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Originally Posted by NotGolfer
What people don't stop and think about is...."where does electricity come from?" You have to have power to make power and that comes from (gasp) oil!!! Also what to do with ALL those batteries when you want to throw them out? Not too "green" now. Wouldn't be enough charging stations to serve all who can afford to buy these things. I'll stick with my "gas-driven" car!!
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Okay,
1. Very little electricity is generated using OIL, less than 1%. But, you point is still valid, Because a very large percentage of electricity is produced using Coal - really bad pollution source (about 800,000 Americans die every year from coal pollution). The good news in Coal is being retired. Plants are retired every year, and are being replace with alternative forms of electricity production. On one day recently I think Wind beat Coat. So, that is coming along.
2. Batteries are NOT thrown out, they are recycled. At least Tesla is recycling (most?) and working to reach 100%
3. There are plenty of charging stations at this time for the EV owners. Tesla will produce 1 million more EVs this year and maybe 2 million next year. They are racing to add more charging stations to keep up with that. The current administration has just passed a bipartisan bill to put $5 billion into a build out of charging stations along all the major freeways over the next few years. So, that will help a lot.
4. Tesla is a NEW toy (high tech product) and as such they are charging as much as possible for them to fund growth. Even so, they "guessed" wrong how much they could charge, since they are constantly backordered (they can't keep up with demand). Once all the other companies start rolling out EVs the price will plummet (me and my crystal ball says so - lol. We will see).
Absolutely, you should not run out and buy an EV if you are not comfortable buying something at a premium price that has not got all the bugs worked out yet. That is a smart move, let others pay the premium and do the testing. I agree. There a plenty with money burning a hole in their pockets that are will to do the testing for you and me.