Hope you guys like electric vehicles.

[RotBaron]

my God do tell which human right,  I'm giving up.  and keep this in perspective don't have a car.  can't afford gas or electric.


semp

You sure posted about a lot recently 

https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,405627.0.html

Do you borrow someone’s car for every trip?

[DmonSlyr]

Dodge announced the other day they gonna quit making Challenger, only make electric cars from now on. I don't see the current lithium production thing as being sustainable

Complete idiots. Like you really think guys who drive Hemis are going to go buy an electric Dodge? A total disregard for their biggest target market.

[sparky127]

Those guys will all be dead soon enough. We're one big battery/charging advancement away from gasoline powered vehicles becoming obsolete.

[Maverick]

I am curious about one thing. Given the current status of the kaliphornya electrical grid, exactly how many power generating stations are they in the process of building? They can barely handle the load now without rolling brownouts / blackouts so how are they going to handle the increase in power requirements from the heavy amps / watts the chargers will draw?

[bj229r]

Well I for one, cannot WAIT to spend $57,000 on a single vehicle. Between wife and I we have two trucks and a Jeep, and if you had all three together they're not worth $57,000

[Eagler]

Complete idiots. Like you really think guys who drive Hemis are going to go buy an electric Dodge? A total disregard for their biggest target market.

Its dying the slow death like most things considered masculine these days

Might be all part of it...

Eagler

[sparky127]

The base model Tesla is around $42k, right around the same amount Americans pay for the average vehicle. As far as the electric grid.. Every journey has many traffic lights along the way. If you wait for all of the lights to be green, you'll never even get started.

[bj229r]

That's the one with the crappy battery that only goes 250 miles

[MiloMorai]

Buggy and wagon makers thought the new fangled automobile were expensive and fuel was hard to come by.

According to a recent news release from Kelley Blue Book, the average price of a new vehicle right now is $48,043, according to June 2022 data, the latest available. That beats the previous record of $47,202 set in December 2021.

Average New Car Price by Vehicle Segment
Vehicle Segment   Average Price
Compact car   $21,783
Compact SUV/crossover   $31,027
Electric vehicle   $42,620
Entry-level luxury car   $42,016
Full-size car   $36,487
Full-size pickup truck   $51,424
Full-size SUV/crossover   $66,811
High-performance car   $97,481
High-end luxury car   $92,800
Hybrid/alternative energy car   $27,722
Luxury car   $58,174
Luxury compact SUV/crossover   $46,563
Luxury full-size SUV/crossover   $89,524
Luxury mid-size SUV/crossover   $57,390
Luxury subcompact SUV/crossover   $39,882
Mid-size car   $27,545
Mid-size pickup truck   $36,203
Mid-size SUV/crossover   $39,969
Minivan   $33,495
Sports car   $36,147
Subcompact car   $16,511
Subcompact SUV/crossover   $25,197
Van   $40,484

[bj229r]

Different being, we didn't migrate from horses to cars because the government forced us into cars

[-gg-]

Different being, we didn't migrate from horses to cars because the government forced us into cars

And it was a natural progression of people choosing what was more efficient and better. I think with electric vehicles were going backwards a little bit if we're forced into those. They don't have the range and charging is a problem. If you have to wait 30 minutes after you even get to a charger just to get you to your next stop that's a waste of time for me.

[MiloMorai]

Gas stations were few and far between back in the day.

Gas powered automobiles were exactly reliable back then either.

[Oldman731]

And it was a natural progression of people choosing what was more efficient and better. I think with electric vehicles were going backwards a little bit if we're forced into those. They don't have the range and charging is a problem. If you have to wait 30 minutes after you even get to a charger just to get you to your next stop that's a waste of time for me.

I sense that there are a lot of people posting in this thread who do not own electric cars.  Once you have one (and have put the 220 line in your garage), there's no going back.  We have a Tesla 3, and it is just a plain hoot to drive.  The acceleration is unmatched by anything short of a muscle car (and possibly not by them, in the short run).  True, we'll take one of the gas cars on trips that will exceed 200 miles, but that's just because we're lazy and don't want to spend 20 minutes in a rest area.  I expect that will change as we get bolder (and even older).  But those trips are rare, possibly two or three times a month.  The rest of the time, the range is not a problem. 

I haven't yet met an electric car owner who regrets the purchase.

- oldman

[bj229r]

Gas stations were few and far between back in the day.

Gas powered automobiles were exactly reliable back then either.

very true, but the government didn't take away our ability to ride horses and feed them

[mikeWe9a]

very true, but the government didn't take away our ability to ride horses and feed them

You might think so, but try riding your horse down the interstate and see what the government says about where you can ride your horse...