The Real Costs of Electric Car Ownership - CNET

[Leadeye]

Charging the Crossroads? Who concocted that flowery crap?

People selling the equipment maybe?

 

[Leadeye]

At the end of all this I wonder if the electric cars will become sort of a novelty you see at car shows like the DeLorean.

 

[jamil]

Weren’t that many DeLoreans sold tho.

 

[Ingomike]

Reporter Tests EV Chargers in America's Heartland, Comes Away 'Less Than Impressed'

"EV fast charging is definitely not really ready for prime time," the journalist wrote after testing three vehicles around one city.

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[Ingomike]

Well, actually 49%…

Nobody Who Buys An Electric Car Wants To Get Another One: SURVEY

The Biden administration and other extremist governments are attempting to ban gas cars in favor of electric ones, but a new survey shows how unpopular that is.

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[Ingomike]

Electric Cars Could Actually Create Worse Air Pollution Than Gas Cars, Study Finds

Study results on particulate air pollution as a result of tire wear have found that electric cars may actually be worse for the environment than efficient gas cars.

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[Leadeye]

Weren’t that many DeLoreans sold tho.

True, but I expect all the difficulties with EV will send most to the scrap heap. The 68 Dodge Charger was a common car in it's day, but most all went to the junkyard over rust issues. When I go to shows I'm almost always the only one there.

 

[KLB]

True, but I expect all the difficulties with EV will send most to the scrap heap.

True. Battery longevity, life, and replacement cost will see most of them gone in 10-15 years I would imagine.

 

[jamil]

True, but I expect all the difficulties with EV will send most to the scrap heap. The 68 Dodge Charger was a common car in it's day, but most all went to the junkyard over rust issues. When I go to shows I'm almost always the only one there.

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I put together a 1:16 scale model of that car when I was a teen. Painted it a deep royal blue. I haven't thought about that in many years, but this brought it back to mind.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Pretty much all cars end up in the scrap heap. Even eventual classics are, at some point in their life cycle, just an old car. Often in the hands of someone who can't afford something better or to maintain it. EVs are probably going to hit that 'just an old car' point earlier in their life until battery prices come down, IMO.

 

[JCSR]

According to Aiyda Cobb's Instagram story, a Tesla charger caught on fire in their garage and spread quickly.

Randall Cobb and family 'lucky to be alive' after fire causes serious damage to Nashville home

Cobb spent last season with the New York Jets.

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[GodFearinGunTotin]

According to Aiyda Cobb's Instagram story, a Tesla charger caught on fire in their garage and spread quickly.

Randall Cobb and family 'lucky to be alive' after fire causes serious damage to Nashville home

Cobb spent last season with the New York Jets.

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I’m guessing, from the description, it was the battery that caught on fire.

 

[JCSR]

I’m guessing, from the description, it was the battery that caught on fire.

More info here

Randall Cobb shares footage of horrendous damage caused by house fire

Veteran wide receiver Randall Cobb said he and his family are lucky to be alive after surviving a savage house fire that engulfed the NFL player's Nashville home, leaving extensive damage.

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[Flash-hider]

According to Aiyda Cobb's Instagram story, a Tesla charger caught on fire in their garage and spread quickly.

Randall Cobb and family 'lucky to be alive' after fire causes serious damage to Nashville home

Cobb spent last season with the New York Jets.

sports.yahoo.com

I think it's time to begin the mantra that EV's are racist.

 

[Leadeye]

I put together a 1:16 scale model of that car when I was a teen. Painted it a deep royal blue. I haven't thought about that in many years, but this brought it back to mind.

When I pulled that car apart during the beginning of the work I understood why so many rusted away. So much of the sheet metal was bare, pretty much all that you did not see was devoid of any paint at all. Today cars are E-coat primed and it's hard to find a spot that has no covering. Lucky for me the car had spent nearly it's whole life in central Florida.

 

[Leadeye]

I put together a 1:16 scale model of that car when I was a teen. Painted it a deep royal blue. I haven't thought about that in many years, but this brought it back to mind.

You have good taste in color, I lifted the combination from this Nomad.

 

[jamil]

You have good taste in color, I lifted the combination from this Nomad.

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[Leadeye]

One of my tricks was being able to make paints that worked on PVC and ABS interior trim along with a dye for the carpet. This allowed me to bring the custom exterior color inside like it was a factory color.

 

[Jarvitron]

I will say that the plastics and interior vinyls they're using now at least aren't gonna evaporate into orange lava rock the way the 70s-90s plastic did.
And the real cost of owning an electric vehicle for me is I bought a Chevrolet and that was a horrible mistake.

 

[smokingman]

At the end of all this I wonder if the electric cars will become sort of a novelty you see at car shows like the DeLorean.

History does tend to repeat itself and that has already happened once.