Welcome to Canada, the land of free roads, cheap gas – and the world’s least fuel-eff

[TSIPP]

Ford lightning is about 2500 pounds heavier than the F 150 gas. Free road is a total myth.

[furrowtickler]

I kinda already knew the answer…..

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I kinda already knew the answer…..

It's not only road safety, but also infrastucture.
Engineers are sounding the alarm about the extra weight on parking garages, overpasses, bridges, etc. They weren't designed with the additional weight in consideration.
So we can add the upgrades to all of that infrastructure to the cost of upgrading the grid and electrical service in every home and business, and the generation capacity.

[Hamloc]

I was thinking compared to semi's and bigger trucks. But no I don't know the wieght of EV's compared to gas and diesel vehicles of same size.

Not always easy to find the weight of gas and EV in the same models. As an example I tried to find the weight of the new 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV. Weight is not available. A 2024 Hyundai Tucson SEL trim in a gas version weighs 3342 lbs., retail price in the US, $30735. A 2024 Hyundai Tucson PHEV plug in electric weighs 4902 lbs., retail price in the US is $39810. Info of off Edmunds.com. Electric version weigh 46% more!!!!

[Hamloc]

Chuck2, your complaining about there being very little tax on gasoline. In your future world of all electric cars, how will the road tax be payed? Electric cars weigh model to model 40-50% more!!!!

[newguy]

A phone that you can hold in your hand does way more than a computer that took 1000sq ft room to fit into 50 years ago.I expect battery technology is going to take leaps and bounds in efficiency in the next few years.

[cropgrower]

They better hurry on , it was ment to be too late allready

[AlbertaFarmer5]

A phone that you can hold in your hand does way more than a computer that took 1000sq ft room to fit into 50 years ago.I expect battery technology is going to take leaps and bounds in efficiency in the next few years.

You are a carbon copy of chuck. This is his solution every time someone points out a problem in the here and now. Some yet to be developed pie in the sky technology, defying the laws of physics and economics.
Have you considered merging your two accounts into one in the name of efficiency? You both sing from the same hymnal.

[binthere]

Try using "expect" with the banker on a payment plan for a loan and see how far it gets you. Probably is another word used many times by the battery bunch.

[cropgrower]

A phone that you can hold in your hand does way more than a computer that took 1000sq ft room to fit into 50 years ago.I expect battery technology is going to take leaps and bounds in efficiency in the next few years.

Garbage , Batterys are getting worse , 15 or 20 years ago Tractor and veichle batterys lasted way longer than they are now

[cropgrower]

A phone that you can hold in your hand does way more than a computer that took 1000sq ft room to fit into 50 years ago.I expect battery technology is going to take leaps and bounds in efficiency in the next few years.

Garbage , Batterys are getting worse , 15 or 20 years ago Tractor and vehicle batterys lasted way longer than they are now

[Guest]

A phone that you can hold in your hand does way more than a computer that took 1000sq ft room to fit into 50 years ago.I expect battery technology is going to take leaps and bounds in efficiency in the next few years.

I always expect you to acknowledge reality , but you never do ?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Garbage , Batterys are getting worse , 15 or 20 years ago Tractor and vehicle batterys lasted way longer than they are now

I'm not sure that has anything to do with the batteries themselves. The amount of parasitic drains on newer trucks and equipment keeps increasing with the added electronics. New batteries seem to last just as long in older equipment without electronics.

And lead acid batteries have little in common with Li-Ion batteries.

[Hamloc]

A phone that you can hold in your hand does way more than a computer that took 1000sq ft room to fit into 50 years ago.I expect battery technology is going to take leaps and bounds in efficiency in the next few years.

The article Chuck2 cut and pasted was all about the need to raise the road tax higher on gasoline to pay for roads. There is no road tax on electricity. Switching to EV’s will make the problem far worse. What is the solution?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

The article Chuck2 cut and pasted was all about the need to raise the road tax higher on gasoline to pay for roads. There is no road tax on electricity. Switching to EV’s will make the problem far worse. What is the solution?

While at the same time there will be even more need for even higher road tax to pay for the increasing damage from the increasing weight of the electric vehicles.