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When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

When will you buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

  • Already Own One

    Votes: 39 5.5%

  • In the next year

    Votes: 7 1.0%

  • Between 1-5 years

    Votes: 128 18.1%

  • 6-10 years

    Votes: 169 23.9%

  • 10+ years or never

    Votes: 363 51.4%
  • Total voters
    706
BACyclone said:
This is one mitigating factor to the documented issues I posted about the grid before. There are significant, known issues with the capacity (and declining capacity curve due to aging) of the power generation. Bringing renewables online is not likely going to solve this, in my view...at least not on the scale that's required in huge public projects. The resources and scale are too large to be able to replace existing plants that efficiently produce many more megawatts than a renewable project that consumes a lot more real estate.

However, if residential projects gain a lot more steam, people progressively taking their own house off the grid with private systems could really bend the curve in the other direction. You have to meet the replacement demand, plus population growth, PLUS this new demand for vehicle charging. That's daunting for the existing system.
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You mean electricity doesn't come from the wall?

Seriously though........"replacement demand" was not, is not and will never be the primary concern for the wing nuts forcing this issue.
 
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BACyclone said:
This is one mitigating factor to the documented issues I posted about the grid before. There are significant, known issues with the capacity (and declining capacity curve due to aging) of the power generation. Bringing renewables online is not likely going to solve this, in my view...at least not on the scale that's required in huge public projects. The resources and scale are too large to be able to replace existing plants that efficiently produce many more megawatts than a renewable project that consumes a lot more real estate.

However, if residential projects gain a lot more steam, people progressively taking their own house off the grid with private systems could really bend the curve in the other direction. You have to meet the replacement demand, plus population growth, PLUS this new demand for vehicle charging. That's daunting for the existing system.
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Nuke it

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cycloneG said:
The Chips Act and Inflation Reduction Act both had provisions to begin addressing the dependence on raw materials from China. Increasing production domestically while also building an alliance with other Western nations to increase their production as well.
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Huge issue has been that the factories spinning up in the US can't get enough workers. TSMC's plant in Arizona supposedly has 40% of the workforce they need.
 
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cycloneworld said:
To the 50% who said “never”, curious as to why?

Is it technology concerns? Charging infrastructure? Or do you really not care about the damage being done from using fossil fuels?
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I'd be curious to see the split between 10+ and Never, because I selected 10+ because of current vehicle needs and not being in a hurry to get an electric car, but I'd be open to buying one in about 10-15 years.
 
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danielyp29 said:
I'd be curious to see the split between 10+ and Never, because I selected 10+ because of current vehicle needs and not being in a hurry to get an electric car, but I'd be open to buying one in about 10-15 years.
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Agreed. Would be interesting to see how many choose 10+ because they aren't looking for a vehicle vs. those who don't buy into the EV movement for whatever reason. Some good and reasonable responses to my initial question though.
 
cycloneworld said:
Agreed. Would be interesting to see how many choose 10+ because they aren't looking for a vehicle vs. those who don't buy into the EV movement for whatever reason. Some good and reasonable responses to my initial question though.
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I'm going to be buying a new vehicle in the spring I think. It's going to be a hybrid and not a full on EV mostly because I want a truck and the Lightning is too big/expensive for me. I'm planning on buying one of the new '24 hybrid Tacomas. If the EV Tacoma would be an option then I'd consider that. Now in 10 years or so when I'm thinking about something new beyond that hybrid Tacoma it will probably be a different discussion all together.
 
RedlineSi said:
Big news this morning for Rivian. They are joining Ford and GM to use Tesla's network. As a future Rivian R1S owner, this is fantastic news.
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So long there is a standard plug to use, I am happy.

My wife and I are close to getting a new car, and we are probably leading towards a plug in hybrid. So any standardization of the plug in the industry would be great.
 
I will eventually buy an electric vehicle but it might be a while yet (I chose 6-10 years). My next purchase will likely be a ICE vehicle due to cost, but probably EVs after that. Not against EVs but waiting for costs to go down and technology to improve a bit more.
 
That's like...your opinion man. Old people don't seem to get it...like my dad...but everyone else I know loves them. You do you.
 
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