Originally Posted by Arctic Fox (Post 2279366)

I can't picture a reputable car rental outlet that would have only one car available.

Was this a national rental company or a mom'n'pop operation? If the latter then I would suggest it is a case of "renter beware".

Originally Posted by Susan1717 (Post 2279738)

I have no desire ever for an electric car. Most of the family I drive to visit have zero capability to charge a car. I don’t believe it’s better for our earth either.

Originally Posted by Blackbird45 (Post 2279722)

Like it or not EVs are going to take over.
Today’s investments in the EV world are slated to improving milage, charging speed, and access to charging stations. Musk just signed a contract for $100 million with BP to supply their stations with his chargers in the U.S., plus taxpayer dollars are being spent to place charging stations on our public roads. Once people get use to the convenance while on a highway just being able to pull into a rest stop and fill up while taking care of business or waking up in the morning with their cars fully charged at home the demand will start to surge again. And let’s take a look at the profits, EVs are much less expensive to produce then ICE vehicles. Between solar, wind and nuclear, electricity is also less expensive than producing and delivering fuel. Maybe because the last five years of my career was negotiating contracts, I see everything through the lens of dollars. But to bolster my position unless there is a request most all new homes are being built with electric heat, stoves and ovens. Why because it’s less expensive than running a second fuel sore. At the end of the day maybe not as fast as expected but EVs will dominate the market and the conversion will have nothing to do with climate change, just follow the money.

Originally Posted by Blackbird45 (Post 2279756)

Susan if you're young enough you might have no choice ICE will become obsolete. Again, this has nothing to do with the environment. If it did there would be a more sustained effort for hydrogen vehicles. This all has to do with profits. This is a new market; global warming is just a cover story. If your concern is charging station, once the money starts rolling in, you'll be tripping over them, they will be everywhere.

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 2279248)

there are 350 charging stations in Vermont according to drive electric Vermont with more coming on line monthly , Vermont has the highest per capital rate of public charging availability in the United States according to Drive Electric Vermont . I looked this up only because all my nieces and nephews ski in Vermont and drive their EV s up there from the Boston area. A simple search and you would have found a map with easy directions to all the chargers and no I don’t have one ,but facts are facts

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox (Post 2279416)

So why haven't the manufacturers done that?

Surely if one came up with a car that did 100mpg it would vastly outsell those doing 35mpg?

Originally Posted by Two Bills (Post 2279728)

EV's are very popular in UK, and given the size of the country, quite practical.
We are never more than 70 miles from the sea, and one end to the other is just over 600 miles, which, with a bigger EV, is a one charge journey.
Plenty of public charging points.
Even our rural local supermarket has two, and they make no charge (yet!), and you very seldom see both points used at same time.
Personally I will never have one due to the exorbitant cost of purchase, plus wife and I travel a lot in UK and Europe, and could not be bothered with all the logistics of finding charging points.
It's horses for courses really.
If our world was solely TV I could see the point of one, but with the distances of city to city travel in US, I would never have anything but an ICE vehicle.
Just cannot understand the TOTV posters who are so opposed to EV's.
No one is forcing them to buy.
The majority will be long dead and gone, even if such a time comes.
Just stick with your ICE vehicle, and let those who want electric sort out any problems with them.

Sorry for monologue, but freezing and raining cats and dogs here at the moment, so a bit bored.
Probably do an essay on roundabouts tomorrow, or divulge the best cheesecake recipe in the world! :icon_wink:

Originally Posted by Caymus (Post 2279254)

Can Chevy Bolts use Tesla Stations?

Originally Posted by Blueblaze (Post 2279636)

EV vs ICE arguments aside, I will ask the question again.

tvmurray, Please tell me: WHICH RENTAL AGENCY FORCED YOU TO TAKE AN EV?

I REALLY want to avoid that company, since I will be renting a car this Christmas to drive back from Chicago!

Originally Posted by Robbb (Post 2279713)

Well the new Prius plug hybrid gets 91 mpg, is that good enough?

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 2279248)

there are 350 charging stations in Vermont according to drive electric Vermont with more coming on line monthly , Vermont has the highest per capital rate of public charging availability in the United States according to Drive Electric Vermont . I looked this up only because all my nieces and nephews ski in Vermont and drive their EV s up there from the Boston area. A simple search and you would have found a map with easy directions to all the chargers and no I don’t have one ,but facts are facts

Originally Posted by Keefelane66 (Post 2279246)

Sometimes you might need to use Google instead of asking people with minimal knowledge
“In the last year, the number of EVs on the road has nearly doubled, from 6,000 to 10,000, and Vermont has added 55 charging stations, for a total of 396.
Sep 20, 2023