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Originally Posted by M3JetPilot
If it looks awesome and goes fast then I’ll probably drive it. That being said, the EV in its current form is a horrible idea for numerous reasons. An EV isn’t better for the environment and some EVs require being driven for 400-500 hundred thousand miles before reaching a point of offsetting the emissions from the EVs creation. This is a fact and you can find the TED talk about this on You Tube. They are heavier causing more serious injuries and damage during accidents, the batteries have a horrible impact on the environment in their creation and in being recycled, the batteries catch on fire way more than is reported, highway safety and their impact on highway infrastructure have numerous negatives, not to mention the huge cost and environmental impact of switching the world over to EVs. And on a side note the interiors of EVs I’ve seen are cheap and horribly done.
The truth is EVs are not the solution they are made out to be. They no doubt have a role to play but the ICE engine isn’t the evil thing it’s portrayed as. One of the worse things the EV craze has done is stop innovation in internal combustion engines. With carbon capture technology and even better ICE innovation then EVs become less of a solution and more of a problem for long term environmental impacts.
In many respects the switch to EVs is good marketing with a thin coating of feel good environmentalism that enables people and companies to think they are doing something good for the planet. It’s far more complicated than that.
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Alot of good info on this one
