Cybertruck can have ladder rack after all...
Well, I was worried where to put and carry a Hobie kayak-sailboat. Cybertruck Ladder Rack
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Shiner, your points make too much real world sense.
Of course EVs will evolve. As will the infrastructure to support them. But the only ones who think it will be free (or not nearly as costly as it actually will be) are the "future thinkers" who are thinking only of their personal future and either don't under stand or choose not to understand the cost of infrastructure improvements.
Case in point $35k for a 1 vehicle standalone remote charging station. That thing will have to offset somewhere between 300,000 and 450,000 fossil fuel cost of gasoline miles to break even. Yes it's a cool, novel concept. What do you think would happen to that station near a city? It would be broke/vandalized, stripped of it's copper, on a regular basis.
I looked at getting a "decent" used Tesla for the wife's kid hauling duties. You know, 120 mile round trips, charge at home, voila, no fuel bills. Rough numbers between the EV solution (being reasonable, using the lowest priced, high mile, used Tesla I could find anywhere) and the gas guzzler solution (14mpg is what the other "option" gets), I could buy gas for about 160,000 miles, conservatively, before breaking even. And I can buy parts for the guzzler at Autozone! Based on that, I might break even about 2 years AFTER that option would no longer be needed. If I wanted to compare that to putting her in a fuel efficient vehicle with double the fuel mileage, double the break even time to 12 years!
So, here I had the "perfect" situation for an EV. Local travel, but enough miles that she's burning alot of dead dinosaurs, ability to charge at home, no need for towing, etc etc.
And it wasn't even close to being a good financial decision!
I applaud those that are supporting the industry and furthering "good" technology. Only regret is that I didn't invest in Tesla a few years ago, might have enough $ that I wouldn't care what it cost to run a EV, lol.
Of course EVs will evolve. As will the infrastructure to support them. But the only ones who think it will be free (or not nearly as costly as it actually will be) are the "future thinkers" who are thinking only of their personal future and either don't under stand or choose not to understand the cost of infrastructure improvements.
Case in point $35k for a 1 vehicle standalone remote charging station. That thing will have to offset somewhere between 300,000 and 450,000 fossil fuel cost of gasoline miles to break even. Yes it's a cool, novel concept. What do you think would happen to that station near a city? It would be broke/vandalized, stripped of it's copper, on a regular basis.
I looked at getting a "decent" used Tesla for the wife's kid hauling duties. You know, 120 mile round trips, charge at home, voila, no fuel bills. Rough numbers between the EV solution (being reasonable, using the lowest priced, high mile, used Tesla I could find anywhere) and the gas guzzler solution (14mpg is what the other "option" gets), I could buy gas for about 160,000 miles, conservatively, before breaking even. And I can buy parts for the guzzler at Autozone! Based on that, I might break even about 2 years AFTER that option would no longer be needed. If I wanted to compare that to putting her in a fuel efficient vehicle with double the fuel mileage, double the break even time to 12 years!
So, here I had the "perfect" situation for an EV. Local travel, but enough miles that she's burning alot of dead dinosaurs, ability to charge at home, no need for towing, etc etc.
And it wasn't even close to being a good financial decision!
I applaud those that are supporting the industry and furthering "good" technology. Only regret is that I didn't invest in Tesla a few years ago, might have enough $ that I wouldn't care what it cost to run a EV, lol.