F150 Lightning Road Trip & Ike Gauntlet Pull

valhalla360 wrote:

Lantley wrote:
While the others play catch up in terms of infrastructure Tesla has figured it out to a large degree.
At this point all the others are still playing catch up.
Tesla has really changed the game. Once you understand the ICE is obsolete you will see that charging stations and batteries are the next big hurdle but it is only a matter of time before these hurdles are overcome.
I imagine when the model T came on the scene it took awhile for people to park their horse and buggy. I imagine it also took awhile before there was gas available on every corner nationwide.
The challenge for the Wright bros. was creating the plane. Figuring out where to build airports was the easy part.
Tesla has shown that the ICE can be replaced with a motor more similar to a vaccuum cleaner than a car engine
Pistons, fuel injection,cams shafts,large transmissions,radiators, manifolds,mufflers.+ are all eliminated....let that sink in!!! THe are to trunks on a Tesla and no real engine compartment. There is no heat to dissapate.
Tesla is real and working. Figuring out where to put charging stations is the easy part. OK not that easy but certainly doable.
EV is here to stay all the auto manufacturers realize the ICE is dead and have committed to EV even though they have not totally sorted things out like Tesla.
The challenge now is to change the public mindset and understanding of EV as well as adapting and creating the infrastructure to suport it.
There is also the challenge of who is going to reap the profits. There will be winners and losers. Exxon Mobil is not going away without a fight. Many of us had VCR's and Blockbuster cards that are now worthless.
Going green is as much about the battle over the money $$$ as it is the battle over the enviroment.
Change is coming.....Wired internet is going away totally wireless routers are the future.
It happens fast, keep looking forward not backwards.....nothing behind you but: pay phones, VCR's, DVD's, horse and buggy's, tube TV's,land line phones and ICE's!

What have they figured out? An isolated ecosystem of chargers that is still far too small is likely going to become antiquated and die off. This is why Tesla tried to "give away" it's patents, so they could become the dominant charging standard and later they could profit off it.

Electric motors have been better than ICE going back to the 1800's. The problem has been and continues to be energy storage. The current solution is to keep adding more batteries and bringing down the price via economy of scale but those limits are being reached and the supply of minerals for batteries may soon reverse those cost improvements.

For all their complexity, the modern ICE is incredibly reliable. Most cars go to the junkyard with a functional engine.

Yes, manufacturers have realized that govt mandates are here...at least for now. As the old saying goes, "you don't fight city hall".

Actually Tesla has figured out how to mass produce an EV that reliably works. That has not existed since the 1800's.
None of the major players have been able to achieve this feat to date!
Its more than just hype or old news. Tesla has built the platform that will eventually replace the ICE.
It's more of a money,mindset issue than a technical issue at this point. Tesla has established a real live working blueprint for the vehicle itself.