EVs

[dtcerrato]

WTF?!

[Jim Blackwood]

Oh that's nothing to worry about. just one of those minor hidden costs that you, as a new buyer will never have to deal with. Trust us, We're the Government, we're here to help.

[luvrbus]

WTF?!

I saw the same bill referring to a Nissan, that bill maybe a little iffy since the Telsa battery bank is around $12,000.00 to replace but 12g's is still a lot of money for a battery replacement IMO

[Lee Bradley]

Wait until you find out you can only charge your car when the government/power company says your can.

[Nova Eona]

A Chevy Volt ain't a bus.  Wrong board.

[Dave5Cs]

Don;t know why they don't just put a couple of solar panels on top of the EV's and an inverter in the back and as long as there is sun it charges itself, LOL

[luvrbus]

Don;t know why they don't just put a couple of solar panels on top of the EV's and an inverter in the back and as long as there is sun it charges itself, LOL

Hard to believe a Volt cost $25,000.00 and a battery replacement cost more than the car did new.One has to love the Volt's commercials" buy the Volt and no more gas stations "all the Volts I saw were waiting on the Fire Depatments around here   

[dtcerrato]

A Chevy Volt ain't a bus.  Wrong board.

It could easily be a towed vehicle behind a bus - close enough IMO

[Van]

Hard to believe a Volt cost $25,000.00 and a battery replacement cost more than the car did new.One has to love the Volt's commercials" buy the Volt and no more gas stations "all the Volts I saw were waiting on the Fire Depatments around here

Here's the problem with EV's.
https://youtu.be/AynXoLjYrKc

[chessie4905]

wasn't that the newer bolts?

[freds]

Yeah LG batteries has a big @$# recall outstanding on lots of EV as they catch fire.

They are the reason for the recall of the Chevy Bolt which has such a bad reputation now that they have to discount the new ones.

I say buy a Tesla and get real quality from someone who knows what they are doing.

Yes a few Tesla's have caught fire but no where near the rate of other EV's or heck gas cars which don't even make the news as it's so common...

My Tesla just passed it's eight year warrantee and is still going very strong with very little battery degradation of around 1 1/2%.

I still release my inter demon with an oz or two of foot pressure.

Over eight years it's been less than $1000.00 of out of pocket for repairs and locally it goes about 1000 miles on $20.00 of electricity.

Also the Tesla super charger network is head and shoulders above any other long distance traveling solution.

[luvrbus]

I toured the Tesla battery plant outside Sparks they are LG batteries too aren't they ,Panosonic had a R&D unit there too, never quite understood what was going on except Panasonic was developing some type of capacitor battery,some areas were guarded like Fort Knox

[Jim Blackwood]

It honestly feels like California is trying to force the rest of the world to solve a problem that is LA specific. (Parts of China too I suppose.) What hubris. Nowhere else in the world do we have such arrogant insufferable idiots, and I think the reason is that they never venture outside their little coccoon to see if anybody has it any better. They are just that deluded that it isn't even possible. Plenty of us could tell them different, if they would listen. Hey, I lived a year in LA as well as many other places around the world. I do know what I'm talking about. And yes it has a generally nice climate and often an ocean breeze but there are a LOT of nicer places to live. All the Hollywood hype and the constant suck pulling in population from elsewhere has pretty well ruined the place and now in their arrogance they want us to fix it for them? Honestly my response is Adios YOYO. Leave me out of it. I don't want or need an electric car. Lord forbid an electric bus. And you think that stuff will spread do you? Is that what happened to London at the time of the Big Stink? Apparently not. Stop being all hysterically paranoid Chicken Little, and start looking at sensible solutions instead of Draconian knee jerk reactions. Friggin' Politicos.

Jim

[luvrbus]

It honestly feels like California is trying to force the rest of the world to solve a problem that is LA specific. (Parts of China too I suppose.) What hubris. Nowhere else in the world do we have such arrogant insufferable idiots, and I think the reason is that they never venture outside their little coccoon to see if anybody has it any better. They are just that deluded that it isn't even possible. Plenty of us could tell them different, if they would listen. Hey, I lived a year in LA as well as many other places around the world. I do know what I'm talking about. And yes it has a generally nice climate and often an ocean breeze but there are a LOT of nicer places to live. All the Hollywood hype and the constant suck pulling in population from elsewhere has pretty well ruined the place and now in their arrogance they want us to fix it for them? Honestly my response is Adios YOYO. Leave me out of it. I don't want or need an electric car. Lord forbid an electric bus. And you think that stuff will spread do you? Is that what happened to London at the time of the Big Stink? Apparently not. Stop being all hysterically paranoid Chicken Little, and start looking at sensible solutions instead of Draconian knee jerk reactions. Friggin' Politicos.

Jim

It is control and money the DC crowds follow the money and the money controls ,Ill never own a EV either the Lithium-Ion batteries are good but I not am,not buying those either,the cordless tool manufactures and cell phones are forcing that on you though.Looking at the mines in Neveda that is going to be one hella of super fund EPA clean up costing billions of dollars when the mines close and they will when all the brine wells dry up

[freds]

I toured the Tesla battery plant outside Sparks they are LG batteries too aren't they ,Panosonic had a R&D unit there too, never quite understood what was going on except Panasonic was developing some type of capacitor battery,some areas were guarded like Fort Knox

No that plant is pure Panasonic. I haven't heard of Tesla using any LG batteries yet.

But hey they are the 800lb gorilla for anyone who can produce batteries at scale...