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Another example of the elitest leftists trying to tell us how to live our lives. The EV mandate is a disaster in the making. Few people want them; the infrastructure doesn’t exist to service them; and the low to moderate income folks cannot afford them. Anybody that goes all in on this EV nonsense is going to regret it.
Digital photography will never catch on! Stick to film technology, says John, adding “it’s all a communist plot…”. Meanwhile, the rest of us hope the switch to non fossil fuels happens before the climate crisis destroys our civilization
Big difference
The government did not mandate the photography industry, dictating what
must be produced and purchased.
The government is flat telling people they must buy an EV.
Last, anyone concerned about climate change should also
be concerned about all the
environmental damage that will accompany the manufacturing of
EV’s from beginning to end.
The environmental damage will be extensive.
Right-wing media overstates the environmental harm created by EV manufacturing. EV manufacturing by itself is pretty benign. Mining raw materials – like lithium and cobalt – can be tough for the environment, but so is drilling for oil. Unlike oil, lithium and cobalt can be recycled. As energy sources continue to get cleaner, it will only make more sense – fiscally and environmentally – for lithium and cobalt to be recycled.
If you’re worried about “the government forcing EVs on us”, you should also be worried about the government forcing dealerships on us. Study after study shows that dealership visits are among the most dreaded experiences for American consumers, yet dealerships thrive because state governments impose restrictions on the ability of manufacturers to sell cars to consumers directly.
Tesla and Rivian sell direct-to-consumer, ditching dealerships. Ford’s EV spinoff plans to follow suit. EVs are an existential threat to dealerships for a simple reason: neither manufacturers nor consumers want to transact through unnecessary middlemen who make car-buying uncomfortable. EV sales have been able to get through all the dealership protectionism built into law.
“Get a horse!” I suggest to John M. to read Booth Tarkington’s _The Magnificent Ambersons_ about the growth of industrial Indianapolis. It was made into a movie, if that’s more to your liking. The novel’s tension between the horse-drawn and “horse-less carriage” symbolizes the transition from old-fashioned ways to modernism.
Robert H.
Thanks for your response.
Your second and third paragraphs were spot on. +++++ 1
Nothing I hate more than going to the car dealerships when it’s time
to buy a new or used vehicle. The negotiationing process is rediculious.
Here are the facts about EVs:
1. They are unaffordable for most income brackets
2. There are significant issues with range, especially for trucks towing in hot/cold weather
3. Multi-family complexes don’t offer enough charging stations (i.e. apartment dwellers can’t buy them because they can’t charge them)
4. Charging stations are not readily available when on long trips
5. Charging times are inconvenient when on a long trip
6. The actual cost to fuel an EV is equivalent to paying over $17 per gallon for gas (https://www.texaspolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-10-TrueCostofEVs-BennettIsaac.pdf)
7. Insurance companies don’t want to insure them because battery replacements are so expensive.
I’m sure there are more. None of this is conspiracy theory. It’s fact and these are just some of the reasons why the invisible hand is working against the EV market. Just because you want everyone to buy an EV doesn’t mean everyone wants to buy an EV. Hope is not a strategy. Does that mean we never transition to EVs? By no means. It just needs to happen on a realistic timetable and 2032 is not realistic.
Goals without deadlines are nothing more than dreams.
As they build up on dealers’ lots, the noise will increase exponentially. The demand is simply not there.
Then they should lower prices.
Nothing in this article states that anyone must buy an electric vehicle. Nothing. There is no legal requirement that anyone purchase an electric vehicle. No requirement. Remember when energy inefficient incandescent light bulbs were phased out and replaced with energy efficient ones? The world did not come to an end, but it might as we know it if we don’t figure out how to get off fossil fuels. Just ask your children if you don’t believe me.
Stealerships… I mean dealerships are a dead model.