Comments by "Perhaps" (@NoEgg4u) on "MGUY Australia"
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@2:45 -- Discussing the range.
Those are best case scenario numbers, with new batteries.
When your EV is 5 years old, you will probably get close to ½ of that range on a warm, spring day.
And when your EV's batteries will no longer hold a charge (all batteries eventually fail), it will cost you no less than $25,000 to get your EV's batteries replaced.
And you can't pull in to Bob's service station for new EV batteries. You must get your EV's batteries replaced at the dealership's service station. They are the only ones that can get you the custom made batteries for your specific model EV.
And it gets worse.
They will not have batteries in stock.
And it gets worse.
Your battery replacement order will not be delivered like a Amazon delivery. No. No. No.
Your battery replacement order will take 6 months, or longer, to come in.
So:
You will have all of the problems show in this video.
You will lose range over time, as your batteries age. It will take much longer to charge aging batteries. It will take much more electricity (and cost much more) to charge aging batteries.
You will have to wait 6+ months for replacement batteries.
You will have to shell out a minimum of $25,000 for the replacement batteries.
And let's not forget how heavy those batteries are. That puts a strain on the vehicle's suspension, and the tires.
Get ready to replace those expensive tires every 6,000 miles. You will be lucky if you get 10,000 miles out of them.
And saving the planet?
Those charging stations are powered by coal plants. And those batteries are comprised of rare Earth metals, mined by child slave labor. And where do the old, warn out batteries end up?
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Even if those buses had just enough range in the freezing weather to compete their routes, it would cost double the fuel to run them. What do I mean by double the fuel?
Those buses need to be re-charged. That is done by a charging station. That charging station is fueled by fossil fuels.
It takes the same amount of fossil fuels to fully charge that bus to go 200 miles on a warm day, as it does for that same bus to travel 100 miles on a freezing day.
It would be as if your gasoline car got only have the mileage when it was freezing outside. It would still cost you the same to fill up at the gas station.
-- And it gets worse.
As batteries age, they hold less and less of a charge.
Consider your smart phone. After a year or two, you probably noticed that you were getting less life out of your battery. And if you hold on to your smart phone for 4 or 5 years, it gets much worse.
The same goes for electric vehicles.
-- And it gets worse.
After, perhaps, 7 years, the batteries will need to be replaced. Even if they last 10 years, they will have to be replaced. All rechargeable batteries eventually stop holding a charge, and need to be replaced.
The price to replace the batteries on those electric busses will be north of $100,000.00.
There are electric cars with $60,000.00 price tags to replace its batteries (costing more than the car). So the price for the bus's batteries might even exceed $200,000.00.
-- And it get worse.
When the town orders new batteries for its busses, there will likely be a 6 month waiting period (perhaps longer), due to supply chain shortages, and who knows what else.
It will not be like an Amazon order, where your bus's batteries will show up the next day.
And you can't go into Bob's service station for that bus's batteries.
Those batteries are custom made by the manufacturer. You are at the mercy of the manufacturer, and the manufacturer knows it. You can be sure that the manufacturer will know exactly how high to price their batteries -- just enough to milk every last dollar out of the town's budget.
And to all of the "save the planet" extremists:
-- All of those batteries will end up in landfills.
-- All of the emissions that did not come from those electric busses will have been spewed into the air from the electric company.
-- All of those batteries require rare Earth metals, which are mined by child, slave labor in African countries.
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1) Almost without exception, nearly all of those charging stations derive their electricity from fossile fuels.
2) Batteries require rare Earth metals, which are sourced by child slave labor, nearly entirely from African nations.
3) All batteries die, and get dumped into land fills.
4) When your electric vehicle's batteries need to be replaced, be prepared for it to cost $15,000.00 or more.
4a) When you go to re-sell your electric vehicle, be prepared for it to have a low re-sale value, based on potential buyers knowing that they will soon have to spend $15,000.00 for new batteries.
4b) Replacement batteries cannot be purchased on Amazon, from your local service station, or any car parts dealers. Your batteries are custom made for your electric vehicle. You will have to get them from your dealership.
4c) Your dealership will not have them in stock, and you will probably have to wait 6+ months for their phone call to bring in your car (factor that 'no car for 6 months' into the re-sale value).
5) In many cities, when you get to a power station, you have to wait in line for hours for an available charging station.
5a) You charge your EV at home, so this does not phase you. That is, until you have to travel and get re-charged away from home. Or will you not risk it, and rent a gas powered car?
6) As batteries age, they hold less and less of a charge.
So that 200 mile range from when your EV was new, will drop to 190, then to 180, and less and less and less.
But it will cost you the same to charge it up to full capacity. So the same tank of gas (so to speak), that same EV charge, will eventually get you half the distance, or less, at the same cost of a fill-up.
7) Have a trip in mind?
Well, aside from waiting in line for hours for a charge, also be prepared to travel out of your way to the nearest charging station.
Gasoline you can purchase anywhere. Charging stations are few and far between. So pencil in extra hours driving out of your way to get an EV charge.
If you charge 100% at home, and you have solar power, then an EV makes sense. For everyone else, it is a mistake to purchase an EV.
Many EV owners are very pleased with themselves for believing that they are saving the environment, having no clue about #1, #2, and #3, above -- and they probably care zero about #2.
The big one that will cause extreme pain for millions of EV owners will be #4, above, and the $15,000.00 bill, and 6 months of waiting. And with inflation, and supply line issues, expect that $15,000.00 to be the minimum, and rise to $20,000.00+.
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