myredracer wrote:
Imagine one day going to an Indy car or Nascar race and just hearing the woosh of tires as they go by. Sad! Save the gasoline engine forever!!
Even *if* electric cars ever become viable (including environmental damage) what about all the commercial trucks, trains, airplanes, excavating equipment, ocean freighters, etc. that burn fossil fuel? How much would EVs save compared to everything else that will need fossil fuel? I'm not sold on the idea of transferring pollution from individual vehicles to generating plants and the required infrastructure.
In some cities in Europe, bicycles are the choice of transport for many due to the narrow streets and lack of parking spaces. To get any distance, public transit is popular and air travel between countries is low cost. EVs there may not be all that attractive. Our son is living in Amsterdam and says that cars aren't a viable option.
We spend lots of time in Europe and yep, there are some cities where cars are more of a hindrance than a help. Rome comes to mind.
Re drag racing though, I could do without the noise, ( I wear earplugs when we go) We took a P90D Tesla for a test drive, zero to sixty in 2.7 seconds. Angela couldn't even hold the camera straight. The new ones are 2.3 seconds. And that's for a 6 passenger car with coffee cup holders. Amazing.
