Nobody except California and few extreme left European countries are not even buying them. ICEs are the past and the future.
Huh ? How did I reach to this conclusion ?
Maybe not lithium ion, but if sodium ion can be scalable, it will solve a lot of the current issues
Sodium weights a lot lot lot
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Electric cars are not as convenient as people think. I own a Tesla and the charging is a HUGE pain. With gas, you refueling is done in less than 5 mins but with electric cars, the recharging is a pain. If the ranges reach more than 700-800 miles per charge, then there is no stopping. Refueling gas is lot more time efficient than waiting for 30-45 mins to make your car drivable. My 2 cents.
What stops you from charging overnight? We only charge ours to 80% most nights because 250 miles is way more than we normally drive in a day. Stopping at a gas station is a bigger inconvenience than plugging it in when we get home.
Do you live in an apartment?
Yup. - When european governments stopped refunding electric cars then sales drastically went down. - China supplies more than 80% of global demand for lithium. - Replacement of the batteries is expensive. - EVs are not eco friendly - Range of EVs is quite low during the winters - EVs work well only within the cities - Charging takes a lot of time - not enough infrastructure to offer a good service
Many European countries are reaching 50% ev sales among new cars. Chinese companies are making a killing. Once you drive a ev, you will know the experience is just better. Yeah charging is a pain, hopefully solid state batteries will solve that
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EVs are garbage and the liberal government tried to prop them up + incentivize people to buy them. There are still way too many issues, not to mention the value of used EVs is plummeting. Why would anyone want to buy one right now? I plan on buying a Toyota later this year and will have it for 10+ years. We’ll see where EVs are at then and maybe I’ll consider buying one at that point if a lot of the major concerns are solved.
Electric cars are the future (probably half of it), just now expensive ones.
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Wow! this will age like milk
I'll tell you about ageing like milk. My friend's family and I went to a trip to LA. I have old toyota highlander hybrid, friend has model X. We needed a pit stop, we refueled, sat in a diner, friends family joined, we waited for 20-30 mins, then ordered, then ate, and he was still in the LINE! Charging hadn't even begun!
@adobe that’s what I hate about tesla too