junk fun - 12/25/2024 08:18
JTN - 12/25/2024 08:02
Cold weather, towing and resale….would concern me.
Cold weather is a huge factor for people without a garage, charging is a huge deal for some also. Towing, can always use another vehicle for long trips, plenty of us have more than one vehicle. Resale is not a concern at all, that's the only way I'll ever get one, so the more depreciation the better!
As far as Ford loosing $2B, they could have lost the money on worse things. Toyota SPENT lots on developing the hybrid tech when that wasn't a sure thing, I'm sure that looks like peanuts these days. Now the Japanese are rushing to catch up on EV tech apparently, I won't second guess trying something new for Ford or GM. If you want a big gas or diesel pickup, I hear they're still making a few of them, might even have one on the lot now days.
It's all madness.
Say you have to go on a trip that REQUIRES staying in a hotel. Where are you going to charge? What about all the street parkers that don't even have a 50x50 plot of dirt where they hang their hat?
I'm hopefully not trying to derail Ron's thread here, just asking logical questions to the idea that even Commie-fornia can realistically be 100% EV in the next 25 years.
My own personal EV experience
