Electric vehicles can now power your home for three days. MAGA wets panties

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EVs can weigh 1/3 more than an ICE vehicle making them extremely dangerous to others in an accident. Not to mention the additional wear and tear to our roads and bridges.

EVs can easily wear tires out in 1/2 the time of a gas car, and the tires are more expensive.

Insurance premiums for EVs can be 15 to 40% higher.

And the Federal gov't still subsidizes the purchase price with $7500, and now Cali. wants to give another $10k on top of that.

And as others have said, the electric grid can NOT handle much more.


So yeah, you're better off leaving it at home to power the house for your wife and kids, in futureworld.

EVs use a special tire design to handle the higher loads imposed on it. The battery pack in a Tesla Model 3, weighs just over 1000 lbs (short range version). This car weighs as much as my truck, and has much smaller tires.

 

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And it all goes in the landfill and groundwater.

Landfills don't go into groundwater. You obviously have never seen how a landfill operates.

 

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I note reports that the EV charging infrastructure is groaning....too many charging stations are broken at any given time, and there are not enough of them....driving up anziety and sucking peoples time....driving down quality of life.

I recently drove the ion highway (through Oregon and Nevada). It is being touted now as the 'electric highway' due to the charging stations along it.
At every station there was at least (and usually more) charging connectors that were broken...useless.

 

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I dont know the details but I believe that Washington State is doing something to drive up the cost of gas mowers so that people will buy electric.

It's called 'taxes'. You pay extra taxes for buying a gasoline mower.

That price was why people were buying them of the onces I talked to.

I own both an electric mower and several gas mowers.

But they barely work....they degrade quality of life.....

I use the electric mower for trim work. It works pretty well for that. It won't do much more than a 1/2 acre though in a charge. That's why I use it for trim work only. I use the tractor and riding mower for the rest of the 9 acres of my property.

and I think they also drive down confidence in Green Energy Utopia.

I didn't buy the electric mower to be 'green'. I bought it because I got tired of the crappy carburetor throttle assemblies on most gas mowers these days. It's sufficient for trim work.
My riding mower and my tractor both have good fuel injection systems and a properly build induction system.

 

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It's called 'taxes'. You pay extra taxes for buying a gasoline mower.

I own both an electric mower and several gas mowers.

I use the electric mower for trim work. It works pretty well for that. It won't do much more than a 1/2 acre though in a charge. That's why I use it for trim work only. I use the tractor and riding mower for the rest of the 9 acres of my property.

I didn't buy the electric mower to be 'green'. I bought it because I got tired of the crappy carburetor throttle assemblies on most gas mowers these days. It's sufficient for trim work.
My riding mower and my tractor both have good fuel injection systems and a properly build induction system.

I intensely dislike broken up responses such as this.

 

[Hawkeye10]

I recently drove the ion highway (through Oregon and Nevada). It is being touted now as the 'electric highway' due to the charging stations along it.
At every station there was at least (and usually more) charging connectors that were broken...useless.

The rollout of the EV charging infrastructure is increasingly looking about as well done as the rollout of Obama care was...just about no one cares about doing things correctly/well.

That is racist I have heard.....doing things well is racist they say with very little push back....This is as pure as insanity gets...we are going down.

 

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That must be why EVs are breaking sales records every year. People with EVs charge their cars in their garages 90% of the time.

Our latest long-term forecast for new electric vehicle (BEV and PHEV) sales in the US through 2030. EV sales should grow to reach approximately 29.5% of all new car sales in 2030 from an expect roughly 3.4% in 2021.
This would also see sales increase to 4.7 million from a little more than 500,000 in 2021.

Oh...wow...845 thousand EVs sold in the same year as 66 million cars sold worldwide (2022 figures) (source: Statista.com)

Less than 1% of the cars on the road are EVs, dumbass.

 

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I bought an electric mower three years ago and I LOVE it. No oil, no gas, no stinky exhaust smell. And it's much lighter, quieter and easier to maneuver. I've had ZERO problems with it. I'd love to know how electric mowers 'degrade quality of life'. That's a good one.
I don't know where you're getting your erroneous info (probably FauxNews).

I really don't see how any mower would 'degrade the quality of life'. Uh...your electric mower uses oil. All motors must be lubricated or they don't work.
As far as 'no gas', your mower still must be charged. Most power generation comes from natural gas or coal.

Stinky exhaust? Fix it. There's no reason any mower should be putting out soot.

 

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Joey wet panties, we are happy for you dipshit but why didn't you just buy a goat?

Goats are very good natural lawn mowers, but they shit all over the lawn they mow.
They ARE entertaining though...few animals are as weird as goats.

 

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A. Nobody claimed that EVs make electricity or make solar panels cheaper.
B. I bet you graduated from the Donald Trump School of Reading Comprehension

Poor ColicGuy

You did. You must've graduated from the Biden school of denial.

 

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Thank you for tearing LyinBitch a new asshole.

He didn't.

 

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Most people understand that it doesn't imply 'EVs make electricity'. I'm sorry that your cognitive impairment prevents you from understanding it, ColicGuy.

Then you just denied your own post. You are now in paradox. You are being irrational.

You probably also think Trump won the 2020 election. Well, do you, ColicGuy?

There was no election in 2020. The election faulted due to election fraud by Democrats.

 

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And the wind, and solar and hydro. All those sources are going greener.

Wind and solar don't cut it. They are piddle power.
Hydro is only available in limited areas.

Most power generation is from natural gas or coal.

 

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Only 11% of America's energy comes from coal. And Natural Gas is one of the cleanest fossil fuels.

Fossils aren't used as fuel. Fossils don't burn.
Fossils aren't a gas. Coal is not a fossil (though it may contain fossils).

 

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Did you think that is relevant to the thread or any posts?

Yes. It is. The cost of energy has much to do with what type of energy people wish to buy.

 

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Okay? But I wasn't talking about EVs.

Yes you were.
Don't lie. Anyone can go back and read your posts.

 

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Tesla build quality is really piss poor!

Old and New Issues Show Tesla's Ethos of Disregard for Quality and Repairability

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/...ard-for-quality-and-repairability-210868.html

I agree. I've seen some really poor quality of construction in a lot of Teslas. You would think for that much money they would do a better job!

Even the door handles are a stupid design. In icing conditions, there is no way to grab the handle and open the door! The door handles are flush with the body of the car!

 

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The average cost of an EV is currently $64k. And I'll take the 16 hours of home charging. That'll do just fine.
I don't have to buy a gas generator and fill it with gas. My Tesla doubles as a home generator for free.

You lose again TAGarbler. So tell us, TAGarbler. What electric vehicle are you going to buy as your next car?

Nope. It's not free. TANSTAAFL.
You have to pay for every charge, and you can't use your car when it's powering your home.

 

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I'm not. I just bought a 2023 Nissan Frontier Pro 4X. I'm thinking of getting a Lotus Elise.

As far as running your house, did you buy a static inverter to allow the car to power it? That'll set you back about $2K including installation...

You forgot the isolation switch and the cost of installing it. Be nice to those brave men on the poles fixing your power lines in the storm.

 

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You WILL purchase an EV one day. Book it!!!

Nope. They are useless to me.