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Originally Posted by BrianL99
The day the government stops interfering with the free marketing of automobiles, is the day that EV's revert to what they always were ... glorified golf carts.
They are an impractical solution, to a grossly exaggerated problem. A fraud, perpetuated upon another fraud as its basis. First you have to buy into the global warming (now "climate change") nonsense, then you can buy right into the so-called emissions problem and the supposed fossil fuel availability issue.
I owned a 1970 Pontiac GTO. About 300 horsepower and it got about 15 mpg on the highway.
My 10 year old, 365 HP Jaguar, gets 30 mpg on the highway and my 335 horsepower BMW gets 34 mpg on the highway.
If we put the same resources into ICE as we do EV's, we'd have cars that get 100 mpg, with emissions below detectible range.
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Ok, so let’s compare model t to to 50 ford what you doing. Another thing 70 GTO was rated at 365 HP out of 455 cu in engine. Plus the 70 GTO could be driven for life time, sure you have to overhaul along way, but person with average skills could maintain it. Jag be lucky to last 15 years BMW won’t fair much more due to outrageous expense to repair unless there garage queens.
‘We”. are driven by sales and and profit. At this present time IMO only top 30% at most can afford high end vehicles electric or hybrids. Tesla when compared to other EVs manufacturers are decades ahead in infrastructure and technology. Plus Tesla prices come down not up like competitors. IMO Tesla the only serious EV manufacturer. Others are copycats like the big fins flash of late 50s.