And then what will happen to the EV transition? Could go backwards. May be actually be happening right now. They need to fix the problem (charging infrastructure) they created. Kinda late to hand it over to free enterprise now and expect quick results.
Its not going backwards. The lull you see in the market is happening for multiple reasons - loans are more expensive now, the economy in general isn't moving as much so people hold off on new purchases, there are people also holding out until NACS is in all EVs, etc. Every major car manufacturer is ramping up its EV manufacturing infrastructure right now anyways. The inertia is already in favor of EVs.
Agreed. While it's been reported that EV sales are falling and inventory is building, what's really happening is the rate of increase has slowed. Modern American journalism doesn't seem to favor nuance.
I don't think that would happen anyhow. I suspect that the V2 chargers can't be upgraded to use either the Magic Dock or adapter.
Part of that is because EVs are newer and they offer different flexibility in design, so manufacturers are taking certain liberties with the design of the cars (especially the newer companies like tesla and rivian). Some of these designs are fairly poor from a repairability standpoint, so any repairs that need to be done are extremely expensive - hence why hertz dropped tesla cars. It seems that a lot of old lessons need to be relearned and will be in future cars. It doesn't matter how wonderful and maintenance light the drive train is if the rest of the car requires expensive maintenance.
Hertz dropped many of the Tesla cars, but you can still rent one.
How does the claim in this article square with the tire replacement frequency you mentioned? Also, the model 3 and Y have not been sold for 10 years yet. The X will only have been in production for 10 years next year, so i'm not sure i trust those numbers.
As an Uber driver I can say unequivocally moving rideshare drivers to Tesla was a total bonehead move Teslas are the most expensiove EV to repair that I can think of. The Chevy Bolt would have been perfect with the exception of the slowest charging. Parts are cheap.Battery swaps fairly inexpensive (after the 100k warranty)
Further on the EV transition... TSLA vs GM. GM reigned in their EV production and selling more trucks now. Tesla sales and profits faltering. What does that tell you?
Well then think Porsche and Mercedes.
I believe that article covers a 5 to 10 year span.
The majority of Tesla cars are less than 10 years old. Incomplete dataset
That is probably the case, but that still indicates that maybe the maintenance savings are exaggerated by pro EV people. Like I said earlier, who cares how low maintenance the drive train is if everything else is more expensive to maintain/repair due to build quality? Body work on many EV models seems to be more expensive than ICE because of certain design choices.
Exactly..
I doubt 2024 will be 10% EV sales, but I think that 2025 will pass that threshold. It wouldn't surprise me if 50-60% of all new car sales were EVs by 2030.
Actually I seen 2 reports a ew days ago that we already passed 10%..I'll go look for it. Wouldnt suprise me one bit with all the EV discounts of late AND the buyers can get the $7,500 right off the cost of the car instead of tax time.
We'll see what happens at the end of the year. I think most of these models get released much later in the year - maybe even during December.
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