As the real costs of EV's can no longer be ignored they are becoming super expensive to insure....someone has to pay in the end..... the WOKE FantasyLand Creatures cant get around that.
Hertz plans for EVs to make up 25% of its 500,000 vehicles. MAGA soils diapers.
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As the real costs of EV's can no longer be ignored they are becoming super expensive to insure....someone has to pay in the end..... the WOKE FantasyLand Creatures cant get around that.
Into the Night
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Even normal maintenance of the EV is very expensive. It all has to be done in specially equipped shops (essentially, EVERYTHING is a dealer repair or maintenance).
Their tires are a lot more expensive (because they have to carry the increased weight yet stay small), and the brakes wear out faster (because of stopping all that extra weight). Dynamic braking doesn't help it much.
Then, of course, of something goes wrong with the motor, it's a BITCH to fix. The entire drive assembly has to be removed using specially equipped hoists and jacks (it comes out from under the car!), and it weighs about the same as a Ford F-150 V8 engine. The assembly includes the motors, transmission, and rear axle linkage. Once it's out, you can THEN remove the defective motor and replace it (they are not repairable). Only a Tesla shop has the facilities to work on them.
Gasoline cars are easy to maintain or fix using fairly common tools, right in your own garage or yard. If you want to hire it done, most any shop can accommodate you. No special equipment necessary. The engines on modern gasoline cars are self adjusting and everything. No points to replace or adjust. Spark plugs last for years.
Now that is funny
BTW:
"Yes, you read that right. Speedkore is building a minivan with a 1,514-hp V8. Interestingly, though, Speedkore hasn’t said exactly which wheels the power is sent to. There’s no way the Pacifica Baba Yaga can be front-wheel drive, right? Not with more than 1,500 hp."
Ford's new "Mustang" is so frickin' ugly that nobody who loved the muscle car would ever want one...
A lot of people feel the same about Tesla's truck. Re the truck I have also been told that any body work needed will be an expensive bitch.
ExpressLane
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I have a modified 2008 Shelby with 730 hp. The SUV Mustang is an abomination.
Into the Night
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The Mustang ain't what it used to be!
T. A. Gardner
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Well, I can tell you putting in a Tesla charging station in your garage will run $1800 + just for the install not including the cost of the charger itself. I just did one and the wiring run was just shy of 20 feet from the panel. If you have to go further, that price goes up. For an 80 amp capacity, the wiring--my cost--was $6.00 a foot. The breaker was--my cost--$100. Other materials--my cost--were another $100.
You have to go to some commercial electrical company for the install, the one I did will run you an easy $1800, if not more and my install was about as basic as you can get it.
Oh, Elon Musk's signature is on the charger... What an ego trip that guy has to be on... The cover screws are security torx so you need the special variety of driver with the hole in the center of it...
Into the Night
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There is also the cost of the garage. Not everyone has them!
T. A. Gardner
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Well, unless you are building one specifically for the Tesla and charger, you really can't count that in as a cost of the system. And, of course, there are few, if any, apartment complexes or buildings that the owner would let you install a charging station on or at. Hell, for older apartment buildings--ones built before about 1980--there isn't going to be enough power to put in a charging station for a unit in any case as these usually have a 80 or 60 amp panel in them. Buildings older than about 1960 might go as low as 40 amps per unit on the panel and could even use Edison fuses rather than breakers.
Joe Capitalist
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