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2024-03-15 Science & Technology

Accelerating the electric vehicle doom loop

[American Thinker] I’ve been writing about electric vehicles since 2011. EV cheerleading never stops. They’re inevitable! We’ll have 500,000 chargers coast to coast any minute now (the federal government has built approximately two)! By 2030, 50% -- or more -- of all vehicles on the road will be EVs! EVs will save the planet! Ve haf vays to make you buy EVs! And eat bugs! Don’t forget about the bugs!

Real reality is, of course, different than Mummified Meat Puppet Administration reality. In real reality, Americans have rejected EVs. GM is "postponing" EV production, Ford has cut future production in half, America soon will have about 50% fewer Buick dealers, bought out because they refused to sell EVs, and Hertz is dramatically reducing its EV fleet. Americans wisely won’t rent them. Most charging stations, particularly in Flyover Country, look like this:

Posted by Besoeker 2024-03-15 07:07|| || Front Page|| [51 views ] Top

#1 ...As happy as I am to hear/see this, it ain't over. It's not beyond our current rulers - especially if they get beaten in November - to pull some kind of scorched earth stunt with these things.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-03-15 08:03|| 2024-03-15 08:03|| Front Page Top

#2 No sale for Cybertruck at Mecum auction. When the stupid money takes a pass, that's saying something.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-03-15 08:44|| 2024-03-15 08:44|| Front Page Top

#3 At least the American, Korean and Japanese electrics don't seem to catch fire as often as the Chinese ones do.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-03-15 08:45|| 2024-03-15 08:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Electric cars will be CHEAPER to make than petrols by 2027 - here's why

Posted by Skidmark 2024-03-15 08:58|| 2024-03-15 08:58|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ Why, yes, they will be if nobody makes parts for IC engines anymore.

That's called a "market distortion."

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-03-15 09:31|| 2024-03-15 09:31|| Front Page Top

#6 They’re inevitable!

The internal combustion engine replaced the horse and the steam engine because for most use cases, it was better. It did not need government mandates or subsidies, it was just better so people naturally chose it. Over time, the support infrastructure, like gas stations and auto parts stores evolved to meet the demand.

One of the problems with top-down government mandates is that they are created by People of Words who believe they can change the world by making marks on paper. They are unable to see the connection between electric vehicles, charging stations, and a source of the necessary electricity. Unfortunately for them, every complex system is a network of interconnections and flows. If they could see the connections, they would also be mandating new power plants and transmission lines to handle the increased demand. Notice how no one is talking about such things?

In the early 1900s, due to its growth, New York City was projected to drown in horse poo since horses provided the power for moving people and things around. Luckily, the city was saved by the internal combustion engine. In the future, something will replace the internal combustion engine, but it will happen because the new thing is better, not because bureaucrats at the EPA decided to make it so.

Posted by SteveS 2024-03-15 09:46|| 2024-03-15 09:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Simple physics. A horse needs most of its energy intake to live. The rest can go to being a beast of burden. Horses need corrals. Your car doesn't. Both need upkeep, but if your horse gets sick it's probably dogfood. All this is lost on the "I was told there wouldn't be math" crowd.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-03-15 10:00|| 2024-03-15 10:00|| Front Page Top

#8 I think Toyota is doing it right by keeping their internal combustible engine while developing Hybrid Model Cars concepts.

Posted by mossomo 2024-03-15 12:46|| 2024-03-15 12:46|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ Wise move by Toyota indeed.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-03-15 12:48|| 2024-03-15 12:48|| Front Page Top

#10 DIU Wants to Cure Services’ Electric Vehicle Range Anxiety

“Tactical Range Extender Enhancer”

Posted by Skidmark 2024-03-15 13:57|| 2024-03-15 13:57|| Front Page Top