Electric vehicles do have a lot of advantages over gas powered vehicles. They are much less complex. No oil changes or tune ups required. No transmissions to maintain or rebuild. Zero emissions, ...
Once they get the battery technology figured out, I'm in. Right now, not so much. Those batteries are extremely heavy and take way too long to charge.ev's have their place for some people unde certain conditions but it should be the consumer making theses decisions not the government mandating them!
As a taxpayer, I'm not amused.Damn things had better clean the windshield and check the tires for that amount. What a joke.
EXACTLY BATTERY TECHNOLOGY IS THE LIMITING FACTOR A ND HAS BEEN FOR MANY YEARS!Once they get the battery technology figured out, I'm in. Right now, not so much. Those batteries are extremely heavy and take way too long to charge.
I saw one in the parking space next to me.
the vehicle or the driver?I saw one in the parking space next to me.
in person it just looked weird / ugly...
I'DSAY BOTH!the vehicle or the driver?
YESthe vehicle or the driver?
The guy "could" do it, he's assembled a lot of smart people. Hell, he can land a booster rocket on a platform in the ocean that is bobbing up and down, surely he can get a car made for cheap. He chose NOT to do it since there's not as much money to be made.(Reuters) – Tesla has canceled the long-promised inexpensive car that investors have been counting on to drive its growth into a mass-market automaker, according to three sources familiar with the matter and company messages seen by Reuters.
The automaker will continue developing self-driving robotaxis on the same small-vehicle platform, the sources said.
The decision represents an abandonment of a longstanding goal that Tesla chief Elon Musk has often characterized as its primary mission: affordable electric cars for the masses. His first “master plan”, opens new tab for the company in 2006 called for manufacturing luxury models first, then using the profits to finance a “low cost family car.”
Exclusive: Tesla scraps low-cost car plans amid fierce Chinese EV competition
Tesla has canceled the long-promised inexpensive car that investors have been counting on to drive its growth into a mass-market automaker.www.oann.com
<>The guy "could" do it, he's assembled a lot of smart people. Hell, he can land a booster rocket on a platform in the ocean that is bobbing up and down, surely he can get a car made for cheap. He chose NOT to do it since there's not as much money to be made.