Electric SUV's...
I had dinner at a sports bar tonight with TV screens wrapping around the building. Several satellite stations were in the lineup and when they went to commercial break, the viewer was pounded mostly with Pizza, battery operated ear washer and electric SUV's.Lexus has a whole fleet as well as Cadillac.
Back home and I Googled electric SUV's and found a few companies I've never heard of before (like Fisker) and all the major manufacturers offering at least one electric model.
Complain all you want about purchase price, finding a place to charge, exploding batteries, limited range and a few other negatives
Domino's Pizza is advertising electric delivery vehicles that are good for the planet. Who cares? That doesn't fix the taste of crappy pizza... having it delivered in an electric car doesn't make it better!
Like it or not, with all the negative aspects, electric cars are here to stay.
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Ponder that while you wait for a space to open at the charging station, and then another couple hours while the juice trickles in.
If you plan a trip correctly, rest stops along the highways have capability of fast charging so you can stop for lunch and power up enough for a four hour drive.
I think the local turnpike rest stop has 8 slots for charging Tesla.
I'm not a fan but one day we must make a transition. I see that.
What I don't get fully is the weight, and size too. What's it all for?
Can't we focus the tech on downsizing and use light materials.
2 tonns do 0 - 60 in 5 sec... what is the point of that?
I drove my bosses MB 400EQC (402 hp) at work a few hours once, and though it was smooth as silk and a good town car, when flooring it it flies... and that was not safe in my hands... a rocket.
And I knew then I don't want one of those.
But it will ofcourse take some time as the human race is unbeliveably slow to make use of
modern nuclear powerplants even if Carl Sagen basically took it for granted
we'd be relying mosty on those and not the cringeworthy coal, oil and gas.
People are making decisions to buy electric. It's a choice they do freely.
No one is demanding they buy them. Amazing!
Gasoline vehicles and hybrid-gasoline vehicles aren't being phased out anytime soon.
What do you use your power for?
Right now, it is between a Honda CRV or Toyota RAV 4....
The problem I am having is finding one without black interior....Who orders cars for Florida with black interior..
Right now, it is between a Honda CRV or Toyota RAV 4....
The problem I am having is finding one without black interior....Who orders cars for Florida with black interior..
Also, some colors are not available in anything but black interior...
For fun on Thursday, I test drove a top of the line Hyundai...Black interior and power cooling seats. It had all the bells and whistles. It parks itself and drives itself...I have to say, it was weird letting it do it’s thing. A short drive on I-75 was okay..one exit to the next exit..but, on a long trip...I don’t think I could trust it enough.
It was way over my price range and not enough miles to the gallon to my liking...