Would You Like an Electric Car?

On the video, at the very beginning, I see a man off tto the left
who appears to be aiming a cell phone at the vehicle, also i NOTICE many people there are all staring in the direction of the vehicle, BEFORE it explodes.......so I would question the authenticity of the video....imo...
 
Can electric cars be dangerous? Yes. But, it's not like gas cars aren't. Lots of crashes and malfunctions have killed humans with gas cars, too. Granted electric cars are in their infancy, and need new technology to correct problems. But about 100 years ago, people got broken arms when the old Ford backfired when they still had crank starting. The gas car era is over. By the 2050s, we will have depleted all the known reserves of oil. By then, few will be able to afford a tank of gas.
 
The effort of clean energy will ultimately become problematic by having to find or build a space large enough for cars that are no longer useful. Perhaps a trash compactor will assist in unloading our junk and tossing it into the Rain Forest or Ocean. Out of site, out of mind.
 
I heard on TV that Hertz is trying to get rid of all the electric cars they bought.
And replacing them with gas engines.

Could you imagine your electric car battery dying in the middle of a desert, or a snowstorm?

I also read somewhere that the batteries weigh 600 pounds- if so, that is a lot of additional weight to put on our roads and bridges, if a lot of people buy them.
 
Yes, I'd like to have one. It's a different way of driving, so you need to take that into account. I never drive more than the range of an EV now, so that's not an issue.

There are many scare stories/videos that are anti-EV, but let's face it - it's not like fossil fuel cars never catch fire. Fossil fuel is, eventually, going to end. That's a fact. It's not an unlimited supply. So, some time down the road, you won't have a choice.
 
The video explains that it is filmed in China, and it is Chinese electric vehicles which are catching on fire and exploding. I remember seeing pictures of their streets and the electrical wires were all over the place, showing that they were not up to date on doing that either.

We have had hybrid and full electric vehicles here in the United States for some time now, and we have not been hearing about the explosions before like we are hearing now. I do think that there are definitely drawbacks to electric cars, just like there are advantages to them, but either the vehicles have recently gotten a lot worse in building them, or some of this is political.

As an example, look at the recent airplane accident , where the emergency door plug came out in mid-air, which was due to shoddy and unsupervised workmanship when the airplane was assembled. If vehicles are also being built under poor workmanship, it stands to reason that we would have more accidents from them.
 
Widow of Vietnam Vet said:
I heard on TV that Hertz is trying to get rid of all the electric cars they bought.
And replacing them with gas engines.

Could you imagine your electric car battery dying in the middle of a desert, or a snowstorm?

I also read somewhere that the batteries weigh 600 pounds- if so, that is a lot of additional weight to put on our roads and bridges, if a lot of people buy them.
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You're on the road to a good brainwashing.....

Hertz is selling 1/3 of it's EVs not all as you state.

Could you imagine running out of gas or diesel in the middle of a NV desert or snowstorm? Yes.

Batteries might weigh 600lbs - how much do internal combustion engines weigh - nothing?
 
EV's might be a good choice for local transportation in warmer climates...If the owner has a "in home" charger station. However, they currently have too many "shortcomings" to replace gas/diesel vehicles for most purposes.
 
Mike said:
Watch the video, first, then decide!

The first couple of minutes will be good enough.

Mike.

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I decided against them a long time ago when I learned that one electric car battery requires tons of ore to be dug up to get the rare earth minerals, and in other places (not in our backyard) in these totalitarian countries use children working in filthy conditions.

As a critical raw material in lithium-ion battery production, cobalt is in high demand. It is needed to power smartphones, tablets, and laptops as well as electric vehicles, but it is the latter where astronomical growth risks perpetuating misery.

Two-thirds of the world’s cobalt is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is one of the world’s poorest and least developed countries with a gross national income per capita of just $481.

Children as young as 10 are involved in cobalt mining, earning as little as $3.50-$10 a day for the dangerous and dirty work, which can involve digging underground, carrying very heavy sacks, and washing the mined cobalt in the river.

Just do a search for something like "child labor electric vehicles" and you will find out what these people have to go through just so Americans can walk around with their chests held high thinking "I am helping with climate change."
 
againstthegrain said:
You're on the road to a good brainwashing.....

Hertz is selling 1/3 of it's EVs not all as you state.

Could you imagine running out of gas or diesel in the middle of a NV desert or snowstorm? Yes.

Batteries might weigh 600lbs - how much do internal combustion engines weigh - nothing?
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againstthegrain...can you tell us how in the heck would we as a country deal with the old batteries that would come out of an America with all electric automobiles? We can reuse the metal in gas engines!
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Can electric cars be dangerous? Yes. But, it's not like gas cars aren't. Lots of crashes and malfunctions have killed humans with gas cars, too. Granted electric cars are in their infancy, and need new technology to correct problems. But about 100 years ago, people got broken arms when the old Ford backfired when they still had crank starting. The gas car era is over. By the 2050s, we will have depleted all the known reserves of oil. By then, few will be able to afford a tank of gas.
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Not really in it's infancy. Read Kerry Segrave “The Electric Car in America, 1890-1922: A Social History.”
Example.... A 1911 Baker all electric.
The problem today is the same as back then. More research has to go into producing a reliable battery.


1911 baker.jpg
 
We bought a used hybrid.
I didn't like it from the get-go as it was a sedan.
I'm short & couldn't feel comfortable driving it.

About 2 years after we had drove it,, hubby started to hear a noise,, that I didn't notice.
Son told him to take it to Erie dealer as he felt. local dealer didn't have canyon who knew how to fix it.

When the dealer called to tell us it would cost $7,000+ to fix it!
We decided heck no only paid $6000 for the car.
I felt we had got our money's worth of use out of it.

Went to dealer , drove it home.
Had son ride with his father when we got home.
As soon as he heard the noise,knew what it was.

He came in & ordered online a $80 part.
Left to neutron to MI & part came in that day.

We got a couple of guys in & in few days got the part replaced.

By than we had found a 2019 Trax SUV with 3000 miles on it & had said we'd buy it.
Its not an electric car!:)
 
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