“Seems” that way, for sure. But is the media now fixated on this? Or have these things been happening all the while with little or no fanfare?
This is what I was thinking as well in combination with the maintenance and repair FWTS suggests. Its no secret roads, bridges, tracks etc. have exceeded their maintenance and update intervals all over the country. This has been going on for a number of years so it cant be pinned on one admin or the other.The magnitude of the East Palestine derailment brought attention to a situation that has been with us for years. I imagine the light will soon fade on them again.
To say the least. I was on a commuter train into NYC that derailed as it was going into the tunnel. That was freaky. We at least made it to the tunnel before we completely went over. We knew what was going on. I looked at the Japanese passengers and just did what they did. I figured they knew.
These are the hidden costs of EV's. Once EV's become prevalent there will be a tax on the charging just like on gas. Even though many EV owners don't pay for charging now they will in the future and rest assured the price wont be cheaper than gas once all those taxes are added in.
Does anyone remember those old AT&T bills? There were so many taxes added on. I remember my brother would subtract the tax that he called a war tax. I doubt that lasted very long though.
For some uncanny reason, this post kinda reminds me of the song, "Bridge over Troubled Water."
They will be taxed every year when they renew their tags too. Probably by weight. A Hummer EV pickup weighs 10,000 lbs.
Currently there’s ONE charging station on I-10 between Jax and Tally. All specific to Teslas.
Actually, you just need an adapter. https://www.motorbiscuit.com/can-non-tesla-electric-vehicles-charge-tesla-charging-stations/
There's articles out there about road trips in EV's with differing levels of success. All do take longer as opposed to a gas vehicle and lots of planning is involved. On story said it took them 4 days and 12 stops to get from Michigan to Florida.
That’s good to know!
The main thing is the batteries. Most are warrantied to hold a 70% charge for 8 years or 100k miles or so. That's not bad but what if you wanted to keep the car? Batteries have a fairly set lifespan so they will only get x number of charges until they are unreliable or don't hold enough charge to be useful (see phone batteries) . At an average of 15k to replace you would be forced to trade in prior to the battery going bad. I could see this impacting the secondary market and making used models less desirable. Not an expert on EV's but just stuff I think about.
All good information.
Look at the “infrastructure” in Florida. Population steadily growing for decades, but no concomitant expansion of our roads, schools, and other basic facilities. Politicians wanted to keep taxes low, and then beat their chests about “fiscal responsibility.” Now with 23,000,000+ people here, our roads are routinely gridlocked and our K-12 public schools are a disaster.
Took the Edge Sport in for servicing yesterday at the Ford place and walked the lot while there.
Or you could do what Rich Rebuilds did on Youtube and drop a small block Chevy in to a Tesla Model S and call it ICE-T. Complicated but it's a cool car. He took it to SEMA.
The price tag on trucks are ridiculous. My daughter and SiL are looking at trucks to pull their 5th wheel. Some are six figures.
Those would be 1 ton trucks. Not a 1/2 ton electric truck that can only pull a travel trailer 90 miles on a full charge.
5th wheels really should be pulled by a duelly (sp).
They have a 3/4 ton Cummings diesel Ram now even though the 40' 5th wheel they have is actually rated to be pulled by a 1/2 ton. The new 5th wheel they're looking at is heavier so they're looking at 1 tons.
All 3 of those truck brands have their respective pros and cons. But that Ram 350 is a towing machine, for sure.
I'd sooner be at the spring game in a couple of weeks. I wonder if there will be gentler, kinder beer prices.
