Why aren't more automaker specializing in electric vehicles? They're better than ICE in every way, the demand is huge, yet virtually all new cars are still using old gas engines.
What gives?
Why aren't more automaker specializing in electric vehicles? They're better than ICE in every way, the demand is huge...
Gabriel Russell
Benjamin Wilson
>Electric cars are still too expensive
>The infrastructure for cars favors guzzoline
>The range of e-cars is not practical for long distance driving
>fully charging an e-car takes several hours vs a few minutes refueling a petrol car.
Ideally e-cars today are made for people who live in cities (or have a short commute to/from one) and have enough income to buy the car and have a secure place to charge the battery. While it's possible to make long distance drives, it takes forever.
Hudson King
99% of ppl don't drive "long distances" and you can plug it in at home.
Whatever big oil is paying you, it's too much.
Levi Butler
I would confidently say over 50% of people take their cars out of state.
Jeremiah Jenkins
Most of those would do fine renting a car once or twice a year. Why would you buy a car based on the occasional road trip?
Jaxson Lopez
why is americas biggest selling vehicle the f150 when most people aren't "hauling" much more than a lunchbox and suitcase most of the time
Robert Hernandez
>As far as charging, it still requires installation of dedicated charging port in your garage unless you wanna take 9000 hours to recharge car off a regular wall outlet
>For most car makers, they would not see a meaningful return on investment at this point for the money spent to R&D a full electric car.
>In the US 80% of buyers take a trip of more than 50 miles at least once a week, you also have HUGE rural areas where people are driving an hour or more just to get to a grocery store/wal-mart
Really to sum up, there is a very limited market for them in MOST of the US, it's not a profitable venture for most automakers, you have added cost to put in a fast charge station at your house, you actually DO have tons of people regularly driving beyond the range of most affordable electric cars
Remember, a Volt is only 53 miles range on battery only. Leaf is about 100. Focus electric is 76. I live in the Raleigh-Durham area of NC. You couldn't even make it to Greensboro and back on one charge in any of those cars, much less the beach, mountains, Charlotte, or any other place i regularly visit that isn't right in the RDU metro area.
Lincoln King
Maybe because the battery costs half the price of the car to replace?
Maybe because global warming is a hoax you libcuck?
Jack Johnson
electric motors are older than the current petrol ICE, you're so outdated gramps.
Caleb Ward
>petrol
It's gas. G-A-S. As in "gasoline", not "petroline".
You and your stupid "tonnes" and "spanners". Go back to eating goats and fucking whores. Or was it eating whores and fucking goats, I can't remember. Stupid inbred island bastards.