Talking all things EV with U.S. Representative Thomas Massie 

Congressman Thomas Massie very impressive! His interview with Tucker Carlson let me hear. We could use about 430 more people in town us like this!

Being from California Massie is by far my favorite person in Congress. Like his practical statements on owning an EV. Since this interview Ford will soon be using Tesla superchargers. I think Tesla is far ahead of everyone, but I think Ford will be getting it together soon on EV.

Thomas appreciate what you do! I love my Tesla and Super Duty!

Massie throws some shade at Ford for not having a reliable charging network available, since Tesla's proprietary NACS connector prevents Fords from using the Supercharger network. But since this video was posted, Ford (along with many other OEMs) have adopted the NACS connector. This video provides a good example of how quickly technology is changing. Ford management saw a problem and moved to resolve it. As an evolving technology, EVs will continue to improve to minimize their shortcomings. The same can't be said for ICE.

We have zero problem roadtripping in an EV. Its clear Massie owns an old Tesla with low range and alow charging. New Model S goes 400 miles and charges back to 80% in 20 or 25 minutes. DC to Kentucky would probably be one charge.

I saw a short clip of Congressman Massie asking Buttigieg about power demand equating a refrigerator to an EV saying an EV takes 400 times the power. That seems like a poor choice to compare. An EV is more like the load of an AC. The statistical average person drives 37 miles a day, that is around 11.1 kWh for an EV using 300 watts per mile. Charging at night would be no problem for the grid. People are not using the AC as much at night and most other loads have also been reduced. Things will change as we go forward in time, there are other large power hungry businesses like computer farms. We will work out how these are accomplished. This power load situation is a long-term problem and will be solved in the next decade or two. We didn't build all of the roads first we build them as needed.

Perhaps Massie needs to take a road trip in a recent Tesla in 2024 and not tell stories about road tripping in 2013. This have vastly improved! I just drove from New Jersey to Chicago in a Model Y and never had to wait for a charge longer than it took me to eat and go to the bathroom.

I did not know Thomas Massie made it to MIT, thats shockingly impressive.

Practically every EV brand can use a adapter on the Supercharger.

From I10, Arizona/California boarders to Denver, CO I spend 2 hours, 12 minute’s charging, it 945 miles

A hybrid diesel run on biodiesel beats everything hands down.

Most Americans cannot afford an ice car for travel and an ev for local, not to mention the source of charging electricity, which is probably coal. Then the environmental question of mining battery components, not to mention spontaneous thermal runaway fires. No thanks!

How to easily/quickly take pressure off of the grid... 50% refundable tax credit for solar/battery installations for 10 years. No income phase-outs

Sorry, WRONG! I’ve driven my Tesla M3P & MYLR 3x from SoCal-Starbase & never missed a supercharger that was beyond “bladder reach”!

Love Thomas, he needs to spend a little time learning about the CCS charging networks and how the rest of the EV world lives. He is right Tesla has it all in place and it makes it dead simple to own an EV. It is pretty easy and getting even easier now by the day. So things are getting better. Like he said on a daily basis it is easier to own an EV than it is a gas/diesel vehicle. EV's are fun and can do most of what people do in a car. The politicizing of EV's is a huge mistake. Tesla has agreed to open up their network. Everyone is moving to the NACS Tesla standard for the plug so things are moving to a single standard in the US. We need more infrastructure. It is a national security issue. We need baseload and storage. Look up Tesla Megapacks. The grid power feed from the car is called V2L(vehicle to load) and V2G(vehicle to grid). It is being worked on today. Lots of progress has happened since this interview. We still do not see any Super Duty or Heavy Duty vehicles that are electrified yet.

SDG7 rhymes with WTC7.

EVs need to have the ability to tow a small "range-extender" trailer, a small gas/diesel-powered generator that can provide a steady recharge of the batteries. It can be left parked when not needed, or even rented out to someone else to use for a few days. Think of it as a "modular plug-in series hybrid".

These devils at Google removed the age of the videos. This video is old ad dirt.