We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars

16 Replies to “We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars”

1. Darn, gotta be a Twitterati to answer. Enjoy, y’all

   1. i hate sloppy writing, maybe ChatGPT could fix it up.
      Should be ‘ how many years OF free driving ‘ not FOR free driving.

2. L – “Free Charging” subsidized by your taxes is not free.

   The only climate crisis here is, the political crisis.
   The cause is big city voters voting for mendacity.

   1. And if the left succeeds in banning internal combustion engines vehicles, they’ll have to start taxing electricity.

      How are they going to replace the hydrocarbon tax revenue?

      1. They could tax hydrocarbons to the moon as long as there were offsetting cuts elsewhere so that the whole thing isn’t a thinly disguised cash cow for government waste and boondoggles.

   2. Mendacity, now there is a word you don’t hear very often.

      1. Thought it was spelled Mendicino

3. Am I the only one who reads that final option to mean they don’t need any incentive to buy an EV.
   They would buy one with out getting free charging.

   Regardless, of the actual reasoning That’s how the media will spin it.
   “3/4 of car buyers don’t need an incentive to buy EV”

4. For me, the vehicle would have to be free.

5. I received 8 years of free supercharging when I bought mine 4 years ago.

   Although most of my driving is local and I charge at home every 3’rd or 4’th night (just like when do you charge your phone, at home and night), but we have been on several trips over the 4 years, Phoenix 5 times, The coast Road to San Fran. Vancouver island 4 or 5 times Saskatoon, Regina many times and Elon pays for the energy. (I probably paid for it in the initial purchase price).

   But it is nice not having to pay for fuel on any road trips.

   I kept track of my mileage for 2 years before the Tesla (BMW 5 series) and have been tabulating my KWHrs for 4 years ( I installed a KWHr meter just for the car in my garage and at $.16/KWhr my electrical cost are about 25 – 30% of my gas when it was at $1.00 / litre.

   I have 156,000 KMs on it and the only money I have spent on it is Brake pads and tires. No oil changes etc…Still rides like new and the torque and acceleration is great at any speed even when I am travelling in Montana where the speed limit his 140 KM/Hr. No gearing down and loud noises or delayed acelleration when passing something at that speed.

   A good experiment.

   1. Hey RL, that’s great. Try our ‘free lunch” program. Seriously. It’s all free. Do you prefer bovine dung or Equus caballus manure? By special request we can also accommodate people preferring more exotic palates with Sus domesticus excrement or Gallus domesticus droppings?

   2. You neglected to mention:
      Cost of the new purchase.
      The hours and hours wasted waiting for the batteries to recharge, and the extra nights in hotels required for same.
      Glad you enjoy your overpriced roller skate.
      We survive very well on vehicles 1/3 the cost, even with gas fill ups, I have saved THOUSANDS vs your virtue signalling adventure.

      1. or the range when maintaining 140kmh , most of the EV I see are doddling along at 80-90kmh eeking out range

         maybe its just the lack of charging options in my region

   3. Good for you. I just needed to replace the radiator in my 2007 Subaru. A $1,400 replacement.

   4. My son is a mathematician… with a degree in applied math from UCLA. He buys PREMIUM, high octane, gasoline for his BMW saloon. Why? I asked him incredulously? Aren’t you wasting money? He says that the car is designed to run BETTER and more efficiently on high octane fuel … and when you do the actual MATH … he’s paying a couple pennies a mile for the Premium at most.

      The amount of “FREE” supercharging you receive is a negligible savings. Although, so long as you don’t have to wait in line for the supercharger, you may have saved 2-1/2 hours of your life waiting for a conventional (partial) charge. Negligible.

      PS … Elon knows MATH too. And he knows that FEW of his eco car drivers will risk driving on long trips. His “FREE” supercharging program is costing him next to nothing. Ecars are novelty items for short distance urban commuters.

      PPS … here in NCAL … PG&E rates go from $0.29 – 0.39/kwHR … highest in the nation. Charging your ecar costs as much as gasoline in most instances.

6. I already have a perfectly functional 21 year old SUV that is brilliantly reliable. And paid for.

   But thanks for asking.