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What does it do?
Its mostly the color (Tesla's only come in a few basic colors) and ding protection.
Buying an EV? Here's How Long Until It Will Pay Off.
Whether it’s a Tesla, Volvo, or Ford, it could take five to 10 years for an EV to pay off financially compared with a gas car. Here’s what to know if you’re thinking of going electric.
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They’ll have to pry my cold dead hands from the steering wheel of my gas powered Civic Coupe before I would buy an EV.
Buying an EV? Here's How Long Until It Will Pay Off.
Whether it’s a Tesla, Volvo, or Ford, it could take five to 10 years for an EV to pay off financially compared with a gas car. Here’s what to know if you’re thinking of going electric.
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Two Georgia men found out electric vehicles don't make good getaway cars when they stopped to charge their Tesla.
The long arm of the law didn't have to reach too far in Georgia last week when two suspects who had stolen a whole ton of gaming systems had to stop and refuel their car.
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Snip from Reuters today on range anxiety:
“How many miles must an EV drive?” might have made it into Bob Dylan’s list of unanswerable questions if he’d been at the peak of his song-writing output during today’s mass transition to electric vehicles.
Despite most Americans driving just 30-40 miles a day, a Reuters/Ipsos survey released this week showed that a third of U.S. consumers who would consider buying an all-electric vehicle as their next vehicle say they need at least 500 miles of charge – with another third saying they need at least 300 miles.
The desire for your car to have a range far beyond what you use in daily life – dubbed “range anxiety” in the industry – is the paradox of the electric age.
In part, you could argue range anxiety is a result of charging anxiety – people don’t trust that they’ll find a charging point when they need it and would rather be safe.
That isn’t entirely misplaced: the U.S. has about 130,000 charging stations now, and studies say it’ll need millions by 2030 if EV uptake grows as expected.
What’s more, EV charger makers are now scrambling to comply with new rules that their chargers must be ‘Made in America’ without slowing down expansion even further.
“How many miles must an EV drive?” might have made it into Bob Dylan’s list of unanswerable questions if he’d been at the peak of his song-writing output during today’s mass transition to electric vehicles.
Despite most Americans driving just 30-40 miles a day, a Reuters/Ipsos survey released this week showed that a third of U.S. consumers who would consider buying an all-electric vehicle as their next vehicle say they need at least 500 miles of charge – with another third saying they need at least 300 miles.
The desire for your car to have a range far beyond what you use in daily life – dubbed “range anxiety” in the industry – is the paradox of the electric age.
In part, you could argue range anxiety is a result of charging anxiety – people don’t trust that they’ll find a charging point when they need it and would rather be safe.
That isn’t entirely misplaced: the U.S. has about 130,000 charging stations now, and studies say it’ll need millions by 2030 if EV uptake grows as expected.
What’s more, EV charger makers are now scrambling to comply with new rules that their chargers must be ‘Made in America’ without slowing down expansion even further.
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How long are the batteries good for on a Tesla? Do you have to replace them in 5,6,10 years and I imagine it is a significant price.
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I'm the perfect example. Most of my driving is maybe 20 miles total from M-F picking up my kid at the bus top and going to the store. But given the choice between buying a $35k+ EV and an old car that I like for a fraction of that, I'll pick the old car. I could buy this car and laugh at the 9 MPG even with $5 gas.
At $15,900, Is This 1972 Cadillac Eldorado a Good Deal?
Nice Price or No Dice: At $15,900, Could This 1972 Cadillac Eldorado Get You To Go For The Gold?
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The batteries have an 8 year unlimited miles warranty, which is great, BUT the car is basically a computer with lots of batteries, the computer would be cheap to replace, the batteries not.
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Chevrolet killing Camaro, leaving Ford Mustang as last V8 pony car
Chevrolet will end production of the Camaro in January but has not announced what will replace it in the brand's lineup, leaving the Ford Mustang alone in the pony car segment.
Chevrolet killing Camaro, leaving Ford Mustang as last V8 pony car
Chevrolet will end production of the Camaro in January but has not announced what will replace it in the brand's lineup, leaving the Ford Mustang alone in the pony car segment.www.foxnews.com
My sense is that as the OEM's blindly leap into E vehicles, that the ICE cars will become quite valuable.
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Guess this is car related
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After a Boom, an Auto Profit Bust Looms
New-vehicle inventories and discounts are rising as the New York Auto Show heralds the spring selling season.
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