The City of Thunder By is all in when it comes to electrifying its municipal fleet as long as that process is heavily subsidized by other levels of government. When I say “heavily subsidized”, I mean at LEAST a 75% cost subsidy…maybe more. If our high salaried residents of City Hall had to pay … Read more
James is right. The battery technology is the EV’s Achilles’ heel. Range, weight, charging time , purchase/repair costs and fire are all problems that must be overcome before EVs will be able to fully replace Internal Combustion Engine powered vehicles. previous related posts here then there is this… Fire is still a giant … Read more
Soooo what are our governments doing to prepare for this? Nothing. The Carbon Tax and all the EVs in the world ain’t going to do shit to help you and me survive this. The shifting of the planets magnetic poles. Its going on right now. The earth’s magnetic shield is weakening. That leaves us … Read more
Lets see…$100,000 each . Now what is the price of a brand new Internal Combustion Engine powered F-150 at Pinewood Ford? OK…my math skills are pretty rusty but $100,000 looks like a 100% price premium for this electric pickup truck. In other words, double the cost. And that is MSRP. I am sure that … Read more
Yes, you have to “precondition the battery” which means heat the battery up to a certain temp before you can use a fast charger. Not great if the battery is dead and its very cold. Freezing cold weather is not the time you want car troubles. Our Feral Government does not seem to … Read more
Listen to the first 15 or 20 minutes and you will get a good understanding of the problem. I have mentioned this before. Our electricity grid, on which our civilization totally dependent, is vulnerable to being wiped out by a Coronal Mass Ejection from the sun. Something that can happen on any given day, … Read more
The cost of EV ownership is only going to go up. High vehicle purchase cost, insurance costs (both auto and home), repair costs, possible required upgrades to your home electrical infrastructure, the eventual rise of the cost of electricity and the fire hazard problem are never mentioned by the EV cultists. Buyer beware. Me? … Read more
Canada lays out plan to phase out sales of gas-powered cars, trucks by 2035 The end of the road is coming for gas−powered vehicles in Canada. New regulations being published this week by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will effectively end the sale of new passenger vehicles powered only by gasoline or diesel in 2035. Guilbeault … Read more
Australia and Canada have a lot in common. One thing is large stretches of wilderness that almost all highways in both countries pass through. Hundreds of kilometers between cities. Limited cell service. A lot of nothing. You are lucky to find a gas station let alone a EV charging facility. And is the EV … Read more
Can Canada mine enough minerals to feed the EV revolution? Canada has much catching up to do on the mining front to meet the federal government’s electric vehicle (EV) targets. There needs to be “massive and rapid expansion” of mining and metal refining in short order to meet Ottawa’s mandated demand that all new passenger … Read more