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I will not purchase another internal combustion vehicle.
This is the crux of the biscuit. I am in the "Fleet" business. The EV game has so many variables that it is nearly impossible to gather consensus on how to proceed. I have spent a considerable time in research. What I have gleaned is this- Lithium-Ion has too many detriments to be viable for the future. The mining of raw materials is NOT friendly, earth or humanity based. Without functionable safeguards, these batteries can burn down an AIRLINER No reasonable alternative currently exists, that any NORMAL human can afford. Yet Elon and his competitors continue to ramp expectations, and capital to expand.
I will continue to source parts for my ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) rigs, and will continue to educate the kids on proper maintenance.
I've wanted a electric car since I saw an all electric VW bug at a fair in '79.
Jay Leno also drives a Tesla and before that his daily driver was a version 1 Chevy Volt. Check out Jays vid the little ol Lady from Pasadena where he drag races her in a Tesla S and Jay is in his 800hp Cobra 429. The Tesla blows the doors off Cobra by a length or two.
Because Jay's driver was a Volt( I was blown away by that), when the wife's Benz started to scare me with the prospect of looming repairs and I couldn't figure out what to buy, we went down to check out a Benz B-Class. The local dealer(sells GM & Benz) having never hear of a B-Class. Seems Benz bought a big share of Tesla and the B-Class is all Tesla running gear. We had to walk by 4 brand new Volts, version 2. The salespeople were worthless, I knew more than they did which wasn't much. The Volt isn't you usual hybrid, it's a true plug in hybrid. The first 50-60mi is electric until the battery gets down to a certain point then the engine kicks in seamlessly and it's your usual hybrid. We also bough a solar array. My wife has a 30mi daily commute so the car goes to work and back on a charge. it has a 8gal tank and last tank we went 3,200mi before filling up. Over the lifetime of the car(we now have 53,000mi) it has averaged 156mi per gal. Because over 80% of the time it's on just electric it only on its second oil change. Because of the regen braking the pads and rotors still look new. As a confirmed Luddite it does concern me driving such a tech heavy car but so far it's been glitch free and most of all maintence free and love driving by gas stations. Never was one for loud so I love the quiet on electric. And it gets right with the program when you stomp on it. The only reason electric's are expensive is because they don't yet have the economy of scale.
they are predicting 70 billion in lithium battery sales by 2020, but less than 5% of lithium batteries are recycled
WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM COMING SOON