Rant to Stacie and Joel of Play 92 for spreading misinformation about electric vehicles on their show today. It can’t be easy to rant professionally on the radio every day, but most EVs do not cost $90k, they easily charge where you already plug in your gas car, they work in the winter (as they have for the past 8 Regina winters for me), and 29% of all new cars in the world are electric already. It’s a shame Canada can’t keep up to the world despite having an automotive industry.
If Stacie has a better idea for reducing air pollution from the transportation sector of our economy, please speak up with that, instead of saying it’s “good” the government has scaled back their measly effort to limit sales of new cars from manufacturers in 2035 to electric only (like most of the world is doing).
That’s what I shared to the Regina Rant and Rave OG page the same day. There is an admin that doesn’t like me there so they rate-limited my replies to only 5 per hour, even though the thread was attracting hundreds of comments to reply to.
Here’s one I replied to:
Shawn Klassen: “what would resale be on a 90k electric car that is now 5 years old and needs a battery replacement in another 3-5 years for 20k plus? From what i hear you will never have equity in said car if you make payments over 5 years.”
You want equity in a 10 year old car?
Most people don’t pay $90k. You can get Sierra EVs for less than that, and they’ve over 700km range.
You can get a VW Buzz for that much. A sedan or hatchback is $40k. Mine was $17000, used, and the one before that was $15,500. Years later it was worth as much as I paid for it due to a supply crisis that could come again.
Have you considered what the equity will be in a 5 year old gas vehicle when everyone wants a vehicle they can recharge at home and operate for thousands of dollars less each year?
And your assumption that the battery lasts only 10 years is faulty. My 12 year old EV of the worst design has a working battery still. Most don’t fail now because of better heat management systems, so they’ll outlast the body of the car.
And then there are even less thoughtful comments:
Ron Perrin: “No one gives a shit. EV’s suck. I bet you voted liberal, and believe that paying a tax saves the environment”
Spottedhorse Vincent Wolfe: “Fully vaccinated should really do some real research instead of standing up for the corruption you call government.”
Jon Mula: “You’re so uneducated it’s crazy man.
Not one city in Canada holds the infrastructure to withstand everyone owning electric.
Go preach your liberal garbage to someone who cares.
What do you think happens to your battery when they dispose of it into planet?”
Hi Jon, good name by the way.
Every city in Canada is ready to replace every gas car and truck with an electric equivalent. How do I know? I’ve experience, education, and I can do math. Would you like to learn how too?
Every EV can charge where your gas or diesel gets its electricity from. Because you’re talking about cities, drivers are not going more than 50 km in a typical day. When you plug your EV into your wall outlet, it starts charging at a rate of about 8km/h. Less if you have a big hulking truck that’s not aerodynamic. So after a night of charging for 10 hours, you’ve got 80km of range added, but only used 50km in your average commute with errands like groceries, or taking kids to their games.
Do you know a city that can’t let drivers plug in their gas cars? No, neither do I.
I don’t mind if you don’t care, but someone else will read this and realize you’re mistaken.
And what happens to the battery? It’s reused to power a house, or otherwise gets recycled as the material will remain useful in a new battery.
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