If I recall, you can make it do short ones and long ones.
There is that pesky commerce clause that has been bastardized to mean anything the GOV wants. It's actual intent is to keep one State from taxing (tariff) or banning goods (legal goods, so pot doesn't fit here) from other States. Now Ford or some other company needs to fight the Ca ban in court and the SCOTUS can over turn the law. Maybe a citizen group can do it. Might have to wait till it goes into effect.
To me, this is ridiculous. Imagine if the early automobile manufacturers had given buyers coconuts with their cars so they could simulate horse galloping sounds.
Agree. Lower maintenance costs are a key factor in addition to not buying gasoline in driving consumer demand for EVs. Tesla is way ahead of everyone else on charging infrastructure, which is the main reason the Model Y is already the best selling vehicle in multiple states. Expect the prices of EVs to keep declining as technology advanced. The government has already had to impose 50% tariffs on cheap Chinese EVs.
Yes. My other vehicle is a Ford Maverick hybrid.
I might be interested, too. But if the price difference is similar to how much more a Corvette E-Ray costs vs. a Stingray it would likely be out of reach for me.
I'm starting to see more electric fairies in my area.
Hello; I do not yet have any confidence EV's will have lower maintenance costs overall. Overall is what will count, not some snapshot period of ownership. Even now with various incentives and the additional things paid for with other people's monies, the initial cost is much higher. An Ev is in a real way a set of computers with wheels and electric motors. I have had plenty of other things loaded with chips and circuit boards become either unrepairable or too expensive to repair. I am specifically thinking of a really nice TV right now. A Samsung Hi def TV which became junk for lack of a specific circuit board. Was a common failure board and all replacements were gone by the time my TV needed one.
Hello; Keep making this point. The rose-colored glasses will have to come off at some point. perhaps like they did with "natural -immunity" eventually during the pandemic.
I think the initial cost of EVs will continue to decline, all while range and performance continue to improve. The government subsidies are intended to speed up adoption but at some point won't be needed.
Hello; My take is this assumption is now and will continue to be wrong. I do not have the link at hand but think when incentives stopped in Germany EV sales tanked. Manufacturers and consumers can be forced into EV's if those with the 'power" can maintain. People will settle for an inferior vehicle if they do not have a choice. So, i get the someday incentives will not be needed under a no ICE can be sold situation.
Hello; To a very large degree new ICE are as you say, loaded with chips. A thing is there are lots of older ICE chassis around which have a lot fewer or none. Made me think of the 1950's cars in Cuba.
