Ha ha, bullshit. We have no idea how long a motor is going to last that was just built. But, mainly it is those batteries that is of more concern than the motor.
If you like EVs so much, buy you one. But, for one, they are way too expensive for mainstream America to afford, and just impractical for most mainstream America. My house is on one side of a stream, and we park on the other side, with laws preventing me from being able to run electrical lines across that stream. So, I personally will never own one.
I know that Musk is kicking around this idea of only leasing his cars, but to lease a vehicle, verses buying one, you are just throwing your money away. And, to be tied to that service contract... why would someone want these terrible financial choices?
Of course there are other EV options, but they are all just about as terrible.
Are you aware that the wheels on an EV have been specially engineered to carry the weight of all of those batteries? The weight is three times that of my pick up truck and the wheels run about $480 a tire, and will have to be replaced more frequently, because it is carrying way more weight than a regular car.
I'm not sure why you are cramming this EV crap down our throats in a Jeep thread. But, you either don't know anyone who owns one, or you are being misled. But, the costs of everything concerning an EV is more than a regular car... except maybe the cost of the oil that is being burned to make electricity to charge that thing.
Ha ha, bullshit. We have no idea how long a motor is going to last that was just built. But, mainly it is those batteries that is of more concern than the motor.
If you like EVs so much, buy you one. But, for one, they are way too expensive for mainstream America to afford, and just impractical for most mainstream America. My house is on one side of a stream, and we park on the other side, with laws preventing me from being able to run electrical lines across that stream. So, I personally will never own one.
I know that Musk is kicking around this idea of only leasing his cars, but to lease a vehicle, verses buying one, you are just throwing your money away. And, to be tied to that service contract... why would someone want these terrible financial choices?
Of course there are other EV options, but they are all just about as terrible.
Are you aware that the wheels on an EV have been specially engineered to carry the weight of all of those batteries? The weight is three times that of my pick up truck and the wheels run about $480 a tire, and will have to be replaced more frequently, because it is carrying way more weight than a regular car.
I'm not sure why you are cramming this EV crap down our throats in a Jeep thread. But, you either don't know anyone who owns one, or you are being misled. But, the costs of everything concerning an EV is more than a regular car... except maybe the cost of the oil that is being burned to make electricity to charge that thing.
I’m not buying any new car, probably ever.
But about 15 million new cars will sell this year, so I can buy one used.
Detroit made motors that outlasted the car bodies sometime in the late seventies.
Tesla claims million mile motors, and that’s likely an understatement.
The problem with electrics is the battery degrades.
Not saying it fails, it degrades.
Mama’s range decreases. She’ll want a new buggy.
It’s a long, long march towards the Wonderful One Hoss Shay.
Look at your car. No matter how old it is, the clear coat paint is still shiny.
The suspension is practically everlasting.
Exhaust systems haven’t rusted in thirty years.
Seats don’t sag.
It likely will not need a new $100 radiator, but if it does you’ll forget about it soon.
The death of it comes when a rebuilt transmission is more than a good used car.
And when that good used car is electric and goes 0-60 in three seconds and runs on 4 cents a mile the gas cars days are soon over.
Winston Churchill is credited with saying capitalism is the worst system, except for all the others.
When you watch Elon Musk, and all the stuff he can afford to do, remember the namesake of his wealth, Nikola Tesla, died in poverty in a hotel.
Henry Ford’s grandkids still own a big chunk of Ford.
What Elon’s obituary will state, is he didn’t invent the electric car, he produced the Tesla.
By then a Tesla might not be a car brand.
The big makers are hard, hard after him.
