Electric Vehicles here to stay, for good or bad?

[Havok1]

I wouldn’t want to do either. Keep vehicles relatively full and have some fuel in gas cans at home. When it’s time to hit the road, the last thing you want to be doing is spending your evac time waiting in line at the gas station.

 

[ILexpatriot]

So Florida evacuations underway for hurricane Milton and they are staging fuel and charging stations along evacuation routes. That will be a slow and long route depending on where you live. Would you prefer the attempt with an ICE vehicle or an EV? I would think finding fuel and quickly refilling in an ICE would be better.

I'm not an EV guy, but just a flip side..
After Beryl, we had a hell of a time finding fuel way up here in Huntsville. Stations out of fuel. Lines around the block.. I'd sure still prefer ice, and other than our scooters, that's all we have.
But if I had a short, predictable commute, I wouldn't be apposed to do it in an EV.

 

[popper]

Was in suburban KC last week, saw just one EV. Get home and several 'Muskmobiles' every day.

 

[TheDan]

 

[TheDan]

Never should have been built to require server access to begin with.

https://www.extremetech.com/cars/fisker-cant-port-its-ocean-suvs-to-new-servers-possibly-blowing-up-bankruptcy

 

[Lead Belly]

Never should have been built to require server access to begin with.

https://www.extremetech.com/cars/fisker-cant-port-its-ocean-suvs-to-new-servers-possibly-blowing-up-bankruptcy

That buyer was New York-based American Lease, which agreed to pay $46.3 million for more than 3,000 Oceans. That works out to barely $15,000 each, much lower even than the reduced pricing Fisker tried to use to boost sales.

American Lease is no longer pleased with the terms of the deal, reports TechCrunch. Late last week, after it had already paid Fisker $42.5 million and taken delivery of more than 1,100 vehicles, Fisker informed the buyer that it wouldn't be able to port the cars to a new server. "[Oceans] cannot, as a technical matter, be 'ported' from the Fisker server to which the vehicles are currently linked to a distinct server owned and/or controlled by [American Lease]," Fisker claimed.

Lol, Due diligence done for.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Fools and their money part is awesome ways.

 

[TheDan]

 

[Lead Belly]

Would you buy a flood-damaged Tesla?

 

[Tnhawk]

Would you buy a flood-damaged Tesla?

I would not buy a new tesla, certainly not flooded one.

 

[Lead Belly]

I would not buy a new tesla, certainly not flooded one.

Sometimes, the parts are more valuable than the whole.

 

[Tnhawk]

Guess I have a fear of getting burned by an EV.

 

[Havok1]

Why would anyone buy ANY vehicle that flooded out?

 

[Dhensley1414]

I drive a dual motor long range model y for my company vehicle, company supplied charger was installed in my garage. Although I was hesitant, it has been pretty great for the first 10k miles over the course of this year.

 

[Dhensley1414]

I have noticed that half the time when I do use the super chargers which is rare, I see a flatbed truck dropping a car off to be charged. It was surprising how people let that happen but I feel the same way about running out of gas.

 

[OutlawStar]

Why would anyone buy ANY vehicle that flooded out?

Came to post this. I wouldn't buy a flood damaged civic, corolla, F150, or anything involved with a flood. I am the type to watch a youtuber buy a flood damaged car and restore it; you either live with it knowing its a ticking time bomb of electrical gremlins forever, or you spend more than the car is worth replacing everything that could be affected. Thats not something you do with a car most people can buy.

 

[TheDan]

Weirdo builds a very aerodynamic diesel car that has the same 0-60 as a Tesla, and it costs $3.45 to drive per mile, vs $4.65 per mile for the Tesla

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

Why would anyone buy ANY vehicle that flooded out?

Flooded vehicles are auctioned and sent to a different part of the country to be repaired and sold.

 

[Tnhawk]

Flooded vehicles are auctioned and sent to a different part of the country to be repaired and sold.

The more advanced the electronics, the more likely it will have problems after flooding

 

[Lead Belly]

Flooded vehicles are auctioned and sent to a different part of the country to be repaired and sold.

Titles frequently get washed, as well.

There are many fantastic deals on flood cars, however. Many people just "say" it's been in a flood after a hurricane to get out of payments quickly. Insurance companies can condemn 100,000 cars in days, so they don't have the resources required to examine them much.