EV owners and enthusiasts will constantly repeat a myth by explaining that “EVs are cheaper to operate and maintain than a gasoline-powered car.” Are they right, or are they perpetuating a myth by ignoring a major cost item (or several)? Let’s compare what it would take to run an EV and an ICEV to 500,000 …
Continue reading What has a lower total cost of ownership… ICEVs or EVs?
Let’s do the math. 286 million vehicles are currently registered in the United States. If all were Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus vehicles, then that’s 286 million battery packs, all 50 kWh in size. For cobalt: According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, EVs require 24kg of cobalt per 100 kWh of lithium battery …
Continue reading What are the material requirements to replace all ICEVs with EVs?
It will take HUNDREDS OF YEARS to convert the United States to electric cars! The efficiency of a Tesla Model 3 Standard Range is 24 kilowatts per 100 miles. Americans drove over 3.2 TRILLION miles in 2017, 2018, and 2019. If every mile was driven solely by one of those Tesla Model 3s, that’s 768 …
Continue reading What are the power requirements to replace all ICEVs with EVs?
Let’s get this out of the way… [facepalm] I just read this article from the Washington Times, and the title says it all: “California Democrats to investigate cause of high gas prices” Really?!? California’s implementation of the “Jungle Primaries” — effectively making it almost illegal to run as a Republican in the State — is …
Continue reading BREAKING NEWS – There is no more IRONY in California
We are a nation of laws. The law that reigns supreme, above all others, is the United States Constitution. From that document, we have forged a strong, economically prosperous, and influential nation. For those strange, rare, and infrequent times where something is NOT covered (because, after all, the founding fathers had no idea about telephones, …
Continue reading Guns aren’t the problem. Gun control is.
To everyone bitching and moaning about the high prices on everything right now, know this: We are EXACTLY where we would be if the $15/hour federal minimum wage was implemented when demanded. As it turns out, when you DOUBLE the cost of doing business… you DOUBLE the price of the final product. This is why …
Continue reading THIS is the future YOU wanted!
