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[Guest]

I haven’t read everyone’s post but here is what I would do. Living on the farm the answer is simple. In less than 2 minutes I could put in enough gas to go the 40 miles(64 km) and then some. Charging the Tesla for 2 minutes in a typical level 2 charger would make little difference. Therefore I would take the Honda Civic!!!

I would do the same but what would you do if you were in the middle of nowhere like I assumed you might deduce. I should have spelled that out perhaps.
In your scenario wouldn't it be wiser to use the landline at your house, call 911 for advice, learn cpr on the spot while the ambulance drives there?

[Guest]

Call an ambulance. They will start treatment and use a defibrillator if your heart stops on the way. If the ambulance is delayed or a long way away you can meet it on road.

I know several people who have died in their 60s from heart attacks and there was no time to drive them anywhere.

Don't smoke at all or drink much, eat right, exercise, get annual checkups and your risk of heart disease and stroke will go away down. Then you wont likely need a rushed trip to the ER.

Chuck, you have no phone!!!!

[Hamloc]

Statistics Canada reports that the average commuting distance for 93 per cent of car commuters is just 8 km each way ([url]https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/190225/dq190225a-eng.htm[/url]). Even those few drivers with longer commutes travel an average distance of 40 km each way, which is still easily handled by most EVs.

Then why do proponents of EV’s state the government must install thousands of public chargers for EV’s?!

[Sodbuster]

I don’t even know why I’m reading this post, adios.

[Guest]

The Tesla, as it has 7.12 KWH usable energy, while the Honda has 1.58 usable energy.

Brilliant answer, worth bumping the thread back up to the top.

[rumrocks]

Does Tesla or Honda have road side assistance, drop a pin technology?.
This is a good time for me to advocate CPR education in high school and certification every 5 years in order to validate your drivers license.

[chuckChuck]

Then why do proponents of EV’s state the government must install thousands of public chargers for EV’s?!

Because some people can't charge at home, or make a road trip beyond the range of their EV and because EVs are going to replace ICE cars. More EVs require more chargers.

[RD414]

I think I'm beginning to catch on to what these 2 are asking us to do. We need to have a vehicle for each Individual trip we go on. So today I need my big old suburban because there are 12 of us going out for supper. Tomorrow is a mountain trail ride, so that is the can am side by side, when I get home, diesel truck on trailer to pull a load of steel home for a project and then a road trip to visit relatives. Long distance trip, so if it is warm, could use the tesla but if it's cold, won't chance it, will take the dependable old Mercedes that gets 35 miles to the gallon for the 15000 miles it is driving en per year. As a critical thinker, you seem to have missed this cc

[furrowtickler]

Because some people can't charge at home, or make a road trip beyond the range of their EV and because EVs are going to replace ICE cars. More EVs require more chargers.

So forced to buy an EV , but can’t afford to have a charging station at home , so the tax payers will have to flip the bill ?
Government never set up gas stations …..
regardless , for the foreseeable future there will no way be enough power in our grid system to have all EV’s . Add the magical heat pumps instead of reliable affordable natural gas furnaces .
I see electricity prices going up to where Germany is now .
then see how cheap it is to drive and EV , especially in winter

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I think I'm beginning to catch on to what these 2 are asking us to do. We need to have a vehicle for each Individual trip we go on. So today I need my big old suburban because there are 12 of us going out for supper. Tomorrow is a mountain trail ride, so that is the can am side by side, when I get home, diesel truck on trailer to pull a load of steel home for a project and then a road trip to visit relatives. Long distance trip, so if it is warm, could use the tesla but if it's cold, won't chance it, will take the dependable old Mercedes that gets 35 miles to the gallon for the 15000 miles it is driving en per year. As a critical thinker, you seem to have missed this cc

Exactly the same story as his solution for electricity generation. Replace a single reliable source with three different systems to back up the wind and solar when they fail.
To save the environment of course. Because building a car for every purpose and a generation system for every weather is the best way to save the environment. Because all of the materials that go into building those redundant cars and redundant generation and redundant transmission don't have a CO2 or environmental footprint.

[TOM4CWB]

It’s a deception and Scam! Scientific critical analysis and Common Sense… are now “illegal “ and “immoral “anyone who questions the logic and rational sense of the “New Green Revolution “ is to be : ridiculed, insulted, and intimidated.

Many Blessings!

[Hamloc]

So forced to buy an EV , but can’t afford to have a charging station at home , so the tax payers will have to flip the bill ?
Government never set up gas stations …..
regardless , for the foreseeable future there will no way be enough power in our grid system to have all EV’s . Add the magical heat pumps instead of reliable affordable natural gas furnaces .
I see electricity prices going up to where Germany is now .
then see how cheap it is to drive and EV , especially in winter

Certainly agree. Here is the government’s plan. First subsidize EV’s so someone will buy them. Then make the taxpayer pay for a taxpayer funded network of EV car chargers, apparently there is no business case for privately funded charging stations. Then provide massive subsidies, again with taxpayers money, to attract EV battery manufacturers to build their factories in Canada. While at the same yearly increasing the punitive carbon tax on fossil fuels to make the increasingly expensive and less dependable renewable electricity grid more attractive. What a well thought out business plan, fml!!!