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Originally Posted by Blackbird45
What will dictate the speed of EVs taken over is the demand. Right now you have people paying a high price for an EV and are willing to wait months for delivery.
Even though there are still issues with distance and charging times.
Car companies and battery manufactures see this and will do whatever they can to solves these problems as quickly as they can. You also have the states investing in charging stations and people realizing they may never have to visit another gas station. This is eventually going to affect the oil companies bottom line. I don't think the oil companies are evil, they're doing what is in the best financial interest of their company and their stockholders.
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Noticed your comment “distance & changing times”…not the issue, and EVs will undoubtedly be MUCH more inconvenient—2hr charge time to go another 200 miles. That’s a great idea for long trip vs a 10 minute fill time and 400 miles for ⛽️. The real issue is the fact that the power companies MUST STILL BURN SOME SORT OF FOSSIL FUEL to make electricity! Unless you’re in the west where hydro-electric rules. But those states still have to purchase more from coal burners (yes, they had to switch back from natural gas due to Washington’s interference) to meet their demand. Bottom line: There’s a worse carbon footprint for building and powering electric cars than sticking with what we know, and making it better. Oh! And don’t even get me started on what to do with the batteries once they wear out, which they will. Are we going to shoot them into space? THEY ARE CONSIDERED TOXIC WASTE by the EPA so they’re not going in land-fills. And what about the strip mining for lithium (required for those batteries) in South America and other places throughout the world? Go ahead…look it up. You could put many small American towns in those craters. But those things seems to matter not to “the enlightened”…EVs alone are NOT the cure. They have a place—inner city commuting—but outside of that application, they just are not practical and convenient—values close to the American heart. Just a lot political posturing and back room deals.