Also, very few people want these electric cars. Sorry, don't want to stop every 200 miles to power up for an hour plus to drive another 200 miles and so on. America is big and the Griswolds don't stop for this smack on their way to see the world's ballest of twine.
When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?
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What electric vehicles are you looking at that only go 200 miles and take over an hour to charge on a level 3 charger?
So, its just range and refueling time? I thought you were a liquid fuel enthusiast.
Obviously electric motors aren’t going to scratch that fire, gears, and noise itch that some people are into with big ICE engines or classic cars, but on the other point the good news is that technology does in fact improve and progress over time, heck even today almost nothing on the market only gets you 200 miles and takes an hour to charge (on the proper charger, grant you).
I’d be willing to bet that ranges will improve and charge times will decrease. You might consider waiting a handful of years here for the tech to mature before defiantly declaring “Never!!”
I’d also be careful claiming “very few people” want them. In May of this year, 6.8% of all new car sales were EVs. Clearly not a huge percentage, but 1 in 15 ain‘t insignificant.
These things are in very little demand. I personally know auto dealership owners who don't want them because no one wants them. A dealership in my hometown closed because they were going to be forced to sell a product that the consumers didn't want.it That is a fact. It is a niche product that the general public does NOT want. Facts.
Probably based his opinions off of his Power Wheels as a child. When that thing died he then declared he would never own another electric vehicle. Probably had to push that thing from the end of the street.
Fine. Don't want a car that drives 500 miles and has to charge for 20 minutes even if that were true.
I literally said it wasn’t, no need to be an ass about it. It still comes out to hundreds of thousands of cars, and in 2023 alone over a million were sold.
I get it. We're all fired up when the football game doesn't go the way we want. For us (fanatics) Iowa State is part of our identity. For many politics are part of their identity. For others being a motorhead might be.
It is disingenuous to say that very few want BEVs though. It's pretty clear they're going to stick around. The question is just how much market share they'll be and how fast/slow the transition will be.
I feel like BEVs transition will be kinda like corded vs battery power tools. Corded tools didn't go away completely, they definitely still have a use. But battery power tools absolutely have their use too and have become widely popular. Didn't happen overnight either.
Yeah it’s tough to say what the trajectory of progress will look like.. Moore‘s Law probably doesn’t apply here. It could be steady every year, or maybe it’ll plateau for a bit before a big discovery, who knows.
We also don’t know if BEV will be the tech for the next 125 years like ICE has been, or if something else will come along sooner than that.
Well it’s up 4% over 2 years so if you’re gonna be a total ****, based on that same trajectory it’ll hit 20% in about 6 years.
So 1/4 th of people MAYBE would want a Chinese battery car by like 2030. So the other 80% not so much.
Enjoy rewinding your VHS tapes and returning to Blockbuster video while I’m streaming in HD at home.
That’s exactly how well this will age.
