The EV transition is real

VicBee · Apr 21, 2024

d08 said:
Most EV buyers are excited when the cars are new but once battery replacement time appears, the costs turn almost everyone off. Most seem to go back to ICE vehicles. An old ICE vehicle with huge mileage and lots of wear can still perform as a car. An old EV with a worn out battery is basically useless.

Wrong. Tesla has one of the highest customer loyalty of all car manufacturers.
https://images.app.goo.gl/yYbyQcUB7FUVMtVX8

VicBee · Apr 21, 2024

countryBoy641 said:
I suspect that Insurance Companies have not voted yet on this new
technology, but I am sure they will have an opinion.
Imagine parking an EV in your attached garage to charge it,
and it self combusts?
Jeez.

From 1 year sgo:
Lithium-ion battery fires are happening more often. Here’s how to prevent them

15 years ago, I walked into a Home Depot with an EMPTY propane tank (20 pound).
Everybody went nuts (It was empty!)
That's insurance companies

This affects all lithium batteries, including your mobile phone.

VicBee · Apr 21, 2024

Pekelo said:
"California has the most Tesla Supercharger stations (448) and the most Tesla Supercharger ports (6,913). After California, the states with the most Tesla Supercharger stations are Texas (160), Florida (158), New York (91), and Arizona (49)."

Location, location, location, just like in real estate.

If I were a Tesla owner I would be vivid about that non-Tesla owners now can use our proprietary charging stations, what was a selling point a few years back.

Musk didn't really have a choice. Either his plug became the standard or another less efficient one would have and Tesla would need the adapter.

VicBee · Apr 21, 2024

Pekelo said:
"California has the most Tesla Supercharger stations (448) and the most Tesla Supercharger ports (6,913). After California, the states with the most Tesla Supercharger stations are Texas (160), Florida (158), New York (91), and Arizona (49)."

Location, location, location, just like in real estate.

If I were a Tesla owner I would be vivid about that non-Tesla owners now can use our proprietary charging stations, what was a selling point a few years back.

That's because there's almost more Tesla in CA than all other states combined.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/tesla-sales-by-state

Pekelo · Apr 21, 2024

VicBee said:
That's because there's almost more Tesla in CA than all other states combined.

I know, and Fl is similar. I wonder if Baron's experience would be the same in Indiana... Or let's throw in a Michigan winter into the user experience.

SunTrader · Apr 21, 2024

To show you how far EV's need to progress in sales, in California (the #1 state) they so far make up only 2.5% of all registered vehicles in 2022.

https://afdc.energy.gov/transatlas#/?view=percent

d08 · Apr 21, 2024

VicBee said:
Wrong. Tesla has one of the highest customer loyalty of all car manufacturers.
https://images.app.goo.gl/yYbyQcUB7FUVMtVX8

GM brands are also on par with Tesla. I guess the automakers are correct in that the consumers are stupid and deserve to be fleeced.

VicBee · Apr 21, 2024

SunTrader said:
To show you how far EV's need to progress in sales, in California (the #1 state) they so far make up only 2.5% of all registered vehicles in 2022.

https://afdc.energy.gov/transatlas#/?view=percent

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/11/02/2...– In Q3 of this,25.4% in the previous quarter.

SunTrader · Apr 21, 2024

VicBee said:
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/11/02/26-7-of-all-new-cars-sold-in-california-were-zero-emission/#:~:text=SACRAMENTO – In Q3 of this,25.4% in the previous quarter.

All well and good, but registered vehicles include all new and used.

So EV's still make up a tiny slice of all vehicles on the road currently.

Which means Gas Stations (with fuel pumps) aren't going anywhere for a good long while longer.

countryBoy641 · Apr 21, 2024

VicBee said:
This affects all lithium batteries, including your mobile phone.

Yeah, but the battery in an EV weighs 1/2 ton.
Comparing it to a cell phone battery doesn't really work.

Municipalities in the U.S (very "trendy"folks) are embracing this fad.
And I call it a fad for a reason.
The self-combustible batteries are going to bite some group of people in the butt.
Just wait until some small municipality gets electric school buses.
One of them self combusts.
Imagine the loss of Young lives.'
The personal pain.
And then the law suits.
That could bankrupt an insurance company.
Or a small town.
All for a fad.
That is sad

Don't put your head in the sand.
Just Google it.

Electric bus bursts into flames, sets nearby vehicles on fire in China