Electric Vehicles here to stay, for good or bad?

[Axxe55]

You’re first off the list to go hunt Nilgai.


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whatever there cool guy!

 

[Axxe55]

You’re first off the list to go hunt Nilgai.


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you're making an assumption that we would want hang out with you!

 

[Axxe55]

My crocks are lime green


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crocs are gayer than a three-pronged fork!

 

[black_ice]

you're making an assumption that we would want hang out with you!

Yes. Im that bad ass.


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[Tex62]

I try to not spend that much time in Dallas.

Good move…


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[striker55]

Gotta say I'm seeing more Tesla's on the road around Houston, Katy.

 

[Tex62]

We all over that


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Geaux Tigers! 1984 Alumni


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[benenglish]

Gotta say I'm seeing more Tesla's on the road around Houston, Katy.

Gotta say I'm seeing more everyday. I live near The Woodlands and when I have business there, at any red light during heavy traffic, I can look around and sometimes see 10 Teslas. I'm south of The Woodlands, though, where they're a bit less common. I'm likely to see only 3 or 4 every time I go to HEB, which is less than 3 miles away.

Then again, I see lots of Maseratis, even a couple in my middle-class neighborhood. I always wondered about that. Then I realized that the Maserati dealership is very close, on a freeway access road about 4 miles from my house as the crow flies.

My point is that the location is important. Where there are lots of upper-middle-class people with money or wanting to look like they have money, you'll see Teslas. Where bangers want to look rich, you might see whatever is sold at the <insert uncommon but snazzy-sounding make> dealership if it's nearby.

 

[A1Oni]

About 10 people I know have recently bought Teslas.
Tesla owners are becoming sort of a cult, proselytizing all the time.

Wishing to stay culturally literate, I went and test drove one today.

Jeeeeeezzus......
0-60 MPH between 2 massive electric motors in the diminutive little Model 3 in 3.2 seconds is just an indescribable exhilaration. And that's their entry level sedan.

Think how fast the chuck on your cordless Milwaukee drill reaches full speed and you will get the idea.

Never mind that the thing costs almost exactly the same as a new Ford Raptor.
It is amazing.

The still-to-come high end Tesla Roadster will do 0-60 in 1.9 seconds. Go 250 MPH and drive from Austin to to a Beto rally in El Paso without stoping once!! Oh. It's expensive.

Just about all the auto makers are about to introduce their respective versions.

I feel as if there is SOME merit to electric cars but im a diehard when it comes to combustion engine vehicles myself, be it ethanol to dead dino juice they will still be the common car id say.

 

[striker55]

Yesterday on I-10 I saw a brand new Tesla, paper tag, guy driving was looking at his phone. I imagine his car was driving itself.

 

[Tnhawk]

Yesterday on I-10 I saw a brand new Tesla, paper tag, guy driving was looking at his phone. I imagine his car was driving itself.

Every day I see drivers looking at a phone while driving. It's as dangerous as drunk driving.

 

[benenglish]

Every day I see drivers looking at a phone while driving. It's as dangerous as drunk driving.

I was first at a light a couple of days ago. I noticed the girl behind me was looking down, probably at her phone. No big deal; I was in front of her.

Light changes and I go. This stretch of road is very straight. In my rearview, I see her continue to sit there until the light changes again.

I generally think of it as rude to blow my horn at other cars but I've reached the point where I don't think twice about it when the driver in front of me is in a reverie.

I hate being forced to change like that. I was surprised that no one behind her has been changed like me.

Maybe they were all on their phones.

 

[Havok1]

A big portion of the perceived EV popularity probably has to do with people looking for them more/they stand out because they look weird. As of last summer, the most current data I found, ALL EV’s, not just Tesla, accounted for less than 1/2% of registered vehicles in texas. I know there is a difference between their popularity in the city vs country, but even around Houston,I’ll probably pass 10 silverados for every 1 Tesla if I pay attention to what every vehicle is.

 

[leVieux]

Not a tough guy but y’all are soft

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Like way soft

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[rotor]

other than the disposal of spent fuel rods nuclear energy is the cleanest energy source

We won't be "green" until fusion is developed. Just recently successful start. No spent fuel rods and fusion is really the power of the sun. Won't be in my lifetime though.

 

[Axxe55]

We won't be "green" until fusion is developed. Just recently successful start. No spent fuel rods and fusion is really the power of the sun. Won't be in my lifetime though.

PROBABLY WON'T BE IN MINE EITHER!

 

[toddnjoyce]

EVs continue to punish the unsuspecting.

At least 4 dead in NYC e-bike store fire, officials say
'It is very clear that this was caused by lithium-ion batteries in e-bikes,' fire official says

From Jan. 1, 2021, through Nov. 28, 2022, there were at least 208 reports of fire or overheating incidents involving micro-mobility devices across the country, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

At least 4 dead in NYC e-bike store fire, officials say | Fox Business

A fire at an e-bike shop in Manhattan on Tuesday marks the latest in a growing list of deadly blazes that have been tied to lithium-ion batteries in devices including e-bikes.

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[rockyw]

Just took a maintenance class on these I don't think the infrastructure is here in tx for these .

 

[black_ice]

Gotta say I'm seeing more everyday. I live near The Woodlands and when I have business there, at any red light during heavy traffic, I can look around and sometimes see 10 Teslas. I'm south of The Woodlands, though, where they're a bit less common. I'm likely to see only 3 or 4 every time I go to HEB, which is less than 3 miles away.

Then again, I see lots of Maseratis, even a couple in my middle-class neighborhood. I always wondered about that. Then I realized that the Maserati dealership is very close, on a freeway access road about 4 miles from my house as the crow flies.

My point is that the location is important. Where there are lots of upper-middle-class people with money or wanting to look like they have money, you'll see Teslas. Where bangers want to look rich, you might see whatever is sold at the dealership if it's nearby.

I’m trying to figure out a place to live in Houston right now coming from Baton Rouge.

The city is so damn big and I have no idea which way to go at this point. I moved to Phoenix when I was 20 but that was 22 years ago.

Wife’s office will be off 45 between 99 and beltway 8. She said her only stipulation is she needs to be 30 minutes from the office.


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[pronstar]

I love this channel, the guy is seriously legit.

In this one, he added a turbo to a Kubota diesel engine…and put it in a Tesla

He also completely fabricated the electronics to make it all work.