Grit dog wrote:
Where’s Yosemite Sam when you need him? He’s good at promoting this!
Here’s the deal, thus far with EVs.
For some, getting a EV is a status symbol or makes them think they are morally superior. (Most Tesla owners, because it doesn’t make any financial sense yet)
For others, it’s the perceived cost savings (most other little econo car EVs). Could be an overall cost savings there, idk. I ran the numbers on about the cheapest used Tesla I could find compared to a “similar” used ice car/suv and it’s still way cheaper to get a ice car. By a long shot. I was considering a Tesla, briefly, for the wife’s commuter vehicle.
So, the industry will advance, as it always does, and the overarching factors of economics will ultimately determine how fast or how quickly. And then the public will adapt to the changes whether they be considered better or worse.
Given the vast reaches of the oil industry and the things that it powers and the most of the time, slow to upgrade infrastructure in general, I believe that there will still be a blend of Ice’s and EVs for many years to come.
As far as campgrounds building up their infrastructure for mass electric RV charging, that I think will follow a much greater % of small passenger EVs and not happen anytime soon. Unless there’s some major FDR things that happen.
(As long as it’s not something backed by AOC, it might actually be beneficial, lol...)
There’s an even bigger chicken/egg issue that needs to be solved before RVs even get to sniff electric power.
Hmm. IMHO many people who buy Tesla’s are not buying them as an alternate to a Honda Accord, they are buying them to replace BMW’s, Mercedes, Audi’s etc. Tesla’s are high performance premium vehicles with lots of cool tech not found on other vehicles. They are roughly the same price as their competition. If you were looking at a commuter car you were probably looking at the 38000 ish model 3 SR plus. So yep, if performance and tech is not your thing there are lots of cheaper ice alternatives.
Cheers.
