Get Ready To Plug in Or Unplug?

[ZiggyL78]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/c...-gas-cars.html

[70 copo]

The thread "EPA seeks to prohibit race cars" down in the lounge started back in 2016 became a good place for links to reporting on all the pending ban talk on the internal combustion engine back when it was initially just the federal Government pushing for it through the EPA domestically.

Here is an Interesting article originally posted on page 1 of that thread that was written way back in 2009:

https://www.motorists.org/blog/will-...lly-be-banned/

[markinnaples]

Kind of ironic that one of the main birthplaces of hot rodding is the first to go all electric.

[70 copo]

Originally Posted by markinnaples

Kind of ironic that one of the main birthplaces of hot rodding is the first to go all electric.

California cannot even keep its current electric commitments given the rolling black outs.

The infrastructure and technology to go electric is and remains the primary issue.

[Astock]

Originally Posted by 70 copo

California cannot even keep its current electric commitments given the rolling black outs.

The infrastructure and technology to go electric is and remains the primary issue.

Never noticed an increase in our electric bill. Turn on one of the two commercial a/c units on the roof just for a couple days, and it pops us up to the next tier of electric use.

We have two BMW i3's and I would never go back to gas if I had to pick.

I've been driving my wife's i3 while she's in Ohio, and I'm now hooked. I drive it full bore 80% of the time.
Because it's green, I feel privileged to speed. If you steer the car using the crazy amount of torque, it's a blast. Most of the car is made of carbon fiber and weighs in at 2900 lbs.

I paid $9,200 for my daughter's i3, with under 60,000 miles. High tech car, with side, front, and back sensors, along with one pedal driving. Great for a first time driver like my daughter here in S.Ca.

[70 copo]

Originally Posted by Astock

Never noticed an increase in our electric bill. Turn on one of the two commercial a/c units on the roof just for a couple days, and it pops us up to the next tier of electric use.

We have two BMW i3's and I would never go back to gas if I had to pick.

I've been driving my wife's i3 while she's in Ohio, and I'm now hooked. I drive it full bore 80% of the time.
Because it's green, I feel privileged to speed. If you steer the car using the crazy amount of torque, it's a blast. Most of the car is made of carbon fiber and weighs in at 2900 lbs.

I paid $9,200 for my daughter's i3, with under 60,000 miles. High tech car, with side, front, and back sensors, along with one pedal driving. Great for a first time driver like my daughter here in S.Ca.

It is not you specifically.

In order to transition to a green economy with electric car ownership the infrastructure will need to be replaced nationwide.

Average house has 100 amp service at the box. Fast charger technology requires 200 amp minimum. Once the breaker boxes are upgraded then the transmission capacity at the street and the grid becomes completely and utterly substandard.

The stated solution for the last 30 years is to press for high speed trains and other forms of mass transit to deal with the problem.

The "problem" as viewed by the planners is that people want to drive.

[ZiggyL78]

Originally Posted by 70 copo

It is not you specifically.

In order to transition to a green economy with electric car ownership the infrastructure will need to be replaced nationwide.

Average house has 100 amp service at the box. Fast charger technology requires 200 amp minimum. Once the breaker boxes are upgraded then the transmission capacity at the street and the grid becomes completely and utterly substandard.

The stated solution for the last 30 years is to press for high speed trains and other forms of mass transit to deal with the problem.

The "problem" as viewed by the planners is that people want to drive.

Maybe each home could have a gas powered generator

[Lee Stewart]

So what happens if the current governor is voted out of office and the new governor decides an all electric car future for CA just isn't possible?

[Crossbreed383]

So where do these Parrot brains think the infrastructure comes from to produce and keep charged these vehicles batteries in the 1st place ???

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by Crossbreed383

So where do these Parrot brains think the infrastructure comes from to produce and keep charged these vehicles batteries in the 1st place ???