I'm gonna tow a trailer behind my electric car. Mounted on the trailer will be a wind mill. As I drive the windmill will turn and generate the current to charge my electric car. I can drive coast to coast without stopping. 
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They sell all they build now.
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Indeed, and I think they account for 6% of new vehicle sales, unless I am seeing out of date info.
No doubt what you say is true and I am fully aware that most of this country's population lives in an urban environment. I don't care. I care about what I need in my environment, and I care about what works for me and my family under the circumstances in which I operate. And electric cars don't cut it and won't in the foreseeable future. Here's what a road trip in an EV in my environment looks like right now. I don't think I need to say any more.
Wyoming EV Road Trip Hell: Cheyenne to Casper In 15 Hours | Cowboy State Daily
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But who buys a car based on what they do most often? That car has to be able to handle ALL contingencies. Many people drive a short amount to work daily, but take a long trip at least once a year.
Then what? That's why electrics have such paltry market penetration. You need a second car!
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Lamborghini and Ferrari sell all they build too.
They, like EV's, are an extremely niche product for an extremely limited segment of the population.
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That's true but there's a huuuuuuuuge difference.
The gas powered automobile was so much better than the horse that even a child knew it was the future.
The EV is WORSE than the gas powered car in 2022. Big sticking point.
Then I guess my daughter and SIL's experience with their 2017 Leaf commuter is only in their imagination?
I don't own an EV but can learn from the experience (not speculation) of others. What do EV owners on this Forum have for informative, specific experience?
I don't own an EV but can learn from the experience (not speculation) of others. What do EV owners on this Forum have for informative, specific experience?
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Any car built today sells in minutes, any.
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this is anecdotal.
The VAST majority of car buyers reject electric cars. There's a reason for that.
You're inaccurate; their experience is not rigorous nor scientific (my daughter is in fact a long-term ag scientist), but is instead derived from their 3 or 4 years of daily experience with that specific vehicle, charging system, and power provider. Accurately, it's experiential.
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Okay, now I can speak from experience.
Getting meniscus surgery on my knee in a few days, and pedestrian mobility around here was getting increasingly painful, so I rented a personal EV for a few days.
Well, the verdict is in, and I love it. Great torque and speed.
And my granddaughter loves it also.
Some limitations though.
Low ground clearance, so grandson had to shoosh away iguanas for me.
Also, sensitive to water, so couldn't drive up to the bar.
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Getting meniscus surgery on my knee in a few days, and pedestrian mobility around here was getting increasingly painful, so I rented a personal EV for a few days.
Well, the verdict is in, and I love it. Great torque and speed.
And my granddaughter loves it also.
Some limitations though.
Low ground clearance, so grandson had to shoosh away iguanas for me.
Also, sensitive to water, so couldn't drive up to the bar.
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Okay, now I can speak from experience.
Getting meniscus surgery on my knee in a few days, and pedestrian mobility around here was getting increasingly painful, so I rented a personal EV for a few days.
Well, the verdict is in, and I love it. Great torque and speed.
And my granddaughter loves it also.
Some limitations though.
Low ground clearance, so grandson had to shoosh away iguanas for me.
Also, sensitive to water, so couldn't drive up to the bar.
Sent from my motorola one 5G using Tapatalk
Yes, this is exactly what electric is good for. Vehicles like this. Golf carts or smaller.
Except for the few million EV cars and Ford pickups in daily use for the past several years.
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95% of car buyers reject them because they aren't good for serious things like long drives, towing, extreme cold or hot, plowing or construction, etc.
They are better as very light duty vehicles or golf carts/scooters.
Well, things change.
You can't possibly fly to the moon or make functional plastic firearms or generate power with windmills. Yet we have and do.
You can't possibly fly to the moon or make functional plastic firearms or generate power with windmills. Yet we have and do.
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Physics doesn't change. Its laws are very strict and definite.
We got to the moon with......fossil fuels.
Have not read this entire thread so unsure if anyone has brought this up but a promising technology is bidirectional charging. Here's an example:
Innovative Electric Vehicle Charger Shows Financial Promise in First Year
Innovative Electric Vehicle Charger Shows Financial Promise in First Year
Guided by new, electronic guidance technology that many believed wouldn't work.
It did. As do EVs.
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Not necessarily. Pre-COVID I knew folks here who were seriously considering an electric car and said they would rent a gas vehicle for their few road trips as and when. All other trips involved the electric car going to the airport.
Of course, this was before renting a car cost a kidney and your first-born.
