The Trials and Tribulations of Traveling
500 Miles in an EV in One Day

A reminder one again that in the early days of the ICE - gas statins were built by the car companies without any "help" from the federal government: https://familytreemagazine.com/history/history-of-gas-stations/

The government doesn't care a thing about the cost in time and money to the peons.

The goal isn't to get people to switch to EV cars. The goal is to force people to stop driving--unless, of course, you're one of the filthy rich, privileged few!

If every car was an EV the number of charging stations would have to be 10x the number of gas pumps we have now due to it taking 10x longer to fill-up.

My neighbors and I live less than one hundred yards from the Gulf of Mexico at four feet of elevation. Battery operated (lithium ion) electric vehicles that come into contact with seawater burst into 5,000 F flames that burn through concrete and reinforcing steel. We don't need that here. (Gasoline fires burn at about 1,500 F.) Up and down the coast there have been some houses that burnt to the ground after seawater got into the garage and set off the e-car. It burns real good. Because land is so valuable on the beach, much new construction of hotels and office buildings features four or five floors of open air parking with the hotel or office, perhaps ten floors, built on top of the parking. A car battery fire--probably from a hybrid--at Luton Airport near London spread. Over a thousand cars were lost, and the parking garage sagged on one side. Total loss. I've heard that some of these new buildings with parking below the living spaces will not allow electric cars to park on the premises. A bad enough fire could bring down the entire building. Even tip it over sideways. E-bikes and e-scooters are also potentially deadly. Recently, I saw a brief video from an elevator camera. The elevator door opens. A fellow steps into the elevator and reaches behind to pick up a Li-ion bike battery with a handle on its top. He sets the battery down beside his feet as the elevator door closes. Less than a second later you see the battery spewing out of both sides before it completely erupts into 5,000 flames. The poor fellow was killed instantly, completely burned up inside the elevator in three seconds. No escape. Horrible, horrible death. Burned to a crisp. Battery operated electric vehicles are a terrible, impractical, dangerous idea that will completely perish on its own when humanity finally tosses the Greens into the ocean. If Tesla wants to survive long term, there will have to be gasoline or diesel powered Teslas.

The last line is great.

Sorry, but a Chevy Volt is an electric-gas hybrid and she should have been able to charge her car with energy from the gas engine, which means just a fill up should have been needed. I think she was driving a Chevy Bolt, an all-electric nightmare. But, you know, chicks and cars.

Therein lies one of the problems with EV's OP. First, there are gas stations everywhere and it only takes five minutes or less to be back on the road. Electric cars can't be recharged in that amount of time, even if you can find a charging station.

So I can drive into a gas station. Fill up, pay, hit the head and grab a snack - 10 minutes tops. While you are still trying to figure out the charge station functions. Plus let's talk about cold weather, very hilly or actually mountainous terrain. Heat, lights and terrain eats up the charge. And if for some reason I run out of gas. I can call and end up with someone bringing me enough to get me to the next gas station. Your electricity gives up the ghost you are calling a tow truck. No cords long enough to get you charged up again. I have no doubt that in the future things will improve with the development of new technology. We are not there yet. Hybrid at least seems to make a bit of sense. 100% electric no way. Then there is the cost, upkeep and repairs, horrible resale, inconvenience compared to a gas vehicle. And let's not forget the fire factor with the batteries. And the earth minerals needed for the battery and the hazard of dead batteries in landfills. At this moment in time they are not green vehicles at all. The government really doesn't want you driving. The more they screw it up they think we will all happily hop on a bus or maybe horseback. As a taxpayer I do not feel that we need to be paying for "government charging stations". If charging stations are needed and a good investment someone will build them. Maybe the lack of these stations is a telling sign. We don't want this junk.

In my funny pic collection I have one of an electric car with a generator in the trunk, and another of a Service vehicle with a generator and a line to a parked car...

I drove from S.F. to Orange County. More than 500 miles. I stopped once. I plugged in, had lunch, car was charged before I was done eating so I had to go move it to a non charging spot, finished lunch, finished my trip. Going back, was the same in reverse. This woman is mentally ill.

I have friend that bought a Tesla...he thought it was great until he realized he had to plan all his recharging stops, THEN he got smart. He bought a mid size 220 Volt Generator and I made him a charging cable. He's got plenty of gas for it, and can get more anywhere...now he just laughs at the EV morons waiting in a line of 15 to charge their batteries. PROBLEM SOLVED!

# 11: Ill, along with thousands of others who wish they hadn't bought an EV? As long as we can buy what we like it's Ok with me. I don't see me ever getting a full electric in my lifetime. (Where are those Joe Biden chargers that were in the 'inflation act's)

#13, in 2021 Congress set aside $7.5 b for ev chargers as of 12/05/23 - none were installed. By now I'm sure there are 10s of thousands installed./s