Jo Nova puts out great stuff almost every day. She is a great resource. Her post today is especially intriguing because it deals with an EV issue not many are discussing; the safety of pedestrians. EVs, you see, are silent or nearly silent and that's a problem.
yes! excellent list! In my universe, almost no one can (or wants to) afford these things, and no one sees them as in any way practical for urban or rural living. It's a high hurdle to demonstrate allegiance to the "we're all gonna die unless we all buy EVs" cult.
Yes, it's pretty weird to see a car coming along with no engine noise. It's just a matter of time until someone gets run over. I think all EVs should be recalled and retrofitted with fake noise-makers so we can hear them coming.
or just recalled and ditched. lol. I saw a comment on another stack saying that one of his friends bought a used EV for his daughter because she wanted one so much. Within a few months the battery died and there were NO replacement batteries available. The car is JUNK now. I'll see if I can track down the link to that comment.
Yes, EVs recalled and ditched is an even better idea. Would like to hear more about daughter/EV gift. Funny thing - I just wrote a story (fiction, just for fun) about a single mom whose car broke down and she couldn't afford to fix it so her rich uncle gave her an EV. That's when her troubles really began - I'll probably publish it next Thursday or sooner. Meanwhile you might enjoy the first story I wrote for fun, just last week - "The Hoodwinked King" - https://alchristie.substack.com/p/the-hoodwinked-king
There are a number of issues that I don’t think of being talked about in any serious fashion. These include:
* Pedestrian safety
* Weight of EV cars in parking garages
* Declines in gasoline taxes used to repair roads
* Road damage due to heavier vehicles
* Charging ability for apartment dwellers in large metropolitan areas, such as New York City
* Fires in parking garages, parking lots, and home garages - dangers and costs
* Automobile insurance costs
* Training or retraining of automobile mechanics
* Mining for energy minerals
* Recycling of batteries with different chemistries and geometries
* Sufficient grid infrastructure to charge EV’s, including generators transmission lines, transformers and line workers
* National security issues involved with sourcing products from hostile countries
* Impact of higher costs on the poor
* Other issues that I’m not listing
yes! excellent list! In my universe, almost no one can (or wants to) afford these things, and no one sees them as in any way practical for urban or rural living. It's a high hurdle to demonstrate allegiance to the "we're all gonna die unless we all buy EVs" cult.
Great list!
Yes, it's pretty weird to see a car coming along with no engine noise. It's just a matter of time until someone gets run over. I think all EVs should be recalled and retrofitted with fake noise-makers so we can hear them coming.
I thought they were supposed to have them?
Probably depends on which nations.
or just recalled and ditched. lol. I saw a comment on another stack saying that one of his friends bought a used EV for his daughter because she wanted one so much. Within a few months the battery died and there were NO replacement batteries available. The car is JUNK now. I'll see if I can track down the link to that comment.
Yes, EVs recalled and ditched is an even better idea. Would like to hear more about daughter/EV gift. Funny thing - I just wrote a story (fiction, just for fun) about a single mom whose car broke down and she couldn't afford to fix it so her rich uncle gave her an EV. That's when her troubles really began - I'll probably publish it next Thursday or sooner. Meanwhile you might enjoy the first story I wrote for fun, just last week - "The Hoodwinked King" - https://alchristie.substack.com/p/the-hoodwinked-king
I tracked the comment down :) ... he said the guy could not get a replacement battery at ANY COST. I'll read the story! Thanks for the link.
https://open.substack.com/pub/makismd/p/video-truth-about-electric-vehicles?r=32zcx8&utm_campaign=comment-list-share-cta&utm_medium=web&comments=true&commentId=56909388
thanks