This makes it popular and gives it a party trick (insane mode) but doesn't do much for driving enjoyment.
Party trick? You could say that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Get back to me when anyone ever has that much fun with an M3.
The common operations are stuff like tyres, brakes, clutch exhaust, oil change, air & oil filters, and windscreen wipers.
Still need tyre changes. Brake changes much less frequently, due to regenerative breaking. And clutch exhaust, oil change and filters are not needed at all.
In addition there is the need for the occasional battery swap. But probably no more often than the transmission needs swapping in an ICE. And changing the battery is going to be a relatively easy task, given shop lifting gear.
Body work hasn't changed.
It's not that we won't need any mechanics at all. It's just that the work will be much less, so there will be far fewer of them.
It absolutely is what's needed. As long as it's in control. And with electric it is.
The advice to go google EV performance in the snow before trying to argue the toss applies to you too.
I hear some studies say the stock market is a better investment than real estate, while others say the opposite.
The difference of opinion comes about because it depends who you are. For those who work in the investment industry, or have other insider knowledge, the stock market is extremely profitable. But much of those profits are made from the retail investor, who more often than not loses money in the long run.
Overall the stock market goes up, but that doesn't mean the average person has much chance of making any significant money that way.
Property is a much better investment for ordinary people.
Yeah. And my grandfather insisted on carrying a pocket watch. All you are describing is conservatism related to technology. Such technology adoption issues are solved by the turnover of the human population.
Even in places where car ownership rates amongst young men is low, they still manage to get dates. There must be something else to it.
On what basis do you make the claim that they are "nicer to drive?
On the basis that everyone that test drives one says the same thing.
I'll put a BMW M3 -- or if you prefer a soft ride a Rolls Royce -- up against a Nissan Leaf any day.
The fact that you have to compare cars from such different classes makes my point. A Tesla is nicer to drive tham an M3. A Nissan Leaf is nicer to drive than a Nissan Versa.
And you have it completely the wrong way around on snow handling. EVs are out in the snow when ICE cars are stuck. It's the low end torque and the extra weight. Don't bother arguing the point, you'll find out if you google.
Biofuels are irrelevant (except for pork barrelling). Virtually all ICE cars run fossil fuels. But when I said in all ways, I clearly didn't just mean the global warming effect. I meant more generally that ICE cars are oily, sooty things.
Current charge times make "recharge when the driver stops for breaks" impossible.
Of course they don't. You don't have to charge an EV from empty to full every time any more than you have to wait for an ICE vehicle to go empty then fill the tank to the top. With an EV the thing is to top it up at every opportunity. The batteries won't be empty, and you don't have to wait till they are full.
And frankly, current ranges on EV's make them pretty much useless for trucks.
EV trucks can carry a lot more batteries than an ICE. The range is whatever you want to make it.
Long distance trucking is probably something that'll come along later, but trucks for local business deliveries is an area that EVs particularly shine in. So much so that some local delivery vehicles have been electric powered for decades, even when the only battery technology available was lead acid.
OK, but in most countries gas is more expensive than the US. That makes a big difference. Robert Llewellyn reckoned his Nissan Leaf had passed the point at which it was cheaper than a petrol equivalent in 3 years. Although he's also generating his own power with solar cells.
In the UK the vast majority of the traditional stations have already gone. They've been replaced by stations in the car parks of supermarkets. That's been due to price competition.
But as it happens that's a very good place for EV chargers. You can get a fair top up whilst doing your shopping. Or vice versa. And the charge may well be free so long as you spend enough in store.
They can recharge when they load, when the driver stops for breaks, overnight at truck stops, and when the truck is being unloaded.
There's no point listing the cons without listing the pros too. EVs are nicer to drive, cleaner (in all senses), often have a lower total cost of ownership, need far less servicing, and you can make it's fuel yourself at home.
I've heard similar. Likewise there won't be much to be made on EV charge points. But they will be more likely to sell food whilst an EV is being charged.
Ha ha. I remember you arguing how Android was going to the platform for games because of Ouya.
So it really was a shit as I sad it would be.
Lord you are an idiot... people are idiots, juries are idiots, and idiots work at such companies.... You however, are a complete idiot
Quite amusing to see you blame everybody but yourself for your logic failure. You're a bigot, you don't think things through, we know that already.
To do nothing is to be nothing.
