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This from a dealership in Florida for a Chevy Volt battery replacement. I suppose if you live in an urban area EV's might make sense to you, but many live out of the city, put lots more miles on their vehicles so the range issue is real, and when I see a repair bill like this it doesn't give me confidence. I'm sure there will be off market replacements at some point which will likely be cheaper. However, 60% of the new vehicle cost for a batter replacement, what does that do to resale value and given that the majority of people don't buy new because of the expense who will want to buy used with this kind of bill in their future?
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of course, but it is still safer than travel by car..... In absolute numbers, driving is more dangerous, with more than 5 million accidents compared to 20 accidents in flying. A more direct comparison per 100 million miles pits driving's 1.27 fatalities and 80 injuries against flying's lack of deaths and almost no injuries, which again shows air travel to be safer. |
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Now move even the fraction of travel on the road to the skies. When you have an issue, it's not just in the X and Y planes...horizontal. You have the Z plane...vertical. Now you have gravity at work and hoping the incident doesn't happen above some housing complex. Then you have the issues with total autonomous technology. I put up a link where a group of autonomous vehicles that are in the fleet for a taxi operator all had a major fail. A mass of them just stopped at an intersection blocking traffic for hours until employees of said company had to go down and move them manually. So you'd have to have some sort of manual intervention. Do you think the licensing requirements are going to be maintained for the general public to operate such airborne vehicles? I certainly doubt it. I watched some fool of a driver trying to back into a parking spot at Sam's Club. She had a huge amount of space yet came within inches of hitting the car next to her. And even after I had parked my car and walked into Sam's from a space some distance from her, she still couldn't get the car straight in her spot. |
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I see this on a daily basis. If you set a relaxed deadline, the work and pace expands to fill the time. It's better to be aggressive and move it when you miss, but you only have a few shots. You can't move it like 5 times or everyone just ignores the deadline. This will get pushed back once or twice I think. |
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15 years ago we had a 507hp V10 in a family sedan.
In 15 years, V10 will cease to exist on the road. Crazy. I can't wait for legislation to arrive that will gradually ban the registration of old, gas powered automobiles (like in 2042, my "classic" 440i will have to be crushed). THAT'S when you'll see people bail hard on this state. I'll hopefully be long-gone by then. |
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I don't care what any of you say... No amount of legislation will ever get me to stop riding my horse and buggy!
Oil?! From the earth?!?! At "Gas Stations" as plentiful as every horse stable in town?!?!?! Ludicrous!!! And what happens if my motor breaks? Years of veterinary knowledge tending to my beloved steed now useless? I for one my friends will not be duped. Not again. Before we know it we have "See-Ya Horsey!" laws and our glue factory owning politicians will fill their pockets and what will we have?!?! Nothing... Nothing but efficient, life-changing transportation. BUT AT WHAT COST?!?!?! ![]() Last edited by MunkyTool; 08-26-2022 at 06:49 PM.. |
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For those posting in this thread that claim EV charging and infrastructure "will not happen by 2035"....your uneducated posture on "it will never happen" is not relevant in Seattle....
https://www.seattle.gov/city-light/i...rbside_opt_in-
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My 440i is an example. What about Juan, who can barely afford to put food on the table, let alone replace his nine year old, broken down Nissan Maxima with even the cheapest electric alternative? He'll pack his family's bags and move to *literal* greener pastures. Regardless, there are & will be even bigger issues causing an exodus from California. |
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Comparing a horse to a car, can you travel to another state in a few hours in a horse? Other travel longer distances slower, how is an electric car a revolution of any sort, especially in states/provinces where power comes from coal? |
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