Reisender wrote:
way2roll wrote:
This echoes some of the sentiments I posted on another thread. But in short, what have/will EV's actually solve? They were first (and in some cases) still touted as the green alternative to fossil fuels and emissions. The original facts beaten into submission were focused on tail pipe emissions and to that extent it's true. But if you look holistically at the entire lifecycle from mining to shipping, to manufacture, to charging to end of life disposal, they aren't better than ICE's. In some cases they are much worse in terms of cost, ecological, environmental, international trade and humanitarian impact. And all of this for what benefit? In most cases EV's are still performing much worse than ICE's - some that are critically important to 99% of Rv'ers are dramatic failures. So what's the point? Ev's haven't solved anything. They've just created new problems and kicked the can down the road - and at the cost of performance. Were it not for the billions of taxpayer dollars injected into this and auto makers forced into submission, EV's would have never taken off in a free market- as evidenced over the past 100 years.
Depends who you ask I suppose. Our previous SUV was a grand Cherokee. Our present SUV is electric. For our needs it is superior in every way to our former Jeep Grand Cherokee. Performance, convenience, 4 season comfort, low maintenance, tech, cost of operation. Most people that have switched to an EV would never switch back. But everyone has different needs and wants. Buy what works for you. But as per why? People like them. The test drive is very convincing for many.
Cheers.
The answer shouldn't be who you ask or ambiguous. It's pretty straight forward. What problems have EV's solved over ICE's and what "green" impacts are they making? Fun to drive? Sure. A better alternative? No. But it's touted as the "answer". Just don't look behind the curtain.
