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1. 4 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   I was referring to the speed with which China develops new EVs, not how they produce electricity. Chinese car manufacturers will kill the American car industry. European car manufacturers too. A few will stand a chance, but half of them will either make a joint-venture with a chinese company or go down. American car manufacturers the same, and they are in a far worse condition.In another 5 years EVs will be cheaper than gas cars, with a similar range.The only thing that will prevent this is import tariffs. High import tariffs, like 200%. And in 10 years time US consumers will complain that the same EV costs 10K in China, 15K in Europe and 45K in the USA.

2. 4 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   1200 miles non-stop, and everybody is wearing diapers ? Wow.

   My sister in law lives in the south of france. My father in law goes visit her every month. Granted it’s only a “mere” 800 miles but he manages it with his Tesla that has a 300 mile range. He leaves in the early morning and arrives in the evening, just like he did when he rode a diesel car. Ain’t that weird? Who could’ve guessed that you can charge the car while taking a toilet break or a lunch break? And no, charging at a supercharger doesn’t take 4 hours. It takes 15 to 60 minutes, which is perfect for a toilet break or a lunch break. And no, there aren’t long queues because it’s only one charger for tens of cars, those days are over. Here in Europe at least.

3. 4 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   230 volts is normal here in Europe. And the charger can charge at 22 kw maximum (but the car can’t take more than 11 kw AC charging, so that’s the limiting factor). From 0 to 100% takes between about 6 hours.

4. 6 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   5 seconds… I plug in my car before I go to sleep and wake up with a range of 300 miles (400 km). Which I don’t need because I rarely ever drive more than 200 miles (300 km) in a day.

5. 6 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   well, it’s your prerogative to be uninformed and ignorant, I guess… :shrug:

6. 6 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   the USA is now at the point that the EU was 5 years, and the point were China was 15 years ago. The European automobile industry still has a small chance of surviving, but the USA automobile industry will go down the drain, I’m afraid. By the way, I’m not going to bother answering your questions… Ask yourself where the electric to power the car comes from. Ask yourself about disposal of the electric batteries when the car is in an accident or is junked… I did. All these questions can be answered, but I’m willing to bet that your reply will be “bah, humbug!” no matter how much data I produce.

7. 6 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   I hope that was a sarcastic comment

8. 6 days ago on The Argyle Sweater

   Ah, cheap EV bashing. I’ve got the impression that despite the fact that American company Tesla opened up EVs for the larger public, that the Americans still have no clue how EVs work.

9. 18 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   as a non-american I have no clue what this is about?

10. 18 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

    don’t you mean stark naked