I don't know why everyone is so electric vehicle happy ?
Say that you buy a brand new electric car for $35,000
Then you have to buy a Battery Charger or other power source. You would want to have 220 Volt, because it cheaper.
Now you have tripled your power bill.
When you are on a trip, where will you charge up ? Is there an armed guard at the location, because there are going to be irritated drivers that are in a rush & you are in the way.
Are those charging stations going to be open 24/7
You are forced to evacuate & you need to charge up to leave the area.
You have had your electric vehicle for 3 1/2 years, it is almost paid off & your Battery takes a crap. Do you buy another electric vehicle, or do you pay $15,000 for another battery ?
My neighbor said his bill has gone up roughly 45 bucks a month. I spend double that nearly every week in fuel.
I have no idea why there would be armed guards, lol. You pull into a parking space. Not up to a charger/fuel pump combo where you would be slowing others down or whatever.
I also have no idea why a charging facility couldn't be open 24/7. It's a bunch of plugs, and no different than a gas station either.
The charge before an emergency evac is a reality, but you'll face the same problem with a fuel vehicle unless your comparing a full fuel vehicle to an empty EV. And filling up during an evac will be a disaster, similarly to charging, so I think this fringe case is a bit wonky really. I'd say the likelihood of being full charge, and having a full tank, are probably similar enough, though I'd personally err on the side of the EV being charged as a more likely outcome.
And the battery dying fear is pretty silly. 3.5 years is very short, based on current vehicle performance hiatory, but we can run with it for fun. Today, I paid 3.30 for fuel, and I'm averaging 12mpg in my power wagon right now. Average American drives 12,000 miles a year. 12000/12 * 3.3 = 3300 in gas a year. (Again, ballpark figures but close enough for fun.) 3300x3.5=9900. Throw in oil changes, other ICE maintenance, and you're suddenly rapidly approaching that 15K figure. And thats based off the incredibly short lifespan you've came up with. Oh, and at least with Tesla the warranty on batteries is 4 years, so it'd be covered anyways.
Every time I hear this opinion, it's like the writer forgets all the costs involved with operating an ICE, and more importantly seemingly forgets that they also still run the risk of their motor taking a crap too.
I'm all for wanting to keep ICE engines around, but the hatred for EVs is so weird - and for some reason I don't think a lot of it has to actually do with the vehicles. There is definitely going to be a learning curve for society, and we'll figure it out, just like we did with ICEs. I'm sure plenty of horse riders we're aghast with the idea of having to go to a fuel station instead of charging their horses with hay the night before.