EV lots getting cleaned out.

[buster]

I was surprised how little I cared for Teslas and how much I preferred the Mach E. Teslas feel like driving a phone.

While I appreciate their spirit of challenging conventions, I think they lost something along the way.

I hear a lot of people say that about Teslas. I still think Tesla is the best overall, but I like the Mach E better. Tesla needs to refresh their designs.

 

[Torrid]

Good, save the fuel for me. I'll gladly take it

Why are you even here?

 

[goingplacesanddoingstuff]

If every American switched over to electric vehicles where would all the 'electricity' needed come from?

I mean, I have solar that makes up to 16 kWh/day. Nothing crazy, but it adds up. It covers my summer AC completely, or translates to about 50 mi of range.

Distributed household solar makes sense to me. It’s cheap, efficiency is now topping 25%, and battery storage is now viable. You get at least partial self-sufficiency (no outages, ever) and the ongoing cost savings.

But yes the energy demands of society currently require hydrocarbons. It also requires nearly every other type of generation (coal starts getting iffy pretty quick though). Not to get on a soapbox but “all of the above” with reasonable, science-based considerations for the pros and cons of each energy generation source is the way. I’ll leave it at that.

 

[D1dad]

I drove by a Tesla lot last week and it for sure wasn't cleaned out.

 

[AuthorEditor]

" Significant slowdown in US EV sales..." https://about.bnef.com/insights/cle...-year-but-growth-in-some-major-markets-slows/

 

[JeffKeryk]

If every American switched over to electric vehicles where would all the 'electricity' needed come from?

Mine is powered by that big nuclear reactor up in the sky. My house too.

 

[pbm]

Mine is powered by that big nuclear reactor up in the sky. My house too.

I wish I went with a metal roof 3 years ago rather than the $20K asphalt roof....I'd consider solar then.
Not every American vehicle owner has access to solar power and the NIMBY crowd won't allow nuclear and AI is supposed to require gobs of power so I don't see where all this electricity will come from? I do like the idea of
'Hybrid' vehicles but even they need lithium ion batteries which we aren't up to speed on mining if I'm not mistaken. I'd hate to depend on China for it.

 

[goingplacesanddoingstuff]

I wish I went with a metal roof 3 years ago rather than the $20K asphalt roof....I'd consider solar then.
Not every American vehicle owner has access to solar power and the NIMBY crowd won't allow nuclear and AI is supposed to require gobs of power so I don't see where all this electricity will come from? I do like the idea of
'Hybrid' vehicles but even they need lithium ion batteries which we aren't up to speed on mining if I'm not mistaken. I'd hate to depend on China for it.

I feel like the free(ish) market will work a lot of this out.

You don’t have to put solar on your roof. You can ground mount, put on a shed, mount to a fence, put on a patio, etc.