Yeah, can’t dis a savior of the universe EV.
Pretty sure even an EV buyer could tell the difference between rust and dust.
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Pretty sure even an EV buyer could tell the difference between rust and dust.
So let me see if I can figure out what you're trying to say here:
The guy who once warned us not to jump start cars nose to nose because the alternators turning in opposite directions would cancel each other out is telling us that E.V.s are no good. Sorry, but Scotty's knowledge of anything electrical is suspect after that one.
Also, if you take a brand new anything to CarMax they will not offer you what you paid for it. Who expects a used car dealer to pay you MORE for your vehicle than you paid for it BRAND NEW?
I work in a shop that processes stainless steel (304). The article says they think it's "rail dust", which is small particles of carbon steel from the train wheels and track. These particles stick to the stainless steel due to static, and they keep rusting on the car. If left unchecked this will eventually affect the chromium oxide layer on the stainless, and can start rusting the stainless underneath. Owners have been able to knock the spots off with clay bars, and the stainless steel will re-passivate on it's own.
Painted cars don't do this as much because they're painted and waxed, so the particles don't stick as easily. They are also typically covered better to protect the paint. Someone at Tesla probably just assumed "It's stainless steel, there's no need to cover it." They will likely start shipping them out either with a wax coating or vinyl covering now.
Except there would be no infrastructure to support getting the fuel out to point of use, so people would be running out of gas all the time. People would laugh at the people who bought these cars because the infrastructure just isn't there. People opposed to ICE cars would frequently point out the gas lines, and would wonder how smart it is to have to rely on a truck to bring fuel to a filling station for your vehicle. They would wonder about how much explosive force is contained in just ONE tanker truck rolling down the hwy at 70mph right next to you. Why not just pipe it straight to the filling station, like, say, electricity? Drivers would be griping about how they can't just plug in the cars at home to charge overnight; they have to go to a store to "fill up the tank", and some of these stores are in bad neighborhoods where you can get robbed or shot while filling up.
There would be people who don't understand the technology who were smoking cigarettes while filing up and burning up the cars and gas stations. People who hated "Infernal Combustion Engines" would be highlighting these fires, and constantly pointing out any crude oil or gasoline spills. Then they would talk about all the evil countries who hate America that supply this fuel to us.
Tesla would point out that ICE cars tend to have about 1 car fire per 19 million miles travelled, whereas Tesla vehicles tend to have about 1 car fire per 210 million miles travelled, making ICE cars about 10 times more likely to have a car fire than an EV. Why would anyone want to ride around in one of those death traps? And the ICE cars would accelerate much more slowly than their EV counterparts, making no one want to buy them.
New technology is always opposed by people more comfortable with the older technology.
Seems legit, we’ll just have to wait ‘til there’s more than three of them out there in the real world to see.
The reason I only look to second-hand information from reading posts of the learned ODT community.
