EV alternative for light/medium duty trucks
So much wheel spinning on EVs, what if they are not the right path forward? The biggest problem with renewable power and EVs is storage, the second is storage, and the third is storage. Another pat...
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way2roll wrote:Lantley wrote:
Why do you think all auto manufacturers world wide have suddenly committed to EV?
After taking a ride in a Tesla you will have a much better understanding of the EV debate. You will understand why Elon is the richest man in the world and can afford to buy Twitter!
He single handily changed the game!
First, not all auto manufacturers world wide have committed to EV's. Second, the ONLY reasons US manufactures switched was due to state and federal regulations to do so coupled with subsidies. And at a cost. Ford alone cut 3,000 + jobs. Lastly, Elon is not the richest (or was) man in the world from selling Teslas. It's because the US gave him Billions in funding from taxpayer dollars. We won't delve into the fact that he nearly ran twitter in the ground in the first month.
Again, I am not anti EV, but facts are facts. Sure Teslas might be fun to drive, great for a certain market and packed with a lot of technology. But they are not the climate and ecological silver bullet they were touted as and they aren't thriving from a free market.
None of your responses changes the validity of what I wrote
Should I have said all major manufactures world wide? Maybe I should have said most? Surely you don't think Elon gained is wealth from sheer luck by scamming the government.
I make another erroneous claim and state all major corporations take all the government subsidies they can get!
Elon wasn't the first and won't be the last entrepreneur to accept subsidies.. To the taxpayer's dismay it's simply how the game is played.
Not only is Tesla thriving in the free market , they are changing the free market. Because of Tesla's success in showing that EV's can be way more than an econobox commuter car. The ICE competition has taken a if you can't beat them join them approach.
ICE manufactures have come to realize EV is a viable way for the future.
None of this will make any sense until you experience a Tesla ride first hand. Otherwise it's just words on a screen.
