Only 5% of next car purchasers expect to buy all electric cars-Road and Track.

vantexan

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It won't happen because they cannot be made economically to make that happen. The most bullish case for EV's is literally that they'll be 10-15% of AMERICAN cars on the road in 8 years. That's a very slow change. The world will stay much less than that, and that's what the liberals are projecting.
There's plenty of wealth in Europe and parts of Asia too. And they're all onboard for the Paris Accords.
 

wilberforce15

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There's plenty of wealth in Europe and parts of Asia too. And they're all onboard for the Paris Accords.
Yes, and Europe and parts of Asia will get EV's too. But not as much.
And even the liberals wildest dreams have EV's at 10-15% of american cars on the road, 8 years from now.
On the one hand, that's the fastest that any such change could happen. On the other hand, it's slow. You act like it's tomorrow.
It's 20-30 years until you're looking at mostly EV's on the road.
 

vantexan

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Yes, and Europe and parts of Asia will get EV's too. But not as much.
And even the liberals wildest dreams have EV's at 10-15% of american cars on the road, 8 years from now.
On the one hand, that's the fastest that any such change could happen. On the other hand, it's slow. You act like it's tomorrow.
It's 20-30 years until you're looking at mostly EV's on the road.
Where's the copper and silver coming from? You're in denial.
 

wilberforce15

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Seriously if you use one of those superchargers what does it cost you
5-10 cents per mile, based on whatever EV you have.
But most users only use them a few times per year. That's a common misconception I've covered very thoroughly.
Superchargers basically only exist for people who are traveling more than the range of their vehicle that day.

That's not a lot.
 

vantexan

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You focus on trivial problems as if they were unsolvable.
The earth's gravity and the distance to Mars.

That's a problem. We solved it.
Copper is stupid.
You've solved what exactly? You've found more copper? It takes more than three times as much silver to make an EV over an ICE vehicle. It's much more scarce than copper. Why are you trivializing this?
 

wilberforce15

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You've solved what exactly? You've found more copper? It takes more than three times as much silver to make an EV over an ICE vehicle. It's much more scarce than copper. Why are you trivializing this?
Three times as much, and yet not all that much. Total EV sales even 10 years from now won't push the supply too hard, and give ample time to find plenty of things. Copper and silver aren't even the problem. They make me laugh.

Lithium and nickel are both harder problems.
 

vantexan

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Three times as much, and yet not all that much. Total EV sales even 10 years from now won't push the supply too hard, and give ample time to find plenty of things. Copper and silver aren't even the problem. They make me laugh.

Lithium and nickel are both harder problems.
Both copper and silver have other industrial uses and very little silver is left over annually between that and investment. There will be limits to what can be done without it.
 

wilberforce15

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Both copper and silver have other industrial uses and very little silver is left over annually between that and investment. There will be limits to what can be done without it.
And yet, you're focusing on this, but nobody in the EV industry is stressing about it.

Lithium and nickel are the problems.
Elon begs openly for both, and will possibly locate his next factories based on where they can be found. They're mega-big deals to solve.
You are very narrowly focused on stuff that really isn't an issue.
 

Thebrownblob

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Both copper and silver have other industrial uses and very little silver is left over annually between that and investment. There will be limits to what can be done without it.
Well don’t give the government any ideas. They will just outlaw silver investment, and confiscate everyone’s silver, for the greater good of course….
 
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