 CATL is doing ramping equipment needed.
"Until the speed at which EV can be recharged at the same speed as ICE vehicles..." It will never happen. The energy transfer required to charge your 65kW+ EV in 5 minutes requires a 10 megawatt charger. Those don't exist because megawatts is a unit used to describe power plants... not chargers.
It's about the voltage and 800-900 volts can charge a compatible EV from 0-80% in less than 10 minutes. Meanwhile the Chinese are coming like the Japanese did in the 1980's.
With the modern quality control issues, I wouldn't trust any manufacturer except MAYBE Toyota to make an EV. But even Toyota is smart enough to know EVs aren't the answer. So, Imma stick with my 20-30yo cars.
@@therabidsquirrelsage3388 It's really not and you're delusional for thinking so. Building EVs even for all 150+ million working age Americans is materially impossible and the shear amount of infrastructure upgrades required is so immense it can easily bankrupt the country. Especially considering we are already 34+ trillion in debt.
lmfao... the thing that makes EV a losing proposition is because of government freebies. Companies don't have to invest in developing a competitive product because the taxpayer is subsidizing the product.
Yeah imagine wanting to make a profit. Do you know of another system that isn't funded by capitalism at the top? Maybe I can come stay with you at our house and drive our car?
