Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working

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Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working
https://www.businessinsider.com/auto-executives-coming-clean-evs-arent-working-2023-10

  • At earnings this week, several auto execs pulled back on EV targets.
  • Dealers have been warning of slowing EV demand for months.
  • “This is a pretty brutal space,” Mercedes-Benz’s CFO said this week.

With signs of growing inventory and slowing sales, auto industry executives admitted this week that their ambitious electric vehicle plans are in jeopardy, at least in the near term.

Several C-Suite leaders at some of the biggest carmakers voiced fresh unease about the electric car market’s growth as concerns over the viability of these vehicles put their multi-billion-dollar electrification strategies at risk. Among those hand-wringing is GM’s Mary Barra, historically one of the automotive industry’s most bullish CEOs on the future of electric vehicles. GM has been an early-mover in the electric car market, selling the Chevrolet Bolt for seven years and making bold claims about a fully electric future for the company long before its competitors got on board.
 
ODACHEK said:
I was told electricity generated by oil.
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The actual cost to charge an EV is US$17.33 per gallon.

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EVs make sense only if the grid is powered by renewable energy. Otherwise, it's still fossil fuel depedent, despite having minimal emissions at point of use. In the US, Big Oil is king, hence the slow transition to renewables.

The greater impact to the environment comes from the disposal of batteries: EV batteries are not really designed to be recycle, and waste management is a looming problem as EV population increases.
 
superpower said:
EVs make sense only if the grid is powered by renewable energy. Otherwise, it's still fossil fuel depedent, despite having minimal emissions at point of use. In the US, Big Oil is king, hence the slow transition to renewables.

The greater impact to the environment comes from the disposal of batteries: EV batteries are not really designed to be recycle, and waste management is a looming problem as EV population increases.
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Petrol Hybrid is good. Simple and practical
 
EVs are basically iPhone-on-wheels, where all the functions of the car are controlled from a centralized location. If the server dies, so does your car.
In other words, you are never in control of your car at all.
Many EV companies in China went bust quietly and drivers suddenly found out their car wouldn't start one fine morning.

 
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EV's work very well in cities. But it's not good long distance due to slow charging. In US and Australia, best stick to ICE or hybrids.
 
when there are too many ev’s on a long road trip, you have a problem.
 
so should our next car b an EV? yes or no? my fav car make has been pushing their EV… :thumbsdown:
 
MaximiLian said:
so should our next car b an EV? yes or no? my fav car make has been pushing their EV… :thumbsdown:
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If it's city driving like in sinkie, EV should be ok. Even better if you live in landed property so can charge at home during the night.
But I heard the tyres cost much more and it wears out s lot faster due to weight of batteries. EV's are a lot heavier than comparable normal cars. By 50%.
 
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