It doesn't have a Hemi... :-(

I just want to know where they are going to have all this extra electricity to charge these cars? Do you know how expensive electricity is in California?

I have guests that have the hardest time charging their cars once they arrive in our town. I suggest the grocery store a quarter mile away that has plug ins. They are not rapid charge, so I suspect it needs to sit many hours/overnight. Very inconvenient.

My aunt has loved her Prius. It is old now, maybe 14 years. She would like purchase a new one, but she is 90 years old, so said she probably won't buy a new car as long as this one remains reliable. The idea of gas and electric sets better with me too.

I don't see a car running entirely on electricity as a smart choice at this time.
 
This will be a huge blow to Atlanta's street racing. Seems like most of the cars are one of these two. Look at the bright side maybe street races won't be so loud. The "Bottle Boys" can sell charger time instead of bottled water. You have got to look at the glass as half full.
 
I just feel like we're moving too fast and that it's going to come back and bite us.

One thing that greatly bothers me is how China has been buying up rights to lithium and cobalt mines, with the help of certain Democrats, including the President's son. Are we once again going to find ourselves at another country's mercy for energy? Of at least the batteries that store the energy.
 
Speaking of electrics, today I bought a new lawnmower. I'll be using it to mow our leased RV lot here in central Florida. I didn't need anything big, so I bought a Ryobi 13" mower with grass bag that runs off an 18v battery. It's the same battery I use in my weedeater and blower. The last time I had an electric mower, it was corded, and I kept running over it and chopping the cord in half.
 
EVs are cool, no doubt. They have come a long way, and some of them produce crazy power. A D/C electric motor produces near 100% torque from zero RPM up, so that is one huge advantage they have on internal combustion.

A buddy of mine who is a banker and finance guru bought an EV and he says it's saving him huge money in fuel costs. Seems like he told me his fuel costs last month was $14. So I think for shorter range or commuter cars, they can make sense right now.

But they still don't work for traveling of any distance, or for many commercial vehicles. EX:, my service vans. My guys can sometimes cover more than 200-300 miles a day, and then get an emergency call to go right back out. No recharge time. My installers cover four states. So straight EVs still won't work for us. It might be that an EV with an engine backup could be made to work, but that's just additional expense and weight, and generating electricity with an I/C engine kinda defeats the purpose.

I understand Amazon is going to try EVs, but they will have to make some changes. Right now, they run many of their vans 24 hours a day, so there would be no recharge time. It will be interesting to see how they handle this.

I still have concerns about us having the power grip capacity to support any significant numbers of EVs on the road. We have plenty of power around here, but parts of the country does not. And increased demand could drive rates up, which could offset any savings.

So yeah, lots of questions still, and I suspect our government is not thinking this through ( I know, that's a shocker).
 
I have not really given EV's much thought so I have not studied up on them. If they actually come up with a truck that has the capacity of fossil fuel and the range I need I might be interested. I did however have a conversation with the VP of my wife's employer when we were at St. Simons last month. He drove six people (two adults, four kids) to St. Simon's and back for $9 in fuel cost. He has a Tesla I don't know the model but it is like a little SUV. I was curious about the whole charging thing and he taught me a lot I was unaware of. Tesla has an app that shows the locations of thousands of charging stations across the country. It identifies them by location, cost, whether they are fast charge or standard and how busy they are at any given time. He located a station near Macon stopped for lunch and leg stretch. When they were through the car was at 100% and they easily made it to St. Simons. The King and Prince where we stayed had free charging stations so he stayed plugged in when they were not using the car. He did the reverse on the way home stopping in Macon again and straight home from there. He claims he could have made the trip one way without charging but he did not want to chance it with the wife and kids. I admit it is a nice car and cheap to drive as far as fuel is concerned. Jury is still out on long term maintenance costs. I tend to drive straight through when travelling so the whole having to find a place and wait bothers me some.
 
Stonewall said:
I have not really given EV's much thought so I have not studied up on them. If they actually come up with a truck that has the capacity of fossil fuel and the range I need I might be interested. I did however have a conversation with the VP of my wife's employer when we were at St. Simons last month. He drove six people (two adults, four kids) to St. Simon's and back for $9 in fuel cost. He has a Tesla I don't know the model but it is like a little SUV. I was curious about the whole charging thing and he taught me a lot I was unaware of. Tesla has an app that shows the locations of thousands of charging stations across the country. It identifies them by location, cost, whether they are fast charge or standard and how busy they are at any given time. He located a station near Macon stopped for lunch and leg stretch. When they were through the car was at 100% and they easily made it to St. Simons. The King and Prince where we stayed had free charging stations so he stayed plugged in when they were not using the car. He did the reverse on the way home stopping in Macon again and straight home from there. He claims he could have made the trip one way without charging but he did not want to chance it with the wife and kids. I admit it is a nice car and cheap to drive as far as fuel is concerned. Jury is still out on long term maintenance costs. I tend to drive straight through when travelling so the whole having to find a place and wait bothers me some.
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We looked at Tesla, we both like the clean look as well as their low maintenance. The obstacle for us was the battery range mainly because at that time the Queen’s parents lived near Cincinnati and other family members lived in South Georgia. We just were not comfortable with the idea of potentially having to locate then drive out of route only to wait for it to charge. Then there was the issue of eventual battery replacement so we passed. We still like them but the Ford F-250 seemed to fit the need better and I have no regrets.
 
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