Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "Is the EV Revolution Dead?" video.

  1. ​ @VainerCactus0 Mining tailings and fixed power plants are a lot easier to implement and enforce pollution controls on, compared to recalling every vehicle for emissions tests when they're not dumping dioxides straight into the air we breathe.
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  2. ​ @ole86 Battery pack production could use more scaling up. Right now it's still dominated by China whereas oil refining is widespread globally. Same with the equally important production of chargers.
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  3. Sucks that plug-in hybrids were produced at niche rates and always sold at near luxury market prices. I would have bought one a long time ago had they been more available and affordable.
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  4. People must be buying if >$20k is the asking price you keep seeing.
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  5. Which is why the German economy is in deep trouble with the cutoff of Russian gas and the stalling of exports to China -- they failed use their savings and state loans to set up resilience through alternatives. Remember that macroeconomic policies don't have the same interests or liabilities that retail consumer borrowers face.
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  6. 13:30 Small is the way to go on BEVs, ideally as motorbikes (which a lot of "freedom-loving" Americans ironically fail to license for). We can see this hint in the massive popularity of electric-assisted bicycles. I had an electric motorbike and when I wasn't riding the Beijing metro the e-bike (which I modified to 125cc performance to roll with regular traffic to avoid the untrained riders and parked cars in the "bike lane") was the only way I got around town in all four seasons. Easily charged off a standard wall plug at home and the office, and there was always a charger with the bike since it's only a common power brick.
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  7. Although there was a similar argument when we began buying ICE vehicles instead of horses -- gas stations were far away and the roads more suitable for legs rather than wheels. The EV adoption ultimately doesn't have as big of a barrier as long as chargers are rolled out at least as quickly; if you have electricity, you have the capability to top up a battery.
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