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Comment Re:US Tesla sales are down 25% (Score 1) 104

A 4kWh per mile EV would cost $611.82/yr

The average large EV fuel economy is 4 _miles_ per kWh, but your math is correct. Except that you're comparing a large-ish SUV (Model Y) and the tiniest, most sluggish Camry. Model 3 RWD short range is 5 miles per kWh. Fuel price is also very volatile, and it's pushed down by the very EVs that benefit from its increase.

More importantly, the vehicle price itself is a big part of the savings. The US does NOT produce cheap EVs, but China does. E.g. Leapmotor A10 CUV is priced at $15k for the base model: https://moparinsiders.com/leap... Sure, it would be more expensive if produced in the US with the stronger safety standards and more expensive labor, but even at $25k it would blow any competition out of the water. The closest ICE car is something like Chevy Trax at $23k that has the 30mpg fuel economy. And EVs will get even cheaper as the battery R&D and capital expenses get paid back, ICE cars will not.

So yep. ICE cars are dead. The US just hasn't realized it yet.

Comment Re:Why should I subsidize EVs? (Score 1) 104

If I'm driving a gas car then why should I have to subsidize anyone in my apartment let's driving an electric car?

I drive an EV. Why should I subsidize your gas car with oil industry tax incentives?

Also, it's a false dichotomy. Apartment buildings can install metered chargers and pay for them through user fees. At 2 cent per kWh surcharge, they'll pay themselves back in about 7-10 years.

Comment Re:Talk about biting the hand hat feeds you. (Score 0) 106

Most of the areas where Russia is fighting are full of ethnic Russians and they literally asked for Russian peacekeepers in 2022 because Kiev kept attacking them.

And it's quite likely that Trump will soon be invading Canada to protect the Western provinces from Ottawa. I suspect he's already set that up with Carney, since it will give him the most valuable parts of the country at very little cost.

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