The Real Costs of Electric Car Ownership - CNET

[KLB]

You guys inspired me to become a tree hugger. I just brought home my EV.

Kia EV6 GT.

 

[smokingman]

CBS News finds children mining cobalt for batteries in the Congo

CBS News finds kids doing dangerous manual labor at mines in the Congo, where most of the world's cobalt is unearthed

www.cbsnews.com

Is my phone powered by child labour?

Has the cobalt in your smartphone been mined by children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

www.amnesty.org

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

 

[jamil]

You guys inspired me to become a tree hugger. I just brought home my EV.
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Kia EV6 GT.

There are more reasons to buy an EV besides hugging trees.

 

[KLB]

There are more reasons to buy an EV besides hugging trees.

No way.

 

[MCgrease08]

Stanford study warns against charging electric cars at home overnight

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Stanford study warns against charging electric cars at home overnight

The more the government meddles, the more tangled and corrupt whatever they’re meddling in becomes.

 

[KLB]

Stanford study warns against charging electric cars at home overnight

California is stupid, so everyone in the West needs to change things to accommodate California.

Currently, California has excess electricity during late mornings and early afternoons thanks mainly to its solar capacity.

The researchers suggest that if most EVs were charged during these times, then the cheap power would be used instead of being wasted. However, if most EVs continue to charge at night, then the state will need to build more generators, likely powered by natural gas, or invest in expensive energy storage on a large scale. Electricity going first to a huge battery and then to an EV battery loses power from the extra stop.

 

[jamil]

California is stupid, so everyone in the West needs to change things to accommodate California.

Welp. That does it. Californians will just have to be nocturnal. Gotta save the planet and ****.

 

[Percolater]

You guys inspired me to become a tree hugger. I just brought home my EV.
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Kia EV6 GT.

Nice! is that gunmetal gray ? Almost looks matte.
How's the autonomy? Been drifting yet?

 

[KLB]

Nice! is that gunmetal gray ? Almost looks matte.
How's the autonomy? Been drifting yet?

Good eye. Steel Matte Grey.

I love the car so far. No drifting I haven't even driven with full HP yet. It already gets going though. I absolutely love the throttle response.

 

[KLB]

Welp. That does it. Californians will just have to be nocturnal. Gotta save the planet and ****.

No no. They have to use electricity in the evening and early morning when they actually have power of their own from solar. MIddle of the day they use too much and at night they have too little.

 

[actaeon277]

Tesla sued over creepy spying voyeur employees​

 

[Ingomike]

Tesla sued over creepy spying voyeur employees​

Tesla driver sues company for allegedly accessing customer videos

Tesla owner sued car maker after a report that employees were sharing and making memes of "sensitive" customer footage.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

4 in 10 say next vehicle may be electric

Many of those who don't plan to buy an EV cite high cost as the primary reason.

www.ien.com

 

[wtburnette]

Still no desire for me. I don't understand how people who know how misrepresented these things are can even think about buying electric. My values don't allow me to even think about it.

 

[KLB]

Still no desire for me. I don't understand how people who know how misrepresented these things are can even think about buying electric. My values don't allow me to even think about it.

Misrepresented? My car is every bit as fast as advertised. Push the gas and the thing just leaps forward. It is a blast to drive.

My values make me buy the vehicle that best fills the roles I want in a vehicle. This time is was electric.

 

[wtburnette]

Misrepresented? My car is every bit as fast as advertised. Push the gas and the thing just leaps forward. It is a blast to drive.

My values make me buy the vehicle that best fills the roles I want in a vehicle. This time is was electric.

Tell me again how it's saving the environment. Go ahead, I'll wait.

Buying an electric car is damaging to our country because it's providing support for China, who is the largest/only provider of the rare earth minerals needed. We don't have the infrastructure for increasing support for more of them on the road and if we do increase the support at the time when gas/coal/natural gas is decreasing, we're harming our energy security. But yeah, go ahead and buy an electric car because they're "cool".

 

[KLB]

4 in 10 say next vehicle may be electric

Many of those who don't plan to buy an EV cite high cost as the primary reason.

www.ien.com

High cost is definitely an issue with electric cars when compared to the market in general. You are getting into low end luxury car prices to get the decent ones.

Range is still going to be an issue if you like to drive long trips. Having to stop for a half hour every 200-250 miles is not going to be something a lot of people want to do. Hell, I would have to stop about every 150 miles in mine. I don't go anywhere far anymore though.

 

[KLB]

Tell me again how it's saving the environment. Go ahead, I'll wait.

Who gives a ? That had absolutely nothing to do with my decision to buy one, nor I imagine to many people's decisions.

Buying an electric car is damaging to our country because it's providing support for China, who is the largest/only provider of the rare earth minerals needed. We don't have the infrastructure for increasing support for more of them on the road and if we do increase the support at the time when gas/coal/natural gas is decreasing, we're harming our energy security. But yeah, go ahead and buy an electric car because they're "cool".

You think electric cars are what is providing support to China? Do you check every product you buy to see if it was made in China or parts were made in China? I doubt EVs are more than a drop in the bucket.

You have a bunch of faux outrage here. Sounds much more like politics than anything. Ds are pushing them, so obviously you hate them.