Kak
Legendary Contributor
FASTLANE INSIDER
EPIC CONTRIBUTOR
Read Rat-Race Escape!
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Summit Attendee
Speedway Pass
Agreed! I still really like electric cars. The F150 Lightning should be awesome. Think about the gas taxes you avoid charging at home.
Teslas, and ALL electric vehicles, rely heavily on fossil fuels.
Plastic parts. Tires. Machinery for manufacture.
Even the electricity out of the grid:
Electricity in the U.S. - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
The major fuel/energy sources and their contribution to annual U.S. electricity generation.www.eia.gov
Are Teslas cool? Yeah.
But are they the "anti-fossil fuel" world beater? Not really, no.
So what we have is basically this-
You can either generate the power with economies of scale. Basically a big a$$ power plant.
Or
You can generate your power on a small scale via an internal combustion engine.
The electric vehicle is more economical from an operation standpoint, there is no question… But there is a reason why they are more expensive than gas cars… The stuff that goes in to them doesn’t have the economies of scale yet.
You either pay more for the car and less to operate it, or less for the car and more to operate it.
Tesla’s value proposition in particular, sucks… 100k for a Model S… VS about the same amount for a Range Rover or S Class. Sit in all three and anyone would be crazy to buy the Tesla.
Also, having just gone to the offshore drilling museum in Galveston, (yes, I’m a massive nerd) it is incredible all of the things petroleum is in. Certainly a lot of the parts of either types of cars have petroleum in their supply chain.
Dislike ads? Remove them and support the forum:
Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.
Last edited: